Here are some of the arms I’ve drawn. All are B&W or color sketches except for the one for Ms. LEM which is a finished product.

AHI

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/9044/ahiarmsbwsketchce2.jpg

BMCHS

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1628/bmchsarmsco9.jpg

DSPDPC

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/4501/dspdpcarmswu6.jpg

More to come……..

James Dragon

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/182/ffcarmsmm2.jpg

Mixed arms for four families that include JPII and Archbishop (now Cardinal) Stafford; made for this is when these four families came about through marriage…their choice not mine…

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/7272/firstarmsdesignun1.jpg

Ms. LEM

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8254/lemarmsvg1.jpg

Three families for one person sketch

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/2017/threefamilyarmssketcheswd3.jpg

more to come…

CCPC

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2413/ccpcarmsfy5.jpg

Mr. GDM

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2742/gdmarmsbu5.jpg

Mr. James Mitchell of Thornton

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1279/jamesmitchellarmsow3.jpg

Mr. M’Hammed Khouidmi

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7019/mhammedkhouidmiarmsnp3.jpg

more to come…

Ms. Lizabeth Trujillo-Silva

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7033/lizcoatofarmstwoxa0.jpg

Mrs. Adriana Villegas-Lujan

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1821/drecoatofarmsra0.jpg

Miss Bernadette Lujan y Trujillo

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/9480/autumnbernacoatofarmsly4.jpg

Fr. Peter Dinh

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/723/frpeterarmscolorsx7.jpg

More to come……..

Denny, these are very cool. A nice body of work. I’m especially liking the work you did for M’hammed.

John Duncan of Sketraw

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/435/johnduncanarmscolorvp6.jpg

Mike Swanson

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/869/mikeswansoncoatarmsfinalpn5.jpg

More to come…..

Patrick Williams

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/8272/patrickwilliamsarmscolormasterce9.jpg

Assumption Catholic School (these were the first arms, but I can’t find the final ones…)

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/526/assumptionschooltwopa8.jpg

This is merely a fanciful rendering to help give ideas to people…note the ‘tenny shoes’ on the man in the kilt…LOL…I caught it too late…oh well…

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7426/firstfullarmsbwsketchjz1.jpg

What do ya think of this sample of my renderings? Not bad…could get better…could be worse…see ya…

thanks Patrick.

You have a very unique, expressive and recognizable style, and I am sure that you will get many requests!  I can’t wait to see your website!

Thanks Mike. I can’t wait either. Clarissa and I go out this weekend for our first date. She starts back this semester as well (18 CRHR), so we’ll see how this goes. Either way I get a few nice dates with a nice gal…even if she is only 23, which for me is rather weird, as I’m 34.

Wow. Those are flippin nice. Nice job mate, I haven’t seen so many pretty arms in one page,well… other than the member’s arms page.

Thanks Louis. Yes, I agree the member’s arms page is very nice…I visit it almost every time I’m here.

Denny,

Very nice You do have a very unique style.  I like the arms and look forward to seeing your web site.  Best of luck.

Cheers,

Hassan

Thanks Hassan.

What did you think of M’Hammed’s arms?

He likes them. He even wanted the Saracen head at the middle point of the saltire. Which, to be honest I wasn’t sure about; it rubbed me wrong. But, then I remembered the arms that many Irishmen, Scottsmen, Welshmen, etc have with "savage" men’s heads and even ‘Englishmen’s heads’ as in the case of the crest of O’Moore. So, I figured if he wanted it and there was another precedence of it in other heraldic forms, so be it.

I have to say it doesn’t appear really French, which your thread mentioned was an influence in Algerian heraldry. But, if he comes back to me for more work I might change it somehow for half off if he wants it. I just like to try to give people as culturally native a coat of arms as I can. I almost feel like I let him down on this after reading your threads - I wish I was aware of them before I rendered them…oh well…you live and learn I guess.

Either way I get a few nice dates with a nice gal…even if she is only 23, which for me is rather weird, as I’m 34.

you are not the only one my wife is 11 years and 3 months younger then myself

I like the arms you have drawn, I can clearly see that you have been looking at other artists, only one suggestion perhaps you should try painting arms I think they would look even better then.

Denny,

I’m impressed with your emblazons and certainly see a personal style developing.

I especially like Mr. GDM’s arms, and the arms of BMCHS—especially the way the crescent wraps around the cross.

I like your emblazon of Hassan’s Arms as well—especially the crest.  As for the shield, the image is too small for me to distinguish the mullets: are they Vert or Sable?

Regarding the design execution, I think you should make the Turk’s Head a wee bit larger within the current saltire; right now it appears slightly diminished (at least to me) and therefore does not present the proud majestic (or fierce!) visage I infer it should mean.  Alternately, you could widen the saltire just a bit which would create more open space for a much larger head.  Also, I think the turban should be larger in relation to the head.

Looking at the crest again: I just had an idea borne of a design I once saw depicted in a medieval melee/mock-combat painting.  You could create this crest in 3-d on a real tourney helm!  Make two identical crests then join them at right-angles (down the center) to the other.  That way you would see the crescent-star from the four cardinal directions.

Good work Denny!

—Guy