NormGrock – Illustrator
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Zidane Tribal 2000 vs 2014

For me it’s always great to go back and see how I’ve improved my drawing skills over the years. It’s fun to take old sketches I did a long time ago and redraw the subject matter in the way I draw now. The image below is a side-by-side comparison of an image I drew in college of Zidane Tribal from Final Fantasy IX and a new image of the same character drawn a few days ago. The image below was done in 2000 with pen and ink and the new image, labeled 2014, was done all digitally in Manga studio and SketchBook Pro. I have also included my process sketches for the new image which follows the side-by-side comparison.
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Growing up on the shores of Maui, Hawaii, Norm has always loved drawing. Since leaving the islands’ beautiful beaches and landing in Oregon, he went to college and received a degree in graphic design as well as an additional degree in digital prepress technology. After graduating, he worked for an interactive media firm in Corvallis, Oregon. While there, he was the company’s lead illustrator/designer and was responsible for creating illustrations, animations, and interactive products like video games. Now living in Beaverton, Oregon, Norm worked as an in-house illustrator for 10 years at a large education company in downtown Portland, Oregon. While at this position, he was the creative mind behind nationally marketed campaigns, numerous brand identities, toy and product designs, children’s books, as well as Web and interactive designs for the company’s design team. After leaving this position to raise his son, he now spends countless hours perfecting his craft as a freelance illustrator. He has worked with companies like Highlights Magazine, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Reading A to Z, Kaiser Permanente, KinderCare, and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI). He has created projects such as marketing illustrations, children’s books, coloring and activity books, video games, and educational products for these companies and others. Norm’s ability to draw has given him the chance to do the thing he truly loves: Create.

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