Dakota Bragdon
Kentucky
American graphic designer and artist who loves art history and painting animals and environment. An avid film buff with a film blog.
Dakota Bragdon
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Hello!
I am currently working on a graphic novel in my spare time and am seeking help. I have some outlining done but am in the script phase still. Would love some help as I haven't written a comic script before (I'm a graphic designer and screenwriter).
I'm going to look at David Finch's course to help with this.
I generally like going over things through discussion instead of laying it out in a massive information dump but I am going to need an Artist or Artists to work with too. For now, still in the writing.
I guess for now I am looking for someone for design and someone I can bounce ideas with.
Hope all is well! Keep creating!
Hi! First time submitting to a challenge and this was fun! My idea is an archaic or immortal mermaid commanding an army of jellyfish guarding the oceans against any unknown intruders. Digital/Clip Studio Paint.
Dakota Bragdon
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Love this one! Very nice and wonderful to see, it feels very Ghibli inspired. Great work!
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A proposal to build a new Colossus of Rhodes, Greece. The sketch represents Mankind…past, present and future
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Love it. Seems we had a similar idea going on, but great minds think alike I suppose.
Hello everyone! This is my final submission, it is based on a character/creature design. He is a bored guard that has fought many battles but now he has been sitting on the gate pillar for many days, waiting for something to happen.
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The Sleemur
Semi- amphibious lemur
Habitat: dense marshy wetlands with many small pools of water and thick vine covered trees.
Diet: The sleemur hunts for large snails that can be found in the mud of the pools and in the trees during the dry season. It may also eat various beetles, vegetation, and it's own jellyfish if food is scarce.
Most Sleemurs are solitary and have a symbiotic relationship with marsh jellyfish that attach themselves to the creature with spores when first entering a pool of water. The jellyfish act as a defense from predators, stinging those that attempt to attack, and also hitch a ride from pool to pool picking up tiny organisms to eat and releasing new spores.The jellies also can bioluminescence at night, which aid the Sleemur in communication and mating rituals.
The Sleemur has a claw hand slightly webbed that works well for navigating around the thick vines and digging in the mud for food with the hallow scoop in its main claw. It uses its mandibles for holding and sensing for its next meal.
Sleemurs are nocturnal, but they will occasionally display crepuscular behaviors hunting during the early day if it is heavily overcast.
Refence used: seahorse, jellyfish, beetle and lemur.
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"The Guardian"
A war broke out between mankind, resulting in a large stone warrior to retaliate and bring peace to the world - that war has now long since passed and now a lone Giant Mantis Warrior explores the long dormant Colossus who is merely sleeping, waiting to see if he is needed again.
Adobe Photoshop CC 2021, used ink and watercolor brushes that appear realistic; feel and look inspired by Daoist paintings of the 13-15th century.
References Used:
1. Landscape with Hill
2. Roman Torso
3. Structure with Snow
4. Mushrooms
5. Leaves
6. Roman Helm
7. Sword
8. White Flowers
Will definitely participate in the future, this is my first challenge - it was awesome to do!
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Hunt for the the Hummingbird!
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Lemur with a golden beetle crown that let's him control beetles. He's on his way to conquer the world with his beetle army
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Current progress. I wanted to do something different than before and went a Daoist inspired route. I like this better than the last one. Thoughts?
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I’m wondering if I should add color, even if a small amount, or just leave it since “Sketch” is specified and color makes it less sketchy
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You could add a touch of color, or you could go the color the lines different colors route too, but I like it as is too.
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trying to add as many references as I can while still maintaining some sense of story lol
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Progress for today.
"The Guardian"
I fixed the torso a bit more, resized it, improved the composition, added more grass detail, a helm from the armor image, a sword from the sword image, and a flag just because I thought it would look nice.
Critique Requests:
Debating on adding color or just leaving it as is.
Helm placement might be weird here, wanted to get a sense of depth.
Still playing around with composition.
May possibly add clouds in the sky very lightly (similar to Chinese or Daoist art) that just fades into the background color. I want this to appear as if the viewer is looking at this thing but it's huge but still a bit away. Might add or suggest a hill to achieve this.
Thoughts on color lines? Necessary or just have it all be black?
Thoughts on grass cross-hatching? Too much, too little? Too light? Necessary?
Thoughts on improvements or suggestions are appreciated!
Hope everyone is well! Keep up the good work everyone!
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Here's a grasshopper character I came up with I named "Hopskotch"! What do you guys think?
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Hi! In this scketch the initial idea is this person on the way to the fallen giant. I hope I have made it! Thank you. An apology for my English.
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Your English is fine!
I like the idea, the concept is fun and has a nice execution.
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I'm going for a "SeaSword" warrior. Gonna do some animation like last time after I tie down the design. So my question is, shoulder pads or no?
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A simple warmup to the challenge. Never did anything like this before so feedback is appreciated.
Also new to digital painting.
Thanks in advanced.
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"The Guardian"
First time participating in Proko Challenge and new to the community!
Hiya, name's Dakota, I'm a graphic designer by trade but received a BA a few years ago. I have always loved this kind of stuff and thought I'd give it a try. This is my first pass with and without color. I think I am struggling with readability and may have to tone down some of the foliage on the stone part so that it can be seen, as it is supposed to be the torso of the Roman like statue. Any suggestions or thoughts would be appreciated, I want to do the best that I can. This is very fun and I have enjoyed the process thus far. Love seeing everyone else's too. Have fun and keep creating! Look forward to meeting some of you!
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