This assignment was to do three illustrations for a book of our choice. I chose The Hobbit which is one of my favorites. We had to do a cover, an interior (the goblin king), and a spot (night scene of the hobbit hole). Hope you like em.

This is the piece that I submitted to Society of Illustrators. Didn't get in but I really enjoyed doing it.

Oh my!! Another self portrait!!! I couldn't think of anything to do for this project so I guess you could say I was "Stumped".

Hey guys I've been so busy I have totally forgotten to update my blog. Good things are happening I'm currently working on a big monument sculpture that will go in a garden in Sarasota!!! Exciting stuff. I have a lot of work to out up. First up here is how i think most college students feel about college. Haha.

Here is the finished version of my sculpt for the student run contest Illest of Ill.  Unfortunately it did not make it into the show but I'm still really happy with how it came out.  I sure put enough time into it.  The title is again another pun, The King Fisher.  Gotta stop those puns.  Enjoy.

Gettin Grown

One of my latest assignments was to illustrate a song.  I chose Gettin Grown by Cee Lo Green.  It is about growing up and stuff.  He has big shoes to fill hence the big shoes.  YAY!!! 

The Last Flower

For Illustration we were assigned to do an editorial illustration for one of three articles given to us by our teacher.  My article is about a beaver making a dam in New York City and flowers dying along with the world.  Cool story huh?

Fishy............... Whoops I Mean Birdy!!!

Hey guys here is my piece for the Illustration Media Fish Project.  It's a kingFISHer.  Thought I'd think outside the box haha.  Really had fun with this piece even though I hate ink.  Thanks for looking.

Oh No Another Pun!!!!!

Here is the start to my Illest of Ill entry.  I decided to try and be different and submit a sculpture.  The piece will be titled the King Fisher.  He is an old fisherman who has a strange obsession with killing birds and making crowns out of their beaks, hence the title.  Thanks for looking wish me luck.

This was probably my favorite project that I have done all of freshman year.  The assignment was to design a toy.  Now my teacher for 3d along with all of my other teachers it seems like, enjoys making fun of me so to poke some fun at him I decided to make the toy about my self.  Meet Dan Quixote.  As a fun side not the clock hands move and tell you the time.  Enjoy.

Here is my mass project for 3d design. It's called The City Slicker I think you can understand why.  

New pics from intro to ill.

Here are two new pieces. The first is called the leaning tower of geesa.  It was done for the mold making project in my intro to sculpture class.  All the geese are cast from a master goose i sculpted and pinned / glued together into a goose tower thing.  and the second is a speed sculpt done, start to finish, in three hours.  I wanted to see how quickly i could render a face in sculpey and paint it.

Teddy Bear Trauma!!!!

Here is my earth, water, fire, and air piece i did for communication design.

Here are some of the pieces from my college portfolio that i thought were fun and alright enough to put up here. Just trying to give the viewer a little taste of how i work. All the pieces are watercolor and gouache.

Some Portfolio Sculpts

Here are some of the sculptures I put in my portfolio to Ringling. They are extremely small, the biggest being the dinosaur looking thing which is still quite small (based on a cd).

Hey Guys Follow Me!

Hey readers of the blogoshpere here is a new blog for you to follow. My name is Danny and this is my new blog. I'm a student at Ringling College of Art and Design and am studying illustration. This is where i will be posting a lot of my art as i work on or finish it. Enjoy and keep checking back for more posts.