I found Dave randomly one day. He was known as the Australian stallion (self proclaimed), An instagram LEGEND!… His style cannot be ignored. Simple but playful and overlayed by such vibrant digital painting skills. I dare you NOT to fall in love with his characters.
Enjoy this edition of “5 not so creative questions” with Dave Atze. PS – All the “australian stallion” stuff is just a joke but completely true in my heart 😉 …
For those who don’t know you. Who the hell are you?
Hey I’m Dave, 30 year old Illustrator from South Australia. I love TMNT, Marvel, Transformers and eating Mexican food. I have been in the illustration industry for 5 years,and regularly attend comic cons (none international yet)
What do you do? OR what are you working on?
I do children’s book Illustration, comics, character design, branding, tutorials, commissions and anything in between.
I am currently working on a children’s book with writer Matt Nicholls, Some Character profiles for the Australian comic book series XCT- xtreme champion tournament and some Illustrations for magazines and publications.
On the personal front, this year I hope to release an artbook and an original comic.
What’s a tip you’d give to people? Something you’ve picked up along the way.
Continue to learn, new styles, new techniques, new media. watch tutorials of your fave artists and draw every day. These few things will help you in the right direction.
What are you into. Or something that recently inspired you? (Doesn’t have to be illustration or design related
Having a desk job during the week means you stack on the weight 🙂 So I have been getting into out door activities lately. I go for a daily walk with my wife and our dog, Then I run 5kms on Saturday mornings.
Things that inspire me are cartoons, comics and other artists (amateur and pro) Instagram is such an amazing place to meet and interact with other artists, I highly recommend it for inspiration!
If you could mash-up any two pop culture properties. What might they be? (And why)
I freakin love doing Mash-ups!! One I havent done yet that Id love to see is Venom and Pikachu. I love the idea of something so cute and cuddly being able to rip your head off 🙂
Social Media Stuff:
website: www.daveatze.com
facebook: facebook.com/daveatzeillustration
instagram: instagram.com/daveatze
twitter: twitter.com/daveatze
tumblr: daveatze.tumblr.com
See Dave Work:
I have tutorials on my youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/daveatze or just search daveatze
Buy Dave’s Stuff:
Prints and Originals at: daveatzeillustration.bigcartel.com/
I have teez available at: teepublic.com/user/daveatze