David's Werk

2012-02-08T09:31:00.000-06:00

Angry Jack O Lope sketch I made this past Tuesday. Trying out the prismamarkers. I was never that good with color but it's fun practicing.

2012-02-07T17:18:00.003-06:00

Logo in the works for a non-profit organization that's going to start the beginning of March.

Oh what a feeling

2012-02-07T14:44:00.002-06:00

There is no better feeling than finding a good deal even when you're not looking for one. The rewards are when you sit back and enjoy! The is lovely briar pipe I purchased out all places, a gun show!! The pipe I paid $3 for and found out it's worth more than $100. What a deal and what a great smoke! W.O. Larsen you did not disappoint. I hope lighting strike twice this month at the next gun show.

Slash caricature sketch

2012-01-24T14:29:00.002-06:00

Estate Pipes a new look

2011-12-05T15:53:00.001-06:00

New hobby I'm trying out and so far it's starting to payoff. Been restoring old estate pipes these past 2 months and the end results have been great! Even been able to sell a few. So far I'm trying to get a big batch so I can sell some at our local Art Walk event that happens every month during the fall. see the pipes so far

City of McAllen

2011-11-17T11:36:00.001-06:00

Finally some of my pictures have made it to the City of McAllen's website! Feels pretty good!
here they are

Halloween Pool Party Night

2011-11-04T13:30:00.001-05:00

Oct. 29, 2011 The city had a Haunted Pool Party for the public to stop by enjoy a scary boat ride with the lifeguards dressed in the Halloween Best outfits to frighten or entertain the families! While some enjoyed the haunted boat ride, other were getting their faces painted, drawing, sharing custom ideas and bobbing for apple. For the evening they city had a small kids Halloween custom contest. see the pictures here

2011-10-13T13:25:00.001-05:00

McAllen Symphony Orchestra photos from their performance about 2 yrs ago, just got all my files back and wanted to update my work see the photos here >>

Vegas photos

2011-10-13T10:08:00.000-05:00

Finally I was able to put together a few photos of my trip to Vegas from last month. I missed the place as soon as I arrived at the airport. See the photos >>

Las Vegas

2011-10-13T09:35:00.000-05:00

A wonderful city tat never, never, never sleeps or takes a break! Gambled and gambled lost alot won afew. The wonderful feeling was being able to see the Sahara Casino one last time. Well at least from the outside. This year in May Sahara closed it's doors after 59 years. Read more on the Shahara>>

Memorial Day

2011-05-30T20:37:00.000-05:00

lunch break sketch

2011-05-26T13:51:00.002-05:00

under 20 minutes

Conan movie

2011-05-23T15:16:00.001-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1iJZIMddpM&feature=relmfu

Not sure I'm going to like this movie. Think the original movie with Arnie was great and shouldn't be redone

Final 3 logos waiting for approval

2011-04-18T14:50:00.003-05:00

After 2 weeks of sketching, meeting, talking, brainstorming it falls down to these 3 logos. Hopefully this week they come to an agreement. We have alot of marketing to do once they give the go ahead with this thing.

The final logo!

2011-02-18T16:46:00.002-06:00

The client was impressed with this final piece.

New logo in the works for a CPR company

2011-02-10T15:25:00.003-06:00

Just showed this to the client and so far he's happy. Going to start on the final next

Paintball Team logo comission

2010-11-11T09:51:00.002-06:00

Sketch idea for a team in Biloxi. The navy base has their own team and training area too.

Strike Force Labs Final Logo

2010-10-06T16:19:00.002-05:00

Smurfs of Khaos Logo Concepts

2010-10-06T15:26:00.001-05:00

lunch sketches for a possible paintball logo.

2010-09-20T14:12:00.002-05:00

2010-09-09T15:02:00.002-05:00

Some sketch ideas for an online ecommerce website

sunny

2010-09-07T14:34:00.001-05:00

Logo ideas for a children magazine in the works

Janie

2010-08-24T16:15:00.002-05:00

lunch sketch

2010-08-23T14:45:00.000-05:00

Ziva after the Parvo

2010-08-13T16:29:00.002-05:00

Full of life!

El Tim

2010-08-05T09:46:00.004-05:00

"El Tim", the story of a kid with a huge imagination of the great outdoors and with a dream of becoming a Texas Game Warden for the conservation of the wildlife. All this and with the help of his trusty lizard "spike" to guide him.

2010-07-28T10:45:00.001-05:00

A few sketches that I created for an awards ceremony. The sketches were added next to the awards. They were framed afterwards. Even though I told them I wanted to make them into a real drawing not a sketch. They liked them just like that.

2010-06-29T09:55:00.001-05:00

Finished inking this piece on Sunday around midnight. Still need lots of practice on using the brush though.

Comission work

2010-06-25T16:08:00.002-05:00

I was asked to draw Wolverine and The Joker together for a brithday present for a friend. First one I've done in a long time. Now that the pencils are done it's time for the ink!

Ziva

2010-06-15T19:00:00.002-05:00

6 month old Pitbull ready to play! Also she's always ready for the camera! One thing I'm most proud of is Ziva, is a Parvo Virus survivor

Book Illustrations

2010-06-07T17:11:00.003-05:00

A few samples of a book that I'm illustrating for a child psychiatrist. These books will help her patients communicate more with her and the parents.

2010-05-11T14:53:00.001-05:00

The final product for the new website.

Logo creation to start the morning

2010-05-11T14:46:00.004-05:00

Quick meeting with my boss this morning. Had to create a logo for a website by noon today! So I know it's not going to be anything perfect, but I'll do my best.

old man sample

2010-05-04T14:15:00.001-05:00

Few sketch ideas for a winter texans cover magazine.

Birthday Party Invite

2010-05-03T17:17:00.002-05:00

A little big fan of Spider-Man.

2010-04-28T17:20:00.003-05:00

Finished illustration piece for a friend's little girl. The little 4 yr old told me she wanted a kitty that goes "ROAR". Figure I do the whole kitty theme but change the "roar" to a "meow". 8x10 Bristol Board, using a Winsor & Newton Series 7 size 1 brush and Dr. Ph Martins' india ink.

Cheers!

Dancing Pizza Slice

2010-03-30T15:40:00.002-05:00

Did some sketching during my lunch and I figure it was ready for the digital process of a character sheet. Now onward to the animation process!

2010-03-25T14:14:00.001-05:00

Some ideas put on paper while I was on my lunch break.

2010-03-23T16:29:00.002-05:00

Working on a logo for myself. Figure since I love New Orleans, and one of the many things that makes New Orleans so unique is their street lights. So I figure I give that a try.

2010-03-23T14:30:00.001-05:00

Working on a small web project. Thinking about making this pitbull terrier into a web comic.

Birthday Card

2010-03-08T14:59:00.005-06:00

Birthday card for a friend's little boy. Big fan of hot wheels, so I figured I draw him in a race car driver's outfit. Logos of course are false of course.

logo concept

2010-03-06T15:32:00.001-06:00

I got tired of sketching ideas on paper so I figures I try on illustrator and play with it a bit. Just a concept for a logo for an exhibit.

2010-03-05T16:35:00.002-06:00

The final logo for the school. Cool thing is they're making this logo into a statue for the school as well. Gotta drive over to the school now to see the logo displayed everywhere.

When you get a project like this and tons of students and parent have a chance to see your work...... man theres no other feeling like this. Hope theres more to come.

Creating a logo for a Private School here at home

2010-03-03T15:02:00.003-06:00

It all starts on paper then works it way up till you get "I love it!!!" from the client. So far I'm on the right track with the look and feel. But he wants to see more feathers...... I'm thinking something similar to the phoenix from the 80s Pontiac trans am.

2010-03-03T09:15:00.002-06:00

Kirk Clark logo

Just updated by Deviant page with some current and concept logos. Cheers

Here is one of my clients website

2010-03-03T09:15:00.001-06:00

http://davidstogie.deviantart.com/art/Kirk-Clark-155986173

Just updated by Deviant page with some current and concept logos. Cheers

2010-03-02T09:45:00.002-06:00

Another sign display for the carnival that takes place on Halloween. Donations of candy are made and later handed out to kids and family members. As you can see the signs had to be done in Spanish and English!

2010-03-01T10:28:00.002-06:00

Poster about 3'x5.5' Done for a local church. They have their carnival ever Halloween to keep their kids safe. It's open to the public. The poster speaks about the event.

New logo and new site

2010-03-01T10:02:00.003-06:00

Here is a new logo and website that I created for my company's promotional website for spring break. The only difficult part is the website. Too many things are moving around.... less is more if you ask me. Cheers

Margaritas

2010-02-17T12:25:00.002-06:00

A Margarita event that would have brought in all the small cities around to a massive tequila drinking fest. But thanks to politics and greed, this little big event that had everyone drooling for the taste of different margaritas, rapidly ended.

2010-02-15T15:42:00.002-06:00

Rolling in the grass.... not a worry in the world. Great weather, plenty of sunshine! Food just a few pounces away. Ah to be a puppy

The Wolfman

2010-02-14T11:35:00.003-06:00

You have to see theWolfman. A classic horror movie. The way horror movies should be made. Anthony Hopkins is awesome. You love to hate his character!

Triple Six Sample

2010-02-09T16:57:00.007-06:00

Sample work for a contest that I didn't win but at least I had some good feedback. Still needs alot of work though. Not too crazy about the sunglasses.

Pink poodle photo gets chosen!

2010-02-08T12:00:00.005-06:00

Last year I was emailed a message asking to use a photo of mine for an online pet gallery. Almost a year now and its still online. There are a bunch of other great canine photos in this album too.
Here's a link to view the photos.

2010-02-05T11:37:00.002-06:00

Possible Cantina idea that a friend is thinking about doing. Already made some tshirts out of this logo. Hopefully he'll build soon.

Brainstorming

2010-02-04T16:29:00.006-06:00

Every idea starts on a piece of paper or a napkin during happy hour. These are some ideas for a high school looking to enhance they're look. So far this is what we got. A final sketch should be coming up soon.

Show me your ink!

2010-02-04T14:47:00.006-06:00

Guess with the popularity over tattoos going on, the newspaper company I work for is wanting to get their feet wet in this area. Online contest are now becoming a big thing. So it was bestoed upon me to create a logo. A few sketches later and this is what developed.

2010-02-03T12:08:00.005-06:00

Learning to ink with a brush and crow quill pen. Did some research on learning from a book, so far this book has been pretty informative and inspiring. Especially the back of the book. It provides practice drawings from comic book artist, ad some inkers work samples that you can see and try to practice with. Great book just wished I had more time to practice my inking. If anyone is interested in learn this tradition of inking,I strongly recommend this book. Digital inking is the way to go now a days, but comic book professionals still prefer tradition inking, it makes the lines more alive than flat. Heres the link if anyone is interesting.

2010-02-02T17:23:00.004-06:00

First Steps Pediatric Rehab, opened about a year ago. They specialize in Walk Ins Welcome, Speech Therapy, Social Services, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, All Insurance Accepted. This one of other Pediatric rehab clinics I've helped developed an identity for. Others will be up soon.

2010-02-02T16:35:00.007-06:00

Paintball, paintball, paintball! This sport is becoming an addiction all over the place. I was commissioned to create this logo for a navy base. Since I designed this logo it's been used for team equipment and the field. It makes me feel awesome when you see your creation out on the field and on the teams' backs.

How I miss it

2010-01-21T09:28:00.000-06:00

My love for fishing only comes to show when it’s sunny
I grab a pole and a can of warms on the go
If I could fishing is wre I’d be from dawn to dusk
Excitement is in the air when I fel a tug
Out pops my pride
And my hearts desire
Gut it clean it
Here I go again

2010-01-16T16:27:00.000-06:00

About a year ago, I was comissioned to photograph a historic chapel located here in the Rio Grande Valley. Who would have thought the valley would have a chapel over 200 yrs old and still standing. There are no services there anymore. It's become more of a tourist attraction now, bringing in countless winter texans to see the chapel. I was fortunate enough to photograph La Lomita Chapel before the city decided to remodel the chapel for tourist reasons. See more of the photos here.

A little history of the chapel read here:
La Lomita (the hillock) was first built in 1865 by Rene Guyard, a French merchant of Reynosa, who had purchased the land in 1845. Guyard left this site and porciones 55 and 57 to the Oblate priests in 1871. Read more>>

South Texas Motor Cycle Musem

2010-01-13T11:05:00.001-06:00

The South Texas Motorcycle Museum opened a few months ago, and so far people keep flooding in wanting to see the history of street machines lined up. I was one of the few privileged to photograph these historic street machines. Talking to the creators of this museum mentioned they will be bringing in new machines every 6 months to keep the crowd craving for more.
Visit their website: Southtexasmotorcyclemuseum.com
Here are just a few photographs of the museum.

The Old Oak Tree

2010-01-12T22:00:00.000-06:00

An old old oak tree located about 30 minutes from my house is standing next to a high school. A good friend of mine asked me to photograph the tree for her memories. Ever since she was a little girl she would walk and sit under the tree to do her homework or just to read. This oak tree means so much to her, that she even wants to photograph her kids by this oak tree. Walking under the tree, feels like it's a whole different world. I photographed the oak tree around 9am and I was just amazed how the sun rays barely penetrate through the thick branches and leaves. See The Gallery here
The oak tree
by Matsuo Basho

The oak tree:
not interested
in cherry blossoms.

Sketch Theatre

2010-01-12T19:55:00.000-06:00

If you're looking for some serious pencil and paper inspiration, then I suggest you visit www.sketchtheatre.com. This website has some of the best artist showing their mad skills on video. Not only are they cool to watch but for me, they inspire me to create more and more. Check them out! They even have a forum for monthly contest!

New Beginings

2010-01-12T19:38:00.000-06:00

Welcome to my blog! Here I will do my best to post illustrations of my work and some videos showing my process. Along with some tutorials using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Also I'm saving my nickels and dimes to purchase a digital video camera so I can record myself drawing for your entertainment and critique.