Been a long time, been a long.....

So its been a while since we last met. Guess I should explain a bit. Basically a ton of things happened in my personal life that took me out of the game for a minute. With that being said, all the turbulence and bad stuff that occurred actually dropped me on my head and woke me up to the life that I had been missing out on. Its funny how once you remove the negatives and start surrounding yourself with positives, things tend to look up and get drastically better. This situation is no different. As much as I hated going through the things I did, I'm in a much better place now. So what does that mean for you crazy cats exactly? Well, I'm focused. I'm a lot more focused. I'm back to being in a state of grinding out work and really progressing my artwork to the next level. I have been so lucky to have the circle of professional friends that I have around. There is one in particular that really builds me up and I'm so grateful for that. So, where do we go from here? Up. Plain and simple. There's not going to be a lot of talk anymore. Just work. I've got a couple paintings to tie up and then its all inking all the time till I climb back to where I want to be. I'll be the first to admit that I got lost along the way and I allowed myself to stray from the path I knew was best for me but I'm back on track and focused and I assure you there's going to be a lot more work flowing from me and with that more opportunities that we can share in together. Ultimately, I want to be apart of amazing teams that do amazing work and tell amazing stories to keep you guys entertained for years to come. Now, I'm back to taking the steps to do that. Before I was walking the path but now I'm at a full on run. So while I apologize for the detour, sometimes a quick trip through hell is the best way to put you back on the correct path. I've made that trip and am back to the path and hopefully you guys will all be coming with me. :D

As always, thanks for the support!

-David

I'm back. For a minute. LOL

Man. Being the type of person who gets super pissed when people don't update their blogs regularly cause I love seeing their work, you'd think I'd be on top of this a lot more. Well I'm not. Truth be told, I forget that I have it. Trying to keep up with a million different pages is quite the task. LOL But once again I will promise to do better.....and probably won't. :D

So, what has been going on. Well a lot actually. Been doing a lot of drawing recently. I really felt that my inking was suffering from a lack of knowledge on the drawing side of things so I made the decision to start really pounding the sketchbook and brushing up. Have to say that I'm quite pleased with the results and it has been very refreshing doing something thats familiar but "new" in the sense that I haven't done it in a long long time. It reminds me how much art and music are similar. When starting out, you struggle to draw a picture or play an instrument. But after hours and hours of practice, you begin to acquire the skills to pull off what you're attempting to do. Then, the better you get, the more fun it is because you can do the things that are in your mind. It really becomes and extension of your mind and allows you to express yourself in a different and new way. So yeah, been drawing a bunch. Now coming back into inking and my mind can process the information on the page a lot easier.

Aside from that, I've got some new sketch card samples that I'll be throwing up online by the end of the week as well as some new pages I've inked. I've had a ton of equipment issues recently so I'm in full blown, find any work available to make a dime so I can start replacing things. LOL Such is life. So I will have some updates by this weekend. Along with that, I'm working on co-writing a rewrite on the feature film I wrote a couple years ago as well as my original graphic novel. So stay tuned cause there will be a ton of updates coming. Right now I'm finishing everything up and getting things organized so that the right things can be posted on the correct days.

Well thats all for this time kids. Sorry its so short but its back to work for me. I promise more updates in the coming weeks and a concerted effort to focus more time, attention, and resources to this blog.

Thanks for reading!

David

Happy Holidays!!

WOW, its been a while. This post should have went up 2 days ago but once again I missed the mark. Luckily, New Years is a couple days away so I can still throw it up. Better late than never right? Anyway, here's a little Christmas Haunt for you all.

This piece was done on 9x15 Image board with a plastic brush out of one of those children's watercolor set, a ball point pen, and a .5 micron pen.

Hope you enjoy!

David

Big stuff coming

Figured it has been a while so I would stop by and let everyone know that there are big things on the horizon. Right now I'm slammed with work so bare with me. I assure you I will be updating a lot more often soon. Until then, keep checking back and I'll try to update a little more often.

David

I'm So Neglectful.

I'm back! Ok so I've turned into that guy who has a blog and never updates it. My apologies. My reason, well I've been very busy. Its a good problem to have really. Assisting Jonathan Glapion takes up a good chunk of time not to mention my own personal projects. Now that he's inking 3 books a month, things have gotten super crazy. So, I'm going to attempt to keep up with this thing as best I can but we'll see how it goes.

For your viewing pleasure, this is a piece for my portfolio. This piece is from New X-Men 45. Its page 2 and penciled by the amazing Humberto Ramos. I love inking this cartoony style. I really hope to get to do more of it in the future.

Pencils: Humberto Ramos

Inks: David VanDyke (me)

Tools: Winsor Newton Series 7 miniature and Raphael 8408. Size #1 on both. Deleter Maru nib and Pentel Hybrid Technica tech pen.

It's been a while

Yes. I know I said I'd like to keep updated pretty regular. Well somethings have been going on and I'm super busy. For those who haven't heard, I am now officially assisting DC super inker, Jonathan Glapion. Jonathan has been Philip Tan's inker for years and has recently started inking Greg Capullo on Haunt. Needless to say, I'm honored for the chance and I'm super greatful to Jonathan for giving me the chance to learn from him.

So that's what's been going on. I hope to update more often as I get used to the hectic schedule. Until then.

David

Couple of Updates

Ok so I know there's been a bit of a delay but I'm back with some updates. The main update is that I have signed on to do a couple projects for Advent Comics. I will be coming on as up and coming penciling phenom Dody Eka's inker. I'm super excited to join the crew and I can't wait to get started. Below is an inking sample I did for Advent over Dody's pencils. This piece is a pin up of the Alliance of Evil from Advent Comics.

Next is a piece that I inked for my portfolio by amazing DC penciler Lee Garbett. I Lee was kind enough to let me use this piece for my portfolio and this was the result. I've still got to do some reverse inking on it but other than that, this is the finished piece. Unfortunately, the pencil file I used for this is so large that I can't upload it without shrinking the file and I don't have time right now to do that. When I get a chance, I'll do it and upload them for everyone to see.

Ok that's it for this week. I hope you enjoy and I am truly trying to update more often. Keep your eyes and ears open for more news coming out of the Advent Comics camp in the coming weeks.

David