Tag Archives: Sketches

iPad Art

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Dani

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:

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

Posted in Artwork, Miscellaneous, Process, Tips & Tricks | Tagged iPad, Process, Sketches | 5 Comments

Making and Publishing a Children’s Book, Part 4

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Dani

Here’s the latest progress on my self-published picture book project Once Upon a Time. To see my previous posts, go here.

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Making and Publishing a Children’s Book, Part 3

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Dani

I haven’t posted an update about my “Once Upon a Time” picture book in a few weeks. Never fear – I AM making progress. Here is the photo evidence:

My desk is covered with sheets of paper, from this project, my webcomic, and my freelance work. Busy busy! I almost have the entire book roughed out. Then, I’m going to head into refining the drawings. I have the roughs in red colored pencil because I am going to draw right over them with a regular pencil and clean them up in Photoshop. After that, it’s just a matter of painting them!

With this series of posts, I am realizing that it is very hard to do a “making of” without giving too much of the story away. But you may notice above that I managed to put in a sneak peek at a new character I haven’t shown before. ;)

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Making and Publishing a Children’s Book, Part 2

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Dani

Ouatsketch

This is part 2 in my series of posts about the making of my “Once Upon a Time” picture book. See my previous post here: Part 1

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Posted in Process | Tagged Digital Publishing, Ebooks, Once Upon a Time, Process, Self-Publishing, Sketches | 5 Comments

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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Random Comic Art and Commissions

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Dani

Here is a mish-mash of some recent sketches and paintings that I’ve been making for fun for various projects.

These are some original watercolor paintings featuring characters from my comic Frosty the Gourdman:

Frostywc Frostyandlilywc

And also some smaller sketch cards, painted with gouache:

Frostyintherain Happyfrosty Halloweenlily

Some of this original artwork is available for sale here: http://store.danidraws.com/frosty-the-gourdman

I’ve also made some paintings featuring characters from my other comic, My Sister, the Freak.

The following paintings were made as donations for the UP! Fair. If you haven’t heard about the fair, it is a new convention/conference for independent comics creators and fans. It is taking place next month in Lexington, Kentucky. If you are anywhere near the vicinity, go check it out! Admission is free.

I packaged each painting with signed copies of issue 1. They will be auctioned off in support of the fair.

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