"Waving to Santa"

"Waving to Santa" by David Cousens

Merry Christmas Everyone.

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Push and Pull

"Push and Pull" by David Cousens

Inspired by a photo taken by Hannah Baker during one of our rehearsals with Harriet Dearing.

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"The Gathering" event poster for the Wrong Shoes Theatre Company

"The Gathering" Event poster for The Wrong Shoes Theatre Company by David Cousens

Bonus Fact: Not only did I design this poster, I’m also appearing in this production! Tickets are severely limited, so get buying!

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"Freedom: A Guide to being Freelance" - Part 3 - by David Cousens

"Freedom: A Guide to being Freelance" - Part 3 - by David Cousens

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I often get asked for advice about freelancing from people who are considering it as a career path, so I thought I’d write it up for everyone to see in a nice visual guide. This is the final part of this series; Part 1 is available here and Part 2 is here.

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"Freedom: A Guide to being Freelance" - Part 2 - by David Cousens

"Freedom: A Guide to being Freelance" - Part 2 - by David Cousens

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I often get asked for advice about freelancing from people who are considering it as a career path, so I thought I’d write it up for everyone to see in a nice visual guide. Part 1 is available here and Part 3 will be released tomorrow.

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"Freedom: A Guide to being Freelance" - Part 1 - by David Cousens

"Freedom: A Guide to being Freelance" - Part 1 - by David Cousens

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I often get asked for advice about freelancing from people who are considering it as a career path, so I thought I’d write it up for everyone to see in a nice visual guide. Parts 2 and 3 will be available over the next 2 days.

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"Daryl Dixon" a.k.a. Norman Reedus from The Walking Dead

Daryl Dixon (a.k.a. Norman Reedus /@bigbaldhead) from #TheWalkingDead

"Daryl Dixon" by David Cousens

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Laura Prepon likes my Alex Vause illustration on her instagram, and so do over 50,000 other people!

Orange is the New Black’s Laura Prepon (@LauraPrepon a.k.a. Alex Vause) liked the illustration I made of her so shared it on her instagram. It just hit over 50,000 likes!  (Thanks to Ben The illustrator for the heads up on this)

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"Alex Vause" by David Cousens
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Daryl Dixon (The Walking Dead) character poster - Work in Progress

A work in progress shot of a portrait of Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus @bigbaldhead) from #TheWalkingDead

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Alex Vause (Orange is the New Black) character poster

"Alex Vause" by David Cousens
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New character poster illustration of #AlexVause (@LauraPrepon) from Orange is the new Black. Love this show.

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"Orange is the New Black: Alex Vause" WIP from instagram

A work in progress illustration of #AlexVause (@LauraPrepon) from Orange is the new Black #oitnb

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"Natalie in Neon" A reference study of Natalie Dormer meets 'The Wolf Among Us'

"Natalie in Neon" by David Cousens
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This began life as a reference study of Natalie Dormer, but it ran away from me and turned into “What if Natalie Dormer was in ‘The Wolf among us’?”

"Bioshock infinite"

"Bioshock infinite" by David Cousens 

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"The mind of the subject will desperately struggle to create memories where none exist…"
-Barriers to Trans-Dimensional Travel, R. Lutece, 1889

Lurking Panda

"Lurking Panda" by David Cousens

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"Fear Of a Green Planet" illustration for SciFiNow Magazine.

"Fear Of a Green Planet" illustration for SciFiNow Magazine.

SciFiNow always gives me such fun things to draw. It’s a consistently brilliant magazine from cover to cover; you should go check it out. This illustration accompanies an article by the excellent Krystal Sim

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Magmanequethroni

I can’t tell you what this is for yet, but I had a lot of fun making this.

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"Standing, typing."

"Standing, typing."

A revised version of “Standing, Waiting” that I’ve just realised I never shared.

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Surveillance

Taking this image a bit further…

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Spotted

Spotted

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Transformers: Mirage sketch

Another Transformers sketch: the Autobot, Mirage (G1)

Soundwave, from Transformers

Soundwave, from Transformers. I loved this toy as a kid.

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Batgirl Selfie

My tribute to Babs Tarr’s excellent new Batgirl redesign (@babsdraws)

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Jade (from Beyond Good and Evil) Sketch

I haven’t shared a sketch in ages so here’s a quick one of Jade (form @Ubisoft's Beyond Good & Evil) just for fun. I was quite hoping she'd be announced as a playable character in the new Smash Bros game, but no joy yet.

Hope you like it.

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Coming soon: Sand Lords!

For a long time I've had to keep this under wraps, but I've been working on a multiplayer strategy game called "Sand Lords" for Geek Beach.

The game will be released on iOs and Android in the very near future, but you can play an early version on Facebook now!


Now that the game is due out I'll be posting various bits of art and behind the scenes stuff about the game again soon.

Have fun,
David

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