David Moon Illustration & Design

Last time I'm baking Gingerbread Men...

2011-11-06T05:17:00.000-08:00

When I was a kid, I was petrified of Gremlins (1984) and even now at 26 they still freak me out.

The scene where one of the evil little bastards is eating the Gingerbread Men, had such an impact on me that I won't even eat a Gingerbread Man. Imagine walking into the kitchen to find one of them, much worse than Freddy Kruger, Leather Face and IT the Clown if you ask me!

As much as I tried to over come my fear by putting this piece together, it didn't work.

HALLOWEEN

2011-11-06T03:15:00.000-08:00

Better late than never!

Who Am I...

2011-10-19T15:19:00.000-07:00

...to review these kind of cars when I only spent just a few hours driving them around a track.

Aston was weighty, it rolls on the corners and has minimal acceleration. If you have some spare cash, don't buy one.

The 360 was an animal, not as much of a animal as I anticipated as the infamous 3.6 V8 did not quite live up to the reputation I though it had. None the less, it was lots fun.

Surprisingly the GT3 was the easiest to handle with the acceleration much more vicious than what I would assume, this gets my vote so far.

The Gallardo was sublime, frighteningly easy to handle it felt like an R8 with much more go! To feel the ferocity of V10 was like nothing I have ever experienced in a production car. The satisfaction of speed with such a beautifully designed car had me grinning with a frown and the driving instructor screaming brake, Brake, BRAKE!! It has left me itching to drive a Murcielago/Aventador.

Until then...

Dad, I promise I wont go above 70!

Hell's Spawn

2011-10-04T03:28:00.000-07:00

Resisting the temptation to spend hours adding tone texture and lighting,

I've given Spawn the flat approach, using only black to suggest the shadows.

The time I saved colouring should have been spent on making this an action shot rather than the typical -

'standing there looking cool' pose.

KBC

2011-09-25T09:15:00.000-07:00

With the hype of the 2011/12 season I had the urge to create something that represents the pride of being apart of a team that I have grown to love so much in such a short period of time.

KB fo' life!

Food for Thought.

2011-09-17T10:23:00.000-07:00

Why I never posted this piece on here I don't know?

A slight variant to the original.

Published!

2011-09-17T10:19:00.000-07:00

So I finally stop taking art so seriously, then I go and get my work published for the first time.

Cop your's here - Staceytron: Mass Perceptron

Commission - "F£@k you very much"

2011-09-17T10:14:00.000-07:00

I sometimes get the impression that hard work doesn't mean very much theses days.

5th Brother

2011-09-11T02:29:00.000-07:00

Commission - Suave Society

2011-09-09T10:12:00.000-07:00

Please respect the copyright. Suave Society 2011

Style Stalking

2011-06-02T14:21:00.000-07:00

The New Wold Vulture contains seven species in five genera, all but one of which are monotypic. It includes five vultures and two condors found in stylish and unique areas of the Brain.

A desire to rock clothing that nobody else can. Unique limited production is a necessity to the ideals that the exclusive Culture Vulture Clothing line offer.

Life Drawing May 2011

2011-05-31T11:48:00.000-07:00

Who Got Next?

2011-03-06T15:03:00.000-08:00

Flight of the Posite

2011-02-06T07:52:00.000-08:00

Red...

2011-02-06T06:45:00.000-08:00

During the colour process I was running with the Red, diverting from my original vision, the Red created good contrast and complimented the organic texture. As much as love the direction I'm taking this piece its just not true to what I originally imagined.

Flightposite II BLK/GLD

2011-01-27T10:06:00.000-08:00

The most inspiring design in balling sneakers i picked up were at Nike Town NYC 1997.

Since wearing them out I've managed to get my hands on another pair. (Above)

So inspired by the design and material of the shoe I wanted to design a character that appeared if it were to be made of the same materials and style used on the shoe. (Below)

Unsure as to whether I'm going to make it organic or bionic. Surrealist form of the Anatomy will defiantly be the defining characteristic in this piece.

Cosmic Slop - Redman - Dare Iz A Dark Side

Developments...

2011-01-27T09:47:00.000-08:00

Inspired by Flight Club, the smooth flow of a showboater.

The second image was originally drawn without as many arms.

Casting back to University Life Drawing class, the Model would hold a pose giving you five minutes to capture the figure on paper. Then she would adjust the position of her arms every two minutes giving motion to your work.

I loved to draw like that, forcing you to plan your work ahead, allowing space and depth to judge the position of the next arm movement.

Getting back to the Android Baller with a crazy cross.

Should he have as many arms?

Should he be bouncing the ball so fast that he appears to have as many arms?

These will be answered in the colouring process, coming soon…

Ballin' for a Pose

2011-01-09T10:24:00.000-08:00

So I have a few Ideas that I would like to cross Basketball with some surrealism/futurism, with maybe some cool robot stuff...

But first I gotta get the pose right.

So here are some loose sketches to try and visualise what I'm trying to get at.

I'll get back with some progress soon...

Gorilla Graphics

2011-01-08T02:50:00.001-08:00

Restaurant Logo Design

2011-01-08T02:45:00.000-08:00

Mural Commission

2010-09-14T09:19:00.000-07:00

Invasion of the GRAFFBOTS!

2010-09-13T10:30:00.000-07:00

Buffalo Bar Exhibition

2010-08-26T02:43:00.000-07:00

Life Drawing June 2010

2010-07-12T02:27:00.000-07:00

Ballin' on Canvas

2010-05-24T01:18:00.000-07:00

EMINEM- Shady Comics

2010-05-16T04:52:00.000-07:00

Since listening to EMINEM back in 1999, to me, he has always painted such a clear series of stories with his lyrics, so dense with a vibrant content of comic violence. Doubting myself as an artist, I never could portray his lyrics as I see them and do it any kind of justice. But now sick to death at the fact that Eminem has not yet had his own comic title. With the infinite stories he has given over the years that would make for perfect comic literature. Shady Comics could be a new dawn for Hip Hop and Comic fans. Am I getting lost in what I would like to see? I just wanna see him loose his mind again, but as a comic book character this time!!

This image was drawn and inked traditionally and coloured digitally.

Superman Vs Hulk

2010-05-04T08:19:00.001-07:00

On the Box this week...

2010-04-30T04:33:00.000-07:00

After reading the 1996 limited series Marvel Vs Dc it occurred to me that Superman Vs Hulk would be an epic fight, right?
In this particular arc, after a considerably small amount of action Superman KO's Hulk with one sucker punch...

Disappointing or what?

Its a tough call on who would win and with a bias opinion favouring Marvel you know who my money is on.

Although The Man of Steel is not to be underestimated I think the only chance he would have of winning is throwing the Incredible one into outer space and praying that he would never find his way back.

Thats just my opinion of course.

I would love to see a new title HULK vs SUPERMAN (or SUPERMAN vs HULK)

whichever side you're on it would be epic!

Staceytron Vs Superman

2010-04-28T05:56:00.000-07:00

A submission for the Staceytron Art Book.

As an artist the surreal imagination that is my mind is more real to me than reality. STACEYTRON helps me define this fact.

Inspired by her gallery and quantum kisses.

More info here http://staceyowens.deviantart.com/

Staceytron copyright Stacey Owens

Superman copyright DC

Kings Logo

2010-04-20T02:52:00.000-07:00

By popular demand from the initial design sheet version 0.4 won the poll. Although there were some unhappy with the decision I will go ahead with getting 0.7 up to this standard for an exclusive t-shirt run. The designs show are the Kings Team Logo (above) and two supporting logos (below) to be printed on t-shirst and hoodies.

Art Trade

2010-03-20T12:03:00.000-07:00

This is my attempt at an Art Trade with Amy (http://amyrowanredesign.blogspot.com/)

I requested that she draws one of my oc's in her style and she requested that I draw - "Maybe some kinda supergirl??" haha.

Hope you enjoy.

$2 Fight Tournament - Character Design

2010-03-16T04:51:00.001-07:00

'MF-KC' is an orignal character that I have designed to be entered in 2010 $2 Fight Tournament. A good friend of mine, Leigh Way (http://lawaycartoons.blogspot.com/) runs the tournament on Deviant art, where it is a knockout style competition where the winnings are split 80%-20% between the two fighter remaining. For more info please visit http://angelcrusher.deviantart.com/journal/30756990/

HULK VS

2010-03-12T10:03:00.001-08:00

I finally got around to watching 'Hulk Vs', a DVD with not one but two fantastic titles, Hulk Vs Thor & Hulk Vs Wolverine. As much as I enjoyed Thor, the Wolverine feature was much better, with the original Weapon-X cast, its great to see them all animated. A fantastic storyline that brings the comics to life, much better than all the live action features if you ask me! With character designs by Jeff Matsuda this is a must have. I look forward to more released from the Marvel Animated Team.

BRAIN DOOM

2010-03-04T06:03:00.000-08:00

DOOM RETURNS!

Though it would make a funky cross-over.

With Doom being my favourite villain, I had to get an evil representative for Brainfood.

Doctor Doom (C) MARVEL

Rocket-Brain

2010-03-04T06:00:00.000-08:00

New Mutants 98 - £7,800

2010-02-13T08:25:00.000-08:00

What is believed to be a record price for a Copper Age comic book, a CGC certified 9.9 copy of New Mutants #98, featuring the first appearance of Deadpool, recently sold for a whopping $12,250 in Pedigree Comics' Grand Auction.

According to Doug Schmell, President and CEO of Pedigree, the bidding was furious with over 6 bidders going all out in an attempt to secure this one of a kind Modern Marvel gem. While there are almost 400 copies of this extremely popular and in-demand issue, this is the only 9.9 Mint example ever graded by the experts at the CGC.

Schmell states: "We were completely blown away by the final bidding price. Our pre-auction estimate was between $4,000-6,000 and the consignor had a fairly modest reserve of $3,750. Obviously, the heat of the moment and the desire to own the world's only certified mint copy of this great comic caused the bidding frenzy, and we were pleasantly surprised with the final result.

http://www.cgccomics.com/

Sketch Dump

2010-02-11T01:43:00.000-08:00

With a great start to 2010 I find myself caught up in ideas, designs and Basketball. The season is going great, so is the freelance work and personal projects. I'm working on some exciting stuff that I cant wait to post, until then...

Angel of Vengeance

2009-12-07T05:01:00.000-08:00

Taking me 10 hours to paint, I finally got there. Not painting to industry standard yet but I'm working on it. The idea behind this is that the Angel of Vengeance is the only survivor from his company. After running out of ammo this is not enough to stop him, in his wake destroyed Chaos Space Marines lie. I originally went with Tyranids but they did not seem to fit. Also I had some drop pods raining form the clouds but I wanted his solitude to be the focus. Unscathed this marine is in line for a promotion, his attitude remains focused and ruthless - "Serve the Emperor today, for tomorrow you may be dead".

SPACE MARINE

2009-12-02T09:18:00.000-08:00

Taking it back to my childhood, I was a big fan of the Games Workshop. I preferred to model and paint the miniatures although I did get into gaming for a while. More specifically I love Space Marines and the whole world of Warhammer 40k I find so fascinating. I was a huge fan of the Blood Angels collecting an entire army (hate to think how much it cost my parents at the time). Anyways more to the point, been looking into some of the fantastic 40k Illustrations and its inspired me to go back to my child hood. I've decided to digitally paint a Space Marine. As there are so many chapters all so interesting deciding which one I found somewhat difficult. Rather than the choice of Blood Angels I was swayed into Dark Angels but after browsing I decided to go with Angels of Vengeance. Here is the sketch for now, colours coming soon...

Samurai Fury (I had a Dream Continued)

2009-11-14T05:25:00.000-08:00

Samurai Fury, the name influenced from the RZA more specifically 'Take the Sword Pt.III' (Afro Samurai Resurrection OST), 'Mantis' & 'Holocaust' (RZA as Bobby Digital in Stereo). I'm pleased with the turnout as it is almost exactly how I imagined the character although it is lacking dynamic. I think I may cover this with some action sheets. I struggled with the lighting initially but with some help form the guys at work, they threw in some suggestion on how the character could be more defined through rim lighting etc. This led to me adding two extra lanterns in the background. I wanted the burning red sky to be so vibrant as this suggests the fury with in the character. As for the gun on his arm I was going to add some spent shells on the ground and some smoke off the barrel but the Samurai did not use the gun, he barely use his sword. I wanted his sheer presence to be so dominating because if there had been an suggestion of combat then it would have hinted to what actually happened in the fight, which I wanted to remain a mystery, until next time...

I had a Dream...

2009-11-14T04:57:00.000-08:00

So with my ever lasting influence form Wu-Tang and with the recent release of Tekken 6 I find myself dreaming of a 3 round fight with a brutal Samurai who has a massive Tec Nine attached to his arm. After some blood shed, crazy acrobatics and a funky HipHop beat I manage to tie it at one a piece on the second round. Bruised, bloodied and almost beaten as the beginning of the 3rd kicks off I get this annoying ringing noise in my ear, ah the Samurai has some voodoo magic to throw off my concentration, stunned and disorientated I seize the opportunity for the winning blow, but then I soon realize its my alarm clock that knocked my concentration and so another day begins...

I will probably never know what the result was to the vicious battle but every time I look at this picture, I'll know... It 'aint over punk!

Here is the process of how I visualized the character within my dream.

HANCOCK PROCESS

2009-11-06T10:54:00.000-08:00

Above The Clouds

2009-11-04T13:38:00.000-08:00

With all the excitement of my new job I've been struggling to post updates! Although I have been staying on top of my personal work. The inspiration that I'm feeding off in work feels surreal, not only am I working on a great project, I'm working with a fantastic team.

In the haze of my dream job I have accumulated a stack of sketches, so I'm doing my best to get them up on here. But for now I'll leave you with an illustration that depicts my life right now.

The Tortoise and The Hare

2009-03-11T07:53:00.001-07:00

The Tortoise and The Hare takes you on a small adventure that follows the taste buds of a happy go lucky Tortoise. This modern take on the original tale was inspired by a turn of events in my life that suggests fate is subconsciously controlled by the individuals morals and perspectives on life. This comic strip is brought to you by StayFly, a company thats promotes imagination and represents all the flavours that life has to offer.

The Tortoise and The Hare

2009-03-11T07:03:00.001-07:00

'Love this Smile'

2009-03-02T12:47:00.001-08:00

"To love the smile that you cannot see is to truly

understand that person better than anyone else."

(Debut display @Buffalo Bar 25.8.10 SOLD)

CREDIT-CRUNCH

2008-09-29T06:41:00.000-07:00

I spend the majority of my time looking for work within the creative arts sector. As I am constantly being rejected not because of my standard of work but due to the fact that businesses are not recruiting. I fully understand I am not the only graduate in this position and I am aware that its not only graduates that face the same challenge. Utilising my degree I have designed this poster advertising the Credit-Crunch that Gordon Brown has bestowed upon the nation, making it all the more difficult to sustain a regular standard of living within the UK. Although the current state of economy is no laughing matter I have approached the design with significant comical value. I would like to think that Mr. Brown would take a few moments out of his busy schedule to reflect on the consequences of his actions and see that people like my self are constantly thinking of creative ways to make the best of a bad situation.

Produced in Photoshop.

Commission - Oner Signs & Leisure

2008-05-30T12:33:00.000-07:00

2008-04-22T10:07:00.000-07:00

I recently visited the Natural History Museum and took the time to draw a stuffed horse that they had there in what I think is a great pose.

2008-04-19T10:43:00.000-07:00