Zanben's Art Labs

zanben 2016-09-29 15:59:57 UTC #1

Hello everyone I'm Wesley, (Zanben)

Here are some social media links if anyone would like to see my stuff there too! ^__^
DeviantArt
ArtStation

Now that that is out of the way, I am a Fine Arts grad who is mostly self taught in the way of digital painting and is starting to dabble in 3D sculpting. I'm starting this artblog to help motivate myself and to keep track of my progress and studies. My goal for the next year is to break into the concept art industry for games and I am going to try to accomplish that by working on my craft and portfolio. That is the goal!!

I want to keep this space updated daily with my studies and works in progress, so feel free to leave any comments or criticisms. ^__^

So I'll start with some sketches I've done the other day!

Thanks for stopping by! ^__^

oshred 2016-09-29 16:36:01 UTC #2

Hi zanben, great sketches you got here! :] I especially like the bearded dude in profile haha~ Keep it up & I'm looking forward to what else you post!

zanben 2016-09-29 18:27:15 UTC #3

@oshred Thanks man!!

miike 2016-09-30 11:10:22 UTC #4

Love this type of thing I fill sketch book pages like this all the time can't wait to see more, they are all looking good

zanben 2016-10-01 15:56:24 UTC #5

@miike Thanks a bunch!

Here are some of the sketches I've been doing recently. Working on my mechanical design skills

thesolidmoose 2016-10-03 17:44:14 UTC #6

Hey! I found your blog! I love your stuff! Your mech designs are DOPE.
I really want to increase the quality of my mechs because i LOVE them.
(since im a huge metal gear fan) lol
I hope you keep posting!

stealcase 2016-10-13 13:09:45 UTC #7

Very smart and directed study tactic, should follow your example on that front. ^_^

zanben 2016-10-24 13:51:33 UTC #8

@thesolidmoose Thanks a bunch! And I will try better to post more regularly
@stealcase Thanks!!

Here are a couple of little digital sketches

Oliver the Lazy Sword Mage "Yeah it's true. What can I say, I am pretty lazy." -Oliver

A little nightelf sketch for practice and for fun ^___^

ragamuffin 2016-10-24 16:27:12 UTC #9

Hello! Nice work with your sketchbook so far
If i may offer a criticism and suggestion, it would be to work more on anatomical structure. In the last drawing, if you were to analyse the tridimensional structure, the symmetry of is not accurately observed, the right ear would be a lot more visible, and the right eye doesn't quite fit the skull (and both eyes look very close together). Her neck is also a bit thick.
I recommend drawing a bunch of human skulls for practice. This will help you draw heads better, obviously, but also help with general 3d forms.

zanben 2016-10-25 04:17:15 UTC #10

@ragamuffin Thanks a bunch for the little crit!

Here is my painting for this past week's weekly

"With great sorrow, she took on the mantle of the White Devil." -Excerpt from The Myth of Origins

And another little painting of a fish person

It's nice getting back into the swing of things and hopefully more fun stuff to come in a timely manner!! ^____^

zanben 2016-10-26 20:56:42 UTC #11

Red Knight
Just a bit of painting practice ^__^

mar_cynwer 2016-10-27 04:37:45 UTC #12

Nice work you have here, I really like that fish person with his lamp thing.
Fishmen should be used more in general fantasy (and scifi)

noxmoony 2016-11-01 10:37:51 UTC #13

Zanben really great new sketches man! Especially love the latest one, nice job with the painterly shading on that one. I also reeeally love Oliver the Lazy Sword Mage drawing, it's super charming and has a really fun vibe going on. Good stuff man, lookin forward to seeing more!

zanben 2016-11-14 21:24:51 UTC #14

@mar_cynwer Thanks!!
@noxmoony Thanks a bunch man, I'm glad you liked my lazy sword mage!!

Sorry for not being more active here, I will do better!! Here is some of the stuff I've been playing around with. ^___^

zanben 2017-03-02 13:11:28 UTC #15

Hello everyone, it has been awhile... nevertheless here is some art stuffs! ^___^

soluxos 2017-03-02 19:01:36 UTC #16

It's good to have you back here Wesley :3 Your newest pieces are awesome. I love the moss knight creature, and the personality of the elf character. I hope you'l post more frequently [:

Firathion 2017-03-03 14:07:08 UTC #17

Loving the concepts!

zanben 2017-04-03 03:11:37 UTC #18

@soluxos Thanks a bunch!! Now that I'm almost done with my class I hope to be posting here more often!!
@Firathion Thanks!! ^___^

Here are a few sketches I've done recently in my free time ^__^

zanben 2017-04-21 15:55:03 UTC #19

More arts ^__^

zanben 2017-04-22 03:41:03 UTC #20

Moar arts ^___^ Let's see if I can keep it up lolz