SANTA'S GIFT TO MARS!

Hey gang, Happy Holidays!!
...While completing several projects I still have a few Mars Attack Invasion (AP Artist Return ) Blank cards to finish. So what better way to introduce to you my newest Mars Attack Sketch Card -
" Santa's Gift to Mars "

Its now on sale for 5 days on EBAY check it out here:

Santa's Gift to Mars! - EBAY

Mars Attacks Invasion..Happy Thanksgiving!!

Hey guys, check out my new Mars Attacks Invasion Sketch Card!

Just in Time for Thanksgiving - now on sale on Ebay. 

Click this link to goto EBAY - Mars Attacks - Thanksgiving On sale at Ebay

HULK T-Shirt

HULK SMASH!

Hey check out my new HULK design I created for Threadless.com HULK ANGRY TEE. I saw this contest and really wanted to enter, but my freelance projects were keeping me busy at the time. So one night after Illustrating all day, I received a boost of extra energy and the HULK shirt was born.

THE HULK  / Threadless T-Shirt Contest

This design captures the big in your face rage of the Hulk!! 

I developed the design to take up all of the space it could on the shirt.

I really like the way this shirt came out, it has a very Marvel Comics style to it. Even though the Threadless audience prefers a wildly different design style, I was happy to see several positive comments for this shirt to be made. The contest is now completed and Threadless usually take a few months to announce the winners. Let keep our fingers crossed, and let's not get angry......You won't like me when I get ANGRY! 

It’s not just one man, it’s...

Zorro!

Now that I have added a little polish to my illustration blog, it seems only fitting to add artwork that

I created before the days of digital art. This piece was chosen not only for the unique western theme, but this is one of my favorite book illustrations I designed a few years ago. 

I love the ability to paint digitally but a few years back when I painted with acrylic I was able to learn many techniques to build solid artwork. 

To create this illustration I used my own lighting, props, clothing, photo reference and invited my friends to join in the fun to pose as models for me. I still use tons of reference to create my Illustrations, Graphics & Game Designs. But a lot of it comes from Mr. Google and Mr. Imagination. 

"The Mark of Zorro" acrylic on masonite board.

Bioshock Infinite

Kindly....

Check out my new illustration of the Patriot from the new video game Bioshock Infinite from Irrational Games. This was for a contest Dark Horse Comics posted last week. I really love this character from Bioshock infinite of a mechanical killing machine George Washington. Hopefully he will be this cool in the game!

Darrin Pepe / 2013

Refurbish 2013

It's been a while since I last posted on this blog....

Mainly because the work I was creating at Scholastic was not viewable while developing the designs. Now the project has been completed, and I can show them soon.

My blog needs a major change to be relevant with my upcoming designs, but mainly a blog to showcase my artwork as a Illustrator. I will have another site that will display all the other graphics and game development work, but this one will be illustration related only.

So enough talk, spring in on the way and it's time to spruce up this site...

See ya soon.
Darrin Pepe

NERDFORMERS [Geeks in Disguise]

Woot..Woot..The Snowy Owl

The Snowy Owl "Bubo" Submitted to Woot.com

BACK PACK ATTACK / Threadless.com

Submitted some artwork to the BACKPACK design theme.

If you have a account at "Theadless.com" then GO VOTE!!

Click here to view and VOTE for - JET-BACK-PACK

Click here to view and VOTE for - DIVINE HORSE

Thanks!!

In-'Creed'-a-bile Shirt...

Here is my deisgn for this weeks woot.com

This weeks Woot.com's entry is for Dubious Honours. My idea was to take a pop culture game icon Assassins, ninjas, Ghost recon experts and show how an "Overachiever" gets the job done. No witnesses and worth of praise, but so sneaky "Underhanded" and clandestine, did they do anything at all?....

I wanted this idea to work on many levels. Hope it wins!

SURF VS. TURF? * T-SHIRT DESIGN

"SURF WARS" * 6 spot color  T-Shirt design
  WOOT.com " Underwater" themed contest

Click here to see the detail

...So far 2012 has been keeping me
very busy! Here is my latest
T-Shirt design for -WOOT.com 

DESIGNER DONALD

Happy 2012, Here is some new artwork

I recently submitted my design to Threadless.com for DONALD DUCK T-shirt deisgn contest. If you like cool T-shirt designs then check this site out - http://www.threadless.com

If you have a chance join the site and VOTE for my deisgn- http://atrium.threadless.com/donaldduck/submission/designer-duck

Here is the final DONALD DUCK T-Shirt design is navy blue.
The EST.MCMXXXIVThe roman letters say "Established 1934".

Donald design on the tee templete

I also created an alternate color design for a white tee.

"Lady In Red "...( Background )

 I wanted to test the waters today with 60 minute digital paintings. Here is the one I liked the best!

Unfinished Business

 
 

I wanted to post a few of my unfinished works. Various painted sketches that were used as tests. Tried a few new styles with digital illustration techniques by laying grayscales then adjusting the colors later. Great for when you really just want need to make changes along the way.

NEW YORK COMIC-CON 2011

Had a great time at the 2011 New York Comic Con this weekend! I Met some
talented artist & publisher contacts. Here are the 5 sequential Batman pages
I submitted to DC comics...

 

 

I want to continue to develop new pages, try to expanding my style, 

and move a little more digital. I will post them, when they are completed.

The Dark Knight

"Holy Hole In A Dount, Batman!!"- Today I drew a few sketches of DC's Cape Crusader (New 52 Version). Here is one worth posting....

The New Man Of Steel

DC Comics started the relaunch of 52 #1 books this week. They gave Superman a re-do as well. I really liked the new outfit..Here is a quick sketch I drew up last night in between work.

"The Flash"-the fastest man alive

I have been reading DC Comics "Flashpoint" an alternate universe based on the Barry Allen's world around him. I got inspired to draw a (..Quick..)  sketch of Barry Allen. Added some forced perspective to the pose at first I did not love it, but I ended up coloring it anyway. And turned out to be worth posting it.

Heeerrreee's...LOBO!

At the end of this week I took some to time to illustrate a random comic book character. This week "Lobo" was picked a great DC character that I have overlooked. Here it the finished art!

Drizzt Do'Urden

Been reading R.A. Salvatores Books - Love them!!

CLASSIC THOR!

For Ted,

 A good friend asked me a to draw him Classic Thor!

 Thanks again Ted for inspiring me to draw more comic art!! More soon...

GREEN LANTERN

Just tuning up my skills. Getting ready to jump back into the Comic Book game..

Sexy Goldilocks!

Here is a illustration I did for fun.

It was for a online art contest. I had to submit the art as is, because I got sick while I was working on it. I just didn't have the time to complete it.... 

....Maybe I will get back to it and work on it again....

ICEBOUND

Found some old Concept art.....take a look

Nintendo Wii: Summer Sports Cover Art

My cover illustrations for Summer Sports and Summer Sports II

"..Get to daaa chopp-A!!..."

                     

  


Back in college at School of Visual Arts. I loved Caricatures....This was done with sepia ink and watercolor of Arnold from " Predator"... This goes back to 1991. Yikes. ( I am sure TED will get a kick out of this one.)

Welcome to Pepe's Pictures

..Pepe's pictures is now up and running....In the several weeks I will tweak mWww
wwwwwwwy blog to show alot of my unseen artwork in Illustration/comic book and conceptual design for Video games.....so lets' start with my newest art available. Here is a ink drawing of Wolverine i did on my lunch hour at work...enjoy