Printed Sketchbook #1

Hi, everyone-

Here is the cover to my first ever printed sketchbook:

8 1/2" x 5 1/2" - 28 pages - B&W interiors - Cover printed on a golden parchment

- This book includes sketches, sequential comic pages, and digital paintings of all styles. It even has a photograph evolution of me on the inside cover. ;o)

- Back Cover: Left blank with a border for personalized sketches! The back cover is also a golden parchment, perfect for adding those white, gold, and silver highlights.

Back Cover Sketches: The back is blank with a small border for doing original sketches. Black and white is $15.00, full-color is $30. Or you can just by the book for $7 (add $2 to each for shipping). Please allow at least a month or two for the sketches to be completed. I have to attend the San Diego Comicon and finish some comics projects in addition to these sketches.

You can purchase a sketchbook with Paypal or Credit Card by clicking the buttons down below. Please include your full name, shipping information, email, and details of the sketch.

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Ray Dillon Sketchbook #1
+ COLOR back cover sketch
$30.00 + shipping



Ray Dillon Sketchbook #1
+ BLACK & WHITE back cover sketch
$15.00 + shipping



Ray Dillon Sketchbook #1
- NO back cover sketch
$7.00 + shipping


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If you have any questions, please post them here or email me at rayd@goldengoatstudios.com

Thank you all so much for your continued support. I really appreciate it.

Have a great day!

~Ray

Sketchbook: Dragon, Brainy Guy, Creature

Some new images from the ongoing sketchbook. I try to keep these all within 15 minutes as warm-ups and cool-downs.

To see more, visit my website and scroll down to the slideshow! http://www.RayDillon.com





Thanks fer lookin'!

~Ray

Illustration Friday "Welcome"

My entry for this week's Illustration Friday drawing prompt. The topic was "Welcome." I don't know where this guy is welcoming you to or what his intentions are, but there he is and here you are.

Haven't kept up with Illo Friday for a while. Hope to keep it up.

Thanks fer lookin'!

~Ray

Zombie Graphic Novel

Pages from a new graphic novel I'm illustrating. More news and specifics to come.



Thanks fer lookin'!

~Ray

Thor, Punisher, Hulk, & more!

I'm adding a few more sketch images to my blog here. I have a lot of them and haven't kept up with my blog lately. Best way to see everything is to follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/raydillon or on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RayDillon

For a list of my full ongoing sketchbook, go to this directory:

Tools: Photoshop CS & Axiotron Modbook Apple tablet PC:

THOR:


PUNISHER & HULK:


HULK VS. WOLVERINE:


WOMAN WITH POT ... AND CREATURE:


THE WALL:


Thanks fer lookin'!

~Ray

{VIDEO} Bearded Brownie Speed Painting

Final Image:


Full-Size Image: http://www.goldengoatstudios.com/private/supernatural/Brownie.jpg

Subscribe to get updates on the rest of the videos in this mythological creature series!

This is part 3 of a series of time elapsed speed paintings that will be popping up on my channel over the next several weeks. The paintings are for a MySpace game created by http://www.hiddenpixel.com

This is created in Photoshop CS using the Axiotron Modbook Apple Table PC. 600pixels x 600 pixels to be displayed at 200 pixels x 200 pixels.

You can also follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/raydillon

Thanks fer lookin'!

Also, I love beards.

~Ray

{VIDEO} Baba Yaga Monster Speed Painting

This is part 2 of a series of time elapsed speed paintings that will be popping up on my channel over the next several weeks. The paintings are for a MySpace game created by http://www.hiddenpixel.com

This is created in Photoshop CS using the Axiotron Modbook Apple Table PC.



And here's the final image:



Subscribe to get updates on the rest of the videos in this mythological creature series!

http://www.youtube.com/raydillon

Thanks fer lookin'!

~Ray

Disturbing Commission

Commission from Heroes Con 2007 for Paolo Belfiore of Cadence Comic Art. Awesome dude doing awesome things for awesome artists, go check it out: http://cadencecomicart.com/

Forgot I'd drawn this. Kinda grosses me out. ;o)

Tools: Prismacolor ink liners and Copic markers.

Thanks for lookin'!

~Ray

{VIDEO} Wendigo Monster Speed Painting

This is part 1 of a series of time elapsed speed paintings that will be popping up on my channel over the next several weeks. The paintings are for a MySpace game created by http://www.hiddenpixel.com

This is created in Photoshop CS using the Axiotron Modbook Apple Table PC.



And here's the final image:



Thanks fer lookin'!

~Ray

New ongoing digital sketchbook!

Haven't updated in quite a long time, but I've been working a lot. Been doing more with MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, DeviantArt, etc.

Some Updates:

. I've got a new computer, an Axiotron ModBook, which is basically an Apple Tablet PC. I draw directly on the screen now. It's amazing!

. I'm on Twitter now if you want the fastest random thoughts from me ever! ;o)

. Because of the portability of the ModBook and ease of use (basically feels like carrying around a sketchbook) I've begun doing 15 minute warm-up sketches. I'll post a couple below, but to keep fully updated with them, add me on MySpace, Facebook, or DeviantArt, or join the forums.

Speed Paintings - Two Bears and a Sky Tentacle

Just some quick Photoshop speed paints. I've had some inspiration somewhere in the back of my head wanting to get out. Not sure what it is yet, but this is an attempt at trying to find it. :D


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Oh, also, Renae and I bought a house! We're so excited. We fell in love with this house months and months ago, but couldn't make anything happen. We thought we'd be staying in the rental forever, but something finally came through. We move in October 1st, just in time for the holidays!! You can read more about that here.

Thanks for lookin'!

~Ray

Illustration Friday - "Worry"

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Felt like doing something more like a pencil drawing, but this was still done in Photoshop 7 with a tablet.

Oh, and in case you're wondering why she's so worried about her pimple, it's not. It's a worry wart. Get it? hahah! I'm clever. ;o) That's why there's also a face on the wart. Because it's worried, too.

Yeah ...

Thanks fer lookin'!

~Ray

Illustration Friday - "Wide"

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Took a few minutes to work up the newest Illustration Friday from the prompt: Wide.

This one was a tough one. The really broad topics usually are. My brain shut down and all I could think of was a wide head. Kinda looks like Stewie from Family Guy or Arnold from Hey, Arnold!.

But, I do love a good wrinkly, oddly-shaped head painting. So there you go. ;o)

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stoppin' by. Have a good day!

~Ray

Illustration Friday - "Electricity"

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Wow, so it's going on a year since my last post. A lot has happened since then. Lots of work. But, also two identity theft problems that kept our bank account locked to us for a month at a time. Kinda hard to pay bills or ... eat when they do that to you. Following that was the Ice Storm which knocked out our electricity for almost a month, up until a few days before Christmas. We finally started getting through that when we got some happy news; Renae and I were going to have our first baby together. But, to our dismay, the pregnancy ended in miscarriage about 7 weeks in. It's been a really trying time.

So, you can see what I haven't blogged. But, moving on from all of that, I would like to start it back up. What better way than with an Illustration Friday prompt: Electricity

Trying to kill two birds with one stone here. I need to work up some samples for Marvel, too. I think I'll be finishing the rendering on this painting and I'll repost it when I do.

I hope to keep up with these from now on, though it will always be tough. So many projects, so many experiences, so little time.

Anyway, thanks for looking, and reading if you made it through all that. Hope you enjoy and come back for more.

~Ray

Yeti Loves Halloween!

The best Halloween costume I've ever had! Made by my wife Renae De Liz
2007, I think.

DC Comics: Legacy sketch cards!

This is a project I've been excited about for a LONG time and really wanting to talk about. Well, they're all done and turned in and the news has been made public, so I can blab about it a bit. ;o)

It's called DC Legacy and features the evolution of these popular DC characters over since their creations.

I ended up doing 500 cards for this set, drawing a lot of my favorite characters in all their different incarnations. So awesome!

Anyway, here are some of the cards. As more are made public I'll post them.

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And several other Goats worked on them as well:



(Right to left: Renae De Liz, Me, Jeff Welborn, Brent Engstrom)

See more of their work and news about this set here here.

Thanks fer lookin'! ;o)

~Ray

Shrek the Third sketch cards!

I drew 300 sketch cards for the Shrek the Third set from Inkworks. Here are some of them:







Here are the other 200 and whatever: Clicky

Those are done with marker on blank card stock.

I know I haven't blogged in a while, but I'm going to try to catch back up.

Thanks for reading. ;o)

~Ray

Back to writing! + Wolverine!!

Hey, all!

Kind of excited about this, so I thought I'd share. After several months (almost a year!!) I'm back to work editing the novel I wrote last year for NaNoWriMo. Life has been crazy this last year, so the only writing I've done has been a short story or two. I kept putting off anything bigger until yesterday when I just decided to start editing one chapter at a time. I finished chapter three today and, thankfully, so far I like what I'd written and am feeling very optimistic. It's sort of a dark, weird, horror/fantasy book (but not swords and sorcery type of fantasy). It's a new year and I hope to get this sucker polished and submitted.

In other news, Renae and I recently had our 1-year anniversary (not married yet, but together a year just the same). Click that link for pictures. Love you, Renae! ;o)

Working up samples for some exciting new card sets coming this year. Hope I get 'em! Hooves crossed!

I'll be attending the New York Comicon next month where I hope to meet Stephen King (*squeals like a giddy school girl!*) We're also looking for roomies, so anyone thinking about going, let me know.

Finally, here's a marker drawing of Wolverine that will soon be up on eBay for sale (I'll update for that):

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And that's all for today. Gotta get to coloring. Thanks for stopping by and have a fanstastic day!

~Ray