Saturday, December 7, 2013

A Memory




                                         
Personal work. I also posted some of my process, color/composition exploration, and my steps.

Studies from life. 




Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Work For Fun

Christmas Yeti, done for American Booksellers Foundation.

Character/Color study

Study from photo

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Friday, November 1, 2013

Digital Painting Class

Last week I taught an online class with Will Terry, Kevin Keele, Jake Parker, Brooke Boynton Hughes. Very honored that I could be part of this with such talented artists! This is the painting I did durring the demo, (most of it). The videos are available and will stay 25% off for another week!http://willterry.blogspot.com/2013/10/photoshop-power-day-videos-now-available.html

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Doodles


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Going though my brushes to get ready for a demo I'm doing with Brooke Boynton Hughes, Will Terry, and Kevin Keele. Sign up here:
http://schoolofvisualstorytelling.bigcartel.com/


Saturday, September 28, 2013

New Website!

http://cargocollective.com/zacretz
I post my favorite finished paintings here. Thank you so much Jocelyn Lui for making this for me! https://www.facebook.com/thebrokenclock?fref=ts

Friday, September 13, 2013

This Little Dude!

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I made this little guy for a quick animation. It was my first animation. I posted these drawings earlier in my blog but wanted to repost with the animation.
Character inspired by Sidekick on Cartoon Network and Fanboy and ChumChum, a couple of my favorite shows :)

Painting In Photoshop Power Day!




On Saturday, October 26, 2013 we will be offering an all day online live class taught by 4 different illustrators/animators. This is all set up by the amazing Will Terry! Who is not only an awesome kids book illustrator but a super nice guy and is so knowledgeable in the world of illustration.

Get all the info here:
http://www.willterry.blogspot.com/
http://schoolofvisualstorytelling.bigcartel.com/

Myself, Brooke Boynton Hughes, Will Terry, and Kevin Keele will all be doing live demos and answering your questions.
http://willterry.com/
http://www.brookeboyntonhughes.com/
http://beawesome.blogspot.com/

Sunday, September 1, 2013

New Project



Just testing out some brushes, and working on some characters for a personal project.

Friday, August 30, 2013

Space Clean-Up Testing

I was going though some old art for my website, an I kinda like this one. I posted it a wile ago but here is a higher rez version :)

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Ipad Doodles From Life

Top 50 best selling kids books on amazon!
Email me if you want a signed copy zacretz@gmail.com. Or you can order here.
http://www.amazon.com/Too-Much-Glue-Jason-Lefebvre/dp/1936261278



Friday, August 23, 2013

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Getting Jobs

Iv been getting emails with people asking for advice, so I figured I would share some tips on my blog. I hope this can be helpful. Everyones experience is different but learning from as many people as you can will only help you:)