New Work! Deathline!

Hello!

Heres some new work for Paizo i finally have permission to show. these are for two new scenarios for pathfinder called 'The Cultist's Kiss' and 'Severing Ties'. these were my first commissions solely focusing on portraits, and it was a lot of fun. the deadline was a real challenge, but im pleased with the results for where im at. lots left to do and lots more to learn.

speaking of, some of you might remember the Deathline challenge i began a year ago. my goals for the year were the following-

to develop a new professional portfolio- accomplished
to become self sustaining off of freelance- accomplished (in the 11th hour)
to lose 100 lbs and get in better shape- i lost 35, and made exercise regular

Im happy to say this year was overall a really good success and a hugely productive one. the first year after college is the time where most people in the arts make it or break it, and im relieved to say that things are on that ladder to a career. As far as the weight loss, working with tufts medical taught me a lot and while it hasn't gone as fast as I would have liked, im well on the way to losing it in a healthy way and keeping it off. and, hey, 2.35 out of 3 isn't (too) bad. Im gonna give some thought to deathline 2 this week and decide on some new goals so i dont lose track of the big things in year 2.

hugs and kisses. <3

                                         

Mentoring

Hey, all!

as mentioned before, i cant show anything im doing lately. so its time to share what people in the daggers have been doing under my mentoring class. the mentoring is in a sort of beta testing period. I think its going to go very well, but for now its all trial and error! heres what 3 of my students have been doing, with some links to the video crits as well as the forum thread with everyones work! Ill have new stuff to show next week.

below are works by (in order) Thomas Mahon, Malan, and Tadas. their submitted design is on the left, my crit is on the right, and the explanations as to what i did and why are in the video (3 hours of me and david talkin bout armor.)

Hope everyones well!

My Mentoring Class

the long push to 2013

Hello, all!

for those of you who might not know, ive been working regularly for Paizo on some pathfinder campaigns for about a month now. its a lot of fun and im really enjoying it. Im not able to share the work im doing for them with you yet, but when i get the OK ill have tons of new stuff to share. ive got solid work almost til the new year, so i should be good and busy through the holidays.

Comic-con was also great fun, and it was awesome seeing those of you i got a chance to hang out with. It also made me realize that its time to make a more serious site, and that is in the works. (Thanks, Marc). ive never been this busy before, ever. even when i was finishing school. forgive me for not being able to stream as much, I hope you all understand. for those interested, ive started my first run at mentoring over on the daggers site. i run it on sundays, and i think it'll be a cool experience. you can follow it and check out the classes here-

http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-1539.html

lastly, heres a new piece i can share. its a new card for moonga, and it was easily the hardest thing my colorblindness has ever had to deal with painting. youll see why.

more soon. <3


www.moonga.com
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some good news and some new work!

Hey everyone. first off, for those of you who frequent the stream, id like to apologize for not being on much at all lately. I promise ill get some time for it in my schedule soon. The reason ive been away is because recently ive had a huge increase in NDA work- which for those unfamiliar, means work i contractually cant share. Ive taken on so much that its been almost impossible to make time for anything else, including the stream. The good news is ive landed a freelance job with Paizo as well as several other smaller clients that will mean regular work. they've been tons of fun, and i cant wait to share what ive been doing for them with you when my contract allows it. Ill also be at new york comic-con, as those of you who listen to the stream have probably heard. if you can find me, ill give you a hug. if you cant, then prepare to leave the con un-embraced.

below are some symbols i wrapped up for dream reactor's card game. theyre sort of heraldic takes on the 6 faction symbols in the game. because the images had to work at multiple sizes, some very small, the textures had to be generalized and painted in manually with less details than a textured brush would offer. was a lot of fun to try my hand at.

more soon, I promise.

<3 Dan

Old and New!

Hey! havent updated in a while. a lot has been happening! since my last update, ive moved into a really great but much more expensive apartment. this means I have to do a lot more work! ive been streaming less and working more and ive got all kinds of stuff in the works i hope to be able to show soon. today, im gonna upload some stuff from the villains a couple weeks back you may have already seen, and a newer card for Dream Reactor games. new paintings, some UI stuff, and sketches soon!

<3

Dan

this might be done?

ive got some new jobs i have to get started on, and my move is wrapping up this weekend, but i wanted to post my king card which i think is done finally. maybe it isnt, but i think it is. who knows.

pics and love from the new workspace coming soon.

<3

Thanks, Brah

Ooooooooo its been a long month. between the stress of moving, working freelance, and all the usual streaming and studying, its been a rough go lately. the move has been wrapping up and i should have it settled soon. But i wanted to say thanks to everyone for being so supportive and awesome on and off the streams. when i needed more work, you guys were there to help, getting me freelance gigs from forums i hadnt seen as well as even some card art for employers you had looking for new people. It really means a ton, so thanks for everything.

heres some new stuff, none of it done, except for the redone cathedral dude fixed with a paintover from david. theres also my villains spreadddd which i hope will be wrapped up soon, and that king card which i themed off some of my favorite stained glass. 

so thanks again to all you awesome friends. you know who you are. more soon!

<3