Happy St Patricks Day!!! Now go get drunk!

Happy St Patricks Day! 

That's all ! Did this design from a sketch when I was first learning photoshop.

Now go drink!

Deadly Combo album artwork!

        Just wanted to share some artwork that I created for the band Deadly Combo. The piece at the top is a traditional mixed media painting created with inks, markers, & watercolors. The script was done with photoshop, and the other two images were created digitally.

I did a progression video that I will post on instagram. @dsilvadesigns.

A very talented group of guys, so check them out!

Sexy Robot Base card art for Contemporary Pinups Puzzle Jam

I recently Completed a trading card set called Contemporary Pinups Puzzle Jams. In this set, i was to complete one half of an oversized card & the artwork would be sent to another artist (steve Lydic) to complete the other half in a collaboration piece. As you can imagine the set was full of girls with there boobs out LOL, because sex sells. Here is the base card ( printed card) art I completed in photoshop, along with the initial marker sketch.

The Ritual

I forgot to post this little number when I was posting the rest of my Sketch cards for breygent marketing's "worlds of fantasy" set. So here she is. This was my base card (or printed trading card) to be part of the normal set. This card was actually converted to a 3d lenticular card, which turned out pretty cool, but it scans horribly, so I've decided to post the normal version.3d Lenticular in case you don't know ( I had to look it up) is like those old hologram stickers or trading cards, that look like certain parts of the picture has been pushed back.

For this set, although it was relatively open ended, we did have a few guidelines to follow & witches were one of the subjects listed. So this is my version of a witch. Instead of having a broom wielding dark vixen, I decided to have a more realistic approach. real witches perform rituals, chanting & blood sacrifices to the energies they wish to summon....so thats what I was going for...but I had to keep her sexy, because that's typically what's desired for projects like these. Was thinking of submitting this one to a contest, but wasn't sure.

Created in photoshop 7

8 eyed dog shark! - shark week bonus sketch

Heres a bonus one I did for shark week, just one of my weird sketches I scanned & threw into photoshop to give it some color.

Megalithic Basking Shark- Shark week Sketch # 5

I think This is my Favorite shark week sketch That I did last week. 8x10 Sketch & digital Color. I should have made the water a little lighter toward the top of the pic, but again, didn't put too much time into these.

Giant Thresher - Shark week sketch # 4

Shark week sketch # 4....8x10 ink sketch with digital color.

Man Shark

Another shark week sketch.....I know this isn't a traditional sketch of a shark, but that's no fun. Don't get me wrong, I totally appreciate realism, but its more fun for me to draw an image that you can't readily google & see a beautiful photo of. I had an idea where sharks were the dominant species of a planet & had evolved into a semi-land animal. They had gained the use of Limbs, however under developed.

I have to apologize for the lack of polish on this one, I only had 10 minutes this morning before hurrying off to work, to shade & loosely color this sketch in photoshop. Then size it & save it, blah, blah, blah. I'm going to clean this one up & try to post it with tomorrows shark week sketch.

HOORAY For Shark Week!!!!

Well its that time again, shark week is among us.....So I know I'm a few days late, but I'm going to do a week of shark drawings!This one I sketched out first & then did a quick coloring in photoshop. I always love drawing creatures that are monstrous in comparison to the ones we know today, I imagine a great beast that have been locked away at the depths of the ocean only seen by those it engulfs.... TGIAF ( Thank goodness its almost friday!)

All Hail The Mighty Cthulhu

"In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming"

What Can I say? H.P. Lovecraft was a literary genius & changed the course if sci-fi & horror as we know it today. Every time I read his works, I leave with a renewed sense of inspiration & wonder. This is my tribute shirt to him & the Cult of Cthulhu mythos. I hope you like it.

If you have never read Lovecraft before, READ IT! You can find a good quality hardback book of his short stories for 5-7$ at book stores

Vote For My T-shirt Here!!! Just Click on the " I want This " button on the upper right hand side!

Calavera Disney Logo

So I met this person who works at a disney store at geeky mammas the other day & they were interested in my art, which is why my recent disney stuff. So I decided to do a day of the dead/sugar skull inspired mickey logo. I did a few versions, one with webs, one without webs, color, black & white....so I submitted my favorite one.

Mickey WIP

Here's a work in progress piece of mickey mouse, just a bit meaner looking. I kind of rushed it & I might start over, but it does need a bit of work either way. I'll post an update later on.

Some More Pigs!!!

A couple more pig sketches, done in adobe photoshop 7, Just for fun! This time I used a more traditional looking pig rather than a bore, I have to admit that the boars look tougher.

PIGS!!!!!

I had done a series of pig studies & concept drawings one day, so I think I will post them this week...I don't know why but I think pigs are just cool looking, so much character in their faces, & diverse textures in their skin. The flesh of a pig is the closest to the flesh of a man & they're as smart as canines, but less sanitary. Just a cool animal that doesn't get enough love! This picture is actually a portrait of a boar-like/humanoid creature & was done from the imagination without references. Adobe photoshop 7.

Invasion Of Hoth color study

I'm pretty sure I've never posted this before... Just found it & thought I would mix it up with some digital. This is a speed painting done of the invasion of hoth. I know that the geometry leaves much to be desired, but I learned that its best to use the rulers & tools provided by photoshop in order to produce more accurate geometric shapes. The only thing I really love about painter is the ability to rotate the canvas at will to create straight lines, unfortunately in photoshop 7 although it can be rotated as such, its a process & is less intuitive than painter..... practice, practice, practice. Done in photoshop 7 with a wacom.

photoshop - skin tone study

Taking a break from posting the marker stuff ( although I have quite a few to post) This is a skin tone color study I did in photoshop 7 a while ago, just more practice with photoshop.You'd be surprised how many muted colors there are within a face, and very little saturated colors are needed to produce somewhat realistic tones.

Chewie!

A photoshop painting of our favorite wookie! again still trying to maintain the cute thing.

The Boy Wonder!

Holy guano batman! cant have old school batman without robin, created in adobe photoshop for geeky mammas! HAPPY FRIDAY!

Old School Batman cartoon

A digital painting done of batman for geeky mammas.For the cute & cartooney stuff I like drawing the old school version.

Iron Man

An adobe photoshop painting created for geeky mammas.