Creature Design with Steven Zapata (LIVESTREAM)

This is a smashing watch, I very much enjoyed not only his art, but also Steven’s way of expressing his observations/thoughts - thanks.

That was very interesting and fun at the same time. Well done also for Kristian. Very natural!

What are your stuffy habits and note taking strategies

What's your advice if someone wants an art jobs in big studios like Disney for example?

It's a bit weird to ask but does oblivion scare you. If it does how much

Graphite drawings only have so many tones. how do you differentiate between say makeup, bruised flesh and normal sections of shadow?

So I have a question... So what job would you suggest in the art industry that pays satisfactory salary and what are your thoughts about the art jobs in the gaming industry?

Have dreams inspired any pieces that you have made?

Finecooking.com says it can be a cake too but it can't not be a pie.

I've been drawing and painting for as long as I can remember but I have trouble finishing pieces. In fact, they often don't get past the sketch stage. Any tips?

Dear Kristian and Steven. Now that you mentioned Leyendecker and museums: Which was a memorable exhibit for you that you can remember?

the tree person reminds me odly at baba jaga. So I would like to ask if you take more reference in folk lore or nature for your creature designs?

When do you think was the last time you made any fan art?

Speaking of inspiration, this piece looks like a mix between vulture from spiderman and the thing from fantastic four. What do you think might have influenced this drawing to turn out this way?

What is your note taking strategies or tips when reading literature on art?

How do I know if the reason I dont like doing something, like shading, is because of my personal taste/ temperament or because Im bad at it and want to avoid learning it?

you guys, why do you think studying art history is important? or is it important at all?

You often mention the mental and spiritual aspects of drawing so you might be interested in this tidbit. To me Meditation is an attitude. When a thing pops in the mind you do not put in an effort to suppress it and you do not put in an effort to make it play out further. I think that practice gives you a benefit which is somewhat like sleep. Question: What is meditation to you and how does it relate to drawing?

When it comes to size , you can compare one size to another and get a proportion- as such you dont have to match the size of what you draw but can instead match the size relationship. This is generally accepted to be true of size but do you find the same to be true of value, chroma, hue, angle, roundness, ect... ?

If you could time travel to any point in history to draw something from life where would you travel to and why?