Tshirt design for plagues fitness apparel!!! Coming out soon!

Finished design

Original

Just wanted to throw this out there! T-shirts I did for plagued fitness apparel                                          ( www.plaguedfitnes.com ) , are dropping soon! I have to tip my hat to the designer over there...it's not easy to convert a gritty, highly detailed design to a usable t-shirt design.

Recent commissions! Zombie tshirt design for plagued fitness & a dwarf convention sketch.

Here's a recent tshirt design for my buddy Jacobs clothing line " Plagued Fitness" looking forward to seeing the finished design.

This one was done in inks using brushes, quills & some felt.

This was a recent dwarf commission that was requested at long beach comicon. I'm an idiot and failed to scan it prior to mailing it out... Been super busy lately.

Completed with copic markers & brush pens.

I will be posting progress videos on my instagram acct today. @dsilvadesigns 

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.

The Collector

Pencil sketch, 8x10 80.lb paper. also used a couple of prismacolor pencils. I started off with a cartoon like character but thats not my style so I had to add a little creepy in there by having him collecting human skulls & giving him some sharp chompers!

Third Eye

A demonic looking fellow, just felt like drawing something grim, with a hint of a tattoo style. Used pencils & a couple of prismacolor pencils for highlights. Happy Friday!

Fred the Octo-Alien

Pencil sketch.....thats it.

Mermaid T-Shirt

Ok, so here's my last entry for the t-shirt design challenge & it was something I just threw together at the last minute, & rushed it, but it seems to be the one people like the most. Its just a mermaid but if you want you can vote here.

Happy Friday!

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.

Cap

A cute captain america for the 4th. Done with copic & prismacolors, on 9x12 50lb paper. Used all greys for this one, to give it that vintage look instead of the saturated colors. Cool greys, warm greys, & neutral greys only.

Sketch for my buddy dave

My buddy dave asked me to sketch something for his facebook profile pic, copic marker sketch on 9x12 50lb paper.

Little Mo

A little monster for you. Did this guy on 8.5x11 gray card stock. Used pencil ( 4h, hb, f, 2b, 6b) white & pink prismacolor pencil & gel pen. I like him because he's cute & fat, but his face is still creepy.

Monster Warm Up Sketch

Not much to say about this one.....a warm up sketch that turned out to be a monster....just shaded the background with pencil as not to waste too much marker ink. Done with copic markers on 9x12 50lb paper.

How 'bout a zombie today?

I said a monster today, so how about a nice zombie, haven't drawn one of those in a while. First inked with whatever pens I had layin around, then I realized that I over did some areas & needed to add some color tp make it pop, so used some copics. This is the stuff that I really enjoy drawing, not too much overthinking, no references just going with the flow. I actually havent inked anything in a while....I mean really detailed inking, so this was fun & it reminded me of how much I like it. Also showed me that I'm a little rusty, so expect a few more of these, but hopefully they'll come out better. HAPPY FRIDAY!

Squid Boy!!!

Another Copic marker sketch, did all the skin tones with warm greys, tentacles were neutral greys & eyes cool greys. The background is kinda screwed, I was testing out copic's airbrushing system....works well for smooth background elements, only very light use, not very precise, but can give you the illusion of wide coverage on bigger pieces..anyway, this one was fun to do, I love the smooth gradation you can get with copics!

Scare Bear: Punk Bear

Here's another Scare Bear: Punk Bear, I did this one in copic markers, rather than watercolors just as a test, because it is a bit faster, & more convenient. I think that I prefer the look of the watercolor versions myself. I've asked a few people & they said both ways were fine, but I don't know. So if you wouldn't mind leaving a comment & letting me know what you think, I would really appreciate it. Here is a link to one of the watercolor bears in case you don't feel like scrolling down. http://dsilvaart.blogspot.com/2012/05/scare-bear-sacred-heart-bear.html

Sith Warrior

Another sketch done in copic & prisma markers of a sith warrior.

twilek jedi marker sketch

Another sketch done in copic markers.

Pet Monkey!

Another Marker sketch, trying out all the different colors & tones of the copics I just got! HAPPY FRIDAY!

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.

Another Deer Concept

Another deer concept drawing, this time its a male. I have no idea what that red thing is in the back, I just wanted a splash of color back there.......8x10 - photoshop.