Deviant Art

Ive updated my Deviant art with a whole host of (Mostly Old) work. Check it out yeah?

http://dan-is-nice.deviantart.com/

In other news I'm looking for another Job.
Working as a project engineer has been interesting to say the least, but now that it seems this is coming to an end (what with the current financial climate and all) Im looking to hopefully get something a little more creative.
Its been pretty heartbreaking to come out of uni and not break the Industry that Ive worked so hard to get into, but frankly at the moment anything that requires a little creativity will do.
Fingers crossed for me folks...

Just in time for Wolverine Origins...

Hi all

A quick post of some inks Ive done, Im gonna colour it soon when I get the time.
I was inspired to do this when I found out Gambit was going to be in the new Wolverine film, he's such a great character and Im surprised it's took so long to get him onto the big screen. I just hope its a good interpretation of him.

Quite happy with this one, a few issues with his right leg I think, he looks a little stout. And as usual the drawing has ended up stretching of the page. I think I need to plan these things more effectively from now on.

Cafe Maison

I understand there has been a rather substantial lack of posts on my part over the last year, however I feel the workload from my final year at university and the hectic and somewhat distracting months following this more than justifies my lack of online punctuality... a bit.

So anyway, working on this blog might hopefully give me the motivation to complete a bit more artwork in my spare time, Im also intending on using this for a little bit of relection on life as a means to vent my thoughts and opinions and whatnot. Im hoping to get back into a pattern of regularly updating my blog now my heads a little clearer and I have a little more free time. I also have a nice back catalogue of work which Im intending to post up here from the past year. So that should hopefully get me back into the swing of things.

Here is something Ive done recently for a friend.
The drawing is being used on a menu for her cafe which has only just opened its doors.

As usual there is a lot Id like to change with the drawing, primarily the issues with the perspective. Id contenplated adding some colour to it aswell but alas I decided to keep it simple.

I havent actually been in to the cafe yet to see the finished menu, there's something Ill have to get sorted maybe next weekend.

Ill start of slow, so this is all your getting for the time being. But dont worry Ill be back shortly with some more goodies.

hellboy bitch-ass

This was an experminet with ink that I whipped up this afternoon, I did nearly all the of the inking with a brush and Im really chuffed with how loose the pic looks.
I didnt spend very long on it and probably got it down on paper in about an hour, the colouring probably took about 30 minutes, so overall a pretty quick piece of work.

PS:I ran out of paper on the right so I couldnt finish his gun :/

Dream Theory

This is some old shit right here. I did this strip two summers ago, but I never managed to finish it, hence the abrupt ending it has.

This was the first time Id attempted to do a proper comic, but I approached it from a pretty professional angle, Using all the correct borders widths etc.

I was really chuffed with how this turned out at the time, and Im still happy with it now when I look at it, I did a bit of experimenting with india ink instead of using just fineliners which has given it a lot more depth and the heavy black is pretty successful aswell if I do say so myself.

Like I say however, its old, so please forgive any obvious problems you notice.
Over and out.

Easily the coolest turtle...

My first post is an attempt at Raphael from TMNT, I pencilled this a few months ago while I was living in Liverpool, and Ive just got around to inking and colouring it.
Im pretty chuffed with the ink and the colours but the drawing itself isnt as edgy as I would like. Theres not enough weight in him, I dont think he'd be able to have hold of that pipe quite as easily as he is in the pic.
Hope you like it anyway.

Im going to start posting pages from a comic soon, which Im creating for my Final year project at uni. They'll just be uploaded as I do them, so hopefully You'll get 3 or 4 pages a week.

Right, Im going to bed.