Dave Kopka

The sessions have been completed for a minute now but everyone brought such a fervor of storytelling, I’m perpetually awe-struck. Dunno if I’ll chase doing more of these, but it’s been great to do as warmup drawings to revive diminished creative spark.

Lettered by me using Unmasked BB by Blambot

Made a short comic that was inspired by one of maaaaany moments playing DnD with my friends.

Grateful and excited to have been accepted into this year’s Phillustration 16 show at the Philadelphia Sketching Club.

The reception’s open to all! This Sunday 10/26 from 1 to 3 pm. Come say hi and check out some awesome art.

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I presently don’t have the articulation to correctly express what it feels like to close a chapter on a group-told story with friends. But man, it really scratches an itch for me. Learned some things, healed some things, and came out of this journey feeling inspired and refreshed.

Made some icon vignettes for the characters who took part in this tale, might make more art for the whole thing later on down the road. For now though, I’m gonna put the spreadsheets and near-100 page doc on this adventure down, and go play another friend’s game.
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Been feeling like I’ve been wading through wet concrete to do much of anything lately. But I’ve really been missing my sketchbook, so I’m aiming to climb out and get back to it.

Also shown here is a preview of a piece (in color!) currently in progress. ↔️

Take care, and be kind out there y’all✍️

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Pixel Loïc from the visual novel "Soul of Sovereignty" doing a little fire flower magic while holding open his book.

Loïc for today's #pixel_dailies .
Finally figured out how to do #pixelart in procreate, also finally played ch1 of #soulsov yesterday and hoping I have the time to play ch2 soon 🤞

This kind gesture truly made my day.
With just a small donation or a simple share, a huge difference can be made — and I can feel just a little bit of dignity.
Please, contribute… share…
Let’s make it happen. I’m so close to my goal.. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽😩💔

Links for the store and print shop here as well:

ko-fi.com/davekopka/shop

www.inprnt.com/gallery/draw...

It’s bad out here y’all. Keep your joy sacred. Let’s continue to look out for one another.

There’s still a few fun things at various price points on my online shoppe, and smaller (but not diminished!) prints of Make Sail! and other works are readily available on my print page, BOTH can be found following the 🔗 listed on my account.

Many thanks again to everyone who has and continues to support my work; through purchasing it in any of its forms, helping with proverbial footholds to climb, and via words of encouragement. I can’t overstate how much I take it all to heart, and carry it as it carries me.

Coming up for air to quickly say that the gallery edition of my painting Make Sail! has gone to a loving home!

Every artist I know is really struggling right now. Financially, emotionally, their confidence, in general.

If you like an artist's work, support them any way you can. Buying their stuff or subscribing to their Patreon is great, but words of encouragement are also incredibly helpful.

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Slowly but surely, we’re gonna cross to the other side of this page. Hoping to finish this month AND year out with a clean break!

Swipe thru ↔️ for details.

Take care, and be kind out there, y’all✍️

Here’s to more steps forward along the path.

Take care, and be kind out there, y’all✍️
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In the spirit of self-reflection during the end of the year, here’s a quick shot of the progress made for 2024 in my sketchbook. I’ll show some of my favorites in detail later on, but it’s been so gratifying to see the difference between this year and the handful of faces drawn in ‘23 (2nd picture).

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Back, after a much needed and highly anticipated hiatus✌️
Perhaps more on that later.
Small faces for now,
Take care, and be kind out there, y’all.✍️

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