DMAC's Art Blog

Playing with Pokémon Fusion again. Tremble at the adorable...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:09:47 -0400

Playing with Pokémon Fusion again. Tremble at the adorable might of Pikachamp!

Beebasaur and Slowtortle. Generated by playing with the Pokémon...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 23:44:46 -0400

Beebasaur and Slowtortle. Generated by playing with the Pokémon Fusion generator at http://pokemon.alexonsager.net/.

Curveball, drawn for Green Ronin’s series of Wild Cards...

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:20:32 -0400

Curveball, drawn for Green Ronin’s series of Wild Cards SCARE Sheet PDFs which are available here. Pencil with digital color.

Happy Mother’s Day! I drew my mom a squirrel in pen and...

Sun, 12 May 2013 11:24:35 -0400

Happy Mother’s Day! I drew my mom a squirrel in pen and ink/watercolor to go with the chickadee piece for my grandmother. I picked up some frames for them at IKEA so that they look legit.

A little pen and ink/watercolor drawing of a chickadee I drew as...

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:13:07 -0400

A little pen and ink/watercolor drawing of a chickadee I drew as a Mother’s Day gift for my grandmother.

Commission piece for Joe Martin of his character Sidestep.

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:44:51 -0400

Commission piece for Joe Martin of his character Sidestep.

Happy 75th Birthday, Superman! Pencil with digital color.

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:44:00 -0400

Happy 75th Birthday, Superman!

Pencil with digital color.

An adorable purple cat with amazing hair drawn for a fan on...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:58:55 -0400

An adorable purple cat with amazing hair drawn for a fan on deviantArt who captured my 100,000th pageview. Always interesting to draw something outside of my usual comfort zone…

I do draw super adorable cats though, right?

Happy 4/13! Congratulations to @andrewhussie on another year of...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:37:00 -0400

Happy 4/13! Congratulations to @andrewhussie on another year of ridiculous nonsense!

Pencil with digital color.

lexxercise: Life Beyond the Clouds: Kickstarting The Cloud...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:07:11 -0400

lexxercise:

Life Beyond the Clouds: Kickstarting The Cloud Factory

A printed collection of concept art and comic pages from Lexxy’s upcoming fantasy adventure webcomic, The Cloud Factory.

After many months of deliberation and work, I’m excited to announce my first Kickstarter! The project goal is a high quality, soft cover, 6” x 9” art book, which will include at least four complete comic pages, by July 1st, 2013. This Volume Zero book will contain 32 full-color pages, and all the comic pages completed for it will be available to read at launch on http://www.cloudfactorycomics.com.

As with any good Kickstarter, I’ve got some pretty sweet backer incentives lined up. Even the lowest reward tiers get you a PDF of Volume Zero, as well as other digital swag like official TCF music and wallpapers. Physical rewards include a copy of the book, prints, limited edition book plates, and artist edition books (plus some mysterious stretch goal unlockables), while the truly daring can back more influentially by naming in-comic features and making cameo appearances!

Backing this project will not only get a nice art book into your hands, but it will help facilitate the release of over two years’ worth of work for everyone to read! Please, help me share my story with you :>

I redrew another pair of aliens from this page of doodles I did...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:09:21 -0400

I redrew another pair of aliens from this page of doodles I did 10 years ago.

Added some color to my dinosaur sketches from the other day.

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:44:25 -0400

Added some color to my dinosaur sketches from the other day.

Drawing dinosaurs and watching season 2 of Game of Thrones.

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:13:59 -0400

Drawing dinosaurs and watching season 2 of Game of Thrones.

Skull from PVP. Pencil with digital color.

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:02:00 -0400

Skull from PVP. Pencil with digital color.

Decided to redraw a couple of aliens from an old batch of...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:29:00 -0400

Decided to redraw a couple of aliens from an old batch of doodles I did 10 years ago. The originals can be found here: http://www.darrencalvert.com/oldaliens.gif

lexxercise: When people work together on such a large...

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:10:48 -0500

lexxercise:

When people work together on such a large collaborative project, there’s a lot of emotional aftermath; the exhilaration of having participated in something bigger than you, pride in the part you played, worry over the mistakes you made, relief that you can finally get some rest, and loneliness for the friends you left.

However the editing portrays us in the end, we all came out of this with valuable new knowledge and incredible new friendships. I can’t begin to express how glad I am to have met everyone on this show. I can’t even write about it without getting misty eyed! Or maybe that’s an understatement and I cried actual tears, but I’m a big fat baby and that’s how I roll.

Now go watch me embarrass myself thoroughly in the premier episode!

Looking forward to it!

A mutant beaver, created and trained by a secret criminal...

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:20:00 -0500

A mutant beaver, created and trained by a secret criminal organization. Now escaped and working to bring them down.

He’s been a busy beaver.

Pen and ink with digital tones.

Big Buck on Campus. Pen and ink with digital tones.

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:46:08 -0500

Big Buck on Campus. Pen and ink with digital tones.

Pen and ink Shaolin frog sketch with digital tones.

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:09:54 -0500

Pen and ink Shaolin frog sketch with digital tones.

A step-by-step breakdown of my process for creating the DaGeDar...

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:56:00 -0500

A step-by-step breakdown of my process for creating the DaGeDar illustrations I did.

Rough Pencils - “Rough” is kind of a relative thing here. I do adjust levels in Photoshop to get rid of some of the sketchier lines before sending this stage to the client for approval.

Tight Pencils - Once the rough has been approved, I print it out and take it to my light table to trace the tight pencils. These were done with an H pencil and then tinted slightly in Photoshop to suit the overall color scheme of the piece (in this case a blue tint).

Flat Colors - Done on a separate layer underneath the pencils. Because my pencils lines were pretty clean, I was mostly able to do these by selecting areas with the magic wand, expanding my selection by a pixel or two, and then filling using the paint bucket. I create a duplicate of the flats before I start shading because it makes it easier to go back and select areas quickly using the magic wand.

Final Shading/Rendering - Done with a combination of soft and hard-edged brushes as well as the gradient tool when it was appropriate.

Edit: Tumblr seems to be acting weird about displaying the full-size image. It can be found on my site here: http://www.darrencalvert.com/dagedar_process.jpg