[Stplmstr]

I like the simple design it is very nice and clean, and the research will definitely be good it will add things you may not have thought of to your designs Kudos on going the extra mile and a happy holidays to you too

[Orion]

You know, I am going to have to hand it you this is a very nice way of researching. I will endeavor to do likewise in this fashion and do the best I can with it.

Thank you Zest.

[PONBIKI]

awesome stuff I'm really impressed with your attention to details to little objects. like that necklase.

[Zest]

Thanks, you guys. C:

I'm working on a New Year's/belated Christmas-gift-thank-you card, and here's the logo for the front. Learning how to use clipping masks made this ten times easier.



I also tweaked my Secret Santa art for Arena- nothing huge, just tiny little changes that were bugging me. I think it looks better now, how about you?

[Zest]

Working on coloring Leland's intro comic. Here's a preview panel:

[Zest]

Howdy again! Hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day. I whipped this up for the occasion, maybe you can use it next year:



This was just supposed to be a quick ink of a doodle I did in class, but it turned into a three-hour coloring epic.

[Zest]

Doing some fanart stuff to try out some new techniques. Hoping people remember this guy from the 90s.

[William_Duel]

Hm looks like he's from Hey Arnold but he reminds me of the Sewer King from Batman.

[Charlie]

So THAT's where Luigi goes while Mario is in the spotlight .

Nice dude!

[Zest]

Hm looks like he's from Hey Arnold but he reminds me of the Sewer King from Batman.

Ding, we have a winner! It's the Sewer King from Hey Arnold. c:

[Zest]

Concept art for 3D animation project. Gonna be building an explorable 3d environment, hoping that it doesn't totally suck.

[Zest]

More concept art- trying to learn how to paint digitally. Photoshop, ~2 hours.

[Zest]

[PONBIKI]

Im liking what i see.. i totally love that little space ship. good luck with the 3d stuff.

[Zest]

Thanks,  man.

Speaking of which, here's a render of the 3D stuff I'm working on currently.



Annnnd a birthday gift for my girlfriend. She turns 18 in just a couple days!

[Zest]

Howdy everyone! I hope you all are enjoying some nice sunny weather. I have some new pics for ya.



First up, a new sketchdump for the summer. My goal this summer is to improve my environments, which means more plants, more houses, and more vehicles. I like to do pages like the last one late in the evening, when I'm feeling loosey-goosey. It's a nice wind-down, and sometimes gives me great ideas.



Some coloring practice, using a page from TODK's Heavyweights Final round comic. If you haven't read it yet, well, what the hell are you doing here? Go, and don't forget to vote!

[Zest]

Designing a CD cover for a friend's band. Ink drawing, manipulated and fake-watercolored in Photoshop.

[beardedMenace]

Pretty interesting, is that a finger coming out of that door?

Coloring is looking really nice!

[Zest]

Thanks, dude. c:

Here's a more recent mockup- they haven't told me whether or not they need a spine, but I went ahead and did one anyway.



I figured it was the nail that was confusing people, so I tweaked it to look more like a real finger. How's it look now?

[stefan]

man,...i started browsing from page 3 in your topic,..so much stuff to comment on !
but in a good way,i find it pretty amazing that you can switch from cartoons towards ,childeren pictures book like style,to realism(example the hands,..they rock ! page 3)

so yeah just s generic comment but thats because i have seen so much varation in your work,and i love it !

oh yeah ! i do think that for that cd cover ,the frontside is missing some definition in that ''Eager sign'',..just the pink ''cloud'' i mean.

good stuff all around

[Zest]

Many thanks to you. C: I love trying to work in different styles; within reason, I feel like all artists should at least be able to stretch their work a bit to avoid being pigeonholed.


Speaking of which, here's something in a slightly different style than how I normally work.



Poster I was inspired to create after seeing this crazy-cool music video. The song is "Bizness" by the TuneYards (not interested in spelling it the way they do, that's just annoying). Weird spelling aside, they're one of my new favorite bands. If you're cool with something a lil more experimental, click the link and give a listen.

EDIT: Changed the font style to something I feel works better with the piece.

[Zest]

Dug a bunch of old sketches and decided to put 'em together. I want to do one of those art improvement memes, but first I have to figure out what year these were all made...



Top three are from when I was... 12? 10? Somewhere before middle school, I imagine. The following below are through middle school, the lower pics getting closer to the end of my junior year of high school- that was about 2008, for reference.

[Zest]

New sketchdump from the last couple of weeks- some concept stuff from my last battle with David Birch, CD cover I've been working on, nature studies to improve drawing trees and rocks and stuff, and lots of other stuff.

[beardedMenace]

Man you really fill up those pages! Love all the random little faces.

[Zest]

Thanks~ I love drawing those silly little faces.



Here's a Sesame Street piece I've been working on the last couple of days. It was quite fun to draw all of my favorite characters. Void, who's your favorite Muppet?