De Funked
It's been roughly two years since I published here. This site is effectively dead and is being kept online only for archive purposes. Move along.
The artist is IN! I am currently available for commission work of just about any variety (artistically speaking). Pencil drawings, ink, di...
It's been roughly two years since I published here. This site is effectively dead and is being kept online only for archive purposes. Move along.
Doodled by Dominic at 8:47 AM 0 critiques
Newly released is "Maghikal Awakenings" from David Brzezinsky, who is rapidly becoming the author for whom I have produced the most work.
Doodled by Dominic at 4:15 PM 0 critiques
The artist is IN!
I am currently available for commission work of just about any variety (artistically speaking). Pencil drawings, ink, digital color, paintings, character design, book covers....what have you got? Contact me at paladinfreelance at gmail dot com and let's work on something fun!
Doodled by Dominic at 1:33 PM 0 critiques
Labels: art, commission
I've kind of been going nuts lately with postings on Society6, uploading both original work and designs made from public domain art. I'm mainly doing it for the fun of it, but if sells a few T-shirts, who am I to complain?
Check out some cool shirts, prints, mugs and more here:
Art Prints by PaladinFreelance | Society6
Doodled by Dominic at 11:08 AM 0 critiques
Heavy Metal blog bdpmetal.net has named my cover for Brain Dead's new release "Disaster Ahead",Best Thrash Metal Cover in November 2016! Thanks guys!
You can (and should!) get the album in physical or digital forms at the official Brain Dead Bandcamp page! Go there now!
Doodled by Dominic at 2:42 PM 0 critiques
Labels: album, brain dead, cover, music
It used to be that going to www.paladinfreelance.com would lead you to this blog. However, I've become so scattered around the net that I needed a way to organize it all, or myself and for people trying to find me and my work. To that end, I've created a Weebly page with links to most of my various online and social media presences (at least those that I'm interested in owning up to publicly!). It's a minor change, but now going to www.paladinfreelance.com will direct you to that page instead, where you'll see a link that will take you to this blog, or to any of a number of other sites.
The Weebly page is still a work in progress, so pardon me if it's not too pretty yet.
Here's to getting organized!
Doodled by Dominic at 11:06 AM 0 critiques
Hot off the drawing board is the latest album cover for L.A. thrash band Brain Dead. Once again, I get the pleasure of illustrating the adventures of Billy Brains for these guys. This one marks my fourth outing for their music, having done the label for their EP and the covers for Indoctrinator and their team-up with Six Pack of Doom.
Having rediscovered a taste for working in physical media lately, I wanted to do this one as a full-on painting, with as little computer work as possible. I thought it might be interesting to post some of my process for this piece, so I tried to remember to photograph the piece at each stage of progress. Click any of the images to see them at a larger size.
Seen below are the major inspirations for the painting, Alex Ross and Robert Williams. I turned to Ross for technique, as he's one of the few artists I know who's not afraid to work with straight black, and because I wanted to experiment with his style of underpainting. William, meanwhile, informed my sense of design and color choice. Although they may seem like an odd pairing, when I got into it, I discovered they were more alike than you'd at first realize. This is probably due to both having their roots firmly in the comic industry and bringing that perspective to their work.
Doodled by Dominic at 11:38 AM 0 critiques