As Promised

So its a new week! So as promised, MORE ARM STUDIES! I did 20 all together! 10 straight, 10 bent.

Arms and hands are rather difficult, in fact i would say they are the hardest to draw. (or at least for me) Drawing arms can become repetitive after awhile that is true! but never tedious! things only become tedious if you are already good at them. Art has no exact answer, no perfect piece! so practice, practice and practice! and never think of it as being tedious!

On top of that i always knew the term "practice makes perfect", but i have come to realize whoever said that sentence for the first time, yeah, probably an artist. I have started this rigorous sketching "boot camp" of really getting  cracking! Get some work done! and none of that fluffy, draw your emotions stuff! This is art as a business! Practice, improve, repeat! I have already seen improvements in my own work, and that makes me happy!

Without further a due!

Everyone enjoy the beginning of spring!

 

STUDIES!

Ok. so for this weeks practice, i want to focus on arms and legs! now i know the muscles pretty well and could name them all, and all that good stuff. BUT! as an illustrator, i want to work on the interlocking shapes, and some rhythm! SO 10 OF EACH!

(next studies i do will be to get into the arms MORE and continue down the entire limb, wrists and hands are always the hardest. SO WE DO THEM NOW)

Vector Icons

Knowing vectors at first to me (a concept artist) seemed like a serious waste of time till i realized its advantages. with that when i see an advantage its time to learn it! Which translates to tutorials! So this is vector #2, Iphone Icons tutorial!

(5 Icons, 2 themes (skulls + sports genres)

(1 1/2 hrs each x 5 = 7 1/2 hrs)

Heroic Idealized Iconic Female in Action Pose!

how many adjectives does one piece of art work need? dont know for sure, but they do say a picture is worth a 1000 words. (i bet those words are mostly adjectives!) lol so yeah lets get to the point!

I needed to do some concept artwork for a colleague, and work more with black and white, painting light, texture, forms ETC! so my co-worker requested Star Wars' Asajj Ventress. Without further a due, and random rants of nonsense!

(This piece we are looking at 15-20hrs)

(includes sketch, draw, scan ,and paint)

(Personal WIN!- took out my line work again...life is good)

PRACTICE!

 hello again all! so now to keep myself sharp you use a random phrase generator! DONT NOT CLICK TWICE CAUSE YOU DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO/DONT UNDERSTAND! learn it! do it! do it AGAIN! so this time it came up with the term "ill preparation". I instantly thought of malpractice in medicine! (due to things going on in my family recently) so here is this!

(took about 6-8 hours)

(personal WIN! - this is the first piece i have "finished" with NO LINE WORK!)

First post, ... introduction

Hello,

     My name is Zock Zochert. I am a student at the Academy of Art University, in San Francisco. I am creating this blog to further hone my skills, and lets be honest, blogspots are accepted professionally and I am a poor art student. Now I know there are a lot of blogs out there, and a lot of art blogs on top of that. Well I have got good news, and bad news! BAD NEWS FIRST! I am creating one of those said “art blogs”. GOOD NEWS! I will never do the blowing smoke up your @$$, pretty words, or paint my feelings. I am an artist in the 21^st century, its about speed, product, and meeting deadlines. Period. With that said, lets make art.

Zock Z

PS - I am going to post some examples of my work so you all know what to expect of me. Not to mention having a blog for me has a lot to do with seeing my overall progression. So i am not going to post every single thing i have done, that i think you should see. just things i have done recently.

Vector Graphics in Adobe Illustrator 

(6hrs.)

Ellipses over the body showing anatomy and form.

 (30mins line work, 45min Digital render)