Dusty Draws

Yashy's Lady friend

2012-02-02T17:44:00.003-06:00

Why it took so long for me to post this I don't know.

-Dd

Ape Escape

2012-01-28T23:14:00.000-06:00

Took a break from freelance to draw some monkeys.

-Dd

L.A. doodles.

2012-01-25T00:43:00.001-06:00

A fellow weary traveler.

Olley and Eric

Welcome to L.A. Yashy...come...stay a while...

-Dd

Amuuuurica

2012-01-18T13:51:00.000-06:00

google
voteforthenet
"America, fuck yeah!"
-Dd

Cowboys

2012-01-16T21:40:00.002-06:00

-Dd

Sketches

2012-01-09T22:26:00.000-06:00

-Dd

A Few Days in L.A.

2012-01-07T17:49:00.000-06:00

few days in LA from tyler schatz on Vimeo.

Awesome video of our CTN trip courtesy of Tyler. Your a wiz with that camera man!
-Dd

Bonhommian Doodle

2012-01-03T15:39:00.001-06:00

-Dd

Drawn on 11.11.11

2011-11-15T08:26:00.000-06:00

-Dd

inPRNT!

2011-11-08T08:51:00.000-06:00

I have prints for sale over at inPRNT!
-Dd

Big Dumb Midnight Sketch Dump

2011-11-04T00:24:00.000-05:00

Mall mama's.

Kyle "the Mountain" Craig and his loving girlfriend.

The Inshanity and the Greco.

Bad drawing of Neil, Jackson Armstrong and Big Bear Lewis.

El Slaybaugh.

The Crystal Method.

Breaking Bad: BEST.SHOW.EVER.

McGuire.

Yazzers.

The Inshanity! (again)

Midnight sketchbook dump...Why? Cause Cliff Bango Said so that's why!!

-Dd

True Story

2011-10-10T00:39:00.000-05:00

My little brother and Luna. Right before he had to leave for work. Found this gem while scanning all my sketchbooks...so...sick...of...scanning...
-Dd

Gamer Dudez

2011-09-29T21:52:00.004-05:00

Saw these guys at Gamestop the other day... Str8 PwN nOoBs!!!

-Dd

Drive

2011-09-20T20:47:00.001-05:00

I saw Drive, which means you should see Drive. Why? Because Gosling is the F'n man, that's why. Don't ask stupid questions, just go. Now I need to get me a sweet jacket and some driving gloves...
-Dd

Some Sketches

2011-09-13T20:53:00.000-05:00

Some sketches. Drawn while browsing the inter-webs.
Top image
Bottom image
-Dd

Catwoman #1... sort of...

2011-09-09T10:37:00.001-05:00

In honor of the new DC reboot....errr....I mean.... relaunch, I did a Catwoman piece for the DC Fifty-Two Blog. Hope you all dig it. Be sure to check out Ron Salas and Nathan Fox's contributions, as always those dudes rocked it!!!
-Dd

Nurse Jackie Promo Storyoards

2011-08-22T22:51:00.010-05:00

This is a "Nurse Jackie" promo spot that I worked on waaaaay back in January. I completely forgot about it, until I stumbled upon the boards…one internet search later and voil; some nice person uploaded it to Vimeo.The final product is pretty much shot for shot what I boarded out.

-Dd

8-Bit friends

2011-08-18T14:26:00.001-05:00

B-Ball’n

2011-08-02T20:03:00.001-05:00

I found these two guys while archiving some old work. They were drawn up for a Motel 6 pitch a while back… which explains the use of primary colors. Just thought it would be cool to share.

-Dd

I am Ron F#@&ing Swanson...

2011-07-28T14:14:00.004-05:00

Are you excited for Reel FX's annual Canvas for a Cause Art show? I know Ron is...
-Dd

Ron Swanson

2011-07-25T08:47:00.001-05:00

-Dd

Painting at Nady’s

2011-07-23T08:33:00.000-05:00

Painting At Naddy's from Byron Slaybaugh on Vimeo.

Nice work Slaybee’s!

-Dd

The Deutsch Fairy

2011-06-21T21:15:00.001-05:00

-Dd

Sketches

2011-06-08T22:13:00.001-05:00

A little doodle of the new work space. They threw us upstairs. Pretty cozy if you ask me.

I spotted the Filipino “boy wonder” at Dallas Comic Con. Batman must be proud.

-Dd

Doodles around Dallas

2011-05-16T21:31:00.001-05:00

-Dd

Jalapeno Tree

2011-04-28T00:52:00.001-05:00

I though New Big Wong’s was the end all be all when it came to fine dining….I stand corrected. The Jalapeno Tree; Impeccable service, incredible patrons, and non-refrigerated squeezable butter sauce on every table. Classy….real fucking classy….

-Dd

Figure drawings

2011-04-24T16:55:00.001-05:00

I am way overdue for an update… so here are some figure drawings. You can see the rest here.

-Dd

Hanna Sketch

2011-04-13T08:47:00.001-05:00

I saw Hanna on Friday, and was inspired to do some doodles. The soundtrack owns too by the way…. its the Chemical Brothers so you can’t go wrong. Go see that movie!

-Dd

Demo

2011-04-06T18:14:00.001-05:00

Did a quick demo for a few of my art department peeps. Pulled this out of my butt and managed convince them that I know what I am doing…fools….all of them!

-Dd

Tex Avery!

2011-04-05T23:49:00.001-05:00

I designed this years Texas Avery award promo. Congrats to Dean Deblois and Chris Sanders!

And a special thanks to MC for being so awesome! :)

-Dd

Suckapunch!

2011-03-24T20:00:00.001-05:00

Did you really think I wouldn't do a Suckerpunch sketch? I mean come on; it has everything you could ever want in a movie. So logic would only lead me to believe that this might possibly be the greatest movie ever made…possibly…don’t judge me.

-Dd

Kartoonz

2011-03-19T17:01:00.001-05:00

Went to 7-Eleven and got a little eye candy.

This cat was at New Big Wong’s. He kinda reminds me of dudes I went to high school with.

-Dd

New Big Wongs

2011-03-14T00:17:00.001-05:00

New Big Wong’s.I ate there.Don’t eat there.

-Dd

Digital Doodle

2011-03-07T20:58:00.001-06:00

Messing around in Photoshop.

-Dd

Friday sketch: Spring Break

2011-03-04T16:21:00.002-06:00

-Dd

The Unwelcomed House Guest

2011-02-28T00:26:00.001-06:00

Tyler Schatz’s BFF; Jethro Tolkins. How much do you hate me right now Tyler?!?!?

-Dd

Little Shortys

2011-02-14T19:55:00.002-06:00

Happy Valentines day.
-Dd

This made my day!

2011-02-08T08:47:00.002-06:00

Thanks CG Hub!
-Dd

First Post of the New Year

2011-01-21T13:48:00.001-06:00

Color studies for something I am jamming on.
Holla!
-Dd

Happy Holidays!

2010-12-16T00:08:00.006-06:00

-Dd

Movie Picks

2010-12-13T11:17:00.002-06:00

poster designs by La Boca

I highly recommend that you go and see this film. Its an excellent example of exceptional storytelling.

-Dd

Portraits

2010-12-06T17:41:00.001-06:00

See the rest here!
A while back I did caricatures of some art department peeps.
Hopefully you dig them...I know Nader didn't.
-Dd

Iris

2010-11-02T23:59:00.001-05:00

Radium / Reel FX teamed up with director Rob Groenwold to produce a 3 minute short film entitled “Iris: The Contract.” I designed the hover drone and the sniper scope display featured in the film. Above are the initial concept and layout drawings for the modelers. You can view the short in its entirety on Reel FX’s new website. Big shout out to the Radium CG team. Those guys do outstanding work!

-Dd

Happy Halloween

2010-10-31T16:03:00.003-05:00

Here’s a Halloween hottie, and a picture of some fools in the RFX art department. * (from top left to right Seth Olson, yours truly, Nader Husseini ,Chris Vela, and James Webber.)
-Dd

Doodles

2010-10-21T18:51:00.000-05:00

Just messing around in sketchbook pro. Reference via http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/
-Dd

Marvel Mondays and Samurai

2010-10-18T10:13:00.002-05:00

Daredevil. Samurai. Ink. Brush. nibs. a bit of photoshop. Sundaynight.

-Dd

Marvel Monday…on Thursday

2010-10-08T00:03:00.003-05:00

Here is a Marvel Monday….on Thursday. Better late then never right? If I had to pick a few of my all time favorite Marvel characters, you can bet the “idol O’ millions” would be one of the first on the list. The Thing is such an excellent character. You can tell that Kirby put so much of himself into the big guy, making him a character that readers can really resonate with. I might put some color to this in the near future, but for now here is the preliminary drawing and the final ink. Still rock’n the nibs by the way! Hunt 103 baby!
“ IT’S CLOBBERIN’ TIME!! ”
-Dd

Marvel Mondays: Rogue

2010-09-27T01:39:00.002-05:00

So for the past few months this blog has been practically lifeless. It’s been void of new sketches, updates and most of all love. For that I apologize. However as you can see from the site redesign, we are back in business…and I plan to stay that way….hopefully…maybe.
For a good while now I have been using predominately brush for all my inking needs, and while drawing purely with brush allows for a very loose and fluid line, I always felt there was something missing in my inks. I realized it was time to bring back the nib. Not only does it help me maintain the structure from the preliminary drawing, but it gives a more satisfying response when you put pen to paper,
Anyways I hope you dig my take on Rouge. As you can see taking out Sentinel garbage is all in a days work for everyone's favorite Southern Bell. Tell me what you think of the switch and I promise to post regularly…..semi regularly……or when ever I get around to it dammit…Deal? Deal!
-Dd

Texas Lottery

2010-09-20T15:18:00.001-05:00

Back in January, Radium produced two commercial spots for the Texas Lottery's Pick 3 campaign. These were my proposed style-frames for the spots. However they ended up going with a rotoscoped look. Needless to say, Erin and I rotoscoped until our fingers became all gnarled and misshapen. Bellow are the final spots.

Carpal tunnel anyone?

-Dd

Going Pro!

2010-09-17T11:18:00.003-05:00

www.heydusty.com

It's official I went pro and got a portfolio site!
We are not messing around anymore...
-Dd

Doodle

2010-09-17T00:29:00.003-05:00

-Dd

My Influences

2010-09-10T18:46:00.002-05:00

I probably could keep going...but this is a close approximation.

-Dd

OS3/Loony Tunes Wrap party!

2010-09-09T10:18:00.008-05:00

OS3/ Loony Tunes wrap party.

Tonight.

I did the invite, so you should go.

So go.

-Dd

TAD/CA.org Inking Technique Download!

2010-07-14T11:59:00.009-05:00

Francis's Ink demo is now available from Massive Black. Show some support and get yourself a copy.
Big up to Francis and TAD!
LINK TO DOWNLOAD
-Dd

What We Say

2010-06-24T16:09:00.004-05:00

What We Say from Basik Films on Vimeo.

Shrek / McDonalds commercial

2010-06-02T13:40:00.004-05:00

I storyboard-ed this commercial a few months back. It stayed pretty true to the original story.
Hope you dig!
-Dd

NUMERO UNO!

2010-05-26T16:06:00.007-05:00

Juice King cut some more videos... keep em coming bro!
It's basik.
RFX blog
"were numero uno,
good good good"
-Dd

Waiting for Renders

2010-05-18T17:19:00.002-05:00

Juice King shot and cut this today. A typical day at the studio. Lots of hard work going on.
It's basik.
RFX blog
-Dd

VLP

2010-05-13T21:44:00.002-05:00

Illustration Academy Faculty Announced!
The full-time faculty and visiting artists for each location will be as listed below:
Kansas City
Faculty: John English, Mark English, Brent Watkinson, George Pratt
Visiting Artists: Gary Kelley, C.F. Payne, Anita Kunz, Jon Foster
Richmond
Faculty: Sterling Hundley, Doug Chayka, Josh George, Robert Meganck
Visiting Artists: Jon Foster, Anita Kunz, John English, and more to be announced.
We look forward to seeing you this summer!
come on you know you want to…
-Dd

The O show

2010-05-13T17:18:00.005-05:00

Start Time: Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 7:00pm
End Time: Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 10:30pm
Location: Octopus Art Gallery
Street: 169 NW 36th ST
City/Town: Miami, FL

Oliver Dominguez

Orlando Sanchez

I think you should go...

-Dd

Big Brain

2010-05-13T00:09:00.001-05:00

Another little piece laying around on my hard drive from a past pitch.

-Dd

Frank Frazetta 1928-2010

2010-05-10T13:45:00.005-05:00

via ComicsBeat

Marvel Monday…on Sunday

2010-05-09T19:57:00.001-05:00

11 x 17 ink on Bristol

In honor of IRONMAN2. The movie was so good I could not wait until Monday to draw him. It has been a minute since my last Marvel Monday, but no worries we are bringing it back!

Still invincible.

-Dd

TAD's Summer Illustration Academy!

2010-04-27T21:35:00.001-05:00

There is still time to enroll! The program will be held in two locations, Kansas City and Richmond and begins May 31st and ends June 25th.

http://www.illustrationacademy.com/new/index.htmlSeriously

I owe everything to the Academy and its Faculty. With out there guidance and influence I would not be where I am today. Do your yourself a favor ENROLL!!!!!!

Just do it, you know you want to.

-Dd

Bikes

2010-04-08T01:10:00.001-05:00

-Dd

Canvas4 a Cause

2010-04-01T12:52:00.009-05:00

Painted these studies on Sunday afternoon for our annual Canvas 4 a Cause show. All proceeds go to benefit Children's Medical Center. If your in the neighborhood please drop on by!

-Dd

Go see How to Train Your Dragon

2010-03-29T00:36:00.001-05:00

After seeing that movie how could you not want to draw Vikings?!?!?!?!

-Dd

Canvas 4 a Cause

2010-03-28T14:23:00.001-05:00

First time in a long time that I am painting on canvas. What is the world coming too??

-Dd

SXSW

2010-03-24T22:29:00.002-05:00

This was my weekend… Not to bad huh? The rest of the photo’s can be found on Phil Holland. I was way to busy drawing to take any for myself, so big thanks to Phil!
I went to SXSW down in Austin, TX to help The Art Department promote there brand new program! For those of you who don’t already know; TAD is the result of Illustration Academy and Massive Black teaming up to form a phenomenal illustration program. Along with the online VLP the art department will now offer 4 stable studio locations (haahahhaalso known as pods). There will be one in Kansas city, Richmond, San Francisco and finally Austin TX.
As you can see Francis, Trey, Jane and I drew are fingers off! We had a great time hanging at the booth hanging with the Massive Black guys. Big shout out to my boy Kemp, Andrew, Jason, Carl, Whit, and Brad. You guys rocked it like Massive Black …umm wait wha? Word to the wise, hang out with these fools and I promise you'll loose your car by the end of the night…True story.
oh yeah I did some art too…

The rest of my drawings can be found on my flickr set! Make sure you check out Trey, Jane and Francis drawings, as always they killed it!
Big thanks to John and Mark for having me come down, I had a blast! A big congrats goes to Francis, since he is heading up the Austin studio! Nicely done sir.
Hey Kemp! Youuuuuuuuuuuuu! Krank that Robocop Youuuuuuuuuu! Hell yea, we did thangs boiiiiiiiiii!
-Dd

DIFF shoot

2010-03-23T10:55:00.004-05:00

We shot these 30 second promo's for the Dallas International Film Festival. Big shout out to everyone involved: Yashar Kassai, Leah Garner, Katherine Harper, Justin Harder, Chad Madden and Brendon Lankford.We filmed everything on one cold, gray Sunday!

Nice work guys!
-Dd

Warm up

2010-03-22T13:21:00.007-05:00

A quickie! just cause...
-Dd

On the table

2010-03-20T21:43:00.001-05:00

Eye balls

2010-02-27T21:38:00.001-06:00

I was going through my computer and found this image. I did this a while back and I can’t seem to remember what it was for. Anyways thought it was pretty funny, hope you dig!

-Dd

My Day Job

2010-02-01T03:12:00.001-06:00

So I finally got around to archiving all my work from last year, and I realized there has yet to be a Reel FX related post on this here blerg. Allow me to remedy that. Here are a few note worthy project I have worked on in the last year and a half. The first few illustrations date back to when I was a lowly apprentice.

Pitch boards

*Play-doh spot- designed monkey.

*Transformers spot- helped design, and create elements (texturing, matt paintings and orthographic drawings) Textured Optimus in the beginning. yay!

*Coors Light spot- created the matt painting of the mountains.

*Inerstate Batteries spot- more matt painting… (mostly snow, I know very glamorous!)

I also filmed this little gem with a few of my buddies:

Credits: Yashar Kassai, Dustin dArnault, Justin Harder, Nader Husseini, Some Kids.
Filmed in one day in October.
Edited the following day in October.
Song by Phoenix.

You can find more of our video adventures on our basik website. (But you already knew that! Right? Right!)

There are loads more but I think these are the most note worthy. Anyways I do have a ton of personal work to post in the near future.

This is my 100th post! YAY ME!

-Dd

Friday Warmup

2010-01-08T10:57:00.005-06:00

We got a Cintique at work....I am in love...
Planning a big post some time soon.
Happy 2010 everyone!
-Dd

Marvel Monday!

2009-12-21T15:20:00.001-06:00

I did this sketch for my buddy Randy. Since its the holidays, its about time to re- read that Lobo Christmas special. That's the issue where the Easter Bunny hires Lobo to kill Santa. Holiday classic. That's right kids, get some chestnuts, put on them flannel jammies, curl up by that fireplace and crack open that back issue of Lobo, because it doesn't get any better then this!

Happy Holidays!

-Dd

Reelfx got a new blog

2009-12-14T09:59:00.000-06:00

ReelFX art department has a blog!

Comics!

2009-11-29T18:47:00.001-06:00

So last year I was asked to submit to Image’s comic book anthology POPGUN. Unfortunately my story did not make the final cut and has been sitting on my hard drive for who knows how long. Since the latest volume is being released I figured it was okay to dust it off and show it. This was my homage to those old “Creepy and Eerie” comics. I had a blast putting it together! Big thanks to the Popgun team for the opportunity!

*You can read the whole thing on here. While I set up a PDF.

Man, this thing feels sOoOoOo old now…

-Dd

Tata Gala

2009-11-13T08:47:00.001-06:00

I did this piece for Tata Gala. It should be in the show if it arrived in one piece. From what I understand they damaged my frame… Good old dependable Fed Ex…

-Dd

Marvel Mondays!?!

2009-11-09T23:53:00.001-06:00

Ahem…

Down here fellas…

Yeah you! I am talking to you!

Now that I have your attention, I can proceed to explain that DC has a way better selection of Heroines. Marvel has a total of what? Like four good heroines. I think. She-Hulk. She comes to mind. She is still cool right? Whatever; I chose Power Girl here for her...well powers. Here is a thought; She-Hulk V.S. Power Girl. Now that's a good thought.

I am going to go and think about that now.

-Dd

Road Trippin with my boy Francis V!

2009-11-08T22:37:00.001-06:00

A few months back Francis and I took a little road trip up to Kansas City Missouri. There we were lucky enough to meet up with Brent, George, John and Mark. Trey and Jane were awesome enough to let us crash at there place and give us a nice tour of the city.

These photos are a couple months to late, but I figured why not post them anyways. I am kicking myself for not getting photos of Mark’s studio. George was snapping away of course, but who knows when he will post them… However you can see the whole set of photo’s my flickr!

Big thanks to everyone for making us feel so welcome!

-Dd

Some Western Wisdom anyone?

2009-11-06T09:10:00.001-06:00

I know. I know. I owe you a Marvel Monday… but in place of that I offer you these work doodles and a word of advice…“Never kick a fresh cow chip on a hot day.” Now see if you can slip that little nugget into a conversation some time today.

-Dd

Portfolio Review!

2009-11-02T03:15:00.001-06:00

Just a heads up for anyone who is interested. Apparently there is a live Portfolio Review going on at Conceptart.org. The reviews will be given by pro’s such as Wes Burt, George Pratt, Sterling Hundley, Andrea Wicklund, Coro Kaufman, Carl Dobsky, Brent Watkinson, Jason Manley, Anita Kunz, Jon Foster, and Brett Briley. If anyone is interested I urge you to go take a look!

warm up sketch

2009-10-28T23:25:00.001-05:00

Warm up sketch before layouts…

-Dd

Marvel Monday!

2009-10-26T23:34:00.001-05:00

Hey all, sorry about last Monday, my plate was pretty full for the week and I had no energy for a sketching. However it’s a fresh week and I managed to pump out these two warm up sketches. This Marvel Monday features everyone’s favorite Canadian superhero! Yeah that's right for those of you who don’t know Wolverine is Canadian…at least last time I checked. I also sketched this African guy some time this past weekend. Hope you all dig!

Got to get back to work…Bub!

-Dd

Late night painting

2009-10-15T03:17:00.001-05:00

So I finished my comic page early today and instead of getting a head start on tomorrows pages; I decided to do some painting. I got this image from Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher’s photography book titled “African Ceremonies”. If you haven't seen it make sure you try and check it out! It is a huge 2 volume set that features some really stunning photos. My good buddy Andrew Wright turned me on to it when I began researching for my thesis back in the college days…

Watercolor, Gouache and White Acrylic.

-Dd

Marvel Mondays!

2009-10-12T02:39:00.001-05:00

I couldn’t sleep so I got a head start on my Marvel Monday. I promise there will be a significant update in the near future, however in the mean time here is one of my all time favorite villains. He’s got a PHD in evil.

“Curse you Richards!”

-Dd

Marvel Mondays!

2009-10-06T00:45:00.001-05:00

Yup that's right it’s my second Marvel Monday and I am already late. However in my defense I got a little carried away playing around with color. I figured it’s about time Daredevil got some props… I mean look at him, blind lawyer by day, and immortal badass of hell’s kitchen by night, it’s about time he got some props. Plus he and I share the same initials! Coincidence? I think not.

A man with out fear…

-Dd

Marvel Mondays!

2009-09-28T23:54:00.001-05:00

What's marvel Mondays you ask? Well I fondly remember drawing Marvel characters when I was young. I would pour over issues of Amazing Spiderman, and copy every panel. Needless to say like most illustrators, this is where it all began. Then you grow up, go to art school, and think you’re going to be some amazing painter or editorial illustrator … only to graduate and realize all you ever wanted to do was draw Spiderman. It’s funny how things come full circle. Anyways to put it simply I realized I haven't honestly tried to draw a Superhero pin-up since…well high school, and no doodles don’t count! So now every Monday I am going to do a sketch of a Marvel character (as well as other comic characters) Apparently I am off to a “great” start since I just barely made the post today. Let’s see how long this lasts…

Stay cool True Believers!

-Dd

8 of Diamonds

2009-09-28T16:02:00.001-05:00

8 of Diamonds: Basik Films from Basik Films on Vimeo.
Stu wants to fire Gary. Unfortunately, Gary won't let him.

Its pretty Basik

2009-09-22T10:51:00.001-05:00

BERNARD FUCHS (1932-2009)

2009-09-18T11:29:00.001-05:00

He was an illustration legend.

Illustration art

I grabbed the image from Leifpeng flickr site.

-Dd

Idol of millions? Id say so

2009-09-08T15:02:00.008-05:00

A friend of mine sent me this interesting documentary on Jack Kirby. That and a few other documentaries can be found on Producer/Editor Paul G Baker's website.
Also check out this doc on Elektra and a one on Fantastic Four!
I am geeking out over here....
-Dd

darth-nault?!?!

2009-09-03T10:48:00.006-05:00

Justin calls me this at work... I don't even like Star Wars...

-Dd

* I don't hate star wars...I am just not nuts about it. Plus Star Trek was better!

Gone fishing…

2009-09-01T01:28:00.001-05:00

Not really… but note to self eat more fish.

-Dd

Another Quick doodle

2009-08-19T23:01:00.001-05:00

-Dd

Doodle!

2009-08-18T20:23:00.004-05:00

Just a little sketch. Hope you dig!

-Dd

work doodle

2009-08-14T09:53:00.011-05:00

Here is my thing...he looks as dumb as a rock. -Dd

That's my bike punk!

2009-07-20T01:37:00.002-05:00

Just something I got cooking in the kitchen. I will post more on this as soon as I can.
-Dd

I can’t wait!

2009-07-16T01:24:00.002-05:00

-Dd