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

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.

Professional Work

Floor 999 Assets and Sketches (Adult Swim Smalls show)

Truly Hard Seltzer Ad

Links to Completed Projects

Picture Posts for Kissing Party's Instagram