Jay Zuck's Sketch of the Day

New Simian Style Visions (No Comments)

JayZuck — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:42:41 +0000

A vision carved on paper, set free. Just something I had lying around I wanted to show you guys.

I have been working at Thinkwell since the beginning of the year and this is so not what I have been doing. It is a stark contrast from the studio theme park work I have been doing that obviously I can’t show you for contractual reasons, but wish I could. It sucks when you don’t own your work, but I will get inside your heads one way or another.

Some cool stuff for you Monkey Kingdom Simian-heads, I did character design and other work for a theme park in China which was a blast. The theme park was based on the story Journey to the West: Legend of the Monkey King.

Here’s a little something from the Gorrilaz artist Jamie Hewlett on the Monkey King for the Beijing Olympics.

It was a dream project to work on the Journey of the West theme park including being able to design the legendary characters. I even got to design some Journey of the West rides which for me creatively was breaking some new ground.

Anyway, I hope you can appreciate the free-flow Simian vision.

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Astro Big Suit Colored (5 Comments)

JayZuck — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:46:06 +0000

“Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biological state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.” ~ William S. Burroughs

Astro Big Suit (No Comments)

JayZuck — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:42:02 +0000

“Chilin on the moon-beach… Just watching the sea of night” ~ A. Behr

A space man in a big hulking suit on a desolate and moon-like planet floats through the cosmos thinking about his place in the universe…

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Bamboo Jungle (4 Comments)

JayZuck — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:15:42 +0000

“Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survive by bending with the wind” ~ Bruce Lee

Step into the bamboo jungle…

Crack Baby (1 Comment)

JayZuck — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:37:02 +0000

“You’re a good egg just a little cracked…..” ~ my grandfather

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JayZuck — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:48:55 +0000

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (“Who Watches the Watchers”)

They’re watching, but who’s watching them?…
And who’s watching them, watching them, watching?…
And who’s watching them, watching them, watching them, watching them?…
Everybody’s watching. Somebody’s watching. Nobody’s watching.
Somebody’s watching, everybody watching.
Nobody’s watching, somebody’s watching.
Nobody’s watching, everybody watching.

MIB… Men in Black. The Somebody, Watching Everybody watching…
But Nobody is Watching Somebody, Watching Everybody

Do you see what I’m getting at?

As my man George Orwell said, “Big Brother is watching you.” So let’s give ‘em something to watch.

The Real (No Comments)

JayZuck — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:25:18 +0000

What is real?

Doodle Drop #1 (No Comments)

JayZuck — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:05:40 +0000

What is a Doodle Drop?

Don Quixote (9 Comments)

JayZuck — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:22:13 +0000

“Tell me thy company, and I’ll tell thee what thou art.” ~ Don Quixote

The artistic tradition of Don Quixote is very rich. The above is an engraving of Don Quixote done by Gustave Dore. With disorderly, but grand notions of chivalry picked from books, you might go mad too. Probably not in a bad way.

You might know about Johnny Depp in Terry Gillian’s ill-fated production,
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote…..

And now for my original drawing of Don Quixote…

Let’s never stop tilting at windmills my friends.

Cyber Punk Babe (5 Comments)

JayZuck — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:49:39 +0000

I know you probably wanted me say something cyberpunk bad-ass, but I just have to ask you something. I dare you to stare into her eyes and tell her, “NO, I will not buy your girl scout cookies.”

Anyway, enjoy your stay in cyberspace.