Blogs - Zorrentos

So, it's been a while, to say the least since I was last active here on Moddb, or any other art or gaming related site for that matter. For the last one and a half years, I have been working full-time in a game studio. This, coupled with various social obligations has severely cut down my amount of spare time, and I have found myself unable to finish any personal projects. All the same, I don't want to be the kind of artist who becomes a professional and just completely abandons the online art community.

I have had the urge recently to get back into "study and grind" mode and improve as an artist. I still feel like I have a lot of room for artistic growth even now, and I would certainly like to see my personal projects realized as well. I can't say for sure when I'll be back (and really, who's waiting lol), but it will be ... sooner rather than later I hope!

Hey guys. Its been a while right? A lot of stuff has been happening in my life during the last 6 months or so, so I thought i'd make a short life update for anyone who may be wondering.

Last year, I got the opportunity to attend a trade school in Sweden called "The Game Assembly" and study for 2 years to become a game artist. When it comes to game art, its actually one of the best rated schools in the world (The Rookies placed it second best of 166 schools, including higher then schools such as Gnomon, Ringling College of Art and Design and other schools).

Needless to say, I said yes to attent. At age 29 whitout a proper career to speak off, this felt like a huge blessing. Hopefully, this will also send me into a great career at a game studio. I may come back to modding one day, but for now, all my time is spent attending and learning at the school. Expect a nice portfolio update this summer or so.

// ZitaX

Happy new year to you wherever you may be. Hopefully, this year will bring lots of good stuff to the industry and to each and everyone of you.

My life continues as normal. I continue trying to learn and improve as an artist with classes and daily studies. Hopefully all of my hard work will pay off sooner rather then later.

If you are interested to see more of my sketches, studies and other artwork, feel free to visit my new sketchbook at the Crimson Daggers forum:

Crimsondaggers.com

Always go to the latest page to see the newest work.

Until we meet again, take care.

// ZitaX

Just the other day I noticed that its been more then 10 years since I registred on this site. It feels wierd that its been a decade since that 17-18 year old pimplefaced, insecure edgelord who only cared about instant gratification and provoking as many people as possible decided to sign up here. I cant belive how many things have changed since then. In some ways, I have exceeded my goals and aspirations, in others, I have failed miserably.
I have yet to become the artist and person I want to be, but every day I feel im moving forward and learning new things - Not just artwise, but also as a person. Im getting rid of destructive habits at a rapid rate and replacing them with good, constructive ones. Im in no way where I want to be (in fact, Im at a pretty miserable place at the moment), but I will never stop fighting to get the career and life I want.
Heres to 10 more years on moddb that will hopefully be far more productive and creative!

/ ZitaX

Hey everyone, I hope you have enjoyed your summer. Heres some life updates from me:
* I wasnt accepted to The Game assembly despite my big hopes. I didn't even get to go to the interview infact. This was quite a hard blow to me, but I have decided to use it as motivation and push myself to improve my art and my 3D modeling skills. This year will be extremely important, and I need to improve my art as much as possible, so lets hear any crits you got!

* I finally began Plein Air painting this summer. Mostly in Gouache and watercolor, but I have also been experimenting with bringing my laptop outside and painting. I really love it and im hoping to invest in a good plein air Easel as soon as I can find one. If you got any suggestions on witch one to get, let me know!
P.S. Whatever store you link has to be able to ship to sweden.

* I relocated to a new location once again. Im looking for an apartment of my own, but the lack of apartments in sweden is ridicolous. Atm, im renting a small cabin from a friend, its cloose to nature, but the internet out here is terrible! Because of this, I can not stream atm (Its just to slow for it).
New work is on its way, both 3D and 2D, maybe even some traditional as well ...

Currently Learning theese programs:

Zbrush

Maya

Sketchup

My Main website: zorrentos.deviantart.com

You can see my art here:

ConceptArt.org sketchbook (Tons of studies, sketches and practice made by me). Updates often with lots of new stuff! Do comment and crit me!
Conceptart.org

DeviantArt Account (please ignore the old work, i've learnt new stuff!)
Zorrentos.deviantart.com

Crimson Dagger SB:
Crimsondaggers.com

Livestream.com

Up until recently, i've mostly been drawing comics and graphic novels. Just this year did i decide to get into concept art as well (im actually publishing a 24 page comic next year witch im currently working on.)

I don't know if anyone is interested, but should I submit some of my comic pages here as well on Moddb? Or do guys think that I should just concentrate on submitting concept art?

Also, im kinda thinking about setting up a blog for all my art. Does anyone know of any "free blog" pages or similar? I can't really afford to pay for a proper one :P