Some new covers and such

[DavePalumbo]

Bwahhhh! It's been some time since I posted any paintin's, but here's a batch of stuff I can show:


this was started as a demo piece for Elf Fair, finally got around to finishing it last week. Oil on illustration board, 10x15


newest Tarot card, the Knight of Cups, Oil on illustration board, 10x15


cover for Solaris, book 1 of the Chronicles of the Lescari Revolution, oil on illustration board, 12x18


cover for Solaris, book 2 of the Chronicles of the Lescari Revolution, oil on illustration board, 12x18

[Jamie Romoser]

Amazing oil paintings Dave your figures are so defiant and strong in design.

[DSillustration]

Looking good, dude!
I think Solaris #1 may be one of your best to date.

Leaps and bounds.

[Victor B]

Its a real treat to see your work, many thanks for posting!

[NathanLong]

Just talked to George Mann at BL. He said you were doing some covers for them and that they were fantastic. Now I see what he was talking about.

Great work!

[/ev]

Great work Dave, how do you prep your illustration boards for oil?

[Larriva Art]

Amazing paintings. I love those saturated shadow edges on Solaris 1, and also the proportions on your Knight of Cups. To me, the face seems a little large on the Elf Fair piece. But, wow, really great paints!

[Chris Bennett]

Lovely colour and I really enjoy the quiet, measured pace of how your forms work together. The first,in particular, makes me think of John William Godward - which aint no bad thing. I rather like too, how you have brought off the movement in that last one with the dress and not made it look corney.
In terms of book covers they give off a sort of 'feel good' mood that is hard to put my finger on as to what makes that so.....but it would certainly tempt me to pick it up from the self and read the back cover.

[squidmonk3j]

great work and far beyond my ability to give any meaningful crits!

also, the knight of cups has awesome jack kirbyesque gloves

[Matt Smith]

great work dave, i really like the handling on the clothing and armor.

[Artsy Fartsy]

these are great works in oil! thanks for sharing..

[El Jeremie]

Rilly good work, love the solaris cover.

[Robert.B]

Great stuff man im sure you know how good these turned out! Did you work from live models or use any major ref?

[Dreln]

Beautiful works man! I really love your style and the rich colours you use.

Thanks for posting these.

[roidvoid]

im trying to think of what i dont like about these. its hard to crit such good work!

I think that you could have pushed for a more interesting lighting in some of these
solaris 1 has some neat effects going on with the lighting in the sail.
other than that they all seem to be standing outside, mid-day, with a slight overcast.
this all could be because of the art direction of the book though
still amazingly solid work.

[Benjamen Christ]

beautiful , and theyre oils!

[robogabo]

Knight of cups is awesome love all the
color interaction around the goblet and roses
it is all very good , always pure solid work coming from you, congrats :-D

[Jason Snair]

Very cool work. I really like the variety in fabrics and design of clothing.

Do you have any wips around?

[DavePalumbo]

OmertA - thanks!

DSIllustration - thanks man, that was one of those occasional pieces that just kinda felt like it painted itself, so I don't really think too much about it, but glad to know it's going over well

Victor B - thanks!

Nathan Long - they've been great to work with. I'm waiting for sketch approval on a new on for them that I'm reallllllly excited about

/ev - thanks, for prep I just do three thin coats of liquitex gesso in alternating directions

VampireHungerStrike - thanks!

Chris Bennett - good to know they do the job. once your hand picks it up, my work is done and it's someone else's responsibility

squidmonk3j - thanks, gotta love those big Kirby fingers

Matt Smith - thanks!

Artsy Fartsy - thanks!

spookybabydoll - thanks!

Robert.B - I photo ref for all my figures, though the costumes in these (except the first) are largely invented

Dreln - thanks!

roidvoid - thanks, always something to keep in mind

christ - thanks!

robogabo - thanks!

Jason Snair - I do actually. Generally I don't think to shoot progress shots, but I do have some for the Knight of Cups:


the final drawing before being transfered to the board (reverse rubbing on tracing paper)


the acryilic underpainting before applying oils

[donkeyslayer]

very cool man. i like how the last one turned out. see ya dood

[Craig D]

Excellent work Dave

[Ericus]

Dave,

Beautiful stuff man, loving it. I look forward to seeing more!

[luverly_marie]

I absolutely love these, thanks for sharing!

[Capprotti]

Wow! Beautiful work! You're colors and lighting are impressing the hell out of me! It's really good to see a fresh batch of work from ya, especially the WIP. Good stuff man. Good time the other day btw. I'm glad that all worked out. Definitely don't get out and chill with fellow local artists enough. Keep it up Dave!

[Mandryk]

great work Dave...I love your use of color...you don't overdo it, and they still have plenty of life.

I can't offer any big crits, but there are a couple minor things I see...#2 - the metal texture feels fantastic around his neck, but his shoulder armor starts to feel a little plastic....#3 - I'm wondering if the bottom half of the figure should be receiving a cast shadow to help tie into the BG lighting more?

Anyways, I love these man...really solid.

[Lake]

I believe I've seen these somewhere before... Love the way the second one came out.

Also, are you going to comic con?

[DANKA]

Stunning illustration! Amazing oils!!! Full marks from me,5 stars!

[ReviseTheMethod]

Amazing oil paintings, Dave =)
Thanks for sharing the acrylic underpainting-technique, I'll try to put that to use when I start fiddling with oils
Keep it up!

[Molly]

beautiful dave..

[DavePalumbo]

donkeyslayer: yeah man, SDCC is right around the corner

Craig D: thanks!

Ericus: thanks!

Capprotti: yeah man, we need to go drawing together some time soon

Mandryk: thanks, I see what you mean about that armor, maybe needs a few more touches...

Lake: Sure am Supposedly I'll have a table too, unless my info is wrong

DANKA: thanks!

ReviseTheMethod: thanks, didn't realize how popular the progress shots are. I'll have to take better ones for the next painting...

Molly: thanks!