The young Dinosaurs of Avignon after Picasso - digital illustration

Dinosaur spoof of “Les Demoiselles d'Avignon”

Created in March 2021 this dinosaur illustration is based on a famous painting by Pablo Picasso. The classic painting, which was painted at the start of the Cubism movement, featured five prostitutes. This digital pastiche of “Les Demoiselles d'Avignon” features five dinosaurs instead, including a T-Rex.

It was painted in 'Auto Sketchbook Pro', with final touches done in 'Photoshop'.

The completed illustration can be seen in greater detail on this external link.

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A small snippet of a spoof dinosaur Picasso painting...

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 A small snipet of a humourous dinosaur illustration...

A young Dinosaur fan!

A young Dinosaur fan!

An elementary student from Omaha recreated a scene based on one of my Dinosaur illustrations, which in turn is based on a famous Manet painting. The student is named Avry Hermandson and is a pupil at the Nelson Mandela Elementary School. The class project was to recreate a scene from a famous painting and Avry whose fanatical about dinosaurs, found my illustration online. As well as dinosaur friends, a fruit picnic and drawings of trees can be found in his mock up!

Original illustration link.

My illustration, and the photo of Avry by his teacher.

Girl Watering Horror Plants - digital illustration

Girl Watering Horror Plants - digital illustration

Giant monster plants being watered by little girl illustration

Strange and dangerous plants feature in this illustration. A girl, seemingly happy and content is quite happy to be watering these monstrous specimens using her toy watering can. These plants may like the girl, as it can be seen that some previous gardeners have not been so lucky. Hidden away the viewer can find an arm and a skull with one eye ball in the undergrowth of a long disappeared gardener.

'Auto Sketchbook Pro' software was used largely in the creation of this artwork. Initially work started on the concept using an Android galaxy tablet to sketch out and work out the colours. Once this was achieved to a satisfying level the file was then exported to a W10 desktop computer running the same program but in a more powerful environment. Here the image was greatly enlarged and repainted to produce the final artwork. It was completed during August 2018.The artwork can be seen in detail here.

Dinosaur And Son With A Parasol - digital illustration

Dinosaur And Son With A Parasol - digital illustration

digital illustration - Dinosaur And Son With A Parasol

Created during October 2018, this digital illustration features a 'take' of the famous painting by Monet, 'Woman with a Parasol/ Madame Monet and Her Son'. It is also known as 'The Stroll' and was painted in 1875. My version does not feature humans but a Tyrannosaurs Rex and dinosaur son, out for a stroll in summer in the same field. It is painted in 'Auto Sketchbook Pro', initially using an android tablet, and then later exporting the file to a desktop computer running the same painting software to produce a final version. Some time was spent studying the original painting to create similar brushmarks and use of colour and light, as painted originally by Monet.

The digital illustration can be seen here in detail.

Dinosaur and son with a parasol - WIP stages

Dinosaur and son with a parasol - WIP stages

'Dinosaur and son with a parasol' in stages, based on the Monet painting.

'Dinosaur and son with a parasol' illustration was completed during October 2018. It is based on the famous impressionist painting by Monet - 'Woman with a parasol', painted in 1875 in oils. My version which has a Tyrannosaurs Rex as the mother, with her son beside was painted digitally using 'auto Sketchbook pro' software. 'Wet oils' were used to help create brush strokes that blended together almost like natural paint, and done could make the paint drier and heavier on some chosen strokes.
The first panel shows the drawing done using the software using a galaxy tablet with 'S' pen. This was then roughly painted to mimic the original painting. Then the file (in PSD format) was exported to a windows 10 machine running the same software, but the image was enlarged by about 6 times and repainted more carefully, with time taken to look at Monet's brush strokes and try to copy the general feel of the original. I did not actually sample the colours off the original, but just went by eye.
The final illustration can be seen here.

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A small snippet of a funny dinosaur image...

Wasp Woman Insect Drinking Tea Fantasy - WIP stages

Wasp Woman Insect Drinking Tea Fantasy WIP stages

WIP stages of surreal Edwardian wasp woman

Created during August 2018, this illustration features a creature that appears to be have human and half wasp! It, or she, is enjoying a tea in elegant surroundings. The painting was partly influence by Gainsborough and other artists of the same era, although the woman is dressed in attire from the Edwardian era.
The illustration was created digitally. Initially it was drawn and then painted roughly on an android 'galaxy' pro with 'S' pen, as shown in the first two panels. When the design had got to a working solution, the file exported and work then continues on a W10 computer. 'Auto sketchbook pro' is used on both platforms, with final grading done within Photoshop, as shown in the last panel. 
The finished illustration can be seen on this link.

Steampunk Hover Rolls With Queen - WIP stages

Steampunk Hover Rolls With Queen - WIP stages

digital art stages - Steampunk Hover Rolls With Queen

A hovering Rolls Royce type of vehicle pulls up outside a mansion. It is transporting a Queen Victoria like character, sitting on her throne in a high position so that her subjects may view the monarchy. The Queen is protected by a very large windscreen and is sat at the back of the vehicle. Seated at the front is the chauffeur, behind a smaller, but still large windscreen.

This digital illustration was done in July 2018. It originated as a small sketch using the 'auto Sketchbook pro' app on a tablet. at a later stage the file was exported to a W10 computer where the image was enlarged and refined.

The illustration of the 'Royal Hovering vehicle' can be seen here on this link.

Cute Mistress With Whip And Roses - digital painting

Cute Mistress With Whip And Roses - digital painting

Cute Mistress With Whip And Roses - digital painting

Created during December 2017, this digital illustration features a cute mistress character, dressed in a latex cat suit and armed with a long whip. She is styled with a nod to 'manga' design, and set upon a background made up wooden crosses, a tool of her trade and roses, beautiful flowers with an element of danger and pain!

The illustration was drawn and painted in 'Auto SketchBook pro' with final details and colour balance done in Photoshop to complete the image.

The artwork can be seen in detail here.

Zombie Party drawing vs painting

Zombie Party drawing vs painting

Zombie Party drawing vs painting

The panel above shows the original drawing, done in Photoshop and the final illustration, digitally painted in Photoshop, of this artwork called 'Cartoon Zombie Party'. It can be seen that some changes happened between the original concept and the final one, mainly bearing the setting with a tree and church originally featuring in the landscape. The drawing for the characters became tighter as the work continued, as part of the finished style of the art was to have a 'line' drawing included.
The illustration was done in September 2014, and can be seen here.

Mummy Awake - drawing vs painting ART

Mummy Awake - drawing vs painting ART

drawing vs finished art 'Mummy Awakes'

This picture shows a comparison between a rough drawing compared to the finished, digital artwork. The actual illustration is called 'Mummy Awake' and was completed in 2009. The first panel shows the rough drawing completed as done for the painting. It is lacking in any details as can be seen. The finished 'mummy' illustration was done digitally by painting in Photoshop. Most of the details and colour choices in the image are decided 'on the fly', but what is consistent however is the position of all the elements based on the drawing, which remain fixed within the composition.

The artwork can be seen in detail here.

Spring Girl - digital painting

Spring Girl - digital painting

Spring Girl - digital painting

This humorous subject was painted during Febuary 2017, and features a 'Spring Girl' character in a field, during the season of Spring, and surrounded by flowers and insects of the period. It is painted digitally using 'Auto sketchbook pro' on a windows drawing device.

The final illustration can be seen here.https://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/spring-girl-martin-davey.html

City Invasion Furry Monster - digital painting

City Invasion Furry Monster - digital painting

City Invasion Furry Monster - digital painting

This digital illustration features a large, black, furry creature terrorizing the residences in a major city during the 1950s. It may have been the result of some scientific experiment that went wrong, so the glowing, red eyed creature is on the loose, and seen here crushing a taxi.

The painting was done during late January 2017 using 'Auto Sketchbook Pro' on a computer, with some final colour grading done in Photoshop, and can be seen in full detail here.

The Prehistoric Games printed books arrive

The Prehistoric Games printed books arrive

A few days ago a number of copies of a book I worked on arrived at my door. The book is called 'The Prehistoric Games' and I supplied the illustrations, which were drawn and painted digitally in Photoshop. The book is written and conceived by Janet Lawler.
http://martindaveyillustration.co.uk/the_prehistoric_games_artwork.htm  #dinosaurs #sport #book #illustration #thePrehistoricGames

'The Prehistoric Games' printed books

Zombie Killer Rabbits

Zombie Killer Rabbits

Small digital sketch of some funny Zombie Killer Rabbits up to no good! The sketch was done in the windows desktop version of sketch book, which is different and better than the 'tablet' version. It was still the free version I was using and the final image size is small and fixed to your device's screen. If you want a custom canvas you need to upgrade the program for a fee. The picture was done on a Microsoft Surface Pro using a wacom stylus on the screen. The hardware is pressure sensitive but the software does not read that info, so you adjust  the brush opacity for the effect you want. It was a little bit of fun to do! 
#zombie #art #funny #rabbits

Zombie Killer Rabbits Sketch

Dr Who 4th doctor Jelly Baby

Dr Who 4th doctor Jelly Baby 

This digitally painted illustration was created in October 2014 and features the character of Dr Who, as portrayed by Tom Baker (1974 to 1980). With him is Sarah Jane Smith, an assistant played by Elisabeth Sladen between 1974 and 1977. Often the Dr, in his fourth incarnation will offer his deadly enemy a jelly baby sweet at the height of a dramatic scene in which the enemy is shouting about its plans for world/universe domination. In the scene are featured some Daleks, the Dr's main foe led by their creator, Davros, as seen in the background.

http://martin-davey.artistwebsites.com/featured/dr-who-4th-doctor-jelly-baby-martin-davey.html

Dr Who 4th doctor Jelly Baby

Cartoon Zombie Party

Cartoon Zombie Party

This digital image was done in September 2014 and illustrates a party being enjoyed by a number of cartoon zombies in a graveyard on Halloween. Originally the artwork was going to be drawn as 'vector' based drawn art with flat colours. In the end the whole thing was done in photoshop. The characters have a flattish, cartoony colouring to them but with some brushmarks. Unusually for me the background has not been painted but I have used photographs heavily treated for the trees, sky and grass. On top of the whole image 'grunge' effects have been placed to add some finishing sparkle.

I wanted the 'horror' to be as funny as possible to a general audience. The zombies have cartoony poses, worms coming out of them and eyeballs popping out. One zombie has had his head drop off while rising from the grave.

#zombie #art #painting #funny #cartoon #Halloween #party 

http://martin-davey.artistwebsites.com/featured/cartoon-zombie-party-martin-davey.html

Cartoon Zombie Party – digital art

The Twelfth Doctor Who

The Twelfth Doctor Who

This digital painting celebrates the arrival of the 12^th Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi, in August 2014. With him is the current assistant Clara Oswald, as played by Jenna Coleman. The other figure overseeing them is the first Dr Who, as played by William Hartnell. Behind them is their TARDIS, a transportation device that travels through space and time, its appearance stuck as a 20^th century police box.

Painted in August 2014 at A4 size.

http://martin-davey.artistwebsites.com/featured/the-twelfth-doctor-who-martin-davey.html

The Twelfth Doctor Who