Dana's Doodles...

[cmdrkoenig67]

I guess I should share some of my "art"...Some of these are old (and my grasp of anatomy has never been very good), so be gentle if you critique them...LOL!  Oh...I may have shown some of them in the past, if I ever had an art thread (I don't recall, if I ever did)...

90s...











2000s...





This one I did with Paint Shop Pro...

[daglob]

They are all good, but I like Robotman the best.

[Outcast]

I didn't know you could draw this good Dana. They are really very good! (I'm surrounded by artists here. )

[Panther_Gunn]

Having never been artistically trained (mostly due to lack of talent), I can only tell you what looks off or really doesn't work.

Heather's upper right arm looks a little stretched out, longer than it should be, compared to the rest of her.  Some of her fingertips also look a bit longer than they should be.

Cliff's pose, in the solo shot, looks slightly off, but I'm not sure how.  It may be the legs, perhaps too widely spaced, or just shown rotated differently than I would expect.

Jessica's left leg is the most glaring to me.  That just doesn't look comfortable at all.  And for some reason, her butt looks big. 

Other than that, they all look good to me.  Definitely better than anything I could attempt.  The bits that stand out to me are Rita's face in the solo shot, and Gar's face in the group shot -- both have a John Byrne look to them.

[cmdrkoenig67]

Thank you guys.

PG...Thanks for the critique, I am aware of the long arm and weird leg issues....I've always had problems with anatomy...And even though, I've studied it a bit and know how long an arm should be, etc...I still don't realize I'm drawing it too long till after I'm done.  I probably really should start more drawings in pencil first...LOL!

Dana

[Cyber Burn]

Gotta admit Dana, Spider-woman is my favorite, but these are all really well done.

[cmdrkoenig67]

Thank you, CB.

Here are more that I dug out and took pics of (some are from high school...Maaaaaany years ago...LOL!), please forgive the bad photography (also, some of these were really light, pencil drawings so I had to up the contrast a bit so they were more visible)...

1984-1985

Vocational School, Communication Design...A project with a pen and ink first, then we had to redraw it, but also use water color (I'm sure I'm forgetting some of the specifics)...





A project I had to do using my initials (I did two versions)...





A Halloween-y drawing...I just realized how blurry this photo came out...Sorry.



Pen and ink with water color...



I used some of my D&D toys in this one...LOL!



Some weird sci-fi stuff...I kid!...I'm still a big fan of Doctor Who...



Another fantasy pen and ink with water color (notice the water damage..Arrgh!)...



1987-1989

Some fellow from a cartoon TV series...



This one I called "Ruined Picnic"...



Some dinos...





Just scribbling some eyes...



My friend Sue and I as D&D style warriors...



1990's

[BWPS]

Wow, I really like the style. It reminds me of the kind of art you'd see on boxes/manuals of old computer games or the covers of fantasy novels. The halloween picture is especially cool.

[cmdrkoenig67]

Thanks, BWPS!  I appreciate the input.

Dana

[Artemis]

Really great stuff, I especially like the werewolf and the warrior woman facing the bat creature. Very atmospheric, hope to see more!

[cmdrkoenig67]

Thank you, Artemis!

A couple of recent works (from my drawing class)...

This one is a tool study...



...And this is just me doing some doodling, as I waited for the instructor to show up for class...



The instructor has most of my drawings, so I'm unable to scan them at the moment.

Dana

[cmdrkoenig67]

I took Painting I this summer and I hadn't really painted in about 2 decades...I think I did pretty darn good (oh and I have to apologize for the light glare on some of the pics).

We started in black & white and one assignment was to do 2 paintings of shoes or sneakers...





Once we got to color, we did a few still life paintings (here is one I did)...



We also had to do a painting of a landscape photo...



We did a few more landscapes outside the studio...





We were also assigned to do a master's copy (I did Van Gogh's Sunflowers)...



...And this was my final project (the instructor left it up to us, it's four panels making up one picture), I apologize for it's blurriness, it's pretty big...

[Xenolith]

Your stuff is pretty good, Dana.  I'm impressed.  It really jumps up a notch when you add color.

[BentonGrey]

Wow!  Dana, I knew you were an amazing creator for FF, but I had no idea you were such an artist!  This is some really awesome work!  I like that last one.  Well, as a matter of fact, I really like a lot of these, too many to focus on all of them.  I will say that you've got a real flair for fantasy, my friend.  This is all really impressive.

Ohh....and what the heck...is that really Tendril from The Inhumanoids?  I was pretty sure I was the only person who remembered that show.  Ha, I came across a tape with, like two or three episodes of it once when I was a kid.  I rented it from the video store, and then I could never find it again.  I remembered it being absolutely amazing, but couldn't remember much about it.  Just a few years ago I tracked it down and watched a few episodes....wow....memory can play some funny tricks, because it was one of the worst things I've seen in my entire life!

[cmdrkoenig67]

Thanks guys.

@Benton...I agree, the Inhumanoids doesn't really hold up too well in viewing it as an adult.  IMHO, the show was written very over-the-top, cheesy and quite silly.  The Monsters' voice work is also very silly.

Dana

[Figure Fan]

That four-piece painting you did is awesome! Great work.

[Cyber Burn]

Wow, Dana, I love those Dragons.

[cmdrkoenig67]

Thanks guys!

Dana

[cmdrkoenig67]

A few more recent doodles...

This one is from last semester...I think you'll know who it is,


EDIT: I forgot this one, also from last semester...


These are from this semester...

Unfinished wolfie,


Unfinished elven lass,


More eyes,


Gojira,


The Wolfman,


Franky (drawn partially last week and finished tonight),

[Previsionary]

These are looking awesome, Dana. You should draw some stuff for me, obvi.

[MJB]

Very cool sketches, Dana! I like the wolfie you drew on notebook paper. He looks so hungry & on the prowl for eats.

[cmdrkoenig67]

A few more that I never uploaded (I haven't really drawn anything this summer, besides some doodling...no time)...Oh and some of these are just doodles too (during Comics class)...

My family, Munsters style...


Zombies...


A blushing bride (This is meant to be after I imagined she digs herself out of the ruins of the collapsed lab)...


A dragon...


Mercion from 80s D&D toys...


A two page comic assignment from Comics and Sequential Art class (spring semester)...

[Cyber Burn]

Zombies and Dragons, I love it. 

[cmdrkoenig67]

Thanks to everybody who has left comments, I appreciate them all..

Here are a few from last semester...

















The SMCC Senior Art Show, my corner of the show...

[Previsionary]

Dana, you did not show me all these pictures. I'm now questioning our friendship. I love the lovecraftian green/skeletal alien creature.

[cmdrkoenig67]

Thank you, and we're still pals.

Dana

[naitvalis]

hey Dana nice illustrations here! my favourite is that one with the obelisk from that lovecraft tale, but all of those are full of the atmosphere of their respective books, congratulations !!

[Cyber Burn]

Some great pics here Dana, I'm really enjoying the show.

[cmdrkoenig67]

Thank you, Nait and Cyber!

Dana

[BentonGrey]

Holy Hannah Dana, these are awesome!  What are those quotes from in the pictures with the merman and the monkey-creatures?  I love the Frankenstein/Monster one.  Very cool man!