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Touchdown

I had posted the watercolor football player by itself a while ago. This is the image in it's final form of a greeting card.

I added watercolor paper as the texture to the background (I think it kind of looks like a football's texture) and then added the text in photoshop.

"Quite a load"

This was a winning comic in the World of Warcraft online comic contest as an honorable mention in June of 2008 (here is the link [link] )

Watercolor Holiday Characters

Spot illustrations of holiday characters painted in watercolor. They were put together with an appropriate background for holiday cards.

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*hennanights:iconhennanights:
I think it may be lame :giggle:
Wed Jul 15, 2009, 12:30 AM
*JMarcDodsonJr:iconJMarcDodsonJr:
*First* , oh, wait, does it still count since this is my profile and I just put up the shoutbox or does it just make it more lame, oh well :)
Mon Feb 23, 2009, 6:49 PM

Of these classic artist who's your favorite?

26%
7 deviants said Leonardo DaVinci
15%
4 deviants said Michelangelo Buonarroti
15%
4 deviants said Frank Frazetta
11%
3 deviants said Pablo Picasso
7%
2 deviants said Rembrandt van Rijn
7%
2 deviants said Norman Rockwell
7%
2 deviants said Van Gogh
7%
2 deviants said Other
4%
1 deviant said John Singer Sargent
0%
No deviants said Marc Chagall
8 comments, Previous Polls

My bio

Journal Entry: Mon Jun 8, 2009, 12:45 PM
My love for art began young with comic books and Disney animated movies.

This love for art was welcomed and supported by my parents through encouragement, being bought countless supplies, and private art instruction.

I was exposed early to a multitude of types of art. Encouragement was ever present for me to experience art from different historical time periods, different cultures and different types of art. Although, I always have preferred art from the Renaissance and Baroque periods as well as comic book type illustration.

For my undergraduate degree I obtained a BFA at the Ringling School of Art and Design (recently re-named the Ringling College of Art and Design) in Sarasota, FL while majoring in illustration.

Since graduating I have taught art in the Florida public school system as well as created graphic design and illustration for a variety of commissions. Most commonly I have created for the purpose of marketing and advertising.

Both schools I was hired at eventually lost funding and had art classes removed from the schools entirely. I since moved to Tallahassee, Florida where a large majority of my family resides.

Not finding luck in the marketing/advertising or museum market I decided, with the support (permission) of my beautiful wife of course, to go back to school and obtain my MFA.

I am currently working full time throwing stock at a grocery store during the graveyard shift (2:30am - 12pm) to pay the bills while in school, but am hoping a museum position or teaching position will open up soon.

My hope is to get back into teaching. I enjoyed the interaction with the students, parents, and fellow teachers and thoroughly miss everything about that environment.

I plan on shortly after obtaining my MFA to go for my Ph.D. degree in art history. I would want my doctoral degree to focus on the renaissance and/or baroque periods.

I aspire to eventually be a college professor teaching illustration while illustrating Caldecott winning children's books. But I want that to come after a long time in the industry working as a character designer for either movies or video games or both. Hey, dream big right?

(this brief autobiography was created for my online profile for grad school at AAU)

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  • Mood: Optimism
  • Listening to: My ipod's mix
  • Reading: Sketch and Magazine
  • Watching: Last year's Wimbledon final (Go Nadal ! )
  • Eating: leftover spagetti and meatballs
  • Drinking: water
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Hey hey, I'm a 26 year old artist with a BFA from the Ringling School of Art and Design (illustration major) who is still trying to find his style.

I hope to go back to school soon and get my masters and then Ph.D.

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Tallahassee, Florida
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: L
  • Interests: Illustrating, reading, watching movies, playing video games, collecting all kinds of things.
  • Favourite movie: My favorite movie of all time is probably Jurassic Park.
  • Favourite band or musician: I like all genres of music, but my favorite band is Aerosmith.
  • Favourite genre of music: All genres, it just depends on my mood, fav. band is Aerosmith
  • Favourite artist: Jim Lee, Norman Rockwell, and Michelangelo
  • Favourite poet or writer: Harlan Coben and Clive Cussler
  • Favourite photographer: Ansel Adams and my good buddy Jana Morgan http://www.janamorgan.com/
  • Favourite style of art: I appreciate a lot of styles and mediums of art.
  • Operating System: PC :( I miss my MAC
  • MP3 player of choice: IPOD
  • Shell of choice: Turtle
  • Wallpaper of choice: I prefer my walls painted, wallpaper peels to easy
  • Skin of choice: I'm caucasion, but I'm not prejudice
  • Favourite game: World of Warcraft or tickling my wife (it's fun at first but she gets angry quick)
  • Favourite gaming platform: PC or X-Box 360
  • Favourite cartoon character: Taz
  • Personal Quote: "Anything worth doing is worth doing well", Steven Tyler of Aerosmith
  • Tools of the Trade: Watercolors, Markers, and Photoshop (depending on the project)

Comments


*ZEBES:iconZEBES: Jul 7, 2009, 2:59:55 PM
thank you for the watch! :D

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2-Protect the innocent
3-Uphold the law
*JMarcDodsonJr:iconJMarcDodsonJr: Jul 7, 2009, 5:45:52 PM
Thanks for posting really cool art for me to kill time with :)

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"Anything worth doing is worth doing well", Steven Tyler of Aerosmith
~johjames:iconjohjames: Jun 29, 2009, 6:17:12 AM
Thank you so much for the WATCH, Marc!

And after reading you really wonderful journal entry I'd like to offer some advice if I may.

Being a well disciplined working artist in the industry( games, film, tv, comics, fashion...) takes enormous sacrifice and an almost single minded dedication to mastery over your craft. Much in the same way an MFA does. And a man cannot serve two masters(pardon the pun). Both are FULL time endeavors. And the incredible strain either choice puts on family is tremendous(imagine both)!

Choose wisely, and good luck, Marc Dodson.

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Your Perspective Defines Your Reality
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*JMarcDodsonJr:iconJMarcDodsonJr: Jun 29, 2009, 2:53:34 PM
Thanks for the advice, it's always welcome, and appreciated, especially from someone who has broken into the art industry successfully and creates such amazing art.

You're referring to going to grad school and working in the industry as the two masters I cannot serve at the same time, right? I'm not satisfied with where my art is at right now and am currently in grad school so that I can develop a bit further and then, hopefully, be successful in the art industry afterward.

I love, and I mean love, your pencilings. Especially your sketches. I would favor every single character sketch on the second page of your gallery (batman, thor, hellboy, wolvering ect.) if it wouldn't completely fill up my favorites area on my front page. Would you mind if I added you to the growing list of artist I practice doing master copies of to better my artistic skills (I don't post my mastercopies, they're just for my improvement.)

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"Anything worth doing is worth doing well", Steven Tyler of Aerosmith
~johjames:iconjohjames: Jul 7, 2009, 8:00:04 AM
Add away, friend! It would be an honour, and good luck!

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Your Perspective Defines Your Reality
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*mtykwan:iconmtykwan: Jun 25, 2009, 7:00:55 PM
Thanks for the faves bro!! :)

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-You are only as little as you choose to be-
*JMarcDodsonJr:iconJMarcDodsonJr: Jun 25, 2009, 10:59:41 PM
No problem, thanks for continually posting awesome art! :)

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"Anything worth doing is worth doing well", Steven Tyler of Aerosmith
*talaith:icontalaith: Jun 17, 2009, 7:41:30 PM
hey, thanks so much for the watch! <3

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*JMarcDodsonJr:iconJMarcDodsonJr: Jun 17, 2009, 7:58:21 PM
Hi ") I really enjoyed your art. Very entertaining, so no thanks needed, I should be saying that you for sharing it with me :)

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"Anything worth doing is worth doing well", Steven Tyler of Aerosmith
~bluesdaddy:iconbluesdaddy: Jun 14, 2009, 6:56:28 PM
Thanks for the watch! I think I'll watch you back, you've got some really nice work here.

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I am almost sick and giddy with the quantity of things in my head, all
tempting and wanting to be worked out. (John Ruskin)
*JMarcDodsonJr:iconJMarcDodsonJr: Jun 15, 2009, 5:07:54 PM
You're welcome and thanks :) I really like your figurative work. Beautiful anatomy work!

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"Anything worth doing is worth doing well", Steven Tyler of Aerosmith
~bluesdaddy:iconbluesdaddy: Jun 15, 2009, 8:39:34 PM
Thanks alot!

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I am almost sick and giddy with the quantity of things in my head, all
tempting and wanting to be worked out. (John Ruskin)
*JMarcDodsonJr:iconJMarcDodsonJr: Jun 16, 2009, 9:55:34 AM
No problem, just calling it like I see it :)

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"Anything worth doing is worth doing well", Steven Tyler of Aerosmith
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