Having a BLAST!

This is a caricature I did for my Fiance Cat.  She mentioned...well.....hinted that I never draw her.

So, in case you haven't heard.  I'm a full-time artist now.  Meaning that I'm making my entire income based off of just my talent.  It was a hard step to take, ut it has been working out so far.

I'm taking commissions, gigs Comic book inking work and sketching caricatures for a local resort full-time.

I've found this out since starting this:

1. The hours are shorter...yet the pay is more.  I've made more money being  full-time artist than working a normal job.  This is even counting working in the theme park.

2.  The customers and clients are nicer.  This is wonderful in that you make them happy, and they are nice.

3.  I'm not working as hard to make money. Why kill yourself trying to keep your head above water?

4.  I'm sketching and drawing the way thst I like...anything that makes the customer happen and still learning something with each and every sketch than I'm completing.

5.  I can try new ways of doing things...and not have to worry about if it's right...because in the end..it's art....is there a right way to do it?  Serious.

Well, today was a blast....and Sunday is going to be busy.....so looking forward to it.

Printed out Sean's tutorial on how he draws caricatures and colors them.  The man is amazing.

We'll have to figure out why this drill isn't taking a charge.... easel finished...just want to make it tough ... durable also.

Peace

Troy Zurel 

Google, Updates, Twitter, Caricatures and Something else...can't remember.

Something short.

I just added a click thing from Google for a means to help support my work.  So, click as much as possible on the side links....they give me money!!!!  lol.

Thinking about changing my banner to something toony....well se in the next couple of weeks. I really need to finish what I have on my plate right now before adding to it.

I'm going to place a subscribe to my blog....do you think it's warranted?  Do you guys love me enough to follow me?  lol

BOLT - just have to say.......Rhino is a GOD!

Update.... ..... ..... .... been drawing a lot of caricatures the last couple of weeks.  I've jumped into the pit in this economy and become a full-time artist....which means ...yes....I make my entire off of my artwork.....so....stay tuned to see more work posted here.

Click on the Twitter side bar to follow me on Twitter.

I update on my deviant account more that my blog....if you'd like to see me update here as well, please throw down a hell yeah!  This blog is now a feed on my Facebook too.

Ok....I have more...but have to run to the bank...and go get Jason a key...some copies too..oh, and some caricature paper.

Peace!

Troy

More inkies.....man...

So, here is a slew of material that I've worked on since my last post on this blog....I might have missed a lot...but it's at the very least giving you an idea of just how much I've been inking.

There you go...something for you to chew a little on.  

Help support me by clicking on some of those ads in the margin.  Every penny helps keep me in pencils and inks.

Peace!

Ink Updates

I've been using my Deviant account more these days because of the amount of freelance gigs and work that I receive over there.

I've uploaded during the month of Feb 2009 more than 60 new pieces.  If you'd like to view some of them please follow the link on the side bar or go here http://zurel.deviantart.com/ 

Deviant has chaged so much in the last couple of months.  It's almost like a website within a community of artists and fans....so, I've opted more to using my deviant site rather than updating half a dozen blogs, facebook, myspace, comicspace and anything else out there.

I've also stopped using my MySpace account..but due to the email that the account is linked to, I can not shut it down...so, it's there...I'm just not using it anymore.

Caricature gigs.....I have a but ton of them coming up.  I'm drawing caricatures for two local resorts here in my area.  And..the kicker...I keep 100% of my charging price.  So, I'm real happy about that.

I'll be heading out to Wizard World Philly in June.  I have a meeting with an Editor from DC Comics...which looks great for the road ahead.  Fingers crossed.

I'm going top start taking commissions in the next couple of days and will have my commission rates on my deviant site.

New month..and my goal for this month is to complete at the very least 30 new inked pieces.

The wedding is coming along.  Cat has decided on doing a sunrise wedding...which is cool...a little early....be a great idea.

That's about it...I'll load up here the last two colored finished pieces that were just completed.

Peace!

Troy Zurel

Inkie Updates

Been working on a lot of stuff.  Super Bowl is over and the Steelers have now won 6....nobody else can say that.  Great game!  Didn't get much sleep that night and had to be at work at 6am.  Went to the Dog shelter after work and was falling asleep on the way home.

Anyway.......here are some stuff I've finished.  Working on a Tan, Alvin and another Alvin piece.  Will upload those after I'm finished.

Peace

Troy Zurel

Inks updates

More ....I'm working on some interior pages to even out everything and to just work with even more detail.

Pencils - Michael Cornelius Suayan
Inks - Troy D. Zurel

Peace

Troy Zurel

Inking update..yet again....

Another piece pencilled by Michael Cornelius Suayan. I just think that he is an amazing artist, his pencils are clean and there is just so much detail involved in each page, cover or pin-up that he does.

The one thing that I learned from airbrushing is that you find something that pushs you with each piece. So, I'll keep inking Cornelius's work until I just can not find anything else. With as much detail in each page he does it'll get me to focus on everything in sections to make them come together in the end.

anyway...now I'm just rambling.....

Pencils - Michael Cornelius Suayan
Inks - Troy D. Zurel

I do have a hi-res version of this if anyone might be interested in coloring it.

Peace

Troy Zurel