I recently started doing characters for some friends D&D games. I think I will post and update here as I finish them.

This is Malthan:

This is Ellara:

This is Jin:

This was the first draft:

Next I delivered these:

The client wanted the faces changed:

Not from Doctor Who.
These dogs got printed on a letterpress and put in stores all across Houston.
Enjoy them.

I was looking around Pinterest the other day for hair inspiration. I came across an image of Ingrid Michaelson, I had never heard of her, and really wanted to draw that image. So I did. By the way, she is a singer/song writer.

Be sure to click the image for the larger version!

Click here to purchase this print. It is 11×17 on 13×19 paper. $55 US, signed and numbered, limited run of 100.

You read Regretsy, right? Recently the army that is the Regretsy community was asked to illustrate (in whatever magical medium they choose… ) a woman’s fears as a birthday present. Her fears are a) being eaten by a bear, b) raped by a dolphin, c) abducted by aliens. Or all three. I felt like this was something I should illustrate. Also, it was for a good cause, “My friend “A” is a social worker who works tirelessly to ensure that the needs of homeless individuals, youth, and families are met. She also inspired me to join the social work field.”

Follow this link to see all of the entries in the forum/comments. WARNING: NSFW… like, really, NSFW or home or public.

First sketch (click the image to see it larger):

I drew an alien forcing two stuffed animals (a dolphin and a teddy bear) into having sex. The dolphin is totally into it but the bear has a single tear. I put it all into a kid’s room to help with the “why are there two plush animals?” question. It’s not perfect in the context of the request but I feel like it’s a lot creepier that this is happening within feet of the baby and baby monitor. I also dealt with the lighting, having a low light from off frame to add to the drama of the scene.

Then I did the line art where we went through a few different faces for the alien (click the image to see it larger):

Finally settled on this after listening to the forums. Some people felt the tiny eyes and big grin is far creepier than the big eyes (which were going to be glowing). I also added a UFO onto the mobile over the baby’s crib. In the original sketch there were Legos spread across the floor for that “kids room” feel. In the inking I felt like letter blocks were more appropriate. Then it hit me, I could totally squeeze “CF4L” into there (which is relevant to Regretsy’s interests). (click the image to see it larger)

Then I pumped out the colors getting to about 3/4 of the way finished before I had to take care of real-life stuff. I finished the colors the next morning. I think, overall, I spent about two hours and forty-five minutes (2:45) on the whole thing (click the image to see it larger).

-MrDavidPoe

I was sketching the other night during the last few minutes of learning a new skill in Glitch.
This is the sketch:

I worked off of this image and roughed up a color comp for fun, but I couldn’t just levee it here… it didn’t feel complete.

So I took a screen-cap of my naked Glitch and imported it into Flash. This is the resulting image. The thing around his neck was going to be a rook skull as a necklace but… Rook skulls are huge. So I stopped.

(the main body is blurry because it was a TINY image.)

Here he is in-game:

-David

Star Wars. Who hasn’t wanted to redesign some characters?
Recently CG Hub.com challenged us to redesign Star Wars and I sortof jumped in with both feet. Looking below you can see the characters that I had time to redesign.

Luke

Leia

Yoda

Anakin

“Red” Trooper (one I made up in that Fan Fic mode in my brain)

Pre-Darth Vader (The moments between the last fight with ObiWan and becoming the full ‘Vader that we know and love.)

Tina and I have enjoyed computer games in the past. Recently we got to Beta test ‘Glitch’ a MMO game about little people that are dreamt up inside the minds of Gods/Giants. It is addicting. VERY addicting. Sadly the beta test ended WAY too soon. Luckily, it’s coming back. Soon.

Until then, here is an illustration I did for my character:

If you play, look me up. I am ‘Sketch Book’.
-David

I was using our car the other day but Tina had a dentist appointment in the morning so I took her and waited in the lobby until she was finished. I took that time to have a cup of coffee and sketch the office.

[as always, if you click on the pictures it will make them BIGGER!]

This one has Tina on her laptop/external monitor that she is having to use right now since the screen on her laptop is going out. On her head is our cat, Mojito, making friends with some moths.

-David

I am finally starting on a larger project for myself.
Here are some teaser images:

Splash image for the website and it may eventually become a button to buy.

This is a rough sketch that I did one afternoon without thinking about it. It became the basis for the characters and mood.

Page 01 rough sketch.

Page one, partial completed image.

I was invited by an artist friend of mine, Justin Black, to put some work up in a show that was Sci-Fi/Fantasy themed. I of course agreed. I did a lot of sketches that were Portal/Portal2 related but just was not into them at the time. I decided instead to pursue a line of work that goes with ‘The Vessel’ and lumped it in with ‘Fantasy’.

Thinking along those lines I came up with a new piece: ‘The Creationist’
This piece follows directly with what I had done in ‘The Vessel’, using similar colors, themes, and atmosphere while also incorporating the smoky light effect I had begun to play with in ‘Mambo des Erzulie Freda’

The piece:

Smokey Effect:

Some details (be sure to click on the images, they get bigger):

While thinking about this as a series, I have also recently finished ‘The Nightmare’ or ‘That Dream again’… I had trouble coming up with a title. Tina pointed out that it’s color scheme and theme did not entirely match the others at the time.

So I went back and changed a few of the colors and added the glowing sphere:

The final title is ‘The Dreamer’.

Finally I printed the work at 13″x19″, framed and hung the pieces at the show.

Unfortunately due to a family thing I was unable to attend the show myself. I hope everyone enjoyed the pieces, I look forward to hanging the Portal-pieces next month!

(These next pics were taken by Justin Black.)

(Please click the image for a larger version.)

This piece was based on a half awake/half asleep vision/nightmare that I had early one saturday morning. It has been altered from the original “nightmare”. Originally it was the same perspective but more like someone just tossed a rigid body at me from the doorway.

The sketch I did after I woke up:

Here are some details (Please click the images for a larger version):

Thanks!
-David

I have been working with more super hero forms. I have this story in my head about these heroic looking robots… I am also working with more dynamic poses.

Anyway, enjoy:

It’s not cut of at the bottom, I just drew it in a wide format.
I suggest clicking it to view the image at full size. It’s niiiice.
-David