Danny Roberts
Amazing! That’s about the only word that could be used to describe the work of young Californian artist, Danny Roberts. He studied Photography at Cal Poly SLO, and then Fashion Design at the Academy of Art in San Francisco. Of his work, he says: ‘When I was five, I convinced myself that pouring mud onto cardboard was how to make concrete. I began drawing as a young child, but it wasn’t until a few years ago, when I decided to practice everyday, that I started getting better’.
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Quaymberley said | 3 February, 2010
Danny Roberts has such an amazing style and technique. I’ve been following his blog for months now and he is great at documenting it. What an inspiration to us illustrators!