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Kaiju And A Girl

Daniel — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:59:36 +0000

Two little sketches I did in between and after things… The second one is referenced from this awesome blog (LINK)

Gals Wit Guns - NSFW

Daniel — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:14:36 +0000

Not from life but from flickr instead of working on what I should be doing (the skateboard design) but I guess it beats doing nothing or whining. No preliminary sketching just brush pen.

Some of the refs (I missed saving all of the addys…) - copyright is with the respective owners of the images
http://www.flickr.com/photos/monalogic/374844432/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gabbyzombie/2288238009/in/photostream/
http://flickr.com/photos/synthetic_girl/124809978/sizes/o/

Sketches Fo Random People

Daniel — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:03:57 +0000

I was forced to waste my day yesterday with a lot of waiting and walking but at least I managed some sketches of the people around me.

Sketches of Animals

Daniel — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:39:44 +0000

Here are a few studies of animals I did this evening. No pencil, just straight with a brush pen.

Morbidly Obese Or Crazy Phat

Daniel — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:07:41 +0000

I’m having some more fun hunting for images of morbidly obese people. This particular image seems to be rather well know, or so I’ve been told. Well, I referenced it from a photo on flickr (possibly more engrossing) and drew it with a nib pen, ink wash, screen tone and acrylics.

Doodles Of Robots

Daniel — Sat, 31 May 2008 15:58:08 +0000

So, I’ve finally turned in the application papers for my graduation which means that around the beginning of the next year I will be looking for jobs and other opportunities. My graduation project will consist of designing four or more characters that will be modeled into toy figurines, packaging art and a short comic story for each of these characters. I will be documenting all of this as closely as possible. Here are my first few doodles for the robot character (excuse the bad scans):

9 Panels About Love - Painting Process Part 3 - Finished

Daniel — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:49:31 +0000

Finally finished. I realized I need to start painting bigger pictures since this one is awfully small and fleshing out the details wasn’t as much fun as it could have been. It also taught me that I need to learn to be more exact and precise when choosing colors.

Oh, and if you don’t get the story (some details are still hard to make out, unfortunately): It is about the unpredictability of love. The little robot thinks he has found his love by tearing the petals of a flower and decides to send a letter of love to his new girl but through an accident he has to find out that his heart has decided otherwise…

9 Panels About Love - Painting Process Part 2

Daniel — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:33:52 +0000

Lots of things going on today and stuff to prepare for the Comic Con in Erlangen. Excuse for not having made much progress. Maybe.

9 Panels About Love - Painting Process Part 1

Daniel — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:20:15 +0000

Todays progress on the comic. Painting is fun.

9 Panels About Love - Storyboard and Pencils

Daniel — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:15:41 +0000

For today finally the update to the previous post on 9 panels about love. The first image is the storyboard, the second scan shows the pencils on the primed and colored wooden board. The board is roughly 28 cm by 30 cm (12″ x 11″).

9 Panels About Love

Daniel — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:46:18 +0000

Currently I am working on a painted nine panel comic strip. Following are the first few character studies for the protagonist.

The Violators - Custom Mini Skateboard

Daniel — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:30:45 +0000

A while ago I bought this crappy little mini skateboard with the intention of customizing it. Well, today I finally finished painting it (acrylics, of course). If anyone is interested in buying it, please let me know via the comments and I’ll get back to you.

Fat Flickr People Reference Sketches

Daniel — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:30:32 +0000

Uhm,… yeah. I guess the title says it all. I had some fun with fat people on flickr and my new nib pen. I actually enjoy the composition on this spread so I decided to post it as a whole as well.

Le Phosphor Piquenique - 4 page comic

Daniel — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:57:33 +0000

Here is another little story I recently finished for a little group effort we’re putting together for the upcoming Comic Salon in Erlangen, Germany. The story will be available in a little booklet in the size of 15 cm by 15 cm (6″ x 6″). I will be at the Comic Salon as well for the first three days and if you’d like your copy signed just hit me up. Of course you can order it directly here as well as soon as it is available.

I hope the story is understandable even for non-German readers but just in case, here is a translation for the second page. Panel 1: “Your roast is delicious, Marie.” Panel 2: “Thanks marc, your wine is delicious as well.” Panel 3: “And Nina, what did you bring along?” Panel 6: “Me.”

Custom Kaiju - Blobpus and Blobpi

Daniel — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:10:36 +0000

I bought this pair of Blobpus and Blobpi at Charactics in Osaka, Japan but never really enjoyed its color scheme so I decided to give it some of my own magic. This one has a base coat of pearlescent green acryl on which I put some high glossy acryl and let it drip all over. While the paint was still wet I partially covered it with neon pink spray paint which resulted in cracks of the latter since it dries a lot faster. The eyes are a mixture of orange and gold acryl with a glossy clear coat mixed with gold as well.