This one was a good time. Butch is the retired father of one of my co-workers. He is a car nut that works on restoring old hot rods. The ones depicted in the caricature are his 66' Nova and his 67' Olds 442. Click the Image to enlarge.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Hot Rod
This one was a good time. Butch is the retired father of one of my co-workers. He is a car nut that works on restoring old hot rods. The ones depicted in the caricature are his 66' Nova and his 67' Olds 442. Click the Image to enlarge.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Some Watercolor Fun
This is a recent watercolor piece for a book cover. The book is titled; The 31st Man and was a lot of fun to do. I don't get to paint much at work, let alone do many landscapes, so this one was enjoyable. I got to use my new hand made watercolor book for this piece so now it sits on page one of many more to come. Click the Image to enlarge.
Monday, February 19, 2007
My first art post
Well here it is, my first art post here on Beetleblog. Its for a self published book titled Red Moon. I got the idea for it from looking at some of Craig Phillips (finch!) work. He was recently featured in the new Spectrum 13. Thanks for the inspiration, Craig! The background was digital and the foreground was inked. Trees are great subjects and are one of my favorite things to draw. Click the Image to enlarge.Welcome to Beet-o-ramma!
Welcome to my little home away from home. I'm not real web savvy and I didn't feel the need to post up a legitimate website so I opted for this. It seemed like the logical alternative.
My name is Dan Alexander (or "Beetle" to my friends or Uncle Beetle to my nephews and niece) and I am a Professional Illustrator. I work for one of those print-on-demand publishing outfits and boy, do I like my job. Being a professional artist is the best! It has its bad days, don't get me wrong, but for the most part, I love getting up in the morning!
I have a BFA in Graphic Design from Indiana State University and two years at Dover, New Jersey's celebrated Joe Kubert School. I love to draw, paint and sculpt.
My main influences are from the good ol' comics (Kirby, Wrightson, BWS, Frazetta, Sienkiewicz, Jones, Kaluta, Buscema, the list goes on...). But these also opened my eyes to the fine artist; Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Klimt, JS Sargent, Remington, JC leyendecker, Bernie Fuchs and others.
My hopes for this little corner of the web are to post my work and receive feedback, to be influenced by others who share my interests in art. Nice meeting you and I will post lots more work soon!
My name is Dan Alexander (or "Beetle" to my friends or Uncle Beetle to my nephews and niece) and I am a Professional Illustrator. I work for one of those print-on-demand publishing outfits and boy, do I like my job. Being a professional artist is the best! It has its bad days, don't get me wrong, but for the most part, I love getting up in the morning!
I have a BFA in Graphic Design from Indiana State University and two years at Dover, New Jersey's celebrated Joe Kubert School. I love to draw, paint and sculpt.
My main influences are from the good ol' comics (Kirby, Wrightson, BWS, Frazetta, Sienkiewicz, Jones, Kaluta, Buscema, the list goes on...). But these also opened my eyes to the fine artist; Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Klimt, JS Sargent, Remington, JC leyendecker, Bernie Fuchs and others.
My hopes for this little corner of the web are to post my work and receive feedback, to be influenced by others who share my interests in art. Nice meeting you and I will post lots more work soon!
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