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I found this little picture on my hard drive today, and I don’t think I ever posted it anywhere. So here it is!

I recently got an email from Rachelle where she asked:

“What is your opinion on completing professional illustrations on the iPad? I’m dying to be more mobile and efficient with my digital illustrations and would love a new method. I’m currently using a Cintiq which I love and will continue to use, but I need something more mobile for smaller projects. What are your thoughts?”

Continue reading: Professional Quality Artwork and the iPad

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This is kinda a shameless plug, but also a very good tip for all you freelancers and working artists out there.

I signed up for Dropbox a couple years ago, and it is one of the BEST investments I have ever made. If you are unfamiliar with it, Dropbox is an online storage and syncing service. You set up a folder on your computer, and everything you save to it gets automatically synced to the site. If you have it installed on multiple computers, the files will also sync to each device.

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I was playing in Brushes on my iPad and made a little illustration of this mouse dude sitting on a flower. Happy Spring!

Here is a time-lapse video too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uohRqmn_Zk

And a reminder to my fellow iPad artists – I am looking for art to feature in my next project. See details here.

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Harry Potter Gouache Painting Process

I'm excited to (kinda) announce a new project I'm working on, and I'm also seeking some digital artists to help me with it! Here's the gist:

I am currently involved in a book about art on the iPad. I can't say much about it yet, but part of the book will be a gallery of images. I am looking for artists who draw on the iPad who would like to have their work featured in this section.

Here are all the details and instructions:

Any subject matter, genre, or style is welcome. In fact, the more...

Womanthology, a HUGE anthology of comics written, drawn, and edited all by women, is going to be available very soon. I believe it will be in comic shops starting today and it is also up for order on Amazon.com. All proceeds from this book go to charity.

I received my copy in the mail yesterday. It is one ginormous book, and it is filled to the brim with comics, artwork, industry tips, and interviews.

I illustrated a four-page story for the book. It is called "Swimming" by Ashley Avard. It...

Happy Valentine's week! Download and print Mr. Zombie Bunny to give to your beloved walking dead this holiday.

And if you haven't read my Zombie Bunny comic yet, check it out here: http://danidraws.com/zombie-bunny

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Super 8 Sketch Card Process

Yesterday, I was reading my internets and started seeing all of these diary comics being posted by a bunch of different artists. Apparently, February 1 is Hourly Comic Day. On Hourly Comic Day, artists are encouraged to sit down and draw a comic for every hour of the day that they are awake. I was a bit disappointed that I missed it, but then I was like, hey I'll do one anyway!

So here it is, a day late. Forgive the messiness – these are very very quick sketches and I did minimal cleanup and e...

When I'm not busy making children's books or comics, I like to make sketch cards for fun, often featuring geeky fan art of my favorite TV or movie characters. (You can check out previous cards I've made here, here, and here.) I recently made a set of six cards featuring the gang of kids from the movie Super 8, which was my favorite movie of 2011 (probably one of my favorite movies ever actually). Anyway, I thought this would be a good opportunity to show a little process stuff.

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Apple released a new piece of software called iBooks Author. It is for making digital, interactive books for the iPad and is available as a free download. I recently gave it a test run, and was pleased with the results. Here's my overall impressions and thoughts, and a free download of my first ever iBooks book!

Continue reading: iBooks Author: First Impressions and Making a Comic

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