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David Otto Studio
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David Otto is a Moline, IL-based freelance artist specializing in illustration and web design/development. His paintings are narrative, often surreal and expressive illustrations, many of which feature animals engaged in activities that comment...
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dottoart · 8 years ago
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I'm holding a very small solo art show in the desert. #rtr #rubbertramprendezvous #vanlife #vandwelling #art #oilpainting (at Quartzsite, Arizona)
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dottoart · 8 years ago
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And now... A lump in a van! #drawing #journal #vanlife #vandwelling
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dottoart · 8 years ago
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Starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. #wip #oilpainting (at Seattle, Washington)
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dottoart · 8 years ago
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Detail of something I have going between Photoshop and Illustrator. Final version to follow. #wip #digitalart #scanneddrawing
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dottoart · 8 years ago
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Going to tackle the lower section today. #wip #oilpainting
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dottoart · 8 years ago
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Journal drawing today, Nov 28 2017 #journal #journaling #inkdrawing
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dottoart · 8 years ago
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Drawing expands to next page. #wip #inkdrawing #journal
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dottoart · 8 years ago
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My nephew Iron, reading on Thanksgiving day, 2017. #boyreadingbook #thanksgiving #digitalart #clipstudiopaint
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dottoart · 8 years ago
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Progress on current painting. Detail. #wip
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dottoart · 8 years ago
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Today's journal entry. #drawing #sketch #journaling #journal #nonsense #wtfisthis
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dottoart · 8 years ago
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Kim jung gi : Awesome demonstration of drawing!
This guy is my hero. He has such a visual library built up in his mind that he can draw virtually whatever he thinks of. Pure, unrestricted imagination.
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dottoart · 8 years ago
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New painting in progress. No idea, no reference. Just throwing oil on canvas with abandon. But it's out of control! Can it be saved?! #wip #oilpainting
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dottoart · 8 years ago
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Last night's journal sketch done at the Ballard Sketch Team Meetup. #ballardsketchteam #journaling #drawing
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dottoart · 8 years ago
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@brooksrunning just posted this excellent article about Marathons with Meaning, who I recently designed the logo for: https://www.brooksrunning.com/en_us/marathons-with-meaning.html. It's VERY satisfying to use my creativity in support of something so magnanimous and life-affirming. #marathons #marathonsports #brookssports #marathonswithmeaning #peterkline #logo #logodesign
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dottoart · 8 years ago
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Journal Sketch: Two Men Two Cats
Journal Sketch: Two Men Two Cats
Two men and two cats, but very dissimilar states of mind between the pairs. That’s because I finished the left page first; In the beginning there was only one man, one cat, and the right page was void and without form. Then, I started drawing on it the living room furniture, windows, and, without intending to, I painted in another man and cat. Unlike the left page’s hardened, brooding man who…
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dottoart · 8 years ago
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Oct 25th Drink & Draw Here is what happens when you keep the pen moving whilst trying to think of what to draw.
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dottoart · 8 years ago
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The joyful birds prolong the strain
The joyful birds prolong the strain
The joyful birds prolong the strain, Their song with every spring renewed; The air we breathe, and falling rain, Each softly whispers : God is good. – John Hampden Gurney Retreat
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