I was sent this link the other day by my friend Max over in Italy. He’s handling the Euro distribution of one of my hoodies as well as other fine Upper PLayground merch. Here we have my “Dutch, Smash!” on a green sweatshirt. Some great modeling pics as well as a nice little write-up. Thanks, MAXIEMILLION!
Follow this link down the rabbit hole…
Sometimes it’s fun to put together a post that reads like garage sale items on top of a folding table. A smorgasboard of random discarded shit thrown together and begging for your attention. Yeah, kinda like that but with art. This post has more animals than usual. Guess I’m getting soft…
I haven’t found as much time as I’d like lately to play with color and mixed media illustrations so I decided to sketch out a loggerhead sea turtle and throw as much color as I could at it.
Sometimes you just need to draw Wicket because that is what your head told you to draw when you woke up one morning.
Gizmo says “Hi”…
Most people would probably think chimps to be my favorite animal but it’s actually the polar bear. I did this sketch to commemorate their big day. I’m not kidding, they have a day… I didn’t make it up, I’m not that creative.
There’s nothing I can say about this piece that will make it any cooler than it already is…
Somebody saw my Gizmo sketch and commissioned me to do a drawing of Gizmo and Dutch drinking in a bar and this is what I came up with. I give you… “GIZMOTORBOAT”
I finally got it all together and running… I think:) It’s a little later than I had hoped to post it but I had to make sure it was all polished and ready. Feel free to pass it around. Just follow this link…
http://www.n8vandyke.com/temp/N8_Sale.pdf
Thanks, everyone! Hope you find something you like.
Just a little head’s-up! Monday morning I am opening up my art sale that I’ve been mentioning for some time. I got the sketchbooks from the printers and they look great! REMEMBER… the only way you can get one of these 15 signed/numbered/custom illustration sketchbooks is by purchasing something from the art sale. It comes free with any one purchase big or small. It’s 40 pages full color and slammed full of goodies. Where else can you find a limited sketchbook like this with Smurfs, a Liger and a whole ton of other cool shit in it? Yeah… here. It’ll be a first come-first served art sale. E-mail me what you want, secure it with me and it’s all yours.
It’s been a long time since I started this blog. I want to thank all of you guys out there for the support. I hope my blog SPAM is better than most of the other junk in your e-mail inbox.
With that being said, bring on the art…
I’ve had the pleasure of doing quite a few commissions recently and I figured now was a good time to show them. They are all pen and ink and drawn on 11″x14″ Bristol Board. If you are interested in a commission feel free to e-mail me: N8vandyke@hotmail.com
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I just finished up drawing the comic and have a somewhat open calendar. I’ve had people asking me to do tattoo designs, t-shirts, ink illustrations and so on in the past but I have been busy. Well, hit me up. Now is the time and it may not last long… Email me: N8vandyke@hotmail.com
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As some of you probably know, a while back I made a 58 page book featuring my chimp character, Dutch. I made it with the print on demand company, Blurb. Well, late last year they asked my girlfriend (who works at Blurb and helped me make my book) if she thought I’d be interested in them doing a feature video on me and my book. After a meeting over drinks I agreed and we set up some dates. A couple guys came to my place and filmed me for two days. They caught me drawing as well as going through my regular routines of playing pool, walking around SF, etc. Turned into a pretty cool video. They did a truly great job editing it together and making me look a bit less stupid than I really am.
If you don’t have my book or wasn’t aware of it you can preview/purchase it right HERE!
Now for the video. Click on the still frame below to view it…
And, yes, it’s true. I live in a salmon-colored house…
And, AND… The late miss Hambone makes a cameo at the 1:09 mark.
I get a lot of people asking me about when I will have another art book and so on. Well… here it is! This 58 page book is the summary of all of the major work I have done of my chimp, Dutch. This book has it all: two comics for Heavy Metal magazine (one unpublished and never shown to the public before!), a mini-comic included with the Pay Day toy, toy designs (one of which is in the works), as well as magazine covers, photo shoots, and gallery pieces… yeah, the works! This book is a print on demand through BLURB so you won’t find it in any stores or anywhere else. It was a lot of fun putting the book together and I hope you guys enjoy it. Also, if you are interested in having a book customized with an original chimp sketch feel free to contact me.
From $34.95
N8VanDyke
