User talk:Dlboochie

dlboochie (Daryl Lee Boucher)
dlboochie is a British Artist and was born in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom in 1981.

dlboochie describes his work as story telling that has both benevolent and malevolent tone narratives and uses vibrant colours and heavy bold lines to create happy ‘feel good’ vibes, particularly in his more sinister pieces which he revels in the challenge of.

“There’s something oddly satisfying about creating an evil-minded piece, masquerading as a kind-hearted one”.

Subtle ‘hidden gems’ and/or ‘Easter eggs’ are one of his most favourite somethings he always injects into every piece he creates, which is usually either telling a different story all together or makes unique links and references to his other work.

“I love placing hidden things in my work. These all the things I hide do actually have a meaning and make sense, even if it doesn’t in the main piece it features in. Most of my hidden gems link to other pieces of work and various ways”.

His work is heavily influenced by his childhood experiences and memories from the 80’s and 90’s era, from TV & film, toys & clothing to food & drink, plus “All the other bits in between”

dlboochie traditionally hand draws a lot of his pieces before digitally inking them to finalise his specific colour-ways and style. “Being born in the 80’s meant whatever I wanted to draw had to be executed on paper, armed with a pencil and eraser, that’s how everyone drew back then and a lot still do, it’s a dying art!”

I guess I was fortunate in the mid-late 90’s as that was the first time I was introduced to ‘drawing on computers’ and 3D modelling in further education, so that gave me the mindset and ability to adapt to new technologies and techniques which has helped me get to where I am now. It’s so fun turning your coloured, hand drawn design into a vibrant, crisp version and doing this sets me up for my next and favourite part of my process, painting my 1of1 originals. Dlboochie (talk) 20:24, 24 May 2021 (UTC)