Blog – Page 8 – Dan Tabata

Clownfish

Posted on October 14, 2017January 5, 2019 by Dan Tabata

I’m not the animated cartoon fish you’re looking for.

From my daily drawings…
Clownfish – pen and watercolor. Drawn with a TWSBI Mini fountain pen (extra fine nib) using Platinum Carbon Ink. Winsor & Newton watercolors. Digital scan adjusted and masked in Photoshop. Converted to vector art and resized in Illustrator.

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Clownfish 8x10 print at Etsy — Clownfish

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Unflappable

Posted on September 15, 2017January 5, 2019 by Dan Tabata

This bird remains calm, cool, and collected.
A.K.A., I remember back when everyone wore a hat. Now, get off my lawn. 😉

Unflappable – pen and watercolor. Drawn with a TWSBI Mini fountain pen (extra fine nib) using Platinum Carbon Ink. Winsor & Newton watercolors. Digital scan adjusted and edited in Photoshop. Background color applied in Illustrator.

Based on an updated (with fez) version of this daily drawing:

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Unflappable 8x10 print at Etsy — Unflappable Pigeon

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Urban Sketching the County Fair

Posted on August 5, 2017September 9, 2017 by Dan Tabata

Orange County Fair entrance — Welcome to the Orange County Fair!

Spent the day sketching at the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa, California. Looked at the animals (including humans), ate junk food and watched a friend perform with a rock band. Continue reading “Urban Sketching the County Fair” →

Stickers at Redbubble

Posted on July 29, 2017 by Dan Tabata

Stickers are a fun, inexpensive way to dress up your notebook or laptop with a bit of my artwork. My Redbubble shop offers high-quality vinyl stickers in four sizes ranging from 3×3 inch to 14×14 inch. Here’s a photo of my laptop decorated with small (approx. 3×3 inch) stickers—tiny dog added for scale. 😉

Each purchase boosts my design’s search ranking within Redbubble and searches are the primary way that customers find my artwork. I’m trying to get my art seen by more customers during the fall holiday buying season, so if you’ve considered purchasing my designs, now is the perfect time to do it! Right now, buy any 4 stickers and get 25% off. Buy any 10 and get 50% off.

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Prettyboy the Green Parakeet

Posted on July 25, 2017January 5, 2019 by Dan Tabata

From my daily drawings…
Pen and watercolor parakeet. Drawn on Canson XL Mix Media paper with Uni Pin Fine Line pens and Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer watercolor pencils. Digital scan adjusted and edited in Photoshop. Background color applied in Illustrator.

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Green parakeet design decorating a Redbubble phone case

Green parakeet design decorating a Redbubble throw pillow

Green parakeet design decorating a Redbubble sticker

Little Big Fan

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Dan Tabata

He’s his own biggest fan!

Visit my artist shop at Redbubble to purchase this design as a art board, phone case or tapestry.

Little Big Fan design decorating a Redbubble art board

Little Big Fan design decorating a Redbubble phone case

Little Big Fan design decorating a Redbubble tapestry

Crab

Posted on July 19, 2017February 15, 2019 by Dan Tabata

His flailing claws were either exclaiming, “Hug me!” or “Get off my lawn!”

From my daily drawings…
Crab – pen and inkwash. Drawn with a TWSBI Mini fountain pen (extra fine nib) using Platinum Carbon Ink and shaded with a Kuretake no. 8 fountain brush pen filled with Noodler’s Lexington Gray ink (diluted 4 parts water to 1 part ink). Digital scan adjusted and edited in Photoshop. Color applied in Illustrator.

Visit my Etsy shop to purchase a 5×7″art print of this design.

Visit my artist shop at Redbubble to purchase this design as a art board, throw pillow or studio pouch.

Crab design decorating a Redbubble art board

Crab design decorating a Redbubble throw pillow

Crab design decorating a Redbubble studio pouch

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I See Music

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Dan Tabata

“Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast.” -William Congreve

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Evolving Art

Posted on June 30, 2017September 9, 2017 by Dan Tabata

When we first see a drawing, we might imagine a flash of inspiration leading straight to the finished artwork. Many times that’s what happens, but not always.

One of my favorite drawings took a few years and several versions until the art finally matched up with my imagination. The fez fish began as a 2013 sketch book drawing that I scanned and colored in Photoshop. Continue reading “Evolving Art” →

A Toad Named Ali

Posted on June 20, 2017February 17, 2019 by Dan Tabata

From my daily drawings…
Ali came from a pun-loving family. Drawn on Canson XL mixed media paper using a 2 mm clutch pencil with HB lead. Color applied in Photoshop.