I’m working on some new stuff for a show next month 
But here’s an old collage I’ve been thinking of a lot lately while working on quilt piece for the show.
Archive for monsters
strip collage & a quilt for a show
Posted in Art, Collage, Daniel Allyn Lee, exhibits, work on paper with tags art show, Collage, monsters, quilting, turkeys on April 4, 2011 by Daniel Allyn Leemonster pattern
Posted in Daniel Allyn Lee, design, Drawing, Illustration, Textile with tags fabric, Illustration, monsters, pattern, plaid on March 21, 2011 by Daniel Allyn LeeHere’s another fabric pattern I was messing around with. I don’t know about the plaid in the background, but that can be easily changed out. I might try polka-dots instead.
Test Pattern
Posted in craft, Daniel Allyn Lee, design, digital, Illustration with tags Drawing, fabric, Illustration, monsters, pattern on March 14, 2011 by Daniel Allyn LeeI managed to get this group of monsters to wrap around after fiddling with them forever on the computer. I’ve wanted to try this for a while to get some fabric printed with my characters in the pattern. The pattern doesn’t match exactly, but close enough. I’ll probably just have a swatch printed with this exact pattern. I’ve had some fabric printed with monster faces before, that I made into dolls, but not an original drawn pattern. I’ll have to experiment more with.
Happy Valentines Day
Posted in Art, Daniel Allyn Lee, Drawing, Illustration with tags monsters on February 14, 2011 by Daniel Allyn LeeThis drawing turned out a little weird.
I meant to post this earlier, but I had to go to the doctor. Its either two monsters facing off or about to start making out.
Happy Valentines day, y’all!
trying it weird
Posted in Art, Daniel Allyn Lee, digital, Drawing, Illustration with tags drawings, Illustration, monsters on August 9, 2010 by Daniel Allyn LeeThis week, I started to concentrate on embracing my weird a bit more. I think, I need to stop editing my ideas, trying so hard to be cute, funny or clever. Maybe its not a perceivable difference to anyone but me, but I’m really digging it and will probably continue for a while.
trying it weird, ink on paper
falling
Posted in Art, Daniel Allyn Lee, Illustration with tags Drawing, Illustration, monsters on July 26, 2010 by Daniel Allyn LeeThis is more of a doodle-y drawing, blue ink pen on paper. I liked how it turned out. I’d love to do more of these, the same size drawing just on a much larger canvas; might be fun.
falling, 9″ x 12″ ink on paper
flower
Posted in Art, Daniel Allyn Lee, Illustration with tags daily drawings, flowers, friday, Illustration, monsters on July 12, 2010 by Daniel Allyn LeeThis is actually the first drawing I did for this daily drawing project that I started last week, but I just got around to inking it the other day. I ordered some new pens and I think they are helping me remember to vary my line weight.
(after the jump-more from last week and my illustration Friday drawing.)
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drawing a day
Posted in Art, Daniel Allyn Lee, Drawing, Illustration with tags Art, Illustration, line, monsters on July 5, 2010 by Daniel Allyn LeeIn an effort to become better at illustration I’ve decided to commit to making at least one drawing a day for the next year or more. If I get stuck on what to draw, I’ll randomly select a word from the dictionary. I plan on posting my favorite drawing once a week online.
for this drawing the word was ‘eleventh’.
dance party
Posted in Art, art on paper, Collage, Daniel Allyn Lee, Illustration, Painting, work on paper with tags Art, Collage, Illustration, monsters on June 14, 2010 by Daniel Allyn LeeWell, I did my first craft show last weekend. It was fun but it rained a lot and I didn’t sell as much as I’d hoped. This last week I’ve been doing a little relaxing, organizing stuff, taking pictures and listing it on etsy and putting together some shipments to a couple of consignment shops. Now, I want to make some art and try and write a story book.
Anyway, here is something I started a while back with plans on finishing for the show but instead I finally got to today.
Monster Dance Party in Yellow, collage and acrylic on paper,13 x 17 1/2, 2010
monster talk
Posted in Art, Collage, Daniel Allyn Lee, Illustration, Painting with tags Collage, Illustration, monsters, paint on April 12, 2010 by Daniel Allyn LeeThis, I started a few months ago and I just decided to put the finishing touches on it yesterday. I think its funny. the background got a little dark on me. I’m definitely running with this collage, acrylic, illustration combination. I think, I just need to get comfortable with it and loosen up a bit.
communication, acrylic and collage, 11″ x 14″, 2010
Monsters rule!
Posted in Art, Daniel Allyn Lee, Illustration, Painting with tags Art, cartoon, Illustration, monsters, Painting on March 15, 2010 by Daniel Allyn Lee
I’m tired of being conflicted about working on character illustrations. I like it and I’m going to concentrate on it. I think I gained a snobby attitude about illustration back in college, where it seemed really important to differentiate art, design, and illustration with very clear lines. I think I’ve been a bit self conscious about not making ‘serious art’. I think you can make really interesting art using more populist themes. lowbrow, pop-surealism, reduced figuration, or whatever ya call it…
This painting was a little experiment in reusing a segment cut from and old painting in a new way. I think the characters are a bit stiff and the composition stinks, and it could use more dry brushing and washes in the background, but the colors work and I see potential. I’m calling it a first pancake and moving on.
poor little monster
Posted in Art, Collage, Daniel Allyn Lee, Drawing, Illustration with tags Art, balloons, ice cream, Illustration, monsters on February 1, 2010 by Daniel Allyn Leehi. Here’s a little illustration I made yesterday.
little boy monster, 11 x 14, collage and acrylic, 2010
I wasn’t sure about the title; I might change it to ‘two is better than one’.
I’m going to try to make a drawing a day for now on; I need to build my skills and develop my illustration style.
Non-corporeal
Posted in Art, Daniel Allyn Lee, Illustration, Painting with tags Art, blue, Illustration, low brow, monsters, populist on August 31, 2009 by Daniel Allyn LeeI’ve been working on a couple paintings. I’m still experimenting with my monster illustrations and using different mediums. I’m not completely happy with this one, but enough to call it finished. I have lots of things I want to try.
Non-Corporeal Creatures, acrylic on canvas, 16″ x 24″, 2009
unhealthy
Posted in Art, Daniel Allyn Lee, Drawing, Illustration, mixed media, Painting with tags acrylic, Drawing, Illustration, monsters, pencils on August 17, 2009 by Daniel Allyn LeeI was planning on posting something I was working on yesterday but the project kept growing bigger into something that would definitely not be finished til next week. Instead here is a drawing I did last week. I was experimenting with colored pencils on top of an acrylic wash and ink. It turned out better than I expected, but I don’t think I will be using colored pencils for anything other than sketching for now on.
Unhealthy Relationship, acrylic, colored pencil, and ink, on watercolor paper 9″ x 6″, 2009
cover
Posted in Art, Daniel Allyn Lee, Illustration with tags cartoon, Illustration, monsters, zine on August 3, 2009 by Daniel Allyn LeeI’ve finished my second version of a cover for my Monsters zine. The first one was far too simple featuring only one sad monster, so I decided to beef it up a bit.
I think, I’m finally finished with the whole thing, other than some final proofreading and minor tweaking here and there. I should have a few copies made sometime this week. I already have plans for my second volume, which will utilize my preexisting character descriptions and some new sketches.
monsters
Posted in Art, Daniel Allyn Lee, Drawing with tags Illustration, monsters, zine on July 27, 2009 by Daniel Allyn LeeHere are a couple more drawings from the zine I’m working on. Its almost done; I’m just finishing up the editing and such. Its about 20 pages and about monsters, monsters, and monsters.
fabric and zine
Posted in craft, Daniel Allyn Lee, design with tags fabric, Illustration, love, monsters, pattern, spoonflower, zine on July 20, 2009 by Daniel Allyn LeeI’ve been working on some illustrations of monsters. I decided to put them together with some other stuff into a little monster themed zine thing. I’m hoping it will be funny and cute. Here’s one of the pages.
Also, an update on that fabric I ordered last week. It already arrived! Man that spoonflower.com is fast. The colors did shift a little bit but that’s kinda why I went with primary colors, anyway.
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monsters of my youth
Posted in Art, Daniel Allyn Lee, Painting with tags circles, high school, monsters, old old art on June 8, 2009 by Daniel Allyn LeeI just finished making a big ol’ pile of dolls and plush toys, and photographed them. I’ll be editing and uploading the pics for a few days. Its a lot of pictures and I have a pretty slow internet connection.
I also need to start working on a bunch of monster related art for an upcoming show in St. Louis in August. Which kind of makes me laugh cuz when i was starting to become interested in painting back in high school all I did were monsters; they were terrible overly dramatic dreck, but its funny how life comes full circle.
I happen to have pictures of a couple of them.
Hopefully, the stuff I do in the upcoming week or two will be better than these, but who knows.
darteboard
jdhastings
ssstephg
Tom Bennett
Toni Tiller
Jason Gray
probrucer
laelia e. mitchell
