I went to the DMV yesterday to renew my license and while waiting I decided to draw a DMV/Star Wars Cantina mash-up as that is often what it seems like there. I used a Fine Sharpie pen for this sketchbook drawing. I was thinking of coloring it but decided it looks just fine in its raw form. Click on the image to enlarge.
I was watching Skrek the other night and thought that the green ogre could use a bit of a facelift. A little penciling and photoshop later and here we have it…
I just realized that it’s been a long while since I’ve posted some random doodles that might otherwise fall between the cracks and be forgotten. Without further ado I bring you a batch of misfit drawings for your consumption… (Click on images to enlarge)
I’ve done a few of these. Just playing around with symmetry with the aide of Photoshop.
“When Sidewalk Stains Attack.”
I came across some torn out pages from a novel scattered all over the street and I told myself I’d pick one up and draw whatever the content at the top of the page happened to be. Imagine my luck… this one was meant to be.
In keeping with the street theme I found this discarded sheet of uncut Stravinsky stamps and decided to draw his portrait over them.
I’ve always wanted to do a Hendrix piece. The wait is now over.
This was my prediction as to what the Giants were going to do to the Tigers. Turns out I can draw AND make accurate predictions.
Here’s a commission I did for a guy who traveled 443.1 miles to the Pearl Jam concert Munk One and I did a poster for last year.
This was a recent commission where I was asked to draw my interpretation of Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. Naturally, I drew a demon on a horned motorcycle in front of an erupting volcano.
And I’ll wrap it up with a turtle commission followed by a bunch of sketchbook scribbles. Enjoy!
I thought I’d put together another post of random artwork from here and there. It’s the kind of artwork that doesn’t really belong anywhere except with a bunch of other random drawings. So here we have some recent works that were done in my sketchbook, as commissions, portraits, an album cover and so on.
We will begin with some sketchbook pages. A lot of times at night I’ll sit on the couch and doodle while watching TV and these are some of those end results.
Here we have a piece that I started drawing while having diner at an Indian restaurant. The tables are covered with large sheets of paper and as is often the case I end up doodling on it. The food showed up long before I could finish the drawing so I decided to cut it out and take it home to polish off. The paper was terrible quality and the pen I was using was absolute junk but I muscled it all into something fun in the end.
Next we have a couple of portraits. Beethoven followed by Thoreau.
These next two are pretty random. Maybe the most random stuff I’ve posted in a while. I have a habit of seeing things everywhere I look. My overly active imagination can instantly push an image into just about everything I see… even if it’s just a stain on the street.
This is a commission I did recently for a fellow polar bear lover. This image is based off of an old photo I have that I’ve always wanted to draw and I figured that this was the perfect opportunity to do so.
This is an album cover for OtotoxiK which I don’t believe has come out yet. The only art direction he gave me was that he liked some of my ornate skull work so I ran with it and this is where it wound up.
Here are a couple examples of pieces I’ve done at the live drawing events here in SF called Sketch Tuesdays which are held once a month at 111 Minna.
I’ll round it off with some color pieces. As much as I like ink as an end result there is a part of me that wants to get my Skittles rainbow on as well.
So this one is actually a really big honor. A ways back ImagineFX contacted me and asked if I would be interested in being featured in the sketchbook section of the magazine. For those who aren’t familiar with this magazine it is the Rolling Stone of it’s field. The magazine is European based and packed full of art, tutorials, interviews and so on of the leading artists in the fantasy and sci-fi digital art field. Somehow, my pens and pencils made it past the high tech check point. SWEET! In any event, here’s a look at my four page spread. Click on the pages to view them larger.
ImagineFX August 2012
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”
Been wanting to do this stupid sketch for over a week. I figured… everyone deserves a fairy of sorts in their world…
My latest comic book endeavour has arrived. It is an Image Comics one-shot titled ’68: Jungle Jim. It’s written by Mark Kidwell and colored-up by Jay Fotos with pencils and inks by me. It’s stacked full of Vietnam, zombies, a shit-ton of blood and gore and it hits comic shops today, Dec. 14th. To mark the day I have put all of the original artwork up for sale! Feel free to follow the link to the PDF and buy ‘em up!
http://www.n8vandyke.com/temp/68_JJ_SALE.pdf
I’ve had a lot of people who have pleaded with me to do a sketchbook or something along those lines. Something you can hold and actually see all of the nitty gritty inking details I labor over rather than the jpeg life we have all grown accustom to. That being said I am happy to announce that I have put together a 40 page sketchbook in a magazine style. It’ll be roughly 8 1/2″ x 11″ and full color. I should be getting it back from the printers soon.
Here’s a little bit of what you will see inside…
* The first page is left open as each copy will have a detailed original ink sketch (not some quick sharpie shit but a REAL drawing).
* Wrap-around cover and a wrap-around inside cover.
* Slammed full of never before printed work with the exception of only two illustrations.
* SEVEN Side-by side examples of sketches displayed next to the final piece to show my process (or lack there of).
* A handful of DUTCH illustrations, acrylic paintings, studies, skulls and so on.
* A liger illustration (yeah, a fucking LIGER, people!).
THE CATCH…
I will only be distributing about 15 of these (numbered inside next to the original illustration). The only way that you are going to be able to get this is with the purchase of something from my upcoming art sale… or on ebay if someone is dumb enough to part with it. I will be selling work for around $200 and up and It’s a limit of one sketchbook per purchase. Details on the art sale will follow soon and will be strictly first come, first served.
A little look at the cover…
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