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David Ho creates dark digital art with irony. Pieces expressing grief, despair, isolation and sexual disturbance become highly emotional statements in cold, metallic colours on the artist's Macintosh easel. And each is forceful. Within the various software he has chosen for his pallet, Mr Ho is a uniquely effective communicator of the grotesque. Randy M Dannenfelser.
I've been called many things in my life, but I would fancy myself an artist first and foremost. After 10 years of working as a freelancer, I think creating art has become more of a necessity than anything. Surely it puts food on the table, but it serves a psychological purpose as well. Productivity, a sense of immortality, an outlet for expression are but a few reasons. Even though I've experimented with various kinds of media like oils, acrylics and airbrush, I find myself coming back to the digital medium time and time again due to its efficiency. I work exclusively on the Macintosh utilizing software programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, Poser and Bryce.



CLIENTS

Corona Beer, Simon & Schuster, Random House, The Source Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Interscope Records, Ziff Davis, the NRA, Wizards of the Coast, Infected Mushroom, Penguin Publishing, Seether, Ogilvy Advertising


COMPETITIONS & PUBLICATIONS

Society of Illustrators Annuals, Spectrum Annuals, Applied Arts Photography and Illustration Annuals, Communication Arts Illustration Annual, MacWorld Expo Digital Gallery Gold & Silver Award , Alternative Pick Jury Voted Series Gold Award, Design Graphics, Heavy Metal, Computer Graphics World, DPI Magazine, Society for News Design



EXHIBITIONS

2008 Group exhibit at World of Wonder Gallery, Los Angeles
2007 Group exhibit at Think Space Gallery, Los Angeles
2007 Group exhibit at Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle
2006 Group exhibit at Strychnin Gallery, Berlin
2006 Awards exhibit at Alternative Pick, NY
2006 Solo exhibit at Taipei International Visual Arts Center, Taipei
2005 Group exhibit for Random Acts of Art at Loft11, SFO
2005 Group exhibit for Spectrum Fantasy Art at Society of Illustrators Museum, NY
2005 Group exhibit for MacWorld Expo Digital Art Gallery, SFO
2003 Group Halloween exhibit at Echo Gallery, Chicago
2003 Solo exhibition at Taipei International Visual Arts Center, Taipei
2002 Solo exhibit at the Rocky Mountain Digital Arts Center, Denver
2001 Group exhibit for Seybold Digital Art Gallery
1999 Group exhibit for Taiwanese Art Evolution, Taiwan



BOOKS

2007 ILLUSTRATION: A THEORETICAL & CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVE
published by AVA Publishing
2007 SECRETS OF POSER EXPERTS
published by Thomson Course Technology
2004 DIGITAL ART FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
published by Harper Design International
2002 SECRETS OF AWARD WINNING DIGITAL ARTISTS
published by Wiley Publishing
2002 SHADOW MAKER: THE DIGITAL ART OF DAVID HO
published by Abaya Studios
2002 DIGITAL FANTASY PAINTING
published by Watson Guptill
1999 THE DIGITAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF DAVID HO
published by SunGood Books