Dimitar Bochukov - Illustrator

Journey to Felnoria cover

bocho — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:02:00 +0000

My new book cover done in Painter 11 and Photoshop. Actually, it was my first try at painter.

Sketch on old yellow paper

bocho — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:20:36 +0000

concept sketch of a fat guy

I made this fast sketch today on a piece of old yellow paper I found here at my crib.I created this fat hero without any purpose, just was sketching and since it turned good, I scanned it and gave it a little Photoshop shading and color.Hope you like it.

Jimmy Mack Book cover – oil painting

bocho — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:11:10 +0000

It’s something interesting this time. The summer of 2009 i was commissioned to do a book cover for “Jimmy Mack” by Lawrence Hilliard. As far as i remember the story is about a Mafia boss called Jimmy Mack. He owns a record label too. The scene is laid in the Harlem renaissance and the youth of New York.
Since we talk about Harlem and a record label in this story, my idea is to make something crazy of these 2 elements. I immediately came up with the idea of putting real records and turn-tables on the project building’s rooftops. I grabbed my painting brushes and oil colors and created this, then i created the typography for the title. Here are 2 versions, the naked art and the layout itself. Hope you dig it. You can order the book here.

Unimaginable pin-up.

bocho — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:38:06 +0000

I just finished my work on this pin-up. It will be included in the 1st issue of the comic book “Unimaginable”. It might be a top secret, but I’ll share it with you. I saw some of the finished pages of this graphic novel and they look awesome! The characters look very neat and original. My choice was to draw Lank; half grasshopper, half man. But anyways, let me tell you little more about this book. : Writer - Tom Pinchuk, Penciler – Kurt Belcher, Inker - Levi Skeen, Colorist – Zachary Turner, Letterer – Matt Nelson and it will be pulblished by Sean O’Reilly and Arcana Comics, pretty soon. Stay tuned for more info and don’t forget to check for more updates here in my website and Arcana Comics.

Donate Art for Haiti

bocho — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:10:55 +0000

Dear colleagues, show your compassion and donate some artworks for the children in Haiti.
GLOBAL ART AUCTION Donate your artwork for auction and raise funds for Haiti We are asking our friends, fellow artists/illustrators/creatives, designers and musicians if they can donate a piece of their artwork, or anything else, to be auctioned. Artist Sarah Larnach (of Ladyhawke fame), who lost family members in last week’s earthquake, is co-ordinating a global art auction that we are supporting to raise funds for those affected by the disaster. WE WANT: Artists, illustrators, print makers, craft makers & creatives. WE NEED: Originals, prints, zines, signed copies of albums, books.. everything welcome!! 3 SIMPLE STEPS:
E-mail: inkygoodness@easy.com with the subject line: ‘DONATE’
Attach a jpg(s) of your chosen piece.
Fill in the form and send it off!

Artwork will be auctioned on ebay and all proceeds donated towards the relief effort. NB: Artists auctioning work will be informed once their work is sold, and will be required to post their artwork to the winning bidder.

Donate form: Art for Haiti

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Splashes and rust brushes for photoshop

bocho — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:19:44 +0000

These are the brushes I am using for my digital work. You can download them absolutely free here. If you’re fan of splashes or rusty textures, you will definitely love them. Here is a little preview.

splash brushes for photoshop, gritty and unique textures.

8 remarkable old bulgarian illustrators

bocho — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:26:06 +0000

I’ve been searching a lot about bulgarian illustration and illustrators and my long search ended with very small amount of pictures.That’s why couple of days ago, I decided to write something about my favorite bulgarian illustrators from the last century. I went to the school library and scanned some of my favorite works. I admire their works since I was 15 years old.Actually most of these artist were the reason I got involved in this occupation. Nowadays, many people deny their tallent and consider their works “Socio-Realism” which I don’t understant. It’s true they have lived and worked in such a time and were influenced by some Soviet artists, but this doesn’t make them “social realists”. I am introducing you 8 of my favorite and very famous as well, old bulgarian illustrators, even though there are many many more to show.The first one is called Boris Angelushev.Born in Plovdiv,Bulgaria 1902-1966.Famous mostly for his satirical caricatures based on political and social themes.

2nd one is Ani Tosouzova. She born in Sofia,Bulgaria 1937. Here are some of her illustrations for Puss in Boots by Brothers Grimm.

3rd one is Iliya Beshkov.There is a lot to say about him.He was born in Dolni Dubnik,Bulgaria.1903-1958.One of the big names in Bulgarian art history.
Professor at the National Academy of Arts, Sofia and master of caricature and book illustration. Here are just a little part of his works.

4th one is Dechko Uzunov.Another big name in our history of art.He was born in Kazanluk, Bulgaria, 1899-1986.
Professor at the National Academy of Art, Sofia. He worked mostly in book illustration, graphics, painting

5th. Ilia Petrov.Born in Razdrad,Bulgaria. 1903 – 1975. Artist and illustrator.Worked mostly with graphic materials. Professor and rector at the National Academy of Arts, Bulgaria.

6th one is Ivan Milev. He was born is Kazanluk,Bulgaria,1897-1927.Very short lifetime, but unique pieces of art. Original and different. I love Ivan Milev’s art. It is no chance that his portrait sits on the Bulgarian 5 leva bill.

7th one is Marko Behar. He was born in 1914, Yambol,Bulgaria. He had graduated from Leningrad’s Art University.

and 8th one is Mira Yovcheva.Born in Sofia,Bulgaria 1929.She had graduated from the National Academy of Arts,Bulgaria. Some of her illustrations are for Nikolay Raynov’s “Samodivsko Tsarstvo”

Sorry for the bad quality of some of the images, but my scanner was very old, furthermore the quality of the reproductions wasn’t perfect.
Hope you enjoyed these awesome pieces.

-Bocho

Couple of old ink drawings

bocho — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:43:49 +0000

Yesterday I doing a review of my files and I found couple of old ink drawings.They’re dating back from 2004, when I still was at high-school. The first 3 images are imaginary interpretation of cactuses.I was inspired by the cactuses in the awesome botanical garden in Balchik,Bulgaria. Me and my classmates were spending most of our time there chilling and drawing. There is one more, sketches – nude figure

New profile at www.art-pulpitations.com

bocho — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:44:35 +0000

Today my profile at www.art-pulpitations.com was set. Thanks to Jared Woods, who invited me to this cool new art portal.
Check it out.It has interesting artist from all over the world.Photographers, illustrators, painters and etc.And here is my gallery at www.art-pulpitations.com
Another interesting thing in this website is the “artist of the month” and “artist of the week section”.

Enmity – Murderabilia album art

bocho — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:06:24 +0000

Wow,
I did a lot of work for these guys. The artwork you see here is front and back album cover + little book inside the digipack including small illustrations on each page (as you see).All these small illustrations are made to give us a hint about different famous serial killers. Each drawing has hidden message.
The song titles and all album typographies is another stuff I did. Some of the art is used for t-shirts too. I had a lot of fun doing this, because the guys from the band were so cool.They were always amped to see every new piece of art for the album.I like their music and I am proud that i collaborated with them.You can hear some of their songs at their myspace. And don’t forget to buy Murderabilia!