Dominick Byron's Graphics Blog

Somthing I made - Just for fun

2012-02-07T17:44:00.001-08:00

Illustration Friday: Forward

2012-02-02T22:45:00.001-08:00

Forwarding an email...

Made with Inkscape.

IF: Prepare

2012-01-20T06:12:00.000-08:00

Illustration word of the week: Prepare.
This person is trying to prepare for tax day.
100% SVG w/ Inkscape.

IF: Grounded

2012-01-11T18:25:00.000-08:00

This poor bird cannot fly, either because he's had too much bird seed, or because he's weighted down by that ball and chain.

Made with Inkscape. 100% vector graphics.

2011-12-17T00:25:00.000-08:00

character concept for a little indie video game we're working on.

Illustration Friday: Separated

2011-12-15T17:22:00.000-08:00

This week's Illustration Friday topic is "Separated". I had some grand plans to do something based on something in the news but never got around to it. Instead I'm having fun with one of my favorite topics, robots!

Illustration Friday: Brigade

2011-12-08T21:20:00.001-08:00

This week's topic is "brigade". I couldn't think of a good image to go with in time, but I was still in the holiday spirit so I imagined the "elf brigade" at Santa's workshop.

Traced with Inkscape then colored with GIMP.

Illustration Friday: Round

2011-12-01T18:07:00.000-08:00

Wow it's been a long time since I've posted, but here I go...

This week's topic is "Round". I kept seeing a globe, so I thought a good subject would be a round snow globe, with the idea that one of the hottest Christmas gifts this year is the tablet.

Drawn by hand today on my lunch break, then traced and colored using Inkscape.

Illustration Friday: Star gazing

2010-08-17T21:27:00.000-07:00

Sketch...

Final...

Had way too much fun working on the reflections and shadows here. Made with GIMP & Inkscape.

Illustration Friday: Flying

2009-10-13T23:00:00.000-07:00

This week's topic is "Flying".

Coloring and background done with GIMP.

Illustration Friday: Germs

2009-10-08T20:41:00.000-07:00

This weeks Illustration Friday topic is "germs". This is Mr. Hypochondriac, and he's trying to wash away the germs.
Illustration created with Inkscape, except for the background texture which is the original paper that has the image I traced (changed to green color using GIMP).

Illustration Friday: Adapt

2009-06-04T22:14:00.001-07:00

The giraffe is a good example of adaptation.

Image created in 1.5 hours with The GIMP.

Hot Dog Jumping Through Hoop

2009-05-31T07:50:00.000-07:00

A new illustration I made for Pop Rocket. The version they use will be black and white.

Created in Illustrator.

Illustration Friday: Cracked

2009-05-28T23:32:00.000-07:00

it seemed like a good idea at the time...

Created with Inkscape.

Illustration Friday: Parade

2009-05-14T23:48:00.001-07:00

Here he is. When I think of a parade, I think of clowns.

I confess I didn't even draw this until Thursday, and rushed to get the coloring done on time. Somehow I've got to find more time to work on these.

Hand drawn. Lines and colors done with Inkscape.

Illustration Friday: Talisman

2009-04-09T22:40:00.001-07:00

This is my very first post to the Illustration Friday. I had some big plans for this but never got around to it. I would have preferred to have some gems or some markings on the talisman itself. I almost didn't post it at all, but perhaps by doing so I will stay motivated to do more of these in the future.

Drawn by hand then colored with GIMP.

Alien head

2009-01-24T20:23:00.000-08:00

I suppose I should hurry up and start posting here.

Here is one of the oldest pieces I've done. This was done back in November of 2004, with whatever version of Adobe Illustrator I had at the time (I think it was 8 or 9). It uses blends, gradient meshes, and transparency masks to give it the 3D feel.

I was just learning about vector graphics at this time and I was really excited that I could make something like this without using any Photoshop.

First post

2008-12-22T20:21:00.000-08:00

Well well, I've finally done it. I've created a blog.

To be honest, this isn't my first one. I've had a couple in the past, but those were semi-anonymous ramblings that I have since abandoned.

This will be different, because instead of writing about the mundane happenings in my life, or going on about some philosophical view, I'm planning on mostly posting random graphic art that I've worked on. I've noticed there are many other illustrators out there doing this, and it seems like a good way to keep myself creative.

I'm looking forward to seeing how this plays out.