Zak Smith's Blog, page 9

("Goodnight Alice, Goodnight Mr. Marlowe")

("Goodnight Alice, Goodnight Mr. Marlowe")

(sketch for Pixie section of painting--with notes)

(sketch for Pixie section of painting--with notes)

(old polaroid of the studio wall)

(old polaroid of the studio wall)

(in progress)

(in progress)

(in process)(2x actual size)

(in process)(2x actual size)

(detail)(in progress)(acrylic)

(detail)(in progress)(acrylic)

(photograph)

(photograph)

This Is Not A Normal Job

Like everyone else, at a certain
point, several hours in, you begin to wonder if doing your job is insane.  And, like everyone else, the first evidence
that it's not is that you get paid for it.

            When you'rea professional artist, however, the thought process doesn't stop there.  The fact is, doing enough to simply get paid doesn'ttake that long.  Once you're somewhatestablished, you can easily get five figures for something that takes you lessthan ten minutes to make.  A...

(in progress)

(in progress)

(that's better)

(that's better)