HUBIN Magazine No.1 2013 | Page 56

Daniel Irving Decena deviantart I’m Daniel Irving Decena, striving concept artist mostly doing freelance work. I would say that I am more the illustrator type of artist. I started digital art about 8 years ago, after sitting in one of sir Von Caberte’s workshops with LDA. But art in general, I’ve been drawing for as long as I can remember. Drawing in class (trouble for the whole of my elementary and high school life), and scribbling whatever comes to mind. The themes I like to paint are mostly ‘Romantic’, a faceless hero VS impossible odds and or any chivalrous picture. Also, I like moody pictures, I love how the colors, shapes, and tones can play with your mood. That is what I’m always trying to achieve when I am painting. But... Hit and miss. My inspirational backgrounds were mostly books that my father gave me when I was younger and FORCED to read for at least an hour or two a day - every day. Sleepy Hollow was the first I could recall, then a succession of Shannara Books, and of course, nonstop video games. right: gecko creature concept pencil on paper 51 HUBIN MAGAZINE