Schoolism.com – Character Design: My thoughts
First off what is Schoolism? Schoolism is an online school that teaches classes for artists. The classes are taught by working professionals through out the 9 to 14 weeks course (depending on the classes). They offer a self taught version for around 500 dollars and a critiqued session course for 1000 dollars. The classes are […]
Drawing apps for iPad part one – Sketchbook pro for iPad
Autodesk brings their amazing desktop drawing software to the iPad with the obviously named Autodesk SketchBook Pro for iPad. Sketchbook Pro is a powerful tool for doing exactly what you think, sketching. The star of this app is the robust brush tool with all the amenities that most desktop drawing applications have. Tap with […]
Sketchbook Pro – Review
My best new thing in the world is Sketchbook Pro. SketchBook Pro by Autodesk feels like actually drawing on paper. It takes a little time to get used to it if you’re coming from PhotoShop because the UI doesn’t work like Adobe has trained us it should. Once you get passed that, I’ve found that […]
Character design packet
Last week at work, they asked me to do a talk about character design and how I go about creating characters. This is the second time that they’ve asked me to do this presentation, the first time was for ‘bring your child to work’ day, and the older kids, about 12 year olds, seemed to […]
Drawing a Cartoon Head
You may follow these steps. If you are already comfortable enough with drawing you can move on, but it is always a good idea to review the basics. Once you know the basics, you’ll be able to start making your own changes and tweaks, which start to shape your style as an artist.
Facial Expressions
When sitting down to do a drawing of any character, one of the first things to think about is what emotion you want your character to express. A great way to show emotion in your drawings is through the face. Here are a handful of different emotions and reactions you can use when creating your […]
June Promo Mailer Process
When we first started our gang of 4 at Once Upon A Sketch we set the goal of sending out a promo mailer every quarter. We decided that our first was going to be mythological creatures. I can’t remember how I settled on my creature, mermaids, but I’m sure one of my friends here at OUAS can […]
The zero2illo 12 Week Challenge: Week #2 – Your business plan
If a week ago someone would have said “Norm, this week you’re going to write your business goals and come up with a plan of how you are going to obtain them.” I would have laughed in there face. Well that’s what the Week 2 Challenge was for the zero2illo 12 Week Challenge. I’m Glad […]
The zero2illo 12 Week Challenge: Week #1 – Choose your target audience
Well here is my week 1 assignment for the Zero2Illo’s 12 Week Challenge. I’m posting it a little late but it was done on time… Really. What is the 12 Week Challenge you say. Well its a website created by Jonathan Woodward to help aspiring illustrators get their careers started and well I’m not entirely […]
Screen capturing
A few months ago I started messing around with doing some screen capturing of me drawing. Here are a few of my first tries. Sketch Ink EP003 from Norman Grock on Vimeo.
Ten years
I was cleaning off my computer yesterday and found one of my first pieces I tried to do digitally. It’s a bad illustration of Disney’s Tinkerbell. I can’t remember why I drew this in the first place but my girlfriend now is a big fan of the character, so I thought I might update it […]