Brett Davis Illustration and Fine Art

06/09/2026

Another Sticker design update. The thing I like about these stickers that I'm doing, is that they are smaller, tighter projects with a more limited color palette. At least limited per design anyway. Altogether it becomes a much larger range of colors. However, working on them individually, I don't have to worry about more than a few primary color ideas. Plus I get to experiment a little more.

The other thing I like about this project is that I actually have somewhat of a hard deadline that I need to have all the designs done and printed out as stickers. (Now, which website to go with and some other questions that have arisen in printing stickers is a whole 'nother ball game. One that I've run into actually trying to get the pirate skull printed. Hopefully, I'll have those printed very soon.)

Here is my completed color study for the jack-o-lantern sticker design I'm doing. Have you figured out what's wrong with the design? If you know drop me a comment. I'm going to leave it like that, just because I like the aesthetic of it. I've also included an image of the line art I'll be working from.

Some of the colors are a little muddy in my color explorations there. But, I think that's due to the smaller size of the study and I don't think that should happen in the final. Though, I also did experiment with a few different colors in the shadows and I have a distinct plan for them in the final.

I'm also including a character sketch that I did during church. (It's how I retain my sermon learnin. ... you like what I did there?).

As always give me a like or let me know what you think in the comments. Thanks for following along!

06/07/2026

Sticker Designs update.

Hello, if you've been following along and are interested in my sticker designs. Here is the final Pirate Skull design. This is the image I'll be printing from. I'll be ordering about 50 stickers of each one to start off with to see what kind of response I get, and we'll move on from there. I'll actually be ordering these stickers shortly after I post this (maybe tomorrow depending on how long it takes).

Also, here is my current color study progress on my jack-o-lantern sticker design. I plan on toning down the size of the highlights in the final design.

Thanks for following along and let me know what you think! Thanks!

05/30/2026

Here's the completed 1st pass of the Skeleton Pirate sticker that I'll be doing. Gonna give it another coat of color and it should be good after that. Then I'll start on my next sticker idea. Which, I'm thinking will be my jack-o-lantern sticker. Can you spot what's wrong with it?? LOL Let me know what you think! Thanks!

05/24/2026

Alright folks, it's been over a month since I last posted. End of school busyness and all, those of you with teens know how it is. Or those of you with kids period.

Anyway, it's been a couple of weeks or so since I finished my DnD character sketch for my friend. So, here is the completed piece of Brak the Tempest. He's a Goliath Barbarian sporting wild magic and salt sponges. What's a salt sponge you ask? Well, let's just say, you don't wanna know. It's not a DnD thing per se, rather something unique to the character, so you'll have to ask his creator. Anyway, overall I'm happy with how the final piece turned out. So is my friend. For those of you who want to know what I used for the piece, I used Faber-Castel polychromos colored pencils on 100lb Strathmore Bristol Vellum. Size is 9"x12".

Second, I have the color study for a pirate skull and the line art for the final piece. I'm actually in the middle of working on the final as I post this. I have the final on the same piece as it's small and quick, and I'm actually planning on producing it as a sticker. I have six different spooky themed stickers plans, so stay tuned as I'll be posting each one as I work on them. I'm doing these with Prisma Premiere colored pencils on 140lb Fabriano hot press watercolor paper.

The stickers will probably be about 2" - 2.5", maybe 3" in diameter. Something that you can stick on your water bottle or something like that. So I guess that would make it more of a decal. Would you pay $3 for a sticker? That's what I'm thinking per sticker and $15 for the full set of six. I'll have them produced as I complete them and hopefully have them all completed and printed by late Aug - early Sept.

Let me know what you think in the comments!

04/18/2026

Here's an artwork update for those of you following along. And if you are, thank you for doing so. I still do not post as much as I would like to, but when you have teenagers, alas that is life. Anyhoo, on with the art!

First up, I have my current progress on my D&D character sketch for my friend. I'm about to finish up the first pass, and then I'll add some workable fixative and make another pass. The background is requiring a little more work than I initially expected but that's ok. I hope to have it completed by the end of the month, because I've got another project brewing that I'll post about soon.

Second, is a sketch of a pineapple house that I did earlier this year. The inspiration came from a co-worker who makes his own lego creations and is working on a pumpkin house. He said he wanted to do other fruits and vegetables as houses and so I drew up some small sketches of different fruit and vegetable houses and then worked the pineapple sketch into a larger piece.

As always, let me know what you think in the comments and thanks for following along.

04/18/2026

02/07/2026

So, if you're following a long. Here's an update on my Brak character sketch. Started working on the final piece this week. He's turning out a little bluer than I want. But, then again, it could just be me not being patient with the process. I always think I'm making mistakes that are messing stuff up when I first start working on something. Then as I the piece takes shape, what I had envisioned comes out. The thing about colored pencil is that I'm building up layers and I still have quite a bit of layers to go.

Also included is a sketch of Mer-Man that I drew. It's based off of the Masters of the Universe, Masterverse action figure. I did some embellishing and adding of detail that wasn't on the toy, such as his shoulders looking like he has some exoskeletal plates on them. Also giving him an "earring," plus a dagger and a pouch. I also made his "skirt" look kind of like kelp. Let me know what you think!

Edit: Sorry put the wrong pic of Brak up. Still not to happy with the lighting on it.

02/07/2026

Pencil sketch of Mer-Man, based off of the Masterverse action figure.

01/28/2026

01/27/2026

Here's some new artwork if you've been following my admittedly sparse posting.

First off, I have my color study or color key if you will for a D&D character portrait I'm doing for a friend. The character's name is Brak and he's a goliath, with a pet grasshopper. I'll include my original sketch that I'll translate to the final painting.

Next, I have a character sketch I did during times that I could do some sketching. Mostly during church. Shhh! ... Lol, it's how I retain the information Pastor Jeremy is teaching. If I just took notes, then I'd be the one sleeping in our church's hand gestures of the 5th commandment. ;) ... I have a ton of these character ideas. So, I'm always jotting the ideas down for future sketches when they come to me.

I'm not usually one to do New Years resolutions, but I've actually made one this year, and that is to sit down and work on art for at least on hour a day. Life has gotten so busy with one kiddo in the 10th grade and the other in 7th, that only working on art when I can do so for 2 or more hours is just going to delay how much artwork I can get done. I haven't done it perfectly, but it has resulted in me completing the color key much faster.

If you're following along and you like what you see. Leave a comment or give me a thumbs up. Also, if you're a D&D player and would like a character portrait, get in touch with me. I haven't decided on the pricing yet that I would do for them, but I don't know if they'll be as much as other pieces. Thanks for following, and look forward to future posts!