I did this illustration about nine (give or take) years ago for an essay that Matt Stansberry wrote. Having always enjoyed Matt’s writing, this was the first piece he let me read that I NEEDED to make art for his writing. I still love the essay and am still proud of the art to accompany it. Glad to see it finally made it’s way onto the inter webs for everyone to read.
An article for hunters, fathers, sons, and exploring the depth of killing.
http://zoomorphic.net/2017/05/after-the-bear/
Here is the first chapter of LOVEBIRDS Book one “The Long Road” written and illustrated by David Wilson. Below the preview is a collection of process pictures with some notes. If you like what you see LOVEBIRDS is on sale at amazon here.
PROCESS
Character studies in sketchbook. None of these are meant to be perfect in any way. I like to do loose, quick sketches trying to capture the feel or look of a character. These drawings are more idea based than art based. Finding wardrobes, appearance quirks, etc.
Below are a couple process pics of making a cover image, ink splatting and color studies over quick layouts.
I was recently commissioned with doing some illustrations for Belt’s Cleveland Guidebook. (Available here).
New illustration for Floodplainsmag.com on what it means to be native.
A few recent spot portraits for the Boston Globe’s Books section.
Finally saw Star Wars The Force Awakens and I loved it! Decided to do a sketch of Finn and Rey.
