Dagan's Blog

Gatchaman !

2008-07-03T17:30:00.007-04:00

Gatchaman, G-Force, Battle of the Planets...

Whichever way you slice it, I LOVED this show as a kid!

Man, I totally ate this series up as a 6 year old in the late 70's...

I really dig the nostalgia of late 70's and early 80's era anime... it left such a huge imprint on me! :)

BOTP/Gatchaman was one of my all-time FAVORITES, though!... Hope you enjoy these silly renditions of the character 'Keyop'... He totally rocked!

Thanks for taking a little stroll down memory lane with me.... haha ;)

-D

drawings-that-lead-to-illos :)

2008-06-30T00:39:00.004-04:00

hey blog gang,

Here's some sketchies that I was playing with for a new illustration.

I think the final piece will be digital this time around... i'll share here

when it's done, of course!

thanks for taking a peek!

-D

the hunter & the hunted

2008-06-17T23:29:00.003-04:00

heyyyyyyy bloggin' hombres :)

Been WAY too long since my last post, so lemme share this

little illo with you guys...

I'll be back with more soon!... Serious!

Thank you as always for taking the time to stop by, cool cats!

-D

scariest slide ........ EVER!

2008-05-23T17:53:00.004-04:00

Alice

2008-05-09T13:20:00.003-04:00

Here's a detail from a painting I just finished

for a friend's wife... I hope that she digs it!

I'll post the whole thang' once my pal and his lady

see the piece!

Have a great weekend! :)

-D

Kickin it.......

2008-05-08T01:10:00.003-04:00

... OLD-SCHOOL, baby. ;)

-D

mean girl & Alice

2008-04-30T17:50:00.003-04:00

...also, working on an 'Alice' painting
for a buddy. Thought it'd be fun to
share some little sketchies as I explore
how i'm gonna tackle the piece. :)

... i'll try to post more soon!

Just messin' about a little, as work winds-down for the day.

-Hope you are all well! :)

-D

WHO WANTS A PIECE ?!

2008-04-17T23:37:00.004-04:00

brawler.

Luv -D

"Robots in the Metropolis"

2008-04-14T23:26:00.004-04:00

My friends over at Frederator asked me to contribute art for this years annual 'Channel Frederator Awards' book!

This years theme;
"Robots in the Metropolis"
:)

I had a lot of fun doing my own version of the Frederator Robot!

Hope you guys dig the pic!
Thanks for stoppin' by, amigos and amigettes!

-D

surprise from my Lilya :) ...( and "Buh" )

2008-04-09T00:56:00.005-04:00

Guess what Lilya brought me today while I was upstairs working?...

haaaaaaaa.... :)
thanks for making my day, sweetheart!

...and here's our little gal with one of her favorite things... left over balloons from her birthday!

Oh, i mean "Buhs!"

;) -D

Gamorrean-revisited ;)

2008-04-08T00:35:00.003-04:00

A little while back I did a super-goofy doodle of one of Jabba's Gamorrean Guards... and i hated it!

-haha ;)

I had to give it a second try, cause these guys are SO fun to draw!

But, why is he only HALF colored?...

A- my dog ate my crayons?

B- I got too antsy to draw something else?

(*hint; this isn't colored with crayons)... -ha

Thanks so much for stopping by, blog pallys!

-D

Happy Easter! :)

2008-03-21T11:50:00.001-04:00

VE -Dagan, Helene and Lilya ;)

masked crusaders...

2008-03-11T15:53:00.000-04:00

been drawing these little guys for the last few days...

i hope you enjoy em! ;)

thank u for stopping by!

-D

Notre Dame's finest ...

2008-03-02T21:03:00.000-05:00

;)

-D

You're not going ANYWHERE...

2008-02-25T22:10:00.000-05:00

....... til' you eat ALL your veggies!

-D ;)

....... that's not right.

2008-02-19T20:41:00.000-05:00

What's wrong w/ this picture?... haaaa

Just a little sketchy-action and a quick hello to all my blog pals!

Life has been busy between the day jobbie AND an evening/weekend animation job that just wrapped-up...

(ps, thanks Dan!)

I am gonna make a very serious effort to start posting up here
once -or- twice a week now... it helps keeps me drawing and animating

OUTSIDE of work, and that's super-important! Also, gonna start-up

'Inspiration Wednesdays' again (especially for you, Big-Al!), and a new

fun little-thing I'd like to do on Fridays or Mondays, we shall see! ;)

I have a ton-o-sketchies that i'll add here soon, too... I hope everybody is well,

and keepin' busy with work!

thanks for stoppin' by, -D

BIG-BAD

2008-01-21T23:44:00.001-05:00

... This is what happens over a week's time when you're uploading and downloading stuff for work and have just a wee-bit of time here and there to doodle... :)

Thanks for stoppin' over!

-D

wild-blue-yonder

2008-01-10T00:11:00.000-05:00

When i was a wee-lad i DEFINITELY wanted to be a pilot...

F-14, F-16, X-Wing Fighter, didn't matter! ;)

Now we're lucky if i'll even step foot on a plane, scares me to death, i tell ya!... In fact, the only way I'll fly these last few years is to head down to our absolute favorite spot on the planet, St. John in the Caribbean... And EVEN then i'm a sweaty-palmed, white-knuckled mess while i'm in the sky! :)

Ah, but this little fella is still starry-eyed about taking to the skies...

... I imagine he'll likely realize his fears and grow up to be an animator!

-hahaha

Thanks so much for stopping by, see ya soon.

-D

Happy OH-8 !!!

2008-01-04T23:16:00.000-05:00

Happy 2-thousand-n-8 everybody!

Gonna bring this year in on a sorta' smoothed-out, classy, ambient hip-hoppy vibe... ;)

Sounds good ta' me!

And, oh yeah, Happy Birthday BLOG! You're 2 years old now! Goodness, how the time does fly... ;)

Hope everybody enjoyed their Holidays... Here's to an amazing 08' !!!

-D

'girl in the moon'

2007-12-12T00:24:00.000-05:00

Just havin' fun tonight. :)

Hope my blog pals are doin' well...

See ya soon!

-D

LOTS of rain

2007-11-27T01:52:00.000-05:00

Seems like ALL it's been doing is raining lately out here in Philly. This drawing MUST have come out of that! :)

This is still missing some 'collage' elements... I'll finish and repost later!

Salut!
-D

'Inspiration Wednesday' #2 Jamie Hewlett!

2007-11-15T01:10:00.000-05:00

Jamie Hewlett!... Of course, along with Damon Albarn, creator of the Gorillaz!

Man, for MY money, you'd be HARD-PRESSED to come up with a more influential

artist than Mr. Hewlett. This guy's stamp can be felt on so MUCH of today's animation design... Such a unique style and vision. It'll be a LONG time until something rocks the animation, comic and design world like Hewlett's Gorillaz.

And while we're at it i think it's just about ESSENTIAL to mention Passion Pictures in London. These guys and gals have animated the lion's share of the Gorillaz videos up to this point, and the quality of their work has been an absolute inspiration. ALWAYS great animation and superb direction! :)

Thanks for stopping by the blog, compadres... THIS week's inspiration will be a fun little change of pace! ;) See ya Wednesday!

-D

'Inspiration Wednesday' #1 Akira Toriyama!

2007-11-07T14:55:00.000-05:00

OK, so just to jazz things up a bit, i think every Wednesday will NOW be 'Inspiration Wednesday' around here. :)

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Every Wednesday I'll talk a little bit about an artist I admire and do a little 'take' on their art, like these 'Goku' sketchies.

I have a really diverse set of artistic influences, so I'm sure this will turn out to be a pretty fun and interesting list. :)

( At least, i hope YOU guys think so!)

For week #1 i thought it would be cool to set things off with the great Manga (and Anime) artist, Akira Toriyama.

Most famous for Dragon Ball, and the wonderfully old-school manga (by today's standards) 'Dr. Slump.'

I found this cool Toriyama interview on 'youtube' (unfortuneately, it's ALL in Japanese w/o translation!) ... BUT, the music in the beginning is funny... -haha

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yQpFaycedls

Oh, and the 'bird' drawing above has NOTHING to do with Dragon Ball, just an unrelated doodle that I wanted to share. ;) -haha

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I'm gonna go and try to find the time to do a 'Goku' cut-out piece, too... Stay-tuned for that!

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Thanks so much for stopping by!

-D

cut-paper Zelda, in celebration... :)

2007-10-26T17:04:00.000-04:00

Well, i FINALLY broke-down and got a Wii.

My brutha (who also happens to be my BROTHER) lives out in SF and works for IGN. Goes by the name of Colin Moriarty. Yes you MAY have heard of him if you're a super videogame nerd! ;)

Anyway, Col-man knew I was having a little bit of trouble finding a Wii out here in Philly (granted, i wasn't always trying all that hard) ;) ... so he found one in a mall in SF and mailed that bad-boy. :)

So, in celebration, I offer up this cut-paper Link. I have SO much fun working like this, i expect to be doing more and more.

Thanks for stoppin' over the blog, and thanks to Col for hooking up his big-bro. Please check out his blog when you get a chance. The boy can WRITE, and he knows his stuff! Plus, he's guaranteed to make you laugh, i promise! Over in ma' links... -------->

Thanks again,

-D

more more & more

2007-10-08T00:00:00.000-04:00

It's been too long, and I wanted to finally share some new sketchies with you guys! :)

Hope all is well with my bloggin-pals... Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and comment, time and time again! I really appreciate all your feedback, and I have a lot of fun reading em!'

Btw, "mista-turtle" is cut-paper, of the 'construction' variety. Gonna
be messin' around with cut-paper a lot more, it's too fun!

...Cook some stuff up for the wee-babe's room! ;)

-D