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    skillydan

    @skillydan

    Hi I'm an illustrator working in the North East of England.

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    Website www.danielskillcorn.com/ Location England Age 32

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    Best posts made by skillydan

    • RE: Our SVS Virtual Studio November 2020 ๐Ÿ

      I have been working on using triadic colour schemes in double page spreads.

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      posted in Artwork
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      skillydan
    • RE: Our SVS Virtual Studio ๐ŸŽ„DECEMBER 2020๐ŸŽ„

      I've been working on a set of pet based playing cards.

      Set1.png

      posted in Artwork
      skillydan
      skillydan
    • RE: Our SVS Virtual Studio JANUARY 2021!!!!!!

      I've been reworking an old piece into a newer style.

      Lassie2.png

      posted in Artwork
      skillydan
      skillydan
    • Godzilla, I Choose You

      Hi guys.

      I didn't get chance to enter the June competition but decided to finish my entry any way.

      IMG_20190624_224920_100.jpg

      posted in Artwork
      skillydan
      skillydan
    • RE: Need Help to find Agent or Rep!

      Hi @franksandovalart. Here is a list of agents I recently put together. Each one has specific guidelines for submissions so you should check out their websites.

      Advocate Art Ltd
      Allied Artists/Artistic License
      Arena Illustration Ltd
      The Art Agency
      The Artworks
      Beehive Illustration
      The Big Red Illustration Agency
      The Bright Agency
      Jenny Brown Associates
      The Catchpole Agency
      The Copyrights Group Ltd
      David Lewis Agency
      Good Illustration Ltd
      Graham-Cameron Illustration
      David Higham Associates Ltd
      Inky Illustration
      B.L. Kearley Ltd
      Kids Corner
      LAW
      Frances McKay Illustration
      NB Illustration
      The Organisation
      Plum Pudding Illustration
      Sylvie Poggio Artists Agency
      Elizabeth Roy Literacy Agency
      Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency Ltd
      Vicki Thomas Associates
      United Agents LLP
      Astound Illustration Agency
      The Cat Agency
      Bath Lit Agency

      Best of luck.

      posted in General Discussion
      skillydan
      skillydan
    • Pencil Style

      Hey guys.

      Recently I've been drawing in more of a digital pencil style.

      IMG_20190708_221806_716.jpg
      IMG_20190714_175315_176.jpg IMG_20190624_224920_100.jpg

      I'm really wanting to push this style further. Do any of you know of artists, other than our wonderful Will Terry, who use this style or something similar?

      Thanks

      posted in Artwork
      skillydan
      skillydan
    • RE: Need help with portfolio piece

      Hi @Heather-Bouteneff looks like the values of the hedge, ground and animals are pretty close. I've turned your image black and white to demonstrate what I mean.

      TrailBW.png

      I took your drawing and quickly darkened the bushes and floor (with my finger on my phone so it's a bit messy). The characters aren't quite as lost within the hedge.

      trailcolour2.png

      The focal point is the exchange of the apple between the two human characters. I'd suggest upping the contrast even more around them by lightening the sky around their heads maybe. Maybe even drop that top of the hedge down a bit so the figures are silhouetted against the sky. The line of the top of the hedge is touching the girls hand which slightly obscures the action of her throwing the apple.

      Hope that helps ๐Ÿ™‚

      posted in General Discussion
      skillydan
      skillydan
    • Moment Before Dragon Egg WIP

      Hi guys.

      For this month's competition I went for the moment before things get very toasty for this wandering dwarf. I was trying to push the separation of the foreground and background characters. Using cool lighter colours and lighting for the foreground and darker warmer colours for the background. I wanted to try and push the dragon back as far into the shadow as possible so that it would almost be a second read with the inner mouth glow signalling that something lay in the gloom.

      The things I'm not currently sure about are whether the dwarf pops out too much that he doesn't like he's in the same room as the dragon. The more I look at it the more i feel he should have stronger shadows.

      dwarf2.png

      Thanks,
      Daniel

      posted in Artwork
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      skillydan
    • RE: Help with values/focal point

      I'm a bit happier with it after going back and reworking the warms and cools into patches of light.

      TRAINMUSEUMWIPDynamicLighting.png

      posted in General Discussion
      skillydan
      skillydan
    • RE: Our SVS Virtual Studio November 2020 ๐Ÿ

      This week I've been throwing stuff together for my redbubble store. The layout and pattern design are inspired by Jarod Maruyama who does merchandising for Disney.

      shrooms.png

      The characters and shapes will also be in a sticker pack.

      Working on these guys too. Wish I'd got them out for Halloween.

      IMG_20201126_125040_142.jpg

      IMG_20201126_125639_315.jpg

      posted in Artwork
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      skillydan

    Latest posts made by skillydan

    • RE: Making art process video tutorials?

      I think that is a great idea. I have purchased process pdfs and videos from Gumroad before.

      If you're looking for other ways to open a shop there is also a market on etsy for digital art. I believe @NessIllustration mentioned doing this in one of her videos.

      posted in General Discussion
      skillydan
      skillydan
    • RE: Need Help to find Agent or Rep!

      Hi @franksandovalart. Here is a list of agents I recently put together. Each one has specific guidelines for submissions so you should check out their websites.

      Advocate Art Ltd
      Allied Artists/Artistic License
      Arena Illustration Ltd
      The Art Agency
      The Artworks
      Beehive Illustration
      The Big Red Illustration Agency
      The Bright Agency
      Jenny Brown Associates
      The Catchpole Agency
      The Copyrights Group Ltd
      David Lewis Agency
      Good Illustration Ltd
      Graham-Cameron Illustration
      David Higham Associates Ltd
      Inky Illustration
      B.L. Kearley Ltd
      Kids Corner
      LAW
      Frances McKay Illustration
      NB Illustration
      The Organisation
      Plum Pudding Illustration
      Sylvie Poggio Artists Agency
      Elizabeth Roy Literacy Agency
      Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency Ltd
      Vicki Thomas Associates
      United Agents LLP
      Astound Illustration Agency
      The Cat Agency
      Bath Lit Agency

      Best of luck.

      posted in General Discussion
      skillydan
      skillydan
    • RE: JANUARY CONTEST: YETI HOME

      @Gaelle-Grizzly This is great. I love the details in the blueprint. Really well thought out and executed!

      posted in Announcements
      skillydan
      skillydan
    • RE: Illustration Critique

      I'm a little late to the party but just wanted to add my 2 cents. I would de-saturate everything apart from the teapot and push up the saturation on the teapot. This will make everything a bit cooler and your focal point warmer.

      I would also add a bit of a shadow behind the teapot to push it out from the background.

      SVSTeapot.png

      posted in Artwork
      skillydan
      skillydan
    • RE: Our SVS Virtual Studio JANUARY 2021!!!!!!

      Thanks @txels ! I always enjoy an extreme angle.

      posted in Artwork
      skillydan
      skillydan
    • RE: Hello from the Philippines!

      Hi @Jeannelle-Pita and welcome to SVS ๐Ÿ™‚

      posted in Introductions
      skillydan
      skillydan
    • RE: Whatโ€™s missing?

      Hi @phoenix-yip I absolutely love the design of this piece.

      I must admit on my first look I completely missed the character sat at the base of the sword.

      I would go even further than what you've done here and darken the area around the character to make their silhouette pop out to the viewer.

      I hope you don't mind I've done a very quick paint over to show you what I was thinking

      Sword.png

      posted in Projects
      skillydan
      skillydan
    • RE: Making a New Book - Documenting my own process

      Hi @Gary-Wilkinson can I ask how you chose your color palette?

      Its clear from your thumbnails that there is a consistent palette running through the book but you're not limiting yourself and including saturated blues, greens, purples, reds, oranges etc.

      This is something I struggle with so its nice to see it done so well. I often find my colors losing saturation as I try to make them work together.

      Great job.

      posted in General Discussion
      skillydan
      skillydan
    • RE: Our SVS Virtual Studio JANUARY 2021!!!!!!

      I've been reworking an old piece into a newer style.

      Lassie2.png

      posted in Artwork
      skillydan
      skillydan
    • RE: DECEMBER CONTEST: YETI

      @Asyas_illos great. Thank you!

      posted in Announcements
      skillydan
      skillydan