Daniel Rodgers

Artist and Illustrator

Saturday, 28 November 2009

3 kings (or, in reality, wise men)

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This three kings design pairs up with the shepherds one I did before. Perhaps next time I'll do them as wise men to be more biblical. I ...
Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Reindeer snow scene

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Further experimentation along the digital printmaking theme, this time with images reversed out.
Saturday, 7 November 2009

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Christmas card designs aimed at the female market.

Digital collage

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Christmas designs focusing on a 'digital collage and cut out' style.

Something a little bit different

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I've been experimenting with creating digital images that have the look of being made with traditional print making methods such as lino...

Technology designs

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These greeting card designs focus around technology. For the phone image I was trying to create an elaborate scene, perhaps in the vein of H...

Nativity designs

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These Nativity designs are something a little bit different. I was asked to focus on using larger shapes in the images. So this is what I ca...
Thursday, 5 November 2009

Christmas cards

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Here are some recent Christmas card designs I have done. Some have more of a narrative than others but I have always tried to create interes...
Saturday, 10 October 2009

Birthday Cake

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Illustration commission for a girl's birthday card. Its fun to see how much you can jam onto one cake! The stars and title were foiled ...
Friday, 28 August 2009

More snow

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I've resolved that one of the most appealing ways to paint snow is to paint it like it's icecream.
Friday, 24 July 2009

It's Christmas every day!

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Here is a Christmas card design I did. The curly beard feels like a homage to the Nightmare before Christmas (only a bit less dark!) Done (a...
Sunday, 19 July 2009

Christmas Pudding

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Christmas is coming, albeit a long way off. So I thought I'd post up this Christmas card design I did. I like the idea of creating odd s...
Saturday, 11 July 2009

And one more

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Thought I would try zooming out a bit with this composition. I was going for a sense of protection with the cub under the mother's legs....

More polar bear

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Second in the polar bear series of card illustrations. Still trying to keep the overall feeling soft yet with an air of realism to it. Done ...
Sunday, 5 July 2009

Polar Bear mother and child

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This is the first in a series of greeting card illustrations of polar bears. The theme is love and relationship. I tried to create a very so...
Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Sunbathing

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This is the first in a series of greetings card designs aimed at the female market. Bright colours and thin (but not too thin) women are the...
Saturday, 20 June 2009

Happy Father's Day

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Whoo! It's my very first Father's Day being a Dad! Here's a card design I was commissioned to do some months back for the quinte...
Saturday, 6 June 2009

Angel

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This is the second angel I did. It took me quite a while to get the face to a stage I was satisfied with. Practise makes perfect!
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Monday, 25 May 2009

Niblet designs

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Some fun character designs for niblets. They are little bouncy creatures with curious telekenetic powers.
Sunday, 26 April 2009

Angel

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This is an angel I painted for a greetings card design. I worked digitally trying to emulate oil painting technique and textures. Digital le...
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Tuesday, 24 February 2009

Game Character Development

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This is some development work I am doing for characters in a computer game. Im really loving learning about manga style.
Wednesday, 18 February 2009

Still Alive

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Just thought I would say that blog is, in fact, still alive. I am just waiting to find out which of my commercial work I am allowed to post ...
Thursday, 20 November 2008

Snow painting #2

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This is my second study on the snow theme. This time I decided to try a pinkish light at sunset. Digital painting, Pshop
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Wednesday, 19 November 2008

Snow, Trees and Light

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Environment study done for computer game. I'm working out how to best depict snow and how it looks under a variety of lighting condition...
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Friday, 24 October 2008

Maiden Flight of the Silver Turtle

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This is my first illustration using my new digital tablet. Digital painting isn't quite how I imagined. In some ways its more tricky bec...
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Thursday, 28 August 2008

Silver Turtle continued

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This is the development work for the silver turtle emblem to go on the aeroplane. I wanted to create a humorous character reminiscent of pla...

Silver Turtle Concept Sketches

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These are development sketches for a story I am illustrating. Basically, its about a plane built by an inventor and his adventurous children...

Restaurant logo character

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Some very early development sketches for a logo character I am doing for my friend's restaurant in Shanghai. At the moment we are just t...
Friday, 25 July 2008

Flower study

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It was a sunny summer's day and as I looked out the kitchen window I noticed the beautiful way the sunlight caught the golden yellow flo...
Monday, 14 July 2008

Sky Sketch

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A quick sketch of the sky from my studio window. Oil on canvas board. 12x10in
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Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Freelance illustrator and artist.
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