Archives: November 2007

Pirates

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Dani

Illustration I did for a promo. I liked experimenting with the lighting.

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Some Thoughts About Artist’s Style

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Dani

Some Thoughts About Artist's Style

Illustrators are often encouraged to develop a style. It will help you create a brand for yourself and show art directors that you can work consistently. Finding the right style is an elusive task, so here are a few ideas to get you started.

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A Few Notes and an Anniversary

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Dani

DaniDraws.com launched in November of 2006. Since then, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the amount of feedback and support I’ve gotten from all you readers. So…

THANK YOU. :)

I’ve been slow to post stuff recently because the holidays have been kinda hectic, but I have more great articles, tutorials, and other ideas in store for the site, so stay tuned!

And if you have any specific questions or suggestions for articles, be sure to send them in (contact@danidraws.com). A lot of you have already done so in the comments sections, so be patient with me as I sort through them…

And to all you American readers out there, have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Dani

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Small Sketch

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Dani

This is just a quick little head that I drew this morning, and I thought it was cute.

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Discover Something New

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Dani

This is just a quick post to let you all know that I’ve rearranged a few things on the front page of the website. Most notably, I’ve created an index in my left sidebar to make it easier to find some articles that are stuck in my archives. If you are new to the site and haven’t seen some of my earlier articles, now is a good time to do some exploring!

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How to Draw Children

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Dani

Kids

At first, drawing children doesn’t seem like that much of a challenge. I mean, you take so many figure drawing courses in art school and you start to think you can draw pretty good. And if you’re good at drawing adults, drawing kids should be pretty easy, right? Well, after you’ve tried dozens and dozens of times, and all you come up with are a bunch of freaky midget creatures, you start to realize how wrong you were.

I realized this shortly after I graduated from school and decided to go into children’s publishing. My first assignments were, I admit, less than stellar. But I’ve learned a few things along the way, so I thought I would share some tips with you all.

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Getting Ready for Christmas

Posted on November 13, 2007 by Dani

Some people think it is strange, and even wrong, to listen to Christmas music, buy Christmas books, and draw lots of cute Christmas stuff when Thanksgiving hasn’t even arrived yet.

To all those people, I say…

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