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About Me Member Varied Artist zacdac34/Male/Canada Recent Activity Deviant for 5 Years
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another day, another year...

Mon Nov 10, 2008, 11:34 AM
A pretty quiet year for me, as far as my own art goes... got flatly rejected for doing Marvel Sketch Cards last year, though I'm fully aware that my stuff wasn't up to par for that gig.

Also, I've been doing some "pro bono" art (along with some other folks) for a friend's sci-fi RPG*. Nice to be part of a group project, even if my overall pace of production was pretty sluggish.

Other deviants involved include my peeps :iconnorth-green: and :iconsin-vraal:

So anyway, now that OLD FRONTIERS is published, this stuff will be showing up in my gallery shortly, as I get around to re-sizing and adding obnoxious watermarks to them. And some of them are even SCENES... as in stuff with backgrounds, characters interacting, etc... weird for me, let me tell ya. :)

Kind of interesting working for grayscale publication. Oddly enough, I think it might be a bit easier to work in colour, because you can use it to distract the eye or enliven the work. Working in grayscale you have to pay a lot more attention to your overall composition and tonal values.

Of course, just because I understand this, doesn't mean I'm actually any good at it. :P

As usual, I resolve to upload more work, on a more timely basis. Big talk from me, I know...

zac

*OLD FRONTIERS from Frontier Games... look it up!

  • Mood: Neutral
  • Listening to: Philadelphia Roots Vol. 1 & 2
  • Reading: only comic books and internet forums
  • Watching: way too much Shaw Brothers...

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  • Current Residence: Montreal
  • Interests: art, cinema, plastic robots, slow zombies...
  • Favourite movie: ASHES OF TIME, DAWN OF THE DEAD ('78)
  • Favourite artist: Hiroaki Samura, Cary Nord, Malcolm Liepke, John Singer Sargent, Valentin Serov, Mikhail Vrubel
  • Favourite style of art: sketches, manga and post-impressionism
  • Favourite cartoon character: The Iron Giant
  • Personal Quote: "I have to get my shit together..."
  • Tools of the Trade: pencil & paper, oil paint, photoshop, Wacom...

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:iconrsp4:
Sick lines. Enjoying your work.
:iconisgar:
Hi, i'm just dropping a line to say I used one of your drawing to practice my coloring with photoshop. You can check it out : [link]

Thx :D
:iconzacdac:
Hey, that's cool.

Generally it's probably a good idea to check with the original artist before you post the results on your Deviant page, rather than afterwards... but in this case, I really don't mind. :)

Nice job.

zac
:iconisgar:
Oh you're right :s
I might next time, Sorry for that. I usualy don't post those kind of thing, I must have forgot the common courtesy.

Annyway, I'm glad you like it! Thx for the comment. :D
:icondeathless-master:
Finally! I managed to track you down. It's nothing serious, I just wanted to inform you that I use ideas and modify artwork of talented artists like yourself. I don't steal them because I give the artists credit for the original concepts. I'm not inept at art, I just can't think of any ideas that aren't already taken and I hope this is alright with you. Besides you can think of it as free advertising, and getting extra recognition for your work.
:iconzacdac:
Yo Deathless... :)

I recognize your screen name, but I don't remember where from exactly.

Regarding re-using my artwork, what exactly do you mean? In what context are you using the work? Just curious.
:icondeathless-master:
In other words I make some changes, whether minor or major, and create a new character. Another way is by taking small pieces of several different pictures and combine them into something completely new.
:icontenorguy:
You've got some serious skills. Excellent work all around. I was hoping to use one of your old elfwood pics as a character portrait for a game I just joined with a few friends of mine. It's the masked ninja with red manga hair. Thoughts and opinions?
:iconzacdac:
Hey, be my guest! As long as it's only for personal non-commercial use, I condone the use of that ol' sketch for the worthwhile purposes of bringing life to an RPG character. :)

I'm not sure what I had in mind when I did that piece. It was mostly a doodle and I just kind of liked the look of it.
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