Brian 'Zesty' Wolf's Art

Brian 'Zesty' Wolf's Art
« on: Mar 04, 2010, 12:56 PM »
Hello all! I'm Brian, AKA Theo or AmanitaZest- whichever name you prefer. I like drawing comics and cartoony junk, and have been doing so for most of my life. I heard about EnterVoid through ZsaBreuser and SpeedKing, and I'm eager to see more of the community here and (of course) make comics! Here's some of my latest pieces.

Lately I've been experimenting more with colors and odd combinations. I was inspired after poring over a collection of old Hanna-Barbera backgrounds to try and be bolder with my choices, so this was one of my first attempts.




This is the iD for my DeviantArt page and another color experiment- I noticed that a lot of the coolest backgrounds I saw had lots of neutral colors, so I wanted to see if I could get away with that.



Concept art for a character I want to enter in Void. I've got a couple other projects I wanna work on first though, so I don't know how long it'll be before I set up a proper thread for him.


« Last Edit: Apr 18, 2014, 04:44 PM by Zest »

Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #1 on: Mar 04, 2010, 03:09 PM »
your stuff is so fresh! i really dig your ink work, i think you should see where you can go with that. definitely keep developing backgrounds as well, you've got a good thing going on. and comics! please show us some comics you've got!

welcome to void, hope to see more from you soon!

Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #2 on: Mar 04, 2010, 09:36 PM »
I really like this cartoony style of yours :D

Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #3 on: Mar 05, 2010, 05:04 PM »
Thanks! Here are some of my most recent comics:

THese are two pages from my audition for an awesome zombie-themed OCT called DeviantDead:




And here's a page from my Round 1 comic:



Weirdly enough, I lost the first round, but my characters were recruited by my opponent, and after he lost the next round his opponent adopted them. So, while I lost my first OCT, there's still a possibility that my characters might make it to the end.

Here's a page from the new comic I'm working on:



And for a little bonus, here are some little designs I whipped up last fall. I was initially excited when I found out that Warner Bros. produced some skateboards to promote Where the Wild Things Are, but found the end result to be.... lacking. Their designs are on the left, and my attempts to do better are on the right.


Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #4 on: Mar 05, 2010, 06:19 PM »
oh my god... I think I love you. please stay here forever and ever.

Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #5 on: Mar 05, 2010, 07:04 PM »
Red?!  What will Kratos think?!

Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #6 on: Mar 05, 2010, 10:03 PM »
And what about ??
(i've been meaning to use this one for a while, red, please forgive me!)

Theo, when you take your time with your work, it looks fantastic. Your DD audition looked a little rushed compared to your other pages. In any case, you've definitely got chops. Here's hoping you continue to refine and develop your skills here!

Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #7 on: Mar 06, 2010, 12:05 PM »
Haha, my DD audition is actually the earliest of all those- I drew that October 09, and then Round 1 was December 09, and the latest comic was from February of this year.

Speaking of which, here's another page for that comic:



If you're interested, you can read the rest [urll=http://amanitazest.deviantart.com/]on my DA page.[/url]

And to prove that I don't just do cartoony stuff, here's some of my more realistic stuff.




Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #8 on: Mar 17, 2010, 08:37 PM »

Here are a couple little things I've done over the past two days. It's finally sunny and warm outside again, so I celebrated with a little bit of scenery drawing. I tried my best to not cheat the tree branches, but I couldn't help myself. I'm really proud of the big one, I spent roughly an hour eyeballing the whole area and drawing it by hand.  



I'm also almost done with another color page- just need to flesh out what backgrounds I have. I'm trying to go for more manga-style efficiency, and drawing only what absolutely needs to be seen. Hopefully it won't look totally cheap.


Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #9 on: Mar 17, 2010, 09:03 PM »
I think "manga-style efficiency" might be a little misleading. Good manga-ka aren't more efficient than anyone else, they just use space differently. That said, leaving the open backgrounds isn't really helping you at all in the last couple of pages. Most artists use it to achieve an effect of poignancy, but I don't think you've quite got it. The amount of white space between the panels and the "open" panels is a little awkward, and doesn't really point us to anything. Use it to highlight a single specific element, and it probably  will look much better.

hope this helps!

ps: don't worry about cheating with the branches, drawing the texture and shape is much more important than trying to get every single specific branch.

Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #10 on: Mar 18, 2010, 08:45 PM »
Okay, I've played around with the page a bit. Does this look any better?


Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #11 on: Mar 18, 2010, 10:00 PM »
i like the addition of a minor background on the bottom left panel, but the bottom right still doesn't look right. you're not emphasizing a character or object, which is what empty backgrounds are supposed to do, and this is creating the awkward spacing in that corner. Either lump all the bandmates to one unit (getting rid of the trapped space between them and the panel above), or use a legitimate background and find another way to show the flier.

Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #12 on: Mar 23, 2010, 01:25 PM »
This is not at all inspired by a certain new game that came out. No sir.


Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #13 on: Mar 23, 2010, 01:28 PM »
haha you people need to stop making me want to spend money on Pokemon
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Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #14 on: Mar 23, 2010, 08:25 PM »
My diamond version is good enough to kick all of your asses.

Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #15 on: Mar 31, 2010, 05:44 PM »
Fanart for Selenedragon's Renard, a character from DeviantDead, an OCT I competed in late last year. I was taken out of the first round, but my characters are still going on (long story, that one). Anyways, Renard is a British professor with a little chicken farm and a dog named Charlie that's followed him into a city infested with zombies, but more to the point, he also has a wife who passed away some time before DeviantDead started- I had always wanted to draw the two together, so I took time out today to get it done.


Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #16 on: Apr 01, 2010, 12:15 AM »
posing and proportions, cannot stress this enough. it's a nice image, and it gets the mood across well, but shapes of the hands, torso, and legs are really weird. i'm sure someone can redline you if you need it.

have you started a sketch/studies thread yet?

Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #17 on: Apr 01, 2010, 12:35 PM »
I haven't started a thread like that- what exactly is it for?

I know that Renard's right hand still looks a little off, but if you'd be willing to point out the other errors, I 'd really appreciate it. Here are the character sheets I referenced while making this, if you're interested.




Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #18 on: Apr 01, 2010, 11:58 PM »
Basically, just post your sketches and life studies in this thread so we can see the "homework" side of your art. Seeing you render realistic human beings and environments is a good way to gauge your skills, and will provide ways for us to help you improve.

Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #19 on: Apr 02, 2010, 12:51 PM »
Hmm, okay- I had some of that stuff earlier in the thread, but here's some more sketches that I did today.


Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #20 on: Apr 04, 2010, 08:33 PM »


Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #21 on: May 04, 2010, 04:40 PM »
Posting a bunch of stuff from my art class:








I'm alive, I swear.

Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #22 on: May 09, 2010, 05:05 PM »
Happy Mother's Day, everyone!


Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #23 on: May 13, 2010, 04:44 PM »


WIP for a poster I'm designing for a friend of mine. She wanted something colorful with robots in it, so I created a band for her called The Last Question. From right to left, the band members are Powell/Donovan, Edison, and Everest. They're a cogcore group, with some vernepunk influence and more than a few pages borrowed from bands like The Good Doctor Moreau.

Re: Theo/AmanitaZest's Junk
« Reply #24 on: May 13, 2010, 05:00 PM »
Loving your color choices and life in your work! I wonder if the newest image would work with a little color in the background, since the white really takes away from everything
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