Whelp

Well it's been way too long since I've posted anything here- my apologies- lots of whirlwinds going on, but needless to say, I'm back to drawing again.
This was done slightly more traditional- pencil drawing, but inked in Illustrator, and colored in Photoshop.



By jdacosta at 2008-09-27

Whoosh

ok, so let's be honest, that last Wintergate piece just wasn't working. Hopefully the new version works better



Make with the clicky to see it larger

New works

Wow, so it's been a month since I last posted.. sorry about that.

Here's a couple new pieces I've worked on, a new Wintergate cover-mock and a recent commission.

new Wintergate piece

So in my effort to streamline my style, push line weights and utilize shapes as color in Illustrator, I came up with this new piece of the Wintergate cast.

Wintergate Crew shot

From left to right- Kintaro, Eli and Raiko. These are the 3 main characters in Wintergate, my creator owned story. I'll be updating the blog with pages from the comic soon.
This was drawn and toned in Illustrator, with a few textures from Photoshop.

WINTERGATE updates

So, the Heroes Con is 2 days away, and I am so excited to meet up with all my friends at the show.
I'll just be attending as a guest this year, but I have a few samples I'll be showing around, including the cover to my next creator owned comic series- Wintergate. This was done in Illustrator (lines) and Photoshop (colors). Wintergate Logo designed by Cary Kelly.

Whose there, Pookie?

This was a combination of Illustrator (lines) and Photoshop (colors)

Raiko is one of the lead characters in the Wintergate story. Expect more updates, and expect them frequently.
Wintergate and Raiko are copyright 2008 John DaCosta

Turtles Page 3

This is the last page of the Turtles sequence. I think the graytones makes Splinter really pop out.

Mr Lune

Here's a collaboration with Eraklis Petmezas- his lines
my colors. This is Mr Lune





Mr Lune is copyrighted by Eraklis Petmezas 2008

Turtley goodness

One more page to add to the Turtle sequence. One more page to go in this set.

AVATAR

So, I was inspired to draw a character from Avatar tonight, been on a nickelodeon kick lately...
Another image done in Illustrator.

SPONGE BOB!!

Another fun warm up sketch.. I put a little more thought than normal into this even though it's just a warm up. Still kept it at about 30 minutes.
Hopefully you'll enjoy it as much as I did drawing it.

TMNT

I used to love the cartoon as a kid and it's one of the reasons I picked up the pencil. This lil' illo was a warm up sketch tonight. Done in Illustrator CS3, my weapon of choice.



And a fun page, also done in Illustrator. Just a WIP for now. I'm working a few more of them which I'll post over the next few weeks in between other jobs.

New work

Hey there,
So I've had this blog a few days now, but I've yet to actually talk in any of my posts about any of the jobs I've posted up. That's all changing now.
This job is for the local AMSN chapter. The AMSN is the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses, and the local chapter is called the Metro Carolina Chapter. I was approached to fine tune the logo and came up with the below. They're going to be using it on all of their future publications and upcoming website, which I'll be heavily involved with.



Comments always welcome

Newer commissions

Commissions

Fox and the Crow Commisions

Sketch cards and Commissions

And an evil gingerbread man

Greetings!

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