Arrival of SkyHeart by Jake Parker
Oh what joy! I have received the long awaited book from Jake Parker “SkyHeart Book I: The Search for the Star Seed”!!! It is a very merry Inktober indeed!
Learn more about SkyHeart at www.MrJakeParker.com and at www.SVSLearn.com.
See my original post about this with additional links to Jake & SVSLearn:
http://quietyell.com/2018/06/10/skyheart-by-jake-parker/
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Arrival of the Kickstarter Books of Lorenzo Etherington
I got this most delightful package today!!!
Here’s my blog post from March 11th about backing the Kickstarter:
http://quietyell.com/2018/03/11/backed-kickstarter-of-lorenzo-etherington/
Here’s text from my Instagram.com/QuietYellSketches post on March 11th :
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgMLkZilh-4/ : Delighted to have backed the @Kickstarter by @EtheringtonBrothers : How to THINK when you DRAW BOOK + SKETCHBOOK 3 + STRANSKI: A 200 PAGE HARDBACK BOOK of Lorenzo Etherington’s HOW TO THINK WHEN YOU DRAW tutorials + a NEW 600 PAGE sketchbook + STRANSKI reprint : [KICKSTARTER LINK] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1378058646/how-to-think-when-you-draw-book-sketchbook-3-stran
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SkyHeart by Jake Parker
Excited to support & pre-order the new book, SkyHeart, by Jake Parker of SVSLearn — Congratulations Jake on the exceptional work and labor of love! I look forward to enjoying it!
Pre-order your copy here: shop.mrjakeparker.com
Learn More:
Jake Parker : MrJakeParker.com
- Instagram : @jakeparker
- Instagram : @jakeparkertools
- Twitter : @mrjakeparker
- Facebook : @jakeparkerart
- Pinterest : @mrjakeparker
- YouTube : @jakeparker44
Inktober : Inktober.com
SVSLearn : SVSLearn.com
- SVSLearn Forum : forum.svslearn.com
- Instagram : @svslearn
- Twitter : @SVSLearn
- Facebook : @schoolofvisualstorytelling
- Facebook (Closed Group): @595547637134211
- Pinterest : @societyofvisual
- YouTube : @SVSLearn
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Alienware = Fun
These past months I’ve had the great pleasure of illustrating assets & re-skinning loyalty rewards games (LRG) with Cataboom for Alienware Arena (The community site for Alienware, Dell’s gaming computer division).
In addition to creating assets & skins for “generic” Alienware LRG, I’ve also gotten to skin LRG for branded games’ promotions with many more to come (I may update the list below later). These include:
- State of Decay 2 : Site | Steam (SOD 1)
- Warhammer: Vermintide 2 : Site | Steam
- Hellblade: Sensua’s Sacrifice : Site | Steam
- Dead By Daylight : Site | Steam
- This War of Mine : Site | Steam
- My Time At Portia : Site (Pathea Games) | Steam
- Mr. Shifty : Site (TinyBuild) | Steam
- Kingdom New Lands : Site | Steam
- Where the Water Tastes Like Wine : Site | Steam

I have not posted the game screenshots yet (other than the branded ones in this article), nor the tons of other assets developed, not to mention work done with Cataboom for other brands (e.g. NTT DATA). Maybe someday…
But until then, below is a sampling with more that can be seen in a new “Assets” section of this site which will contain Characters, Props, Environments/Backgrounds, GUI, and other assets for games, apps, & video/animation:
QuietYell.com/portfolio/assets/
Also, be sure to check out the Concept Art section which has pre-production assets: Concept Art and the sketches sections which have a lot of characters in them: Sketches (Select) & Sketches (Archive)
Learn more about Cataboom & AlienwareArena:
Cataboom : Cataboom.com
Alienware : AlienwareArena.com
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Backed Kickstarter of Lorenzo Etherington
Delighted to have backed the Kickstarter below!
How to THINK when you DRAW BOOK + SKETCHBOOK 3 + STRANSKI
A 200 PAGE HARDBACK BOOK of Lorenzo Etherington’s HOW TO THINK WHEN YOU DRAW tutorials + a NEW 600 PAGE sketchbook + STRANSKI reprint
I selected the Tutorials Book + Sketchbook 3:
The Tutorials Book
How to THINK when you DRAW will be a 200 page full colour hardback book measuring 8.5″ by 8.5″. The book collects together MASSES of my drawing tutorials, covering an enormous range of subjects. The series is EXTREMELY user-friendly, designed to benefit every skill level, from the absolute beginner to the seasoned professional. The tutorials are better seen than described, so GO HERE for 100 FREE TUTORIALS.The NEW 600 Page Sketchbook
The Deluxe Collection Part 3 will be a 600 page softcover black and white book measuring 8.5″ by 8.5″. The artwork will be divided into chapters themed around character design, pose and gesture sheets, monsters, robots, concept vehicles, environment design, world building and much more.
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Painting Andy Estra’s Cat-Butt-Face Sketch
Original Sketch by @Andy_Estra (Instagram) : I always admire and am inspired by his work (Thanks, Andy!). This particular sketch amused me so much that I just had to do some painting practice on it! …Of course, there are many other sketches of his I want to paint (and wish I had sketched!). Hopefully, in painting this, I learned something from his work to improve my sketching (and hopefully I did right by your great work, Andy!)
Original Sketch Text:
“Don’t know why my cat always puts her ass in my face. Hope you all have a great weekend”
Original Sketch Permalink:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BcN0sEHAkzj/
Visit Instagram.com/Andy_Estra for a constant flow of great work!
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