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About dalgoda7

Artist // Hobbyist // Traditional Art

Feb 3
United States
Deviant for 15 years
www.pdxunderground.net
He / Him

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My Bio

Attempting to draw comix since 1984.

Favourite Visual Artist

Wood, Davis, Crumb, Clowes, Bagge, Hernandez Bros., Sacco, Deitch, Burns, too many Marvel/DC folks to list..

Favourite Movies

36th Chamber of Shaolin, Kiss Me Deadly, Good/Bad/Ugly, Touch of Evil, Five Deadly Venoms etc etc

Favourite TV Shows

Star Trek (all varieties), Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men, Breaking Bad

Favourite Bands / Musical Artists

Mike Keneally, Flaming Lips, Todd Rundgren, ELO, NWA, Frank Zappa, assorted Prog

Favourite Books

Stranger in a Strange Land, Ringworld, Man in the High Castle, What Mad Universe, Childhood's End, Foundation, Breakfast of Champions

Favourite Writers

Robert Heinlein, Larry Niven, Phil Dick, Fredric Brown, Arthur Clarke, Kurt Vonnegut

Favourite Games

Galaga, Gyruss, Tempest, Centipede, Tron, Satan's Hollow, Donkey Kong, Pinball

Favourite Gaming Platform

8-bit JAMMA

Tools of the Trade

pencil, ink, brush, bristol, scanner, photoshop, emacs

Other Interests

Comics, Computers, Video Games, Star Trek, Books, Sports, Biking, Graphic Art, Movies, Beer

Now that I've completed both of my last two big illustration assignments, I've decided I'm going to spend the next few months doing cover recreations only...and then pick up some more book illustration assignments in late Fall. If you are interested in a classic cover recreation (silver/bronze age - not really a fan of doing recreations where there's a lot of computer color & typesetting), here is what I'm asking: 11x17" cover recreation ($100 each) - all logos, trade dress/etc hand-drawn on Strathmore 300 series bristol boards (minus the UPC box, unless you really want a Spidey head or something in that space - otherwise, I extrapolat

Quandry regarding older, but popular work. by dalgoda7, journal

Quandry regarding older, but popular work.

Mar 26, 2017

Between 10-15 years ago, I used to draw comic page commissions where I would offer to illustrate a page of script by the commissioner. The idea was that this would set me apart from all of the artists doing mostly pinup work, and it also sounded like a fun project. It *was* pretty fun for a while, although the kind of jobs that would come my way quickly transitioned (so to speak) into mostly fetish or transformation pieces. I was OK with this for a while, and did them for a couple of years. I felt an ego boost from having folks enjoy my work and be willing to pay for it, but eventually wasn't real happy with the subject matter and ceased

Question for Copic/Blick marker users by dalgoda7, journal

Question for Copic/Blick marker users

Sep 25, 2015

Hi guys, I've been thinking about getting some basic Copic or Blick markers to do some flat color on the black and white ink sketch cards I've been doing.. For those of you who use markers on your ink work, is it better to color *after* the inking is done, or color over the pencils and *then* ink? I'm hoping that they work well over existing ink, as that'd be easiest for me at my novice coloring level... but I'd love to hear techniques or suggestions, thanks!