Gummy Worms

This guy was sitting next to me during a bus trip I took to visit a friend in NYC a while back.  I forgot about the sketch and felt like sharing it.  I want to start incorporating more sketches to my blog, so here's a start.

The ABC Coloring Book

Hello, hello!  I am happy to say that I have recently completed my 3rd childrens book for Carousel Pediatrics entitled, "The ABC Coloring Book".  This teaches the kids their ABCs while also allowing them to experiment with their creative sides through the use of color.  Below are a few examples from the completed book, enjoy :)

Niagara Tattoo Expo

Hey folks! Been awhile since my last post, so it's nice to have something I can post up for you guys. This past weekend I had the pleasure of spending my day at the Niagara Tattoo Expo in Niagara Falls, NY. The expo itself was pretty good but even better was spending my day getting work done by the rising, highly talented, tattoo artist and cousin Rob Benigno. Rob came to me a month or two ago asking if I'd want to sit down at his booth during the expo to get some more artwork, to which I promptly replied "Hell yeah!". After arriving before the doors open we set up, and got started a little after 11 am. I knew I was in for a longg session but would much rather get my tiger piece completely finished in one shot. So after close to 7 hrs and couple breaks later, my leg was complete. I couldn't be happier, both because the extensive pain gauntlet was over, and because I had some of the gnarliest artwork in the game. Thanks again Rob, much much love.

Return of the Bug Bash

Hey guys, just a little update. I did this illustration for a party I am having at the end of June. I really like how it turned out and thought I would share it with you guys. Hope you enjoy! :)

Super Shielders

Hey guys, hope you all are doing well. I just wanted to post up some cool sketches I did for a possible new client. These are just some test drawings that they requested of me, so I thought I'd share them. Let me know what you think, and Happy Mother's Day to all you mums out there.

-T.D.

Storyboardin'

Some updates for you guys, I recently picked up a new client John Paget of Paget Films which is based here in buffalo. I am working as a storyboard artists for them and worked on a promotional anniversary film for the Lexington Co-op Market which is also based here. It was a lot of fun developing storyboards for this film, an area of work that I've always been interested in. The only previous storyboarding I have experience in was during my time at SCAD in storyboarding class. Being a huge film nut, it was really cool to be part of the development process for this project. Upon the completion of this project, John and I both agreed that we wanted to continue working together which I am very happy about. I'm looking forward to producing more storyboarding work in the near future. Check it out guys, hope you dig it :)

-T.D.

Time lapse painting

Last weekend I spent an entire day creating an acrylic painting for my good friend's film project for one of his college courses. It's been a long time since I've dusted off the paints so it was great experience especially with the studio lighting. The goal was to produce a short time lapse video which meant pausing every few minutes to take short 1 second clips to be sped up during production. After a day of enjoying the process of working traditionally, I believe I will work this way more often :) Enjoy the photos guys and let me know what you think.

-T.D.

Horsey ride

Hey guys, its been awhile since I've posted anything interesting so I figured I'd cure your urges. For some reason I've had this image in my head of a chimp riding one of those spring riding horses that you see in old public playgrounds. He's wearing a party hat simply because he likes to party I guess, it kind of adds an adolescent characteristic to it as well that I like. Hope you guys dig the image, I had fun creating it :)

Much Love,

-T.D.

Robert

Just want to share with you guys a sketch I did of my cousin Rob today. Haven't used grey markers in a longgg time so it was fun messing around with them. Putting use to the new grey markers I got from my cousin Rob for Christmas no less :)

-Tim

Finished Number Book!

Hello hello! So the day has finally come, after many hours of hard work the number book "Count at the Zoo!" is completed. Not to toot my own horn or anything but I'm really pleased with the way it turned out, I really enjoyed the subject matter and had fun playing with colors. I hope all the kids down in Austin, TX will love this book which will be given out to them free courtesy of Carousel Pediatrics :) I will say that it is very rewarding to know that these educational books are going to reach the hands children who are less fortunate. My gratitude goes out to Rachel Wood who has given me the opportunity to create this series and allow me to build some solid portfolio pieces along the way. I cannot thank her enough.

Hope you enjoy!

-Tim

Progressing

What's up guys, hope everyone is doing well. I just wanted to share how my sleeve is developing and to give much appreciation to my cousin Rob Benigno's Tattoo work. It's exciting to see how the sleeve is progressing after each appointment I have, and I'm proud to wear such great work for the rest of my life. I've always loved the art of tattooing and seeing the styles of many different artists. Many of which are also very successful illustrators, with good reason. They have great work and interesting styles that adapt very well to the world of illustration. Some of my favorite artists include Jeff Gogue ( http://gogueart.blogspot.com/ ), Jesse Smith ( http://www.jessesmithtattoos.com ), and Electric Pick ( http://www.electricpick.com ). Not to mention the awesome work of my cousin Rob Benigno ( http://robblognigno.blogspot.com ). So if you want to see some incredibly talented tattoo artists, check these guys out!

-Tim

Nearly there

Hey guys, hope all is well. The next book in the series of educational children's books I'm working on is close to completion. I just wanted to share how the artwork is developing thus far. Check it out, let me hear your thoughts, and keep posted to my blog :)