Princess in castle with happy birds - WIP stages

A flock of happy birds are playing with a yellow dressed princess in her castle.
This digital illustration was created during mid May 2021 and the picture above demonstrates three stages of the creation of it. In the first panel can be seen the drawing. This was done using Sketchbook pro software running on a tablet with the image being 1200px along the longest edge. The second panel now shows the same drawing painted, with basic colours and tonal qualities indicated using basic brushes. After this stage the file is exported to a desktop W10 computer running the same software. The artwork is enlarged up to 6000px on the longest edge and then it is re-painted in a more refined manor  so that a high quality, printable illustration can be reproduced, with the final panel showing the finished princess illustration. It can be seen in better detail on this link. 

Princess in castle with happy birds - digital illustration

In this fairy-tale like illustration, a princess wearing a long yellow dress is seen happily interacting with friendly white birds through a window open in a castle corridor.
Painted in May 2021 using 'Auto Sketchbook Pro' software, initially on a tablet and then exported to a W10 desktop computer. The finished result can be seen via this external link. 

closeup working progress 08

closeup working progress 08

A small snippet of a horror based plant painting...

Happy SteamPunk Witch - digital illustration

Happy Steam Punk Witch - digital illustration

 A Happy SteamPunk Witch preparing for Halloween

This digital illustration was created during October 2018. It feature a happy steampunk witch going about her business of creating potions and spells at her cauldron. It can be seen that the coven has a number of technical refinements including a gas fired cauldron, a steam pump for pushing various chemicals around the area and in to the cauldron, and some evidence of electricity for various experiments. The witch still prefers to create her potions the manual way when possible. As found in many covens a black cat is a customary addition to the surroundings, and is perched up on a stool watching activities. The witch herself still wears the typical pointy hat but has a number of 'steampunk' additions in the way of goggles, corset with straps and stylized jewellery.

The illustration is painted in 'auto sketchbook pro, initially drawn on an android 'galaxy' tablet to find the composition, with some basic colour work being done on the device too. At a later stage the file is exported to the same software running on a Windows 10 machine, where the image is greatly enlarged and repainted to a finer standard for final output, which can be seen on this link.

Count And Countess Dracula During Halloween Evening - WIP stages

Count And Countess Dracula During Halloween Evening - WIP stages

Count and Countess Dracula 'cute' illustration in WIP stages

This 'cute' portrayal of  Count Dracula and his Countess wife was completed during September 2018.
It is digitally painted in 'Auto SketchBook pro', on an android tablet with 'S pen' to being with, and after a certain stage of development, it is exported to a W10 computer, running the same software. However at this final stage the artwork is far larger than the initial sketch thus allowing the painting to become more refined. Photoshop is used for the final colour grading. The panels above show the sketch, followed by a colour rough and lastly, the final and finished colour artwork.

The count was based to a point on the Christopher Lee version of the character, in particular the costume. The countess is based on Lily Munster, from 'The Munsters', who with that streak of sliver in her hair has some of the 'Bride of Frankenstein' character, taken from the film of the same name.

The illustration can be viewed at a greater detail here.

Count And Countess Dracula During Halloween Evening - digital illustration

Count And Countess Dracula During Halloween Evening - digital illustration

digital illustration - Count And Countess Dracula During Halloween Evening

This horror character based illustration features Count Dracula and his wife out for an Halloween evening stroll. Their castle can be seen in the background. The characters are designed to be 'cute and friendly'. Inspiration was taken from Christopher Lee, partly with his look and also for the costume. The wife was loosely based on Lily Munster, from 'The Munsters'.

A loose sketch was initially done on 'Sketchbook pro' during September 2018, using an android tablet. The file was later exported on to a more powerful desktop computer running the same software, where the painting was enlarged, repainted and refined.
The final digital illustration can be seen here.

Boy with Apple Tree

Boy with Apple Tree

A cartoon boy is sitting under a tree filled with giant apples, eating one of them. The tree is standing on a hill bathed in a gentle light.

Painted in Photoshop in August 2014.

http://martin-davey.artistwebsites.com/featured/boy-with-apple-tree-martin-davey.html

Boy with Apple Tree-digital painting

Girl in a ballon greeting Happy sun -ipad mini case

Girl in a balloon greeting Happy sun -ipad mini case

Girl in a balloon greeting a happy sun iPad mini case by MartinDaveyArt

Romantic Cartoon cats on Valentine Heart

Romantic Cartoon cats on Valentine Heart 

This design of a card for St Valentines day features two cartoon romantic cats in love set against a heart design. The cats were painted in photoshop from an illustration created several years ago and the heart background form an illustrator vector illustration created in 2013. They were simply composited in photoshop.

Romantic Cartoon cats on Valentine Heart

Baby Birthday Dragon with present

Baby Birthday Dragon with present 

A little cute baby dragon is happy on its birthday and has been presented with a wrapped present...

The illustration was painted in photoshop to A4 size during autumn 2013. I tend to paint dragons in a green colour so it fitted that the abstract background should complement it, colour-wise. I do feel that there is a slight Japanese feeling to the illustration. 

Baby Birthday Dragon with present

Children and Snowman playing together

Children and Snowman playing together

This illustration was created in the last days of 2013, and features a large snowman wearing a hat, carrot and scarf having fun in the snow with two happy children. I decided to give the children 'manga' features and have a slightly graphic look to the image by having a pattern of snowflakes and beams of light rather than a 'scene' as such, creating a bold and simple composition. The fan of light beams helps to focus on the subject matter.

The illustration is created in photshop to A3 size.

Children and Snowman playing together

Little cartoon manga girl stroking pet cat

Little cartoon manga girl stroking pet cat

This vector based illustration was created during the autumn of 2013, and depicts a little girl stroking her pet cat. The couple seem very happy together, in their garden. The girl, with her massive mop of hair and the cute, wide eyed cat are drawn with a black line around the outline and features. To make a nice contrast to the main characters, the background elements are drawn with no defining black line around them. The drawing is created in a 'manga' style, and output at A3 size.

Little cartoon manga girl stroking pet cat

Manga Sweet Ghost at Halloween

Manga Sweet Ghost at Halloween

This digital illustration depicts a little sweet manga ghost enjoying sweets and candy during Halloween night. In the background can be seen an old, haunted house, used by the happy ghost and shared with some bats, out for the night. The large moon lights up the scene. The illustration is designed to be bold and appealing, with the ghost as the main subject, and the sweets and candy adding colour.

It is output at A3 size and is drawn in a vector based art programme, during September 2013.

Manga Sweet Ghost at Halloween

London Manga shopping girl

London Manga shopping girl

This illustration was done in the summer of 2013. It depicts a young, happy girl, drawn in manga style, shopping in London. She is pictured walking down a street with the famous landmarks of Big Ben, the London Eye and BT tower behind. The girls dress is red and provides a nice combination to the purples and similar hues used in the other elements in the street illustration. The image is created in a vector drawing programme, and output at A3 size.

London Manga shopping girl

Cartoon Fat Little Birthday Pig vector illustration

Cartoon Fat Little Birthday Pig vector illustration

This vector based illustration shows a fat, little pig celebrating his birthday. He has been presented a chocolate cake with a candle stuck in the chocolate icing on top, and can't wait to eat it in one mouthful. The artwork was created at A3 size during 2013. A basic drawing was first produced in Photoshop with flat colours painted in. This was then traced in a vector programme with colour samples taken from the rough, pixel image. 

Cartoon Fat Little Birthday Pig vector illustration

Girl in a balloon greeting a happy sun

Girl in a balloon greeting a happy sun

This illustration, of a girl in a balloon greeting a happy sun, was created in early 2013. The artwork shows a stylised illustration of a happy girl with a woolly hat piloting a pink balloon from the basket mounted underneath. She is waving at a happy, smiling sun that is emitting rays of light.

The blue sky helps to make the pinks and yellows bounce out of the painting. It was created in a vector based drawing programme, and output at A3 size. 

Girl in a balloon greeting a happy sun