Artwork

iPad Art

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Dani
Little Pig iPad painting

I have been having a TON of fun lately drawing on my iPad. I’ve had my iPad for about a year now, but I’ve only used it to doodle occasionally. I finally decided to sit down and really see how far I can take a painting on this device. I’ve been very happy with the results.

Here’s a few more drawings I’ve made so far:

Abe Lincoln iPad drawing MSTF Alien iPad Inking Test Cat iPad Painting

I started a Flickr set where I can keep all my iPad paintings. You can go there if you want to see all my drawings so far, and others I may post in the future: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjvnJPN4
Read on for my answers to iPad art FAQs

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Harry Potter Gouache Painting Process

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Dani

Ron and Hermione

Most of my illustration work is digital, but sometimes I get the hankering to just sit down and work with actual PAINT so I decided to get out my gouache and make a painting just for fun.

Well, I’m a BIG Harry Potter fan and I am super excited about the last movie coming out this weekend, so for my fun little painting I decided to paint two of my favorite characters and cutest couple ever – Ron and Hermione.

My sketch is just a small thumbnail in my sketchbook. I didn’t even bother refining it; I just scanned it, blew it up in Photoshop, adjusted the color, then printed it out on a piece of heavyweight bristol paper. I then taped it down to a board and painted right on top of it.

Click for photos and video!

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Snow Bears

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Dani

It’s been awhile since I posted any actual artwork, so here you go! I hope everyone is surviving all the snowstorms and yucky weather.

Here is the original sketch:

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Christmas Cards

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Dani


From now until Christmas Eve, I will be making sketch cards on my Ustream show featuring my favorite holiday characters. The show airs every Tuesday-Friday at 10 AM ET. Come and chat as I draw and paint live.

I will be posting the images at the top of this post as I make them. Check back often to see the new artwork throughout the month.

All artwork will be put up for sale in my store immediately after the show each day. See all the cards that are available here: http://store.danidraws.com/christmas-cards

Please note that while I will send the orders as soon as possible, I cannot guarantee they will arrive before Christmas. I ship them via USPS first-class, so if you’re in the U.S. it will probably take several days.

I hope you all are having a very merry holiday season!

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They Draw and Cook

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Dani

They Draw and Cook is a wonderful blog that features illustrated recipes by many different artists. Anyone is free to submit a recipe. These are a couple of my own illustrations that I submitted recently. It is tons of fun. Go over to the site and check out all of the other awesome artwork. Be careful though – it will make you hungry!

Update: Here are the links to the recipes on the They Draw and Cook site.

Hot Chocolate: http://www.theydrawandcook.com/2010/12/hot-chocolate-by-dani-jones.html
Apple Pie: http://www.theydrawandcook.com/2010/11/apple-pie-by-dani-jones_17.html

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Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Dani

Have fun with your families, eat lots of pie and turkey, and enjoy a happy week.

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Monster Mash

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Dani

Some watercolor doodles I made today.

Have a Happy Halloween everyone!

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