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Dakota Bragdon
Dakota Bragdon
American graphic designer and artist who loves art history and painting animals and environment. An avid film buff with a film blog.
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Dakota Bragdon
Hello! I am currently working on a graphic novel in my spare time and am seeking help. I have some outlining done but am in the script phase still. Would love some help as I haven't written a comic script before (I'm a graphic designer and screenwriter). I'm going to look at David Finch's course to help with this. I generally like going over things through discussion instead of laying it out in a massive information dump but I am going to need an Artist or Artists to work with too. For now, still in the writing. I guess for now I am looking for someone for design and someone I can bounce ideas with. Hope all is well! Keep creating!
Kina Chin
Hi! First time submitting to a challenge and this was fun! My idea is an archaic or immortal mermaid commanding an army of jellyfish guarding the oceans against any unknown intruders. Digital/Clip Studio Paint.
Dakota Bragdon
Love this one! Very nice and wonderful to see, it feels very Ghibli inspired. Great work!
@patchkitart
A proposal to build a new Colossus of Rhodes, Greece. The sketch represents Mankind…past, present and future
Dakota Bragdon
Love it. Seems we had a similar idea going on, but great minds think alike I suppose.
Tony Paz
Hello everyone! This is my final submission, it is based on a character/creature design. He is a bored guard that has fought many battles but now he has been sitting on the gate pillar for many days, waiting for something to happen.
Dakota Bragdon
Very fun, could see this developed into something awesome.
Cyn Illustrations
The Sleemur Semi- amphibious lemur Habitat: dense marshy wetlands with many small pools of water and thick vine covered trees. Diet: The sleemur hunts for large snails that can be found in the mud of the pools and in the trees during the dry season. It may also eat various beetles, vegetation, and it's own jellyfish if food is scarce. Most Sleemurs are solitary and have a symbiotic relationship with marsh jellyfish that attach themselves to the creature with spores when first entering a pool of water. The jellyfish act as a defense from predators, stinging those that attempt to attack, and also hitch a ride from pool to pool picking up tiny organisms to eat and releasing new spores.The jellies also can bioluminescence at night, which aid the Sleemur in communication and mating rituals.  The Sleemur has a claw hand slightly webbed that works well for navigating around the thick vines and digging in the mud for food with the hallow scoop in its main claw. It uses its mandibles for holding and sensing for its next meal. Sleemurs are nocturnal, but they will occasionally display crepuscular behaviors hunting during the early day if it is heavily overcast. Refence used: seahorse, jellyfish, beetle and lemur. 
Dakota Bragdon
Beautiful. Love the story and the breakdown, the animation is cool!
Dakota Bragdon
"The Guardian" A war broke out between mankind, resulting in a large stone warrior to retaliate and bring peace to the world - that war has now long since passed and now a lone Giant Mantis Warrior explores the long dormant Colossus who is merely sleeping, waiting to see if he is needed again. Adobe Photoshop CC 2021, used ink and watercolor brushes that appear realistic; feel and look inspired by Daoist paintings of the 13-15th century. References Used: 1. Landscape with Hill 2. Roman Torso 3. Structure with Snow 4. Mushrooms 5. Leaves 6. Roman Helm 7. Sword 8. White Flowers Will definitely participate in the future, this is my first challenge - it was awesome to do!
@patchkitart
Great story!
Hanna Laser
Oh! I love the style and concept of your piece :)
@becbionic
3yr
Mysterious and super cool!
Valentin Paz Tello
Dakota Bragdon
Very fun and lovely line work!
@lukasz
Lemur with a golden beetle crown that let's him control beetles. He's on his way to conquer the world with his beetle army
Dakota Bragdon
love the linework here!
Dakota Bragdon
Current progress. I wanted to do something different than before and went a Daoist inspired route. I like this better than the last one. Thoughts?
@bugbane
I’m wondering if I should add color, even if a small amount, or just leave it since “Sketch” is specified and color makes it less sketchy
Dakota Bragdon
You could add a touch of color, or you could go the color the lines different colors route too, but I like it as is too.
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