dankitchener's CGPortoflio Gallery

Artificial life studies

Sat, 31 May 2008 20:24:42 +0000

Another of my artificial life studies. This was sketched in photoshop over an original pencil sketch and then colour and fill added. This is going to be a limited edition print, so if you'd like to buy one, email me! thanks

Skull

Sat, 24 May 2008 17:13:19 +0000

I originally sketched this in my sketchpad on my commute from London. I then scanned and outlines in photoshop and added the colour. I am aiming to do prints of this, in different lurid, acidic colours, and maybe T-shirts also. SO comments and crits welcome as ever, as well as some colour suggestions maybe?

thanks

Ink

Sat, 10 May 2008 20:18:03 +0000

my latest illustration. crits and comments welcome, all photoshop, took about 2 hours.

Artificial life studies

Sat, 10 May 2008 18:08:45 +0000

One of a series I am producing called 'Artificial life studies'. More can be seen on my web site www.dankitchener.co.uk.

Formation_B

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:51:03 +0000

This was done entirely in photoshop, based on a series of paintings that I have done on large box canvases and can be seen on my website portfolio, www.dankitchener.co.uk. This design has also just been used on www.cargo-london.com March 08 events flyer! It's a design that I am continually developing and love creating new characters that sit within the crowded formation. Comments and crits most most welcome!

Robot

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:30:23 +0000

This is a speed illustration I did in Photoshop using some different brushes and techniques. I started off by drawing the negative space for the figure and then on a layer underneath added in the black form. I then used a light brush to begin adding highlight over the black and built it up like this in layers.

Snowboard designs

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:34:47 +0000

Snowboard designs I produced for the Design Your Ride contest.
I used illustrator and Photoshop.

Promotional illustration

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:15:41 +0000

This is a large A3 promotional press illustration that I completed for Music Week Magazine to advertise the Post Production company Peacock Design. It's meant to represent (not literally) all the aspects of the company and what sort of services the company provides. It was done totally in Photoshop and took about 20 hours.

Comments and crits welcome

thanks

White Robot

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:01:00 +0000

S very quick Painter sketch using some custom brushes to give rough, oil pastel quality.

Swampbot

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:38:26 +0000

This was a sketch done in my sketch book then scanned and coloured in Photoshop using my new wacom intuos tablet, which is fantastic! The idea was to show a huge mechanical, abstract type machine, towering over the women in the swamp. This is linked in with my ink babies idea, how? I am not sure yet!

comments and crits most welcome!

Gazing skyward

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:37:21 +0000

A very quick 10 min photoshop sketch that I am going to translate to canvas/acrylics at some point soon.

Ink baby riding a stork

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:41:13 +0000

This was a sketch in my sketch book done in pencil and deliberately smudged to give a nice, aged look. I then scanned and coloured in photoship using chalky type brushes to heighten the old illustration feel. The subject is an ink baby riding one of the many storks that fish and inhabit the floating lily gardens. It's one of a series of illustrations I have completed for a short story I am producing. I hope you like it. Comments welcome. and toher illustrations from the book to follow.

Home

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:27:38 +0000

A sketch book sketch scanned and coloured in Photoshop!

Essential Christmas

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:08:02 +0000

This is a sleeve illustration I did in MAYA and Photoshop for Essential Christmas CD.

Polypuss

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:57:35 +0000

This sea beast was a sketch in my sketch book that I drew after the female with octopuses. I scanned it and then coloured in Photoshop. Took me about 2 hours to colour and an hour to draw the line work. I hope you like it. Comments welcome as always.

Mother and child

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:26:57 +0000

This is a sketch idea in my sketch book, which I loosely sketched in pencil then scanned in and drew over in Photoshop with a custom brush. It shows a mother with her two octopus type spawn! Took about an hour, hope you like it. I am probably going to colour when I get a minute. Comments welcome. thanks

The Fall

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:29:31 +0000

This was a sketch in my sketch book that I wanted to sequentially show the process of breaking free from some kind of ties or restrictions. So logically a comic strip style was suitable. I scanned my sketch and then coloured in Photoshop. I hope you like it! I am not sure about the type but it's always work in progress!

Comments and crits welcome as always.

Trooper

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:32:39 +0000

This was a sketch from my sketchbook scanned and coloured. It's a female shock trooper in combat. Nothing else to say!

Summer Heat

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:51:17 +0000

This was a sketch I drew in my sketch book whilst commuting on a humid day in London. It shows a typicak urban environment with some strange mechanical form that has crashed/collapsed in the street. I scanned and coloured in Pshop.

Shock Trooper

Thu, 31 May 2007 16:25:08 +0000

This was a speed illustration drawn using fine line pen in my sketch book then scanned and coloured, blocked in using photoshop, nothing more to say apart from any crits and comments most most welcome!

The Seance

Fri, 18 May 2007 15:01:41 +0000

This is an illustration that I have been wanting to do for some while now, well infact it's the second image from a sequence of two. The first image I will hopefully get around to doing soon! It shows a victoriain seance in London that goes horribly wrong. The party manage to call up something very drak and nasty, and this image shows the entity smothering one of the gentlemen. I skecthed the image in pencil before producing the line work and colour in Photoshop. Comments/crits welcome!

Diner Dash - game sleeve artwork

Tue, 15 May 2007 12:00:32 +0000

This is the sleeve image for Diner Dash game. I had to redesign/draw/colour the character of Flo based on original character reference supplied by the client. I also had to produce the background/environment imagery based on in game screen shots that were again supplied. The Illustration was commissioned by Skyskraper Ltd. I originally drew the sketches in pencil, then scanned them and redrew in Photoshop, where I coloured them.

Publisher: Eidos / Developer: Climax

Promotional Illustration

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:07:18 +0000

This was a promotional illustration that I created entirely in Photoshop over about 3 days. It was used in Music Week Magazine as a full page colour ad for Peacock Productions, post production company in London, UK.
The illustration has also been the them for the re branding of Peacock, all the animations and illustrations for the web site created by me! The website has been developed and build by the superb company Skyskraper.
This was a great illustration as the brief was simply to create a visually rich and very very detailed image that had a lot of energy and being based on the idea of a doodle, the sort you make when using the phone etc etc.I have also designed a simpler version which has been made into limited edition T-shirts for clients, I'll post an image of this when i get a chance to photo one on someone!
Any comments and crits are welcome.

The Storm

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:32:43 +0000

Here's a photoshop sketch of a continuation of my WW2, robots, Nazi science gone mad series! Always a bit worried about using Nazi symbols etc so if anyone's offended I will take it off, just let me know! Anyway, this is one of the baby robot minders, striding outside the bunker compounds on guard duty! Comments welcome,

Suprised

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:38:30 +0000

A Photoshop sketch, done very quickly, nothing else to say!

Wood Fairy

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:13:09 +0000

Well, I thought I'd make a change from illustrating war based, very stylised illustrations that I have been of late. So to contrast this I thought a nice peaceful, serence woodland scene with a fairy would do the job! It was done entirely in Photoshop and took about 8 hours. Comments and Crits welcome as ever.

Sniper

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:24:40 +0000

This is an illustration inspired by the film Enemy At The Gates. I really liked the Russian uniforms and Mosen Nagant snipers rifle,I wanted to give the impression that she had just dressed for combat and was about to go out into the battle through the white light square. I couldn't resist giving her infra red optic stlye goggles though, so it's not really WW2 anymore! Comments most most welcome as ever!

Mother and Child

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:24:44 +0000

Another Photoshop illustration continuing the theme of robots raised in concrete bunkers. This shows the newley created robot being tended too by a devotee!

Bunker babe

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:35:29 +0000

This is an photoshop speed illustration, done in about 2 hours. It's a human female who is raising child like robots for dark purposes, this shows the female 'mother' taking the robot out of the bunker for the first time for a walk in the wastelands that surround the complex. Crits and comments welcome as ever!

Zendoku - Playstation game Pack illustration

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:41:17 +0000

This is the cover illustration I produced for the new PSP, Nintendo DS game Zendoku. I was supplied the main characters/poses by Zoonami and I redrew them and produced the background elements and the superb company Skyskraper produced the layout and 3D board as well as all packaging for both platforms! Hope you like it. It was drawn in photoshop and coloured in Photoshop as well, original visuals were from my sketch book.

Crits and comments welcome as ever!

Original characters, poses and logo �2006 Zoonami Limited. Zoonami and the Zoonami logo are trademarks of Zoonami Limited

Body Guard

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:19:30 +0000

A speed illustration done in an hour!

Alpha Kommando

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:34:00 +0000

This is a continuation of the robot them I am illustrating at the moment. All done in photoshop with original line drawn partly in sketch book and then partly in Pshop. It's showing a war robot from Alpha Kommando infront of a concrete bunker and is under fire, the robot turning to see the enemy! I am developing this idea of bunkers, robots and ww2 insignia, the type you used to get on the airfix plane and tank models as a kid.... I am also going to try to integrate some females and some airships! ooooh what fantastic subject matter! Crits and comments welcome.

Kachu - Dizzy Robot

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:31:48 +0000

This is another of my robot sketches that I have been doing in Photoshop. I am going to produce a series of these maybe about 5 or 6 and produce some large canvases or prints, maybe T-shirt prints too! Let me know what you guys think, crits comments more than welcome as usual!

Fallen robot

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:06:31 +0000

This is a sketch entirely drawn and coloured in Photoshop. I have been filling numerous pages i my sketch book with this strange one eyed robot for a while now and decided it was time to colour! It's a very free flowing sketch technique and gives all the interesting shapes where the lines overlap. I am quite happy with the colouring although may knock it back to one or two tones of colour. Any crits or comments welcome.

thanks

Oil slick

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:31:43 +0000

This image was a sketch done entirely in photoshop and then coloured. I wanted a very strong graphic look, like a graphic novel style feel. I wanted the light to look as though someone has opened a door and surprised the female. Thanks for viewing, comments/crits welcome as ever

Bazooka

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:30:40 +0000

All drawn in Photoshop. This is an image I have wanted to illustrate for quite a while, well not precisely this composition but the subject matter of ww2. I wanted to get across a comic book feel, the feel of the old war comics I used to read as a child, that may or may not have warped my fragile little mind! I have some other images planned in this style and this subject. Any comments on this image are more than welcome as ever.

Despair

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:06:02 +0000

This was a Photoshop speed paint, took me 2 hours. The idea was a creature that was in pain, crying, not all creatres/monsters have to be scary, the creature is in despair, maybe the figures in the light behind are there to comfort it or maybe something more sinister? Any comments welcome as always, thanks!

Airship pilot

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:52:55 +0000

This is another all photoshop based image of the pilot of the airship, same theme!

Grounded

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:01:50 +0000

This image was done entirely in Photoshop, it's a process that I dont usually practice, although the initial original idea was a sketch in my trusty sketchbook. It's meant to be a moody, dark industrial landscape with a huge grounded airship having repair works carried out on it whilst the pilot looks on. I sketched it in photoshop loosely ten began to go over the light lines with a thicker brush and then added in the highlights. I am pleased with the overall feel of the illustration, the red sky making it seem very industrial and atmospheric, as ever opinions are most welcome! thanks

Monstrous

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:53:28 +0000

A silly little illustration done in photoshop, I may paint this on canvas,hmmm?

Honest John

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 09:25:53 +0000

This is my 3D Maya model of Honest John the second hand car dealer in the east end of London. I am still learning Maya and this is work in progress, a few areas need re modelling.... I rendered the stills and then took into Photoshop for some addtions, such as the ciggarette smoke etc.

venting

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:54:00 +0000

This image is another of the future girl illustratoions that I started a few months back. It's a cintinuation fromt the last image of the girl asleep on the ledge, now she's awake and walking happily along the roof tops! This was sketched and coloured in Photoshop.It's quite a loose sketch, I may redraw the figure in more detal at some point, any opinions welcome.... Hope you like it!!

Shrieker

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:16:41 +0000

This image has developed from a life drawing course I have just completed. Its the first image of monster anatomical style illustrations that I am in the middle of producing. The idea is basically life drawings, be they pencil, charcoal, etc but of creatures such as this rather than the normal nude human figures. I have produced this illustration in pencil then scanned the sketch and added light and dark in photoshop. I am quite pleased with the overall look and feel, although I would of like to add some more depth and detail perhaps. Any feedback most welcome as ever!

Rock Chic

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:40:41 +0000

This was a sketch of a girll that inspired me in London. Initially it was just a loose biro sketch in my sketchbook, I then scanned this into Photoshop and coloured it. I wanted a chunky, graphic feel, hence the thick black outline. I am quite pleased with the results although I am aware that the hands aren't quite right! Any feedback is most welcome as usual!

Honest Joe

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:53:58 +0000

This was an illustration I did after reading a car magazine and decfiding to produce this fictional editirial illustration based on the article about dodgy car salesmen!!!!. It's a typical used car dealer found all over Essex, with the familiar UK 'concrete' coloured sky....It's a very cartoony style that I sometimes use, I would love to hear what people think of it.

thanks

Red or dead

Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:36:29 +0000

A life drawing that turned into a pshop painting....nothing else to say!

She's Electric

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:27:01 +0000

A girl sitting in her aparrtment, surrounded by technology...she's electric....

Drunk and disorderly

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:33:00 +0000

This image is based on the idea that people change when they are drunk and disorderly. The bag over the head hides the monster that quite often tries to escape when too much alcohol has been flowing!

> hic! <

Erupt

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:51:15 +0000

A quick sketch that I decided to colour. The girl is sitting through a volcanic eruption, feet up, relaxing!