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Dave Kopperman
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| Posted: 18 September 2025 at 6:59pm | IP Logged | 1
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These are literally from my sketchbook - a friend was releasing four streaming-only albums; all instrumental covers of tunes he found spiritually uplifting, an unintended result of a post-election project he'd started last year. Since I knew going in that there were going to be four volumes, I cast around for a through-line and decided that abstract color exercises were the way to go, with the simple theme of light illuminating darkness. I'd also wanted to try color hatching rather than painting, but couldn't justify laying down for a full set of Dr. Ph Martin's Color Dyes (though DEAR GOD I was tempted), so I just went with my old, old set of Prismacolor pencils.
Prismacolors are waxy and the pigment delivery is uneven, so while I'd started with an attempt to really get a smooth, unbroken line and finish, by the fourth one (done pretty much one every three months), I just leaned into the limitations - which means the last one looks like it might as well have been done with Crayolas.
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Dave Kopperman
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| Posted: 18 September 2025 at 7:02pm | IP Logged | 2
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In case it's unclear, these things are fairly small - about 6" square. I found some nice & cheap frames so he can put them up in his studio - while individually I'd never suggest these are peerless works of art, I'm pleased with how they work when framed and collected:
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Robin Taylor
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| Posted: 18 September 2025 at 8:24pm | IP Logged | 3
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Those are great Dave, I wish I had spent more time thinking about color space in school
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Dave Kopperman
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| Posted: 18 September 2025 at 8:51pm | IP Logged | 4
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I was goddamn TERRIBLE in school with color. I went through my three years in the Illustration Department feeling like I was going to get caught - a comparative deficiency up there with illiteracy. It did not help at all that everyone else around me was so effortlessly natural with it!
It wasn't until long after I graduated and Photoshop became part of my workflow that I was able to start exploring color without the fear of fucking up that had subconsciously held me back.
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Peter Martin
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Those are cool, Dave! Really like them -- well done!
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Dave Kopperman
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| Posted: 19 September 2025 at 1:08pm | IP Logged | 6
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Thanks, guys!
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Kelly Goodine
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This is a picture I drew and inked of Wolverine... it will be part of a bigger piece. 
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Joe Smith
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Digging that texture and man, he looks solid!
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Kelly Goodine
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| Posted: 24 September 2025 at 5:45pm | IP Logged | 9
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Thank you... wish I could post a higher res picture, but totally understand the limitations :)
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