Hey all,

So, this is my final entry :).

It's the treehouse of little Carlos, whose family lives on the junkyard his father works on. Even though they are poor, they are a happy family utilizing anything they can find on the yard. His father made this treehouse for Carlos, just to give him something for his own: a nice little retreat in which Carlos spends his time reading (and learning from) books found at this junkyard which makes him feel like the richest boy on the planet. And sometimes a kid just wants to swing...

This was one of my longest projects so far. I wanted to get everything right: the lighting, the colors, the perspectives and of course the 'joke'... I think we can almost all relate to something like this: stuck at work, dreaming to be the star of what you want to do most: drawing/cartooning/guitar player etc. I tried to really have a contrast between a warm fuzzy dream, and the cold almost clinical-like hardness of reality ;). Hope you like it!

Link to a big version: BIG version

Hi all,

I had a chuckload ideas for the theme 'independent', and i (think I) know my final piece. I'm a cartoonist by nature so, it's going to be slightly in that format. Its about a guy stuck in a deadend job dreaming of being an independent succesful artist. I wonder how many of us relate to this haha (its really a piece about me )

This is a very very rough sketch, but so you get the idea: The crowd will be absolutely frantic ;). Suggestions are always welcome!

What a fun contest! This is my entry: inked with a pentel brush and copic pen, colored with copic markers. I thought to just color the pumpkins, and use greys for the rest. Hope you guys like it.

Instagram ready image:

This is my entry.

It's the treehouse of little Carlos, whose family lives on the junkyard his father works on. Even though they are poor, they are a happy family utilizing anything they can find on the yard. His father made this treehouse for Carlos, just to give him something for his own: a nice little retreat in which Carlos spends his time reading (and learning from) books found at this junkyard which makes him feel like the richest boy on the planet. And sometimes a kid just wants to swing...

I wanted to give it a warm, but also dusty feeling, in my thread someone said: hopefull, which is the general feeling I want to express. I also added a bonsai tree to it, just to get more of that treehouse feeling :).

Hope you like it!

You can see a big version on my website: dscomics.nl or by clicking here
You can also add me on Instagram where I posted some fases of this project (user: dscomicsnl).

@Will-Terry Hey Will, so I've been playing with your suggestions and came up with this. Am I going in the right direction, following your advice? Somehow the first looks a bit more peaceful, but I dont like the negative space in it, so the composition of this one is better. ALso, I like to see the house from the bottom, it looks indeed more logical (even though some perspective lines are still a bit off - which I'll fix ;)).

Anyway, thanks a lot for the guidance/tips :).

I've been sketching since I saw the e-mail, I like the contest this month and finally have some time!

My entry will be about Little Carlos, who lives in an abandoned junkyard. Just before his father died, he made Carlos a treehouse out of scrap found in this junkyard just so Carlos can something call home. Carlos spends his time reading (and learning from) books found at this junkyard in full anticipation one day his mother will return...

Still working on perspectives and filling the piles. Hope you (already) like it :).
Comments and suggestions are welcome!

Dennis

So, this has become quite a project. Here's just an update. I thought it would be best to draw the dream first and have the dreamy cloud balloons drawn in later. So here is the foreground of the dream. I think I spend a day working the perspectives. The background will be full of fences with people as far as the eye can see haha. Suggestions are always welcome!

Hello everyone,

I've been a long time member of SVS and I learned a great deal following the courses. It led me to an invitation for a battle of one of the nicest comic magazines in The Netherlands. This battle is between 2 artists and the one with the most votes go to the final. At this moment I am a slight margin ahead of my opponent, but every vote counts! So I therefor ask you kindly to go to: http://stripglossy.nl/dennis-spaans/ and leave a reply, I will be very grateful! The winner gets a year placement with his/her own comic in that magazine, so thats worth begging me for you vote haha.

The theme was Frankenstein and this was my piece which is text free, so a universal read :):

Kind regards,
Dennis Spaans

The background crowd is ready. Sometimes not knowing where the detail ends, but decided on a row per row basis haha. Transformed the forground guy in a woman ;). Added gifts on the table. Hope you like it. Last part is behind Bill: adding security guards and a 'doorman' :). Suggestions and feedback are always welcome!!

@art-of-b Thanks 'B'

@aska Thanks a lot!
@Chip-Valecek Thanks Chip!!

@leontine Thanks Leontine!

Hello everyone,

I've been a long time member of SVS and I learned a great deal following the courses. It led me to an invitation for a battle of one of the nicest comic magazines in The Netherlands. This battle is between 2 artists and the one with the most votes go to the final. At this moment I am a slight margin ahead of my opponent, but every vote counts! So I therefor ask you kindly to go to: http://stripglossy.nl/dennis-spaans/ and leave a reply, I will be very grateful! The winner gets a year placement with his/her own comic in that magazine, so thats worth begging me for you vote haha.

The theme was Frankenstein and this was my piece which is text free, so a universal read :):

Kind regards,
Dennis Spaans

What a fun contest! This is my entry: inked with a pentel brush and copic pen, colored with copic markers. I thought to just color the pumpkins, and use greys for the rest. Hope you guys like it.

Instagram ready image:

Hi ANdy, welcome! Sounds like you fit right in :). I like your work!

I suggest following the class 'how to get 10.000 followers' on SVS. It provides a solid strategy for you to create a following. Other than that is just saying 'just do it'. They look good, and if youve got enough content and frequent updates, then just do it

@marsha-kay-ottum-owen it is in the first post. Sometimes it takes a little while to load it, but its there :).

@tessw haha thanks! My wife said it was too sad, even when I said it's a child of a planet destroying weapon... lol

@chip-valecek good tip, ill work on that.