Original Art byJapanese Samurai Sword PolisherDavid Hofhine |  | |
 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Japan, Nihonto, Katana, togishi, Shinsa, polish, amine, The Last Samurai | ||
 1977 . . . It begins!!! An early GAMERA drawing from DAVE, Age 7. |
I
originally went to college on two art scholarships. After the
first
semester I switched to Industrial Technology and Graphic Arts
Management because I decided I wanted to actually be able to get a job
after graduation. So, find on this page some assorted fun
doodles
from back in the day. Most of the illustrations on this page are
from my teen years, so they're not great, but there ya go anyways. Top of the page is a diorama mash-up I created. It features giant atomic turtle Gamera attacking a historically accurate build of Matsumoto castle in Nagano, Japan. Both the castle and Gamera are done in an exact and matching 1/350 scale. |
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 Nexus cover after Steve Rude. |  Clint
Eastwood done in charcoal and graphite. | |
 Ito Ogami, the baby cart assassin from the manga "Lone Wolf and Cub" and the movie series "Shogun Assassin". |
 This
is a more recent drawing of one of my dogs. He's a Catahoula
Leopard Hound.
Lots of spots! | |
 1980's style Transformers Optimus Prime! |  Bob Dylan drawing I
did back in high school. Bob Dylan invented rap music in 1965 with the
release of the song "Subterranean Homesick Blues".
Disagree? Come at me bro! | |
 This
is an illustration I entered into a contest to design the 1989 window
sticker for entry into Wisconsin state parks. I called it
"Two
Snockered Badgers". I did not win. |  |
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 Seoi-otoshi. About half way between seoi nage and tai-otoshi.
Lots of pages filled with judo
sketches. Tori needs to get that left elbow up and maybe
rotate his right knee in a little more. |  Bonus
points if you can guess the model! | |
 This
is a layout map I made for myself for a keisho polish on an insanely
complex jumonji-yari I worked on. |
 Tank
sketch in India ink. | |
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Okay,
it occurs to me that my own art is not particularly amazing, so
included below are a few original art pieces from my collection. These
are pages from a comic book adaptation of a novel that I helped write.
It was originally titled "Ghost Sword", but ended up being
published under
the title Witchblade
Demons
in 2002. These 2 pages were drawn by professional comic book
artist
Keu Cha and inked by Jay Leisten. Click on the art pages
below for cover
gallery. Sample chapters from Mike Baron's
original novel here: Witchblade: Ghost Sword. FREE Ghost Sword audio book mp3 files |
 A judo t-shirt graphic from college featuring Ippon seoinage. Logo, text and color were added for printing. |
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 Witchblade pages... |  |
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|  Armor and matchlock by DAVE! | |
 
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Please feel free to contact me for more information at the following address:
E-mail: davidhofhine@hotmail.com
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