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Helloooo friend of mine, and friend of creativity and FUN! Today I'd like to share with you a new drawing I have completed, and the story that inspired it.   Warning! I have not had any time to edit or refine the story, but I wanted to share it with you anyway, so it might be a little "raw". First the Story I had leaping from my head... Once there was a Koi Fish who wanted

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Hey there friend, I thought I'd do it again. That is, take you behind the metaphorical curtain of my mind's studio, with your invisible laminated backstage pass, and give you a behind the scenes look at my piece with the working title "Mother Nature". It's a working title because a title that doesn't work is lazy and I'm just not going to continue to support its lavish lifestyle

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Holy romance, Batman!  Last night I finished a sketch I had been working on. A romance between my version of Batman and Wonder Woman. I think it looks pretty fly like ice-cream pie, see below. Wonder Woman and Batman sketch by Daniel Grant Newton. Then, just before sharing it with you, I decided to put it into Photoshop to colour it in, used part of a painting I did

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Recently I was asked to create an art piece to represent the mythology of my cultural background for Harmony Day.  Below is what I created.  Below that is the explanation I gave for the painting. The myths and legends of days of old were well-known to the people who originated them; retold and expanded upon throughout the ages, teaching wisdom and attempting to explain the big

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Trapped in the office on Star Wars Day with a highlighter, two black pens, a blue pen and white-out... so drew this for you!

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Hey there Friday Freakster :-) Comic at bottom of post... It has been a little while since we've seen our friends Thea, Selena and Friday, so I thought I'd share with you what they've been up to.  Well, at least Thea and Friday. I think Selena might be on some sort of soul finding journey. I once went looking for myself, and lo and behold, did in fact find myself.  Here I am

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Scroll down to see pic! Hey friend, Hope you've been good. I have just come back from a lovely stay at the beach, and for some reason when I'm there, my imagination runs wild. For example, I look at the pelicans and think they absolutely must really be aliens planning an invasion.  I see two side by side and I imagine this conversation. Pelican 1: "I cannot wait for

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Hey there, what's wrong? This is me, Daniel Grant Newton. And you're currently on my blog levelling up your cool. Why are you crying?  You're not crying?  Then have you been cutting up onions?  Are you making a pasta? Oh, I know why you're sad!!  You miss Freaky Freaky Fridays.  I know, me too. But guess what?!  You can now cry the sweet tears of

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This is Part 2 of 'Spies, Lies and Mysteries Episode 1', for Part 1 click here. Hello there!! Today is the second part of Spies, Lies and Mysteries Episode 1. Part 1 Recap From Part One. Last we read, Aleksandra, the Russian spy, was being told to lay low by her superiors because of a notorious nazi spy killer had taken out all the other Allied Spies in Paris.  However, despite her

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Hello :-) Today I wanted to share with you, since you're one of my awesome subscribers, a comic I created last year. This comic is the first issue in a series I am planning to redraw and develop further, depending on the response I get from you.  I have broken the issue into two parts, sharing the first part today, and the second next Friday/Saturday. At this stage I won't say too much

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Hey reader!! Back by popular demand, another 'Spot the Difference' game I created for a funky magazine. If you missed the last one I shared, you can see it by clicking here. There's 10 differences to be found, and they are slightly harder than the previous game.  Answers below the pic.  Happy hunting! :-) Daniel P.S. This coming Friday/Saturday (depending on where

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Drew a picture of Donatello for one of my wonderful nephews, and then I thought I'd colour him in and share it with you, my wonderful reader! :-) I've given him quite muted colours, a simple background that makes him pop out ... ... and taken inspiration from all the depictions of Donatello since Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird brought him to the page

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Hey my lovely reader!!  How are you?! :-D It's been a while since we've chatted, hope you are having a freaky fantastic time and not been missing me too much :-P ...  (I'm working on some very exciting stuff for you, and so haven't had a chance to say hello on my blog, but don't worry, I'll be a better blog friend). Below is a 'Spot the Difference' game I created for a

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From the desk of: Daniel Grant Newton DGN Productions Okay, so it's about ten months away, but I am super excited about seeing Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.  As anyone who knows me knows, I love Batman, the Justice League and all DC Comics.   If the movie is even half as good as the comics or DC animated movies/series, it'll probably become one of, if not my favourite movie.

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A Shaman Sunflower summoning a fire djinn... one way to travel inter dimensionally.  Drawn by yours truly. Happy Friday! In fact, happy freaky Friday. Today I have part two of the Nik & Mike and Freaky Freaky Fridays crossover adventure.  And today's episode is a fun one :-) (If you want to skip my introduction, I won't be offended.  The comic starts after all the

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'On the Eve of War' - artwork by Daniel Grant Newton A new art piece I created to share with you.  This Friday I will have the next episode of the Freaky Freaky Fridays crossover ready for you.  Click here if you'd like to read the first episode of the crossover. - Daniel

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'Battle of the Rising Sun' by Daniel Grant Newton Hey friend!!  I've created a new art piece for you!.. and this one comes with a mystery. I call it "Battle of the Rising Sun", because the samurai and the warrior depicted are both in the Land of the Rising Sun, and are also literally battling at sunrise. So the name seemed fitting. Now for the mystery...  It appears that

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'Death on a Cow' - artwork by Daniel Grant Newton Happy Friday!! I've got two cool things to share with you for the price of one.  Oh, you're not paying?  Well, this is awkward. :-/ Anyway, today you can enjoy both my new drawing to your left, aptly called 'Death on a Cow'... because it is a picture of Death.  Riding a cow.  In the Countryside.  Naturally. And the

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Hey hey hey! Daniel Grant Newton - artist, writer, blogger. As I said in my review of the last four years of blogging (click here to read that article), the first post I ever made on this blog was an attempt to do an About Me page. Essentially, it turned out to be a story about ninjas trying to get an About Me page out of me, and failing.  That was four years ago to this day. A couple

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Hey there!! An early photoshopped pic I did of me :-) As I was going through my blog posts a few weeks ago I realised something a little special.   This Saturday will be four years since I shakily uploaded my first blog article. As if I were a forgetful (read: neglectful) husband, and the blog were my patient ever-loving wife, I always somehow manage to forget our anniversary.  

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A fantasy steampunk art piece by Daniel Grant Newton (currently untitled) Hello friends!   Another art piece to share with you.  This idea came to me as my mind wandered and I was compelled to create it for you. To me, it represents some of the greatest feelings in life: adventure, freedom and romance. I love how the lovers are so in appreciation of each other, and the

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Boom! Pow! Whack! Today I have created artwork of my hero, Bruce Lee. 'Bruce Lee' artwork by Daniel Grant Newton To me, Bruce is the epitome in many ways of what humans can strive for.   He had the vision to strive for what he wanted, even when to others it seemed impossible ... like becoming one of the biggest Hollywood A-list actors at a time when there wasn't much non-white

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Happy Friday!!!  Exciting post today...   Today is Episode 1 of the Nik & Mike and Freaky Freaky Fridays crossover comic. (If you'd like to skip to Episode 2 of the crossover, click here.) It has been so so so fun to make with the very very very talented artist Pebbles Dunn.  You can check out her awesome art at: www.pebbsartplayground.com Or follow her on

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Catwoman fan art by Daniel Grant Newton (DGN Productions) Hey there!! Hope you've had a fantastic week and are getting pumped for an awesome weekend.   Any less and I would be disappointed ;-) Two things.  First, I wanted to share with you this Catwoman drawing I did this week. And second, I've got some new news (more on that below). But first, the pic. It is a stylised version

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Hey hey hey!! I am in love... in love with this new program I found for my iPad called Procreate.  Yes, interesting name I know, but cool program. Essentially you can use your stylus pen to paint, draw and create, and it is AWE-SOME-NESS. I'm still getting used to it, mind you the learning curve is not as sharp as I would've expected, but I thought I'd share the very first image I

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