Dave Rapoza and Dan Warren

Dave Rapoza and Dan Warren run the artist forum www.CrimsonDaggers.com

They are both freelance artists that take time to stream chats and run challenges and critique other artists work, I wanted to do this for them as a thank you for being awesomely awesome.

Check out their works at

http://daverapoza.blogspot.co.uk/

http://danwarrenart.blogspot.co.uk

Private Commissions in watercolour.

Tom Fluharty Oil Painting Coursework (Schoolism.com)

 

The model

The underpainting process

Start of the colour phase...

 

 ...colour phase...

...

...adjustment phase

 

 Done!

Detail.

Something fishy...

A poster design I've been working on a while for one of my favourite films

(more to follow)

Personal project

Photoshop

Lost in Translation

Got round to finishing a personal piece so it's ready for print.

 I love this movie!

Personal Commission (with process)

 The lovely couple

 Photoshop sketches to find shapes and value

 Final pen drawing on watercolor paper

 and Voila!

Mr Plummer (in the study with the brush)

Watercolour practice for a commission.

 Ellen Page

 Terry Pratchett 

Tim Burton

(all painted in photoshop)

Personal - a present for the lovely Lisa and Matt at work who recently got engaged.

(pencil)

Sketches of celebrities and characters for practice (pen and photoshop)

 Neil Gaiman and Cabal - personal

Neverwhere cast (Radio 4)

A quick caricature of Robin Tunney

for the ISCA draw challenge.

(photoshop)

Blackadder goes forth...continued

Eeeeeeyyeeeeessss Riight!

Work in progress (pencil and photoshop)

Christmas Fayre and Penguins

 A commission I did for my Mum, a christmas present for her boss and his wife. They work in a butchers (hence the sausage and pies :))

Had a stall at my works Christmas Fayre, the santas and reindeer were popular...

...so I made up a penguin using the same pattern.