My name's Dave and im from Derbyshire in England. I'm 35, married and have a step son. I have spent a number of years away from art because when I studied on my degrees (Fine Art and Animation) I thought the skill and talent would automatically come to me so I never pushed to work hard each day. I was basically completely lazy and always thought id be able to do it 'tomorrow'. Im finally at a point in my life where i have run out of excuses and tomorrow has finally arrived so all I have left is getting on with it and working hard. Im not sure where I want to be in the industry at the moment, my first goal is to paint, study, learn, paint, study, learn and repeat and hopefully as my skills and portfolio improve then the direction I want to take will become more apparent.

I am currently working on a long term project with 2 other friends which has a working title of 'Wastelands'. It's currently going to be a compliation of Post Apocalyptic themed imagery that we are compiling together with the idea of fleshing out the world and its stories/histories etc.

So I just want to say a big hello to all of you Daggers out there, it's really good to be on board with so many like minded people.

Lets work hard everyone!


http://theartofdavidsherwin.blogspot.com/

I'm Israel, 26 years old from Spain.

In my childhood I used to draw everyday and I wanted to be a comics artist, but I gave up at 18. There weren't (and even now aren't) many opportunities here and I was weak so I studied at University my second interest by that time: computer engineering.

After 3 years drawing absolutely nothing I started making 2D video games (eventually because we both were busy with work and study) with a friend I met in the japanese school where I was learning the language and working. Then I worked in an office and knew that was not what I wanted to do in my life.

Graduation done, I dedicated all my time to make graphics for all video games developed by Tanoku, but 3 years later (2011) we gave up for some reasons. To me it was a great opportunity. I learnt a lot in those 3 years, it was great and Tanoku gave me a lot, but I couldn't improve my drawing/painting skills a lot in the way I wanted.

So now, I spend all my time for digital painting, drawing, design, concept art, illustration and all that stuff I really love.

Last year I went to the WorkshopSF and there I could meet to Dave, Dan and many other great artists. It was inspiring and now I know what I want, no matter how hard it can be.

SORRY for the LONG introduction, but hope it helps if there is any artist who's doubting about continue doing what he/she loves or giving up because it's hard. DON'T give up, because you can maybe find easier ways to live, but you won't be as happy as doing what you really like :)

Thank you DAGGERS!!!

Hello!

My name's Alex, from sunny England uk =) 30yrs young and just rounding off my 3rd year of drawing. Joined the Daggers in the first couple of weeks, think the Repin Kossaks (still need to go back to that!) and milk maid were some of my first studies. In the last two years I have kept up with the studies as much as possible and even started a bit of freelance.

Love hanging out with you guys and everyday I'm inspired to try harder :o

This year I want to move away from traditional fantasy stuff and get into something more design-y though I have no idea how or what lol, I like to draw landscapes too!

Nice to meet you guys see you in the streams :) If I ignore you it's because I am drawing hehe.

& Thanks to Dave and Dan of course.

Hey Daggers!

My names Dave and I live up in Norway, just down the street from Santa! m an old man of 34 and have been working as a designer/ illustrator (a dirty slashie) in the online games and suchlike for 8 years.

I started following the Dave and Dan show in order to better my skills at rendering the figure, as most of my carrier has been flat vector based illustration for flash animation. I won't be entering many of the challenges as alongside the freelance illustration thing I have also got a young son who hogs most of my spare time, but I will make time for studies and dish out some comments for the Daggers.

This forum is great but also I am thinking it would be a good idea to form some sort of Daggers Voltronesque team over on Deviant Art to boost our profiles in a wider community, and spread the dagger gospel over there. Should we form a DA group or just watch eachother? Whos keen?

http://thesprayah.deviantart.com/
www.sprayah.com
http://spraystation.blogspot.com/

Heeeeeyyyy Daggers!

I'm John Silva, 21 years old from Portugal but currently residing in Japan.
I'm a Freelance artist and currently doing card art for Fantasy Flight Games and AEG.

I've been with the Crimson Daggers pretty much since it began and I owe a lot to Dave Rapoza and the community, I can safely say that all that I've achieved so far its because of him and this group due to their words of wisdom and help.

Sooooooo thank you Dave, thank you Dan, thank you Daggers! <3

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I'm John.

I'm trying to mix classical knowledge with illustration and concept art. I like to paint with oils, and draw mechs, castles, space marines, spaceships, and armor. I'm either jseverin or tecatezilla.

Found out about the crimson dagger meetup group when it was just Dave doing studies, it's been awesome seeing it grow to the extent it has so far. It's a fortunate circumstance we all are finding ourselves in, the fact that its easier than it's ever been to reach out to artists, and that many are so willing to help, like Dan and Dave. I without a doubt love being a part of a community created by artists, specifically for artists. Glad to be here. - Jared -

Hi ! My name is Eduardo Matías (:
I'm 21 years old mexican self-though artist.
And I'm on my way to improve myself and its a pleasure to be part of this fantastic group (:
Keep the awesome work!!!
Best Regards! (:

ALRIGHT! So, my name is Kendall Thompson, also Aurochs in the streams. I'm 23 and I live in San Jose, CA where I try to practice art in between my non art school time. I'm very happy to be a part of this group and I hope we can all grow together an inspire each other. Let's Get To It!

Hey Daggers,

My name is Tyler Donnelly, I am 22 and I have my BFA in Graphic Design , and as much as I love it, I want more. I always want more. I've only been with the you since the beginning of the Deathline (a few days before hand to be exact) and I'm just like you, I want to make something of myself. I have had aspirations of doing Illustation since I before I started college, but I wasn't sure which direction to take it. And now I know. I want to push myself as far and as hard.

The Daggers has been a great motivational tool, its gives the sense of competition and not being alone, and it makes it that much easier to keep going. Lets keep it up and show the art world what we can do!

Tyler