New artwork.... [Archive]

~Danny~

10-29-2008, 02:33 PM

Hi all. I think my previous gallery thread got purged so just wanted to stop by, show some newer work and get the word out that I'm looking for work. Thanks for looking.

http://item.slide.com/r/1/168/i/JWtymB2N6j8TqlMejhMbfMYjdn91dQXu/

http://item.slide.com/r/1/131/i/UC0OROBp6D8EaJRwpfoiZLhEGN53aAYU/

http://item.slide.com/r/1/32/i/3O3q-W-o4D9d38GLB4E2Ui5A1NzqrA8N/

David Hamilton

10-29-2008, 07:07 PM

...dude....

Those freakin' ROCK.

Destriarch

10-30-2008, 02:29 AM

Excellent stuff, but could use a bit more contrast when transferred to the computer screen. The glare makes 'em a bit difficult to see.

jon gibbons

10-30-2008, 03:36 AM

Great pencils. I Agree with Destriarch though, you could do with darkening the pieces. The Dwarf and Spider critter are very well done, but there are some anatomy issues with the archer figure.

~Danny~

11-04-2008, 07:17 AM

Thanks for looking....yeah, been having all kinds of scanning issues lately (I don't know what I'm doing) so I think I'll be going back to inked work soon.

Jon H

11-04-2008, 07:29 AM

Hi Danny, still love the work!

Quick tip for punching up your tones in Photoshop if you have it, but don't want to get into adjusting levels . Copy and paste the whole canvas, set the new layer created to a multiply layer, reduce the opacity to about 50%, and there you go. Its not perfect, and its better to learn about adjusting levels, but its a quick fix for display.

smokewolf

11-04-2008, 08:41 AM

Sweet, love the dwarf and his massive mace.

~Danny~

11-05-2008, 09:34 AM

Hey, thanks again.

Jon, that's exactly what I need: something quick & useful where I won't need to spend anymore time in PS than I need to.

The Gamer Market

11-05-2008, 10:10 AM

I love your line work and values. I hope that you don't mind, but I wanted to see what it would look like with darkened levels in a sepia tone Your work has a very nice 'texture' to it that plays well in warm and cool tones.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/thegamermarket/Dwarf.jpg

jolly_john

11-05-2008, 07:52 PM

Here's my unauthorized alteration of your artwork.;)
Photoshop>duplicate layer>change layer mode to multiply @ 100%> image, adjust levels....do what feels good> merge visible
Now you're ready for color.
jolly_j

~Danny~

11-06-2008, 02:37 PM

Very cool....gosh, I feel like someone who drives a Ferrari but, only goes 35 MPH lol. Hope to delve more into PS in the near future....

PCIPrez

11-06-2008, 05:33 PM

Hello Mr. Cruz,

Great work and (IMO) very reminiscent of Frazetta (my favorite Fantasy artist!). Although I agree that by darkening it a bit, it does make your work stand out more and makes it more striking.

I wanted to contact you about a project, but I can't find any contact info for you.

Please contact me at your convenience: PCIHenry <at> aol <dot> com

Thanks in advance!

Best,

Henry Lopez
President
Paradigm Concepts, Inc.
www.paradigmconcepts.com

jolly_john

11-06-2008, 08:31 PM

Very cool....gosh, I feel like someone who drives a Ferrari but, only goes 35 MPH lol. Hope to delve more into PS in the near future....
The difference between a guy like you and a guy like me is this:
You have the Ferrari ( skill ) while I have a PT Cruiser ( a moderate technical aptitude with software )
I go 35 MPH because it's all I can do....you go 35 MPH because you haven't tapped the gas yet.
Your work is great, dude. Maybe I'm jealous...and then again, maybe I'm jealous.
jolly_j

David Hamilton

11-06-2008, 08:48 PM

The difference between a guy like you and a guy like me is this:
You have the Ferrari ( skill ) while I have a PT Cruiser ( a moderate technical aptitude with software )
I go 35 MPH because it's all I can do....you go 35 MPH because you haven't tapped the gas yet.
Your work is great, dude. Maybe I'm jealous...and then again, maybe I'm jealous.
jolly_j

Since we're using car metaphors for our artistic skills, I sometimes feel like I'm driving a Gremlin with bad brakes, sugar in the gas tank, and the stereo blasting Metallica.

...I don't even know what that means.
:D

jolly_john

11-07-2008, 11:20 AM

Since we're using car metaphors for our artistic skills, I sometimes feel like I'm driving a Gremlin with bad brakes, sugar in the gas tank, and the stereo blasting Metallica.

...I don't even know what that means.
:D
hahahahahahahahahaha.....

Monster Manuel

11-14-2008, 04:30 AM

Team-Preston

11-16-2008, 08:05 AM

Excellent pencil work. Once inked I think these will be freakin' amazing! Well done. Very tight.

~Danny~

11-19-2008, 07:41 AM

Thanks. Here's something new I did. Still need to work on my PS prowess...would love to be able to maybe digitally paint one day.

http://item.slide.com/r/1/138/i/-spX1V366j8SgkRxxhrmw1nOAKYUkHve/

Theophage

11-22-2008, 02:10 PM

Dude, that's really awesome! The effect of the monster bursting forth is perfect.

The only complaint I have about the piece is that Conan's (or whomever) head gets kind of lost in the composition.

~Danny~

11-25-2008, 02:01 PM

Thanks...it hadn't occurred to me about the head being lost in the composotion but, yeah, I can see your point.

Here's something new I did. No back story or anything to it...just wanted to do a cool looking cyborg character.
Thanks for looking & have a happy Thanksgiving everyone.

http://item.slide.com/r/1/157/i/gEbVjmhmez9U8TBUJUEmVJRHChuqaf_x/

~Danny~

12-03-2008, 06:40 AM

Something new...
http://item.slide.com/r/1/44/i/tOnuL35HxD_RrpB6vXwI9lgTu2_wnKwf/

~Danny~

12-11-2008, 11:37 AM

New dwarf commission
http://item.slide.com/r/1/225/i/m5mEkCd54T9GPQ79SenUxe8zWyR2ygRL/

Jon H

12-12-2008, 05:51 AM

Wow these lovely drawings shall not sink unloved by comment!

I really dig your technique Danny - its quite unusual. Love the lost edges - again something I'm not used to seeing a lot of in pencil work.

The devilish feller with the severed head is just dripping with cool observations and details. Lots to appreciate in there. Good stuff!

Objector

12-12-2008, 06:23 PM

WOW. Awesome, as usual.

Charke

12-12-2008, 08:21 PM

Wow, really nice. The shading really does it for me. It makes everything pop. The anatomy, other than some small problems with the archer, is really good.

Sorry but I'm going to mention something about the archer too. Archery is a very fussy sport. There are a lot of little details. The arrows must be slightly longer than the archer's arm. These look a little short. There has to be a nock on the end of the arrow that the string fits into. Two of the flights (feathers) are the same color, the third is another color. This flight points away from the bow when it is nocked and ready to fire.

A good archer always draws the arrow with thumb, index and middle finger holding the nock - the very end of the arrow. If he doesn't, then he has to change his hand position on the arrow before he can use the arrow - and he's only got one hand to do it.

There should be a lip on the bow, right above the hand, which the arrow rests on. You can rest it on your hand but it hurts. Some archers keep the index finger of their bow hand straight. It kind of helps aim.

Your bow is obviously a recurve. However, when they are strung, bows all take on a similar curve. The recurve mostly vanishes. This one looks like the string isn't quite tight enough.

I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything. I've done a bit of archery and I'm very hoping this information is useful to you. I really recomend all fantasy artists try a day of archery training and another day of sword training. This will really give you a lot of information about combat. (I was writing about Conan and sword making and had the good fortune of finding an working historical smithy in my area.)

I really love that warhammer. It's just scary.

Mark Charke

~Danny~

12-15-2008, 12:30 PM

Thanks for the comments guys.

Thanks for the archery info BTW...love the iconic image of an archer and usually do an archer pic every so often so, yeah, useful info.

~Danny~

12-26-2008, 12:36 PM

Hope everyone had a nice holiday.

http://item.slide.com/r/1/42/i/LFyNZE2h4z-DxpPMtwSP6Zso38izm6ke/

~Danny~

01-06-2009, 04:06 PM

Starting off the year with some rejected art!!! lol it's all good, I'll get it right next time.

http://item.slide.com/r/1/255/i/8u8n3eWH0z_Q2iX7PvR24dzy0BeLJQNr/

Objector

01-11-2009, 10:09 AM

THIS is what was rejected? :eek:

Awesome as always, Danny.

-C

Destriarch

01-11-2009, 12:19 PM

Cloister

01-11-2009, 12:56 PM

These are all very nice. Love details, do you? :) ... The dwarves especially are adorable! Great job!

~Danny~

01-14-2009, 07:09 AM

Looks like I missed a couple of updates. The new scans are much easier to view, very nice work indeed. Only... er... is it my imagination, or is that cyborg using... a spunk-powered cyber-arm? :D EEeeeeeeeewww!

Ash

Ha ha ha ha....finally, somebody noticed! Yes, that is exactly what it is....

Thanks for looking guys.

Jon H

01-14-2009, 11:20 AM

~Danny~

01-14-2009, 01:03 PM

Danny lovely stuff as ever! Who are your influences, because I'll confess its not a style I've really seen before I don't think. My comics-fu has gotten really rusty since I don't work in comics retail any more (and haven't for years and years), and I wonder if there's comic artists informing your style at all?

Thanks for the compliment.

As far as influences go...Frazetta, Rich Corben, Glenn Fabry, Simon Bisley, Geof Darrow, Vaughn Bode....the usual lol. I'd consider those guys to be my long term influences...guys who's work I've admired for years and years and years. I may not be looking at their stuff all the time like I used to be I'm always going to love them.

Jon H

01-14-2009, 03:17 PM

Thanks for the compliment.

As far as influences go...Frazetta, Rich Corben, Glenn Fabry, Simon Bisley, Geof Darrow, Vaughn Bode....the usual lol. I'd consider those guys to be my long term influences...guys who's work I've admired for years and years and years. I may not be looking at their stuff all the time like I used to be I'm always going to love them.

Ah yeah I really see the Corben influence now you mention it(in a good way - I know sometimes folks can get a bit prickled by talk of influences as if its about copying or something, which isn't what I mean at all) and Frazetta too.

Keep on rockin' my man!

~Danny~

01-18-2009, 10:39 AM

Ah yeah I really see the Corben influence now you mention it(in a good way - I know sometimes folks can get a bit prickled by talk of influences as if its about copying or something, which isn't what I mean at all) and Frazetta too.

Keep on rockin' my man!

Thanks. Pretty damn flattered that you are able to see the influence actually...especially since it's not a concious thing that I'm going after these days. I guess that stuff is just permently burned into my brain or something lol.
Anyway, influences are a good thing...you can't create art in a vacuum.

Jon H

01-20-2009, 07:11 AM

Mattias Snygg wrote an awesome illustrated essay about Corben a while back. I'll have to see if I can dredge it up from teh intarwebs and post it for you. In fact it used to be on his site.

AndyHep

01-21-2009, 01:06 AM

Fantastic work, Danny! Learning from yer tonal values :)

~Danny~

01-21-2009, 07:18 AM

Jon-If you find it, by all means post it.
Andy-Thanks...though, I should be learning from you. You have some beautiful work there.

EDIT: What's the policy regarding posting artwork that contains nudity? I don't believe I saw anything in the forum guide lines mentioning this.

~Danny~

01-22-2009, 05:47 AM

I guess it'll probably be safer to link. Wouldn't want anyone to get in trouble or anything. So yeah...these next 2 pics are NSFW

http://item.slide.com/r/1/178/i/MrOTMWI96z_nt3pI5Vmbge8PDcxW2LMI/

http://item.slide.com/r/1/62/i/jfhXeQlg7D9fygQt6IM3Fm2JNMrjXeSz/

blobsticks

01-23-2009, 04:43 AM

Fanbloodytabulous. You're going to be a powerhouse if you can paint like you draw, Danny.

misteradam

01-23-2009, 06:11 PM

i'm in love. that is a sensitive pencil!

~Danny~

02-07-2009, 01:30 PM

Thanks.

It's been a real hectic couple of weeks and I needed to temporarily suspend my ongoing commission work for a bit. Took advantage of the downtime by doing some inked sketches....

http://item.slide.com/r/1/181/i/-LBNFGbpxj9GjcuKwHtndakh81GpZeXH/

http://item.slide.com/r/1/170/i/4N0kxNzh3j9VMz9jU8hTfC5UgueXMmt4/

http://item.slide.com/r/1/57/i/dpmcrZCD5D-WA2na8rczwYwr6M884B4U/

Objector

02-07-2009, 01:34 PM

AWESOME

Michael Jaecks

02-07-2009, 02:13 PM

Hee hee. Me likes me some Thundercats!

all three are great but the last one is my favorite. Are you painting with white-out in the margins? I love that. There's something about the ironic, casual quality of having really great drawings on lined paper that is really charming.

~Danny~

02-08-2009, 07:18 PM

Thanks for the comments guys....and yes, that's white out in the margins. Everything was really casually done...wasn't even sure if I was going to post them online.

jeansonline

02-09-2009, 03:58 AM

Really excellent pencil work. Well done. Very tight.

Destriarch

02-09-2009, 04:19 AM

Dude, lovely work, seriously, but please stop using lined paper! It's such a shame to see these works of art being marred by those pale blue horizontal bars. Careful use of photoshop might remove them - try converting to grayscale and fiddling with the contrast until they disappear, or I'm sure there's some way to separate them out by their colour. I'm no digital painting expert though.

Ash

~Danny~

02-10-2009, 06:36 AM

Yeah, no more lined paper for me. I'm actually going to be moving up in size, as well. Thanks for looking!

travellingscotty

02-10-2009, 07:46 AM

Spoil yourself by splashing out on some quality drawing paper.

If it was from a purely rough/sketchbook angle I quite like the lines showing through. It's like seeing an architects initial design for a building on the back of an envelope, the surface that has been used adds to the story.

Anyway I digress, works looking great as usual and I look forward to seeing the results from up-sizing.

Tim Kirk

02-10-2009, 01:47 PM

What a fierce and wonderful Lion-O
Very nice sketches.

~Danny~

02-10-2009, 02:38 PM

Thanks guys...

~Danny~

02-25-2009, 09:12 AM

New artwork!!!

http://item.slide.com/r/1/252/i/kAqHrK5hvj-Lsgc36BrZyKZDByHptW6r/

http://item.slide.com/r/1/152/i/1okoWD9H0z_4-dY9hHuv0jar-RQY4Fq3/

Quire

02-25-2009, 10:24 AM

Wonderful detail work as ever Danny.

That last one might just come back at me in nightmares. :)

blobsticks

02-26-2009, 11:21 AM

'Kick' and 'Ass' come to mind :)

~Danny~

03-02-2009, 01:00 PM

Thanks...'kick ass' would also come to mind for me too but, more along the lines of that 11 x 17 size is really kicking my ass ha ha ha...

~Danny~

03-17-2009, 01:52 PM

http://item.slide.com/r/1/160/i/kwqR9Owr5D9JdTOgG6MERPCEPy-Uy_sA/

http://item.slide.com/r/1/148/i/bqrnXqer7z_CbGjtAkygsYtwuJZBysj2/

Betty1978

03-18-2009, 12:14 AM

Very nice pictures are here. I will comment one by one soon.

Jon H

03-18-2009, 02:17 AM

I'm just full of love for what you do Danny. Great stuff, and really nicely different to most of what I see out and about, both in terms of the wonderful materials handling and the subject matter.

You make me want to pick up a real pencil and that's saying something, since I am latterly a feckless digital junkie. :)

David Hamilton

03-18-2009, 05:34 AM

beautiful stuff.

The detail in that "executioner dwarf" with all the bodies and such is insane.

ATOM

03-18-2009, 06:07 AM

http://item.slide.com/r/1/152/i/1okoWD9H0z_4-dY9hHuv0jar-RQY4Fq3/

Love this piece!

Great Artistic creativity there Danny! And brilliant execution,
some of those pieces must have taken days to complete,
you have the skill & patience my friend.

~Danny~

03-19-2009, 05:41 AM

Yeah, that particular piece took a little over a week to do.
Thanks everyone for the kind words. Appreciate it.

~Danny~

03-29-2009, 03:39 PM

Latest dwarf commission....

http://item.slide.com/r/1/230/i/fnQj9jCB0T_ZQh0rQTpmdSRVsWcU_BT6/

~Danny~

04-08-2009, 06:40 PM

Something new...

http://item.slide.com/r/1/202/i/esK4v-HR4D_GDu9_5HNBJWPfXnyAQ7AW/

Objector

04-08-2009, 07:10 PM

See... You need to hurry up and come back to The Starving Time...

;):D

~Danny~

04-09-2009, 09:35 AM

lol...once I get past my current work load in a few weeks, I might actually be able to get back on it

Objector

04-09-2009, 12:37 PM

Don't tease... seriously, this last one, the face on it, has such the attitude I had in mind for some of the baddies... can't wait!

Great as always

~Danny~

04-10-2009, 03:34 PM

Thanks!

http://item.slide.com/r/1/162/i/pMyWtzzJ6j_2gJcwQXYTgOEF5caDT1q_/

LMPjr007

04-13-2009, 05:13 PM

Do you do color work?

~Danny~

04-14-2009, 03:56 AM

Do you do color work?

Yeah along the lines of rendered marker work not full blown paintings though.

BTW something new....

http://item.slide.com/r/1/103/i/4M45QF5EuT-2DD3nCq6znSAwuYSDhUZQ/

~Danny~

04-27-2009, 12:43 PM

http://item.slide.com/r/1/178/i/4IcjuAC_3j923Q0vtdSHp5BX9BkoYAkF/

~Danny~

05-12-2009, 02:54 PM

Inked work for an online drawing comp

http://item.slide.com/r/1/138/i/YKiMI3Us2T9T_60TcY1ij80pNd8i9uUQ/

~Danny~

05-20-2009, 03:10 PM

http://item.slide.com/r/1/104/i/gNBMlBKeej_GaGTaC_0SmgqBD5TFNrm3/

~Danny~

05-24-2009, 07:20 AM

http://item.slide.com/r/1/254/i/ljcwBqFh4z8ZYjnK_cmMJs7snmWenyqb/

MikeV

05-24-2009, 11:20 AM

It took me literally 5 tries to read this last piece. My suggestion would be to make sure that you're effectively using your line weights to differentiate foreground and background elements. The orc's (I think that's what it is) arm with the spikey bits should have much heaver line weights than the creature that it's overlapping. With close attention to those line weights I think that the piece would have read easily on first pass. Overall, cool stuff, I'd just work on refining your work a bit so that it looks a bit more polished and clean in final presentation.

~Danny~

05-24-2009, 06:44 PM

Thanks for the insight.

~Danny~

05-27-2009, 06:32 PM

Hmmm..I could've sworn I posted this already but, now I don't see it...I hope I didn't post it somewhere else lol

http://item.slide.com/r/1/173/i/oNeex6de1D-BSmLOm1a-lrtl7fOC95yB/

~Danny~

06-05-2009, 09:18 AM

My version of Tim Kelly's (from deviantart) SLUG character....
http://timkelly.deviantart.com/art/Project-SLUG-2-99269913
Thanks for looking!

http://item.slide.com/r/1/2/i/Uat7Otef4z_cGyESeJcuAAdDmJoLtGTr/

~Danny~

06-08-2009, 06:02 PM

A recent piece.........

http://item.slide.com/r/1/45/i/AAwavMTd7D8RIOY-QOndFFm0LAFtGKkB/

~Danny~

06-20-2009, 06:54 PM

http://item.slide.com/r/1/56/i/BrAv-qTx0D9AfhDNliWjVGsqnvtvDbmJ/

Merlkir

06-20-2009, 11:48 PM

I really like the samurai! Badass.

~Danny~

06-21-2009, 03:48 AM

Thanks, man. Dug your samurai piece, too, btw...really cool stuff.

~Danny~

07-01-2009, 09:57 PM

http://item.slide.com/r/1/172/i/PIBKdEtazT9rPqvSIIOeQSLMfKRbkoaJ/

~Danny~

07-08-2009, 12:36 PM

http://item.slide.com/r/1/255/i/4FSoFwNbuj9rsv2nnGuJIau4R1x27Ruk/

http://item.slide.com/r/1/228/i/8DgMbMxA2T88Uhp-pkN7PqdFIw01dhuL/

misteradam

07-09-2009, 05:15 PM

i like frazetta too! can't wait to see you pick up some oil paint.. your drawing ability is going to transfer over and kick major ass.

~Danny~

07-13-2009, 07:21 AM

Thanks!

Sorry for the large images...I have the same pics on my DA gallery at a more managable viewing size.
http://item.slide.com/r/1/163/i/HC89wUuJ7z_Mfm52h9hlzJ3UxqijrL7m/

http://item.slide.com/r/1/112/i/hgla5l9m4z-cOkXmZy3i2E9IT26-7iG1/

~Danny~

07-14-2009, 02:29 PM

Here's something different from me. A mixed media painting...I've only started dabbling in paints a few months ago...this is actually my second real attempt at one. I know it's not really up to the standards of the painted work that a lot of peeps on this board are doing, but, I thought it might be interesting to see something other than B&W art from me.
http://item.slide.com/r/1/42/i/momeVoxO4T8lf1znpXvk5xXaLFMAXh5-/