Mel and Zowrsk

Private commission piece. Mel (girl) and Zowsk (one eyed kitten) on an adventure.

The Dam Keeper

I wanted to thank Dice Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo for doing a sketch for me and giving me some great feedback on my work! Such nice, humble, talented, and inspiring guys! The Dam Keeper fan art https://www.facebook.com/TheDamKeeper?ref=br_tf

#apaintingeveryday

...and my studio :)

32 days of paintings

I did a painting everyday for the past 32 days. Its kinda cool to see them all together, I can see what I need to improve on for the next 32 days of paintings.

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If you check out my FB- zac retz, Instagram- @zacretz, and Twitter- zacdretz you can see all of them. I will post my favorites here. Thanks for looking :)

#apaintingeveryday

My friend Rebecca Ninig did the first drawing, I loved it so I had to paint it. :)

If you follow me on FB- zac retz, Instagram- @zacretz, and Twitter- zacdretz you can see all of them. I will post my favorites here. Thanks for looking :)

Brushes!

People have been asking me about brushes, so I decided to clean up my set and let you guys download the brushes I use the most. (Some I have made, and some I have gotten from other artists, I'm constantly changing my brushes and customizing them, so its a never ending process for me.) Feel free to share with your friends and let me know what you think. Thanks!

                                                                                   zac's_brushes

#apaintingeveryday

If you follow me on FB- zac retz, Instagram- @zacretz, and Twitter- zacdretz you can see all of them. I will post my favorites here. Thanks for looking :)

Prints!

Hey! Im doing another print run of this painting (signed with an original doodle). If your interested its $17 (free shipping in the US, outside of US email me zacretz@gmail.com, with your address). I will also pick one random person who can decide what I paint for my next daily painting and send you that print as well  
(Send me $17 USD on paypal - zacretz@gmail.com, with your address.) If you have any questions leave me a comment or email me. 

#apaintingeveryday

A few weeks ago I started my new goal, to do a painting everyday. I'm learning a lot and becoming more efficient. If you follow me on FB- zac retz, Instagram- @zacretz, and Twitter- zacdretz you can see all of them. I will post my favorites here.

CTNX

Jillian Altmeyer and I were at CTNX in LA last weekend. So much fun hanging out with friends, 

meeting my art heros, making new friends, doing art trades... Can't wait for next year!

(Second image: Kun Vic Third imgage: Kurt Chang, Adam Dix, Alexandre Diboine, Meg Burk)

Master Studies

Scott Christensen, Thomas Moran, Edgar Alwin

Favorite Time of Year!

1. Values, leading the eye with light. 2. Mid to dark bace to start painting on. 3. Add in areas of light. 4. Sketch in the characters and add some details in point of interest. 5. Details and colors. 6. Finishing details. Added tools and scrap wood to help tell the story. Added more leaves on the right side of the boy for better composition.

Studies

Scott Christensen, Unknown, Tibor Nagy, Mike Boedges, Scott Christensen

Personal Work

A story I'm working on when I have a free sec.