
David Gray Holderman
Illustrator, Concept Artist, Character Designer
I am an artist and illustrator currently looking for work! I have a breadth of personal and professional projects which are listed below.Since July of 2022 I have been regularly posting on TikTok and YouTube as part of a long-running world-building project based around viewer engagement. Viewers will comment a name, whereupon I will design an entire character based solely on that name, complete with appearance and backstory, which I tie into this same fantasy world I've been working on for nearly four years. I have ammassed in total around 20-25,000 followers between YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, and regularly bring in tens of thousands of views per month.For my professional work, I have been working for the online animation group Kissing Party LLC for several years now as a freelance character designer. I have contributed to many smaller social media posts, as well as more prestigious, large scale projects. Some of the most prominent of these have been working on three different animated bumpers for Adult Swim, a short show under Adult Swim Smalls called Floor 999, and advertisements for Truly and the Mexican Olympics Team.
Personal Work
Worldbuilding Character Designs

The Feral Nobles of the Wyrding Wastes; Procreate, 2025

Fishscale Tinsel and the Thing He Pulled From the Bog; Procreate, 2025

Forgah Hagkisser and Her Harem of Hags; Procreate, 2026

Garbunk, the Armadillo Rider From the East; Procreate, 2026

Khalshul the Gullmaster; Procreate, 2025

Ba'ask the Bloody, the Hated Wyrm; Procreate, 2025

Oorak Cloud Rider, Wizard of the North; Procreate, 2026

Sayim the Wandering Undertaker and Her Manticores; Procreate, 2026
BFA Capstone Paintings
As part of my Bachelor's of Fine Arts, all students are required to host a gallery show exhibiting a body of their work. For my show, I created five large-scale landscape paintings, each of them sized at 4'x2'. These pieces are meant to explore the sublime of nature, contrasting subtle religious references to emphasize the almost spiritual impact of the natural world.

"Monolith"; Oils, 2024

"Solstice"; Oils, 2024

"Obelisk"; Oils, 2024

"Cairn"; Oils, 2024

"Communion"; Oils, 2024
Professional Work
Floor 999 Assets and Sketches (Adult Swim Smalls show)

"Floor 999 Poster"; Procreate, 2025

"Catman"; Procreate, 2025

"Surreal Elevator"; Procreate, 2025

"Fishtank Background"; Procreate, 2025

"Poolroom background"; Procreate, 2025

"Fleshy Background"; Procreate, 2025

"Possum Closeup"; Procreate, 2025

"Guy Perspective"; Procreate, 2025

"Background Thumbnails"; Procreate, 2025

"Elevator Sketch"; Procreate, 2025

"Poster Sketch"; Procreate, 2025
Truly Hard Seltzer Ad

"Truly Ad Scene 1"; Procreate, 2025

"Truly Ad Scene 2"; Procreate, 2025

"Background Sketch"; Procreate, 2025

"Frog Concepts"; Procreate, 2025

"Thieving Eagle"; Procreate, 2025
Links to Completed Projects
Picture Posts for Kissing Party's Instagram

"My heart is full"; Procreate, 2024

"Game recognized game"; Procreate, 2024

"He knows"; Procreate 2024

"Don't overthink it"; Procreate, 2024

"I overthought it"; Procreate, 2024

"You're a-MAIZE-ing"; Procreate, 2024

"We are meant to be"; Procreate, 2024

"I got that dog in me"; Procreate 2024

"You've got a hold on me"; Procreate, 2024






