The Artwork of Joe Dinunzio

Last post was of something pretty from my universe. This time it is of something not so pretty to some. It's a shapeshifter in its natural form. Sometimes they like to let loose when they aren't impersonating someone or something. You know...let it all hang out. It's traditional pen & ink, watercolor, marker and acrylic gouache on 9x12 Bristol paper. #sketch #drawing #penandink #pen #ink #inked #rapidograph #copic #copicmarker #copicart #surrealism #darkart #scifi #fantasy #thesaltyslug #dinunzio #illustration #watercolor #inq28 #rpgcharacter #roguetrader #grimdark #warhammer40k #biomechanics #grimdarknine https://www.instagram.com/p/B_3lhnxHzpY/?igshid=1hbjljphtz5nq

I haven't posted anything since last December and its been kind of nice taking a break from social media pressure but since the pandemic started I've noticed that there is alot of amazing art appearing again in my feed. So I decided to dive back in and show what I've been working on. I'm not saying my work is amazing by any means but I felt like sharing again anyways. I've been developing my own RPG game on and off for over a year now. This is one of the characters I've just finished. A bad-ass, robot killing, bionic fist wielding woman of my Grimdark universe. It's traditional pen & ink, watercolor, marker and acrylic gouache on 9x12 Bristol paper. #sketch #drawing #penandink #pen #ink #inked #rapidograph #copic #copicmarker #copicart #surrealism #darkart #scifi #fantasy #thesaltyslug #dinunzio #illustration #watercolor #inq28 #rpgcharacter #roguetrader #grimdark #warhammer40k #biomechanics #grimdarknine https://www.instagram.com/p/B_tYKh7nbQs/?igshid=lzkz37kxk86m

I finished inking this the other day and haven't had a chance to post it. I think if I go to color this one, I'll do it digitally. To many little bits and pieces to mask out if I go and airbrush the background. #sketch #drawing #penandink #pen #ink #inked #rapidograph #copic #copicmarker #copicart #surrealism #darkart #adeptusmechanicus #scifi #fantasy #thesaltyslug #dinunzio #illustration #robot #inq28 #blanchitsu #roguetrader #grimdark #warhammer40k #android #droid #grimdarknine https://www.instagram.com/p/B6HTpXrHW_C/?igshid=1p2nswezyrpg6

I'm making progress...slowly but surely. #sketch #drawing #penandink #pen #ink #inked #rapidograph #copic #copicmarker #copicart #surrealism #darkart #adeptusmechanicus #scifi #fantasy #thesaltyslug #dinunzio #illustration #robot #inq28 #blanchitsu #roguetrader #grimdark #warhammer40k #android #droid #grimdarknine https://www.instagram.com/p/B5YSBDbHU3w/?igshid=1bwoaxq64dv4m

A little more progress tonight. Just taking my time and having fun. #sketch #drawing #penandink #pen #ink #inked #rapidograph #copic #copicmarker #copicart #surrealism #darkart #adeptusmechanicus #scifi #fantasy #thesaltyslug #dinunzio #illustration #robot #inq28 #blanchitsu #roguetrader #grimdark #warhammer40k #android #droid #grimdarknine https://www.instagram.com/p/B5HaX0vHGPU/?igshid=e8v6hc3b481d

Working on the design for my Mark III robot. Through the centuries the bots have been forced to evolve from a curious species focused on exploration too the current design built to conquer all those made of flesh. #sketch #drawing #penandink #pen #ink #inked #rapidograph #copic #copicmarker #copicart #surrealism #darkart #adeptusmechanicus #scifi #fantasy #thesaltyslug #dinunzio #illustration #robot #inq28 #blanchitsu #roguetrader #grimdark #warhammer40k #android #droid #grimdarknine https://www.instagram.com/p/B5EwH_Xnl8f/?igshid=o532o05n06f0

As requested, here are the inks before I added water color and marker. I've been doing most of my inking lately with a Koh-i-noor Rapidograph 00/.30 pen. I love scratchy look I can get with it, also the detail and the speed because I'm not constantly dipping it. Slugmug Brokentooth, a goblin druid from the Underdark. #sketch #drawing #penandink #pen #ink #inked #rapidograph #copic #copicmarker #copicart #surrealism #darkart #scifi #fantasy #thesaltyslug #dinunzio #illustration #monsters #roguetrader #grimdark #warhammer #goblin #goblins #druid #dnd #dndcharacter #conceptart https://www.instagram.com/p/B4qoYTrnZkt/?igshid=kqkacni5pue5

Slugmug Brokentooth, a goblin druid from the Underdark. I just joined a new D&D campaign and I decided to draw my character for the character sheet. He's 100% old-school drawing, no digital. Water color, ink and marker on illustration board. If you guys are interested I can share the inks. I scanned it before adding the paint. #sketch #drawing #penandink #pen #ink #inked #rapidograph #copic #copicmarker #copicart #surrealism #darkart #scifi #fantasy #thesaltyslug #dinunzio #illustration #monsters #roguetrader #grimdark #warhammer #goblin #druid #dnd #dndcharacter #conceptart https://www.instagram.com/p/B4l75FynbMM/?igshid=9mvdo66ky8bb

I had alot of fun with this one. My version of a chaos bloat drone...I hope father Nurgle would be pleased. #sketch #drawing #penandink #pen #ink #inked #rapidograph #copic #copicmarker #copicart #surrealism #darkart #adeptusmechanicus #scifi #fantasy #thesaltyslug #dinunzio #illustration #inktober #inktober2019 #monsters #inq28 #blanchitsu #40k #roguetrader #grimdark #warhammer40k #warhammer #nurgle #chaos https://www.instagram.com/p/B3dqAocHKmk/?igshid=r1dbfilwpj1s

Day 5 inktober : Dark Elf/shadow Demon hybrid #sketch #drawing #penandink #pen #ink #inked #rapidograph #copic #copicmarker #copicart #surrealism #darkart #adeptusmechanicus #scifi #fantasy #thesaltyslug #dinunzio #illustration #inktober #inktober2019 #monsters #inq28 #blanchitsu #40k #roguetrader #grimdark #warhammer40k #warhammer #drow #darkelf #dnd https://www.instagram.com/p/B3QzQv8HN77/?igshid=15pj3mm0oebrt

So I decided to switch gears for two reasons. First being that even though it was fun taking a trip down memory lane, I was not super psyched on what I was producing. It didn't feel "me" enough and it was a bit too structured. The second reason which is I think is interesting and a bit funny/sad is that I started losing followers. So I'm giving into the pressure and I'm going back to what I'm good at or at least what I think I'm good at. I had fun drawing this one. I really want to color it, but there is no time tonight. So stay tuned. #sketch #drawing #penandink #pen #ink #inked #rapidograph #copic #copicmarker #copicart #surrealism #darkart #adeptusmechanicus #scifi #fantasy #thesaltyslug #dinunzio #illustration #inktober #inktober2019 #monsters #inq28 #blanchitsu #40k #roguetrader #grimdark #warhammer40k #warhammer #nurgle #chaos https://www.instagram.com/p/B3N66pTnWgD/?igshid=3ag27bemcsgb

Day 3...Quincy. #sketch #drawing #penandink #ink #inked #rapidograph #copic #copicmarker #copicart #watercolor #surrealism #darkart #adeptusmechanicus #scifi #fantasy #thesaltyslug #dinunzio #art #illustration #grimdark #inktober #inktober2019 #quincy https://www.instagram.com/p/B3LlAUjnEbJ/?igshid=1fm2cp2qmlwva

Day 2...Grape Ape. Looking at it now I should of given it robot arms. #sketch #drawing #penandink #ink #inked #rapidograph #copic #copicmarker #copicart #watercolor #surrealism #darkart #adeptusmechanicus #scifi #fantasy #thesaltyslug #dinunzio #art #illustration #grimdark #dino #inktober #inktober2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/B3JAjpnHMe9/?igshid=189zv0isyffjw

So the first character I rolled was Dino. I feel I could of pushed it a bit more and gone for a more darker feel. He looks a bit too cute for my liking. Are you guys feeling this? Should I do another one tomorrow? Fyi I divide the dice roll by 2 to get my page number. #sketch #drawing #penandink #ink #inked #rapidograph #copic #copicmarker #copicart #watercolor #surrealism #darkart #adeptusmechanicus #scifi #fantasy #thesaltyslug #dinunzio #art #illustration #grimdark #dino #inktober #inktober2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/B3GfbGMn8RG/?igshid=l42rle8uj5uq

So for #inktober I decided I was going to have some fun. I'm rolling dice and drawing the character that is on that page. I'm only allowing myself an hour to do the drawing. When I was a tender lumpling I used to love drawing the characters from this book. So it should be interesting to see how old me translates what I see. #sketch #drawing #penandink #ink #inked #rapidograph #copic #copicmarker #copicart #watercolor #surrealism #darkart #scifi #fantasy #thesaltyslug #dinunzio #art #illustration #grimdark #inktober2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Gb7BRn5Jl/?igshid=9cwrdsd8bk10

Here is another one of my drawings from the Boston Fan Expo. It's my interpretation of Ironman if he was in the 40K universe. #sketch #drawing #penandink #ink #inked #rapidograph #copic #copicmarker #copicart #watercolor #surrealism #darkart #adeptusmechanicus #scifi #fantasy #thesaltyslug #dinunzio #art #illustration #inq28 #blanchitsu #40k #roguetrader #grimdark #warhammer40k #warhammer #bostonfanexpo #bostoncomiccon2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Z-LXqnIBg/?igshid=1qktas3zqe64y

First commission of the con is done! I'm real psyched on how it came out. John Carpenter's The Thing. @monkeyslovebananas and I will be at booth A701at the Boston Fan Expo. So swing by Artist Alley and say hi. If you are interested in attending use the link below to by your tickets in advance, a percentage of your ticket purchases will go towards my booth cost...and that would be awesome! Thanks hope to see you there! https://purchase.growtix.com/eh/Fan_Expo_Boston_2019?aa=4w75yr #sketch #drawing #penandink #ink #inked #rapidograph #copic #copicmarker #copicart #watercolor #surrealism #darkart #scifi #fantasy #thesaltyslug #dinunzio #art #illustration #grimdark #inks #bostonfanexpo #bostoncomiccon2019 #thething #JohnCarpenter (at Boston Convention & Exhibition Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1RfoIQnXPe/?igshid=42qxza90v7os