Zack Petroc :: Artist Profile

[RockinAkin]

Great article - Zack's work has always been a huge inspiration!

[davidbernal]

Wow....so inspiring.. and.. sooo Awesome!!!
Thanks Mr. Petroc and CGsociety, really enjoyed reading it :)

[nightwoodwolf]

one of the best artists i've ever seen, always inspiried by Zack's work. :buttrock:

[jeffreyWilson]

I gave Zack some Maya training back in 2000, now 9 years since then he's a master and he's got me drooling over his work. He has definately left me in the dust. Bravo Zack!

Jeff

[PaulHellard]

.... left me in the dust

There's no dust anywhere near you Jeff!

[ha-dou-ken]

Zack is one of the biggest reasons i started taking anatomy seriously.Great piece.

[southparx]

I can't say how many times have I watched Mr Petroc's DVD and gnomonology videos and yet learn from it and amazed by his anatomical knowledge, artistic style regarding rhytm, weight and pose.

You are a true inspiration to many of us. Keep us charmed :)

Kindest Regards,
Andrew

[theflash]

This is very inspirational. Lovely drawings, and lovely sculptures. It motivated me to start drawing again. Thanks.

[Insomniation]

Are you kidding me??? I've never had the pleasure of coming across Zack's work before. Amazing stuff, really inspirational.

[Ammarkk]

Wow!!..very great reading..Actually Zack Petroc is one of the greatest artist who I saw them in my life..he have workshop DVD..I saw it..really it's so awesome...Godbless Zack..and thanks alot cgsociety...:applause:

[berniebernie]

thank you for this article


I envy his keen eye. Top notch!

[pOiNtPuShEr]

Always good to see work from ZP. Keep up the great work man!

[TyroneMaddams]

Thanks for the article, kick ass work!! :D

[MrPositive]

I still consider this dvd: http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/dvds/zpe01.html
one of the top 3 CG training DVD's of all time. It turned more people on to anatomy, proportions, and zbrush in digital human sculpture, than all the others combined. And in the same time showed the community what level was really needed in this industry.

[Chokmah]

Great, very usefull words :thumbsup:

It is your work and words that make me read anatomy books and sculpting/modeling the way I do now .

Now as modeling teacher, I still use your videos, and works as references for my students .
I hope many of them will be clever enough to see what is really important in your works .

Thank you Zack and CGsociety for that article :)

[ToddD]

I still consider this dvd: http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/dvds/zpe01.html
one of the top 3 CG training DVD's of all time. It turned more people on to anatomy, proportions, and zbrush in digital human sculpture, than all the others combined.

Quoted for agreement, that is my favorite dvd. Congrats to Zack!

T.

[rianchen]

Hi Zack, how u doing, wish u all the best and tks again sharing so much valueable industrial experience to us.

[Alphagsv]

Zack has always being on of my favorite artist out there, Great stuff man.

[DogBreath]

Great article still watching the Form of Anatomy DVD over and over, did'nt know about the Digitally Sculpting the Human Anatomy DVD on that other Gnomon site though, thanks for the link MrPositive.

[DuttyFoot]

zacks work is very inspirational. thanks for this article.

[oliveira]

Zack was one of my first inpirations when i moved to 3D art ,and always will be a top digital sculptor reference.When i see Zack`s work i remenber that i need learn soo much...

Alex Oliver

[PaulAdams]

I'll add to that. When I saw his first Gnomon DVD it scared the hell out of me as to what level you can/need to get to. It also hammered home the importance of anatomy, gesture, and just whats possible. I'm still learning of course, but thanks to Zack's teachings I'm a damn sight better than I would've been without it.

[angel]

Zack is one of my favorite artists. Being in the medical animation industry I really appreciate his knowledge and his generosity for sharing it with us. That ZBrush maquette has become an incredible learning tool in my work. Cheers!

[selwy]

GREAT! I wouldn't do what I do today without Zack Petroc...
Keep on rocking!
Best regards, Selwy

[frilansspion]

...aids I wish I had when I was first learning anatomy,” Zack says. no but seriously. amazing work...Im gonna start practising with clay again after reading this!! hats off to you, mr petroc.

[CaptainSensible]

Great interview with a great artist. I agree his dvds and tuts are inspirational. Looking forward to seeing his Attaboy work!

[shareme]

always like his works,owesome

[toonafish]

Great ! Big fan.

[Philly13]

Incredible artist, he deserved an Artist Profile article a lot sooner than this :) Awesome!

[PhuongDPh]

Zack Petroc's videos at The Gnomon Workshop is awesome
I know him from these videos

[rudymassar]

Glad to hear from Zack Petroc again, it's been quiet for a while. For me and I'm sure for many other digital sculptors, Zack is by far one of the most inspiring artist and teacher. His anatomy and character design lessons are still the best you can find. Both technically as artistically.
Thanks again Zack, for the energy you put in the video lessons and the amazing CGS Workshop! Hope to see more of Adaboy soon.

[AdanVC]

Yeah!, i agree with all of you guys, when i watch the male anatomy DVD, i was totally impressed! how with just a few tools and a couple of brushes makes and amazing and very very accurate human body!, and that was the moment when i say "Okey, this is what im gonna do, what im gonna learn" and i dont mind if this is going to be a very difficult process, because Zack Petroc and his work, gives me the motivation to learn something really complex like human anatomy so thanks a lot Zack Petroc. and thanks for this awesomee note guys! :D.

[joecyriac]

An amazing artist, and a wonderful teacher. His dvds contain such a wealth of knowledge.

[AlexanderHudson]

It's great to see guys like Zack bringing the 'old master' levels of study and skill to CG. IF you're reading this, good luck with the future.

[kolayamit]

Zack Petroc's works are amazing, love his sculpts. Thanks for this inspirational article.
(http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=6501595#post6501595)

[Kanga]

Thanks for the article.

Zack Rox!

[jojo1975]

Thanks for sharing this article. I've always loved Zack's work !

[Igo]

Zack's stuff is above average, that's for sure.

[Coldframe]

I still consider this dvd: http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/dvds/zpe01.html
one of the top 3 CG training DVD's of all time.

agreeeeeeed!

thanks guys for the article Zack is one of my fav artist out there !

one note": u'v repeted this text two times in the article
“I've worked in live action films where we needed to see how a creature might look as it went through some transformation and animated features where oddly configured characters needed to hit certain poses but the intended design that worked in 2D was prohibitive. In both cases we used quick 2D sketches as well as quick 3D block-ins to solve the design problems. A 3D model in ZBrush can be ported to a 2D package like Photoshop for paint overs, then back again with little effort." When deciding between 2D and 3D, Zack added that he chooses the option that gets him to the best solution in the shortest amount of time."







cheers

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