 Whatsup eveyone, a good Friday to you all! This piece here is the 3rd installment in a series of concept illustrations I did based on the new television series on Spike TV, BIG EASY JUSTICE. These specific pieces were used as part of the advertising pitch for Plastic Palm Tree, a production company in Los Angeles.
This as you can see is the pencil stage of the illustration, which I later inked with brush & black india ink (be sure to keep your eyes on the lookout for said inked version, which I'll be posting in the coming days). Hope you enjoy and I'll talk with you soon! - D
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 Whatsup everybody,
Here's a logo I've recently designed for the new company, SHORE PIX. Shore Pix is an establishment on the Eastern Shore of Maryland built around the digital preservation, as well as organization, of photographs new and old. Over the course of my time designing logos I've really become quite found of these types of projects. They're challenging in ways that help your eye understand the subtitles of "design", font selection, color and so on, which can be a slight step outside the peripheral of that of your illustrative or fine art eye. Hope you enjoy and I'll talk with you soon! - D  Here are a few more designs of Bo, a character for an upcoming comic strip I'll be illustrating. I will say the story is based on actual events with characters created around real people. So it'll be as funny as, well, you might assume it to be.
Have a great weekend & I'll talk with you next week! -D  Here's a few character designs I've been working on for an upcoming comic strip. This entertaining fellow goes by the handle of Bo.
I'll keep you posted on further developments, but the meantime I'll let you in on a small secret - those may not be his real teeth. Hope you enjoy and I'll talk with you soon! - D  Whatsup everybody, here's another panel from the proposed comic, HARD RAIN.
This shot here is a tasty mix of 1/4 high-speed chase, 3 quarters spitting gunfire, a pair of blown Goodyears and a sharp jerk of the wheel. Drop in a handful of cherry demons, shake well and serve chilled. Hope you enjoy and I'll talk with you soon, - D  Whatsup everyone!
Here we have the fifth and final illustration for the ALTERNA ORIGINALS creater-owned sketch card series. This undead action-packed World War II climax is based upon the New York Times Best Selling graphic novel series, FUBAR - from supreme commander (and writer/artist) Jeff McComsey, along with a multitude of other very talented artists & writers. A little while ago I expanded my world of subject matter by drawing my first zombie. Since then I think I may have gotten a small taste for it as I truly enjoyed working on this. Here's a brief description of the book... We have nothing to fear, but fear itself...and Zombies. This Zombie-Nazi smashing book spans the entire European theater from Sussex to Stalingrad as the Allies come face to face with the walking dead. Enticing, right? If you'd like to know more about FUBAR you can visit and peruse samples of the on Alterna Comics website right HERE. Hope you enjoy and I'll talk with you soon! - D  Whatsup everybody,
Hope you all had an excellent and possibly even restful weekend. Continuing onward with our ALTERNA ORIGINALS escapade we have an alluringly dangerous character from the graphic novel, DIARY of the BLACK WIDOW created, written & illustrated by Mr. Bret M. Herholz. As soon I saw Herholz's illustrations of the 'Black Widow' I knew I needed to take a stab at it. The refreshingly unique drawing style, combined with the striking design of the character, rightly grabbed my attention. There's something in the eyes that almost tells you everything you need to know... "A young woman with a habit of seducing and killing men attracts the attention of an oblivious Detective and his helper. Will they solve the mystery behind these murders, or will the Black Widow strike again?" If you'd like to drink in a few pages from the graphic novel simply click right HERE. Hope you enjoy and I'll be back soon with the series' conclusion! - D  Whatsup everybody,
Hope your Friday's begun with an electrifying start. Today's 3rd installment of the ALTERNA ORIGINALS sketch card series is the character Richard Sullivan from the graphic novel, THE CHAIR - written & illustrated by Peter Simeti. Peter is not only a fine wielder of pen & brush but he himself is also the president & publisher of ALTERNA COMICS. Yes, that's right, he's not only the owner but a member as well. What I found striking about the Sullivan character is this ragged yet hardened appearance. Just looking at his body language and overall all demeanor it's obvious the guy's seen and been through a lot, and most of it he'd probably prefer to pass on. "As the sole remaining inmate in the prison, Sullivan must find a way to escape his fate or let the insane events of the prison finally consume him". If you'd like to know more about THE CHAIR simply click HERE. Hope you enjoy and I'll talk with you next week, - D  Whatsup everyone!
This is illustration numero dos of my 5 card series for Alterna Comics' new collection of creator-owned trading cards, ALTERNA ORIGINALS. This bubbly character is from the 5 volume graphic novel series, Novo, from creator/writer/artist Michael S. Bracco. Anytime I have the opportunity to delve into the world of science-fiction I try to take it, and this portly fellow of dental magnificence was just that chance. If you'd like to know more about Novo you can check it out right HERE. Mr. Bracco and myself actually crossed paths a time or two, as we're both alums from MICA (Maryland Institute, College of Art). He actually published a pretty sweet comics magazine at the time called Rhino. Today though he's the owner of the website, SpaghettiKiss.com - "Unusual apparel design for men and women" based upon his graphic novels and illustration. Give it a look. Hope you enjoy and I'll talk with you soon! - D  Whatsup everyone!
A little while ago Alterna Comics announced they would be doing a brand new series of creator-owned trading cards titled ALTERNA ORIGINALS, based on the mass of successful graphic novels they've published over the years. Within this group of cards would be a massive 250 hand-drawn sketch cards from 50 different artists. This is a project I was very excited to hear about and I'm pleased to say my name is amongst the many talented artists on the roster. I've contributed a total of 5 originally illustrated sketch cards to the collection, and in celebration of the release of the cards this coming Fall I'll be posting each card right here on my site one at a time over the next week and a half. We had the opportunity to choose whichever characters we'd like to illustrate from any of their graphic novels (that in itself was tough, since so there were so many great lookin' characters). First up is a character by the name of Homer Hegal from Jeff McComsey's comic, AMERICAN TERROR. The unique look of this fellow immediately grabbed my attention and I knew I had to try my hand at him. Spectacles AND an eye-patch on one character. C'mon on, right? The exact ingredients of 'cool'. If you'd like to find out more about AMERICAN TERROR you can click right HERE. You can also visit Alterna Comics' website at www.AlternaComics.com to find out more about ALTERNA ORIGINALS. Hope you enjoy and I'll talk with you soon! - D  Whatsup everyone,
I just wanted to pass along some very cool and heart-warming news in case you haven't heard. In support of the victims of the recent Aurora shooting some of the comic book industries best & brightest have banded together for the benefit event, AURORA RISE. The AURORA RISE: BENEFIT EVENT is organized by Jason Farnsworth, the manager at ALL C'S COLLECTIBLES in Aurora, Colorado. All C's is Aurora's one and only comic book shop and has directly felt the affects from the shooting, just 2 weeks ago. Some of the victim's friends and loved ones, and even some of the victims themselves, were patrons of the shop. "The mission of Aurora Rise is simple - we are going to do everything in our power to assist and aid the victims and victim’s families." In doing so the comic book community has stepped up to help. An in-store signing at All C's, silent auction and meet & great has been set up for August 25th & 26th with some of comic's most popular creators. So far Mike Mignola, Matt Fraction & Steve Niles have all signed on for Aurora Rise, along with Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics, DC Comics, McFarlane Productions and more - with many other creators & companies donating comics, merchandise, collectables and artwork for the silent auction, including myself. If you'd like to donate to this incredible cause you can contact All C's Collectables at their email [email protected] or visit their facebook page right HERE. All proceeds from the event will go directly to the victims, their families and/or designated charity or foundation. Thanks and have a great weekend everybody, - D  Whatsup everyone!
I just wanted to announce a project I'm beyond excited about. In the coming weeks I'll be collaborating on a series of illustrations with a good fellow named Stiles White for the very cool website, SIX-WORD TALES. Stiles, a film & TV screenwriter, began the project a little while back, dubbed SIX-WORD TALES - inspired by the famous boasts of Ernest Hemingway, who stated he could tell a great story in just six words. His example: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." (Cool, right?) Stiles has been obsessed with this micro-method of telling stories and because of this he decided to embark on the project. Now, many tales have been told using this particular format of six words, but Stiles wanted to try something a little different. Something unique. So accompanying each story is a specific illustration in partnership with the text. Some are photographs, some drawings, others are paintings. And over the course of the series he's attracted some of the most talented, credible and skilled artists around; Greg Ruth, Craig Spearing, Mike Manomivibul, Devin Roth, Matt Strackbein, Paul Harmon and that's just to name a few. Over the last couple years Stiles has been extremely busy outside of SWT with screenwriting, penning the scripts with his wife and writing partner Juliet Snowden for films such as "KNOWING" and the upcoming "THE POSSESSION" (in theaters August 31st. Be sure to check it out. It looks AMAZING), so he chose to take a hiatus from the project. The upcoming series between Stiles and myself will mark a return to SIX-WORD TALES and, as you can assume, I'm REALLY looking forward to it. The sketch we have above is for the forthcoming illustration for the first story. There will be a total of 5 stories with 5 separate and unique illustrations, all centering around one larger story. So where are those first six words? Well, we've chosen to hold onto them for now. Don't want to give too much away, ya know. But I will say it just may have something to do with the words "super" and "hero". If you'd like to check out the current lineup of stories you can do so by paying a visit to www.SixWordTales.com. Hope you enjoy and I'll talk with you soon! - D |
