Robot Sketches for the night

Robot Sketches for the night

Some Fun Sketching In Photoshop

Some Fun Sketching In Photoshop 

Late Night Doodle

I had some time last night to make a little doodle in Photoshop.

Made this with Corel Painter for Mobile on a Wacom Cintiq Companion Hybrid. Pretty cool version of Painter.

Tortosaur ideas

Here are some more Tortosaur ideas that I sketched up in Sketchbook Pro for tablet using a Wacom Companion Hybrid.

My daughter and her friends asked me to draw them some monsters. I have an old Wacom companion hybrid at home so I was looking for something to draw...it took me some time using Sketchbook Pro for Android to find the right settings so I could actually draw...but now I'm really starting to have fun and I can control the line work! Now I really want to take the Companion 2 for a test drive.

2D Art On A Galaxy Note 2 With Sketchbook Pro

Here are two new pieces that created on my Galaxy Note 2 using Sketchbook Pro Mobile.

It is pretty amazing that you can now do this type of work on a phone!

Hope you enjoy!

Last Call

Here is something that I crated for my Uncle Tommy Z for his guitar album that he will be releasing. Everything was created digitally in Photoshop using a Wacom Cintiq 21 UX and most of the digital inking for the line work was done on my Motion Computing LE 1600.

Petty Theft (Comic Book Style Render)

Here is something that I just recently finished up. It is an illustration that I created for a friend of mine, Doug Sayre. We used to work together at EA.

It is for his screen play that he wrote called Petty Theft.



You can see the WIP image in this Blog thread:

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Hope you enjoy!

Peace,

Nick Zuccarello

Wacom Cintiq 21UX and Motion Computing LE1600

Well...It has been a long time since I have posted anything. I have been a busy man, you know wife, kids, dogs, work, church, and serving God can keep one rather busy. I have been working on some things but they just are not ready to show yet. Any who.... I wanted to let everyone know about some new hardware that I have recently purchased.

First is the Wacom Cintiq 21UX. I love this thing, best thing I have seen for making art digitally. I really love it with Photoshop, Painter and yes ZBrush. I have had some issues with using it with Maya when the monitor is in the vertical position.

I mainly bought the Cintiq because I have been getting into this digital comic book creation kick. I have found to get the monitor into the vertical orientation (Like in the photo) I have to have the Cintiq enabled as the primary monitor and then using the NVIDIA Control Panel I have to use the "90 Degrees to the right (Inverted portrait)" setting. (Other wise the pen motion is inverted in the X and Y axis for some weird reason. It took me awhile to figure this one out but it is all good now that I understand how to get it working.)

I know that the Cintiq is a lot of money, but if you get the chance to use one for about a week, I think you will fully understand how it is totally worth every penny.

Well after getting nice and spoiled with the Cintiq, I started dreaming about having the same digital drawing set up but only having it on the road. Well then the IPad information started rolling out. I thought that this might be the answer to my prayers. Unfortunately Steve Jobs didn't hear my prayers. (God did and hoooooked me up)So in Steve Jobs eyes, if a device like the IPad needs a stylus then the device has some how failed in his eyes. Well in my eyes, along with a lot of other artist, a stylus is exactly what I am looking for with this type of device. (Oh yeah, it needs to be a pressure sensitive stylus as well.)

So after my disappointment with the IPad I found this thread on Concept.org

LE1700 - portable cintiq - IT WORKS! - now with video!




I ended up buying a Motion Computing LE1600 off of EBay. I was able to pick mine up for under $300.00. I was able to install and use Photoshop CS5. It took me some time to learn how to work with no keyboard but after some custom set up using Wacom's pop up menu I was able to make it work.

Now I have a portable digital sketchbook, and to be honest I don't use the Cintiq all that much now that I have this. Defiantly different experiences but the portability really wins out for me. Now I can draw on the couch while watching a movie, draw in the car on little and long trips and drawing in bed at night. It really is great, don't get me wrong I love the Cintiq but after this it feels like you are tied to a ball and chain after having a portable digital sketch pad.

If you end up buying a Motion Computing LE1600, you can upgrade the ram to 2 gigs (even though it says 1.5 is the max) I would also get the "View Anywhere" screen. If I had to do it all over I would get the LE1700. Better processor. But I view this machine as a temporary solution until a real Windows 7 Tablet PC Comes out that is the right fit for what I am looking for.

Asus Releases The Eee Pad 121 Tablet PC

HP Slate 500 Tablet PC

Comic Book Back Cover (Lucid Earth)

This is going to be the back cover to my comic book! I have a test print on its way for the first 8 pages to make sure that I am doing everything correctly. I'm going to be using Lulu.com for the first book! Wish me luck!

Peace-NickZ. :

Lion Of The Tribe Of Judah

I made this after listening to Misty Edwards song "People Get Ready"

1. Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.
2. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
3. But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it.
4. I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.
5. Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.” Revelation 5:1-5

Mothers Day Cross

I made this for my wife and my mom for mothers day. Thanks to any ladies out there that give all their heart to their family day in and day out. God has blessed us to have you in our lives and we thank you for all that you do!



Peace-NickZ. :)

People Get Ready

I had this image in my head after listening to a song by Misty Edwards. I hope to do some more images like this when I get time!



Peace-NickZ. :)

Dragon Head Color (Pencil And PS)

Monky Business Sketches (PS and Pencil)

Demon Sketch (Pencil + PS)

Old Sketch...New Colors (Pencil and PS)

AlienHeads (Photoshop fun)

Drew these traditionally and then scanned them and then colored in Photoshop.


Peace-NickZ. :)

Demon Vampire (Painter X)

I love Painter X!