Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Monday, April 27, 2020
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
RIP to my dad, Dale Alvin Dillon, 1941-2020. He had been a paratrooper in Vietnam, a singer, guitar player, professional writer for a time, artist, woodworker, avid reader, auto mechanic, cattle wrangling cowboy, gardener, cook, fisherman, bowman...lots of awesome things BUT he spent most of my lifetime working from 3am-6am as a newspaper carrier and from 7am-3pm as a hotel maintenance man, to support his family. He never missed a day of work, especially those newspaper that had to be delivered even on Christmas. When he was off work, he would drop everything and drive me basically anywhere I asked, the park, the comic shop, library, soccer practice, baseball practice, wrestling, band, went to my concerts, a million other things. Now that I'm a father of 4 I realize he had a superhuman amount of patience. I have pretty severe ADHD and was more than a handful growing up, talked nonstop (he always seemed interested and happy for me), broke every window in our house with a soccer ball, broke his tools, tied string all over the house to make a Spider-man inspited web labyrinth for him to go through after a long day at his manual labor job, just to name a few, and he never lost his temper with me, never seemed annoyed or anxious even. When I started drawing seriously and getting into comics he made sure I had what I needed, even if he had to make it himself. We didn't have much money but he used what he had on me and found a way every time. He even let me take over half the small house we lived in to make it an art studio. I owe so much to him. And I hope he knew how much I appreciated him. I can't believe he's really gone. I knew he was old and it was a matter of time but he still seemed immortal to me. He was a superhero. Love you, Daddy. Miss you forever. Also pictured here is my mom, Judy. She passed away several years ago now. But their love story is pretty wonderful too. They had a rocky relationship at times (who doesn't) but they're love for each other was never a question. They had been together since their 20s and stayed together through lots of hardships that taught me that everything will be okay in the end. Love you, momma.
Friday, April 10, 2020
Friday, March 27, 2020
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Tiger King: Joe Exotic based on @brentaengstrom 's drawing prompt. If you haven't watched this docuseries on @netflix you need to get on that. #Drawing #Sketch #illustration #PencilArt #Pencil #clipstudiopaint #ClipStudio #TigerKing #JoeExotic #Netflix #Movie #Documentary #Tiger #zoo #Court #Crime #TrueCrime #Wildlife #BigCats #Cats #Portrait #Tattoo #Mullet
Monday, March 23, 2020
Looks like drawing that depressing piece yesterday did help me get past my art block. And my friend @brentaengstrom prompting everyone to draw Don Knotts helped even more. I loved Don Knott's as a kid. Go check out his Facebook to see him and other artists drawing from the same photo reference. Fun! #donknotts #Drawing #Art #illustration #Pencil #PencilArt #Pencilling #PencilDrawing #Sketch #sketchbook #ComicArt #Comics #actors
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Every time I've gone to sketch something the last several days this image has been in my head and I didn't want to draw something depressing. I wanted to have fun drawing. But then I end up drawing nothing all day. Finally I just drew it to get it out of my head. I can't stop worrying about our babies and neighbors (all elderly) and just everyone. So there. Hopefully I can draw something fun and happy now. #Drawing #sketch #Doodle #illustration #Art #sketchbook #HorrorArt #Comics #ComicArt #Pen #pendrawing #Ink #InkDrawing
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Preview of a new panel for #LastDaysWithGranma my semi-autobiographical (with a supernatural horror twist) graphic novel. See the whole thing and my other books on my Patreon .com/RayDillon #Comics #ComicArt #HorrorArt #Horror #Comicstagram #Drawing #illustration #HorrorComics #IndieComics #Patreon #CreatorOwned #SelfPublishing #Autobiography
Monday, March 02, 2020
New preview of my graphic novel "Last Days with Granma" a semi-autobiographical story with a supernatural horror twist. See the whole preview and much more by supporting my Patreon. com/RayDillon #Drawing #illustration #Comics #Horror #Patreon #Childhood #ComicArt #Comicstagram #HorrorArt #HorrorComics #GrowingUp #Cigarettes #Smoking #Books #LastDaysWithGRANMA #Scary #RayCreations #ADHDcomics
Saturday, February 22, 2020
#Spawn VS Clown/Violator sketch. Spawn was my first comic. I'm mentally transported to where I started in comics any time I draw these guys. Love it. Very excited for Spawn in Mortal Kombat 11 and the new figure AND today's announcement of the updated original toy line. I could never buy those as a kid. Might have to make up for that now. ;) @toddmcfarlane @spawncomics #Comics #ComicArt #Horror #HorrorArt #Superhero #ToddMcFarlane #Drawing #illustration #sketchbook #Sketch #Pencil #PencilArt #Pencilling #PencilDrawing #Art #ArtOfTheDay #HorrorComics#MortalKombat #IndieComics #CreatorOwned
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Sort of a #Cable or Stryker from #Cyberforce type of cyberfella with a cyber-arm shooty thingie. Boom-boom. Used the natural light to make it even more boom-boom. Me make boom-boom. Ok. 😄 #Drawing #Pencilling #ComicArt #Marvel #Sketch #Cyborg #Pencil #PencilArt #PencilDrawing #sketchbook #Comics #illustration #Art #Comicstagram
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