Zack Larez
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A Union Storyboard Artist's Thoughts About the 2024 TA
I had a mixture of feelings, like a lot of artists and designers did, after the July 13th Town Hall that went over the Tentative Agreement as well as the leadership's view of art and artists where it concerns AI. Instead of typing out post after post trying to express myself, I figured I'd just hit record.
This message is particularly aimed at other IATSE locals and crew.
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Відео

Interview // Artist Rembert Montald and actress Mariel Barreda
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Rembert Montald is a celebrated concept and storyboard artist at Riot Games on titles like League of Legends and Valorant. Mariel Barreda, his wife, is an actress that enjoyed success in Peru before coming to LA to advance her career. www.artstation.com/sharkyspoon marielzbarreda #storyboard #storyboarding #artist #art #interview #illustration #comicbook #riotgames #leagueoflegen...
Pasadena Comic Con 2024 Event Flash Photography
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Pasadena Comic Con Pasadena Convention Center January 28th, 2024 #zacklarezphotoshoots #zacklarezeventphotos This was my first-ever comic con! Right here in Pasadena! Lady Raptor came along as photo assistant! If you would like to book me for a shoot, model or see fun events as a photo assistant, write: zacklarezinfo@gmail.com . ZackLarez.com If you appear in this video and would like a digital...
Los Angeles Street Photography: Pasadena Metro Rail to Olvera Street, Downtown
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I'm Zack Larez, professional artist and street photography enthusiast. In this video, I begin in my home neighborhood of Pasadena, then take the city Metro rail to Olvera street, in Downtown LA, to take in some sights. If some photos seem pointless, I don't know what to tell you, that's street photography. 20 or 30 years from now, even the pointless photos aren't pointless - but you gotta take ...
"Artists Argue About AI" with Storyboard Artists Andy Gray, Michael Bayouth and Leopold Baranowska
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Accomplished professional storyboard artists Andy Gray, Michael Bayouth, Leopold Baranowska and myself discuss what "AI" is in regards to art, our storyboarding work, the entertainment industry and the implications in the near future. A great deal of general and specific advice is given out along the way. We answer questions from viewers and each artist is given complete freedom to say what the...
To All Filmmaking Professionals: AI Will Replace You Soon
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If you are involved in live action filmmaking and animation whatsoever - you are on notice. AI will replace you. It is happening right now. Smaller jobs are being eliminated and a new generation of filmmakers will not be able to make money in the profession - so will never enter or not stay. AI will be the only artists and filmmakers of tomorrow - is that what you want? This goes for: Actors, w...
Unboxing XP to Level 3's " Quest-o-Nomicon " and Thoughts on D&D's OGL 1.1
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UPDATE: This video was made on January 12, 2023 and by the time of its release on January 13, Wizards of the Coast has released a FAQ that seems to walk-back much of the new OGL 1.1, no doubt in the face of major community backlash. You can still sign the open letter/petition here: www.opendnd.games/ x end update x I backed this collection of adventures by Jacob Budz aka XP to Level 3 a year or...
Dungeons & Dragons Movie Trailer - A Dungeon Master Reacts and Breakdown
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I am a Dungeon Master and this is my reception of this trailer. I hope you will try D&D for yourself and check out your local game store for Adventurers League. If there isn't an AL group, make one! #DnDMovie #DnD #reaction #honoramongthieves BTW - forgot to mention that juicy Paladin Divine Sense "There is Evil Here." ALSO, the underground ruins could be the good ol' NETHERESE. Official Traile...
D&D 5e: Icewind Dale Rime of the Frostmaiden GAME 1: Easthaven Ferry & White Lady
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Broadcasted live on Twitch Watch live at www.twitch.tv/slyraptorz New Episodes Live on Twitch Every other Thursday at 6PM to 10PM PST! "Frozen in Damnation" Game 1 July 22nd, 2021 Hello, I'm Zack Larez, storyboard artist, actor, filmmaker and pending comicbook creator. www.zacklarez.com I'm running the Dungeons & Dragons official hardcover campaign "Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden" with a...
Resident Evil Village: Episode 1: This Place Sucks part 1 of 2
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I begin playing Resident Evil Village on PS4. I will play live on Twitch every Tuesday and Friday Night! Join us! Watch live at www.twitch.tv/slyraptorz Full, unedited videos of the livestream get uploaded to UA-cam a Day Later. Join our Discord Here! discord.gg/vu54jxpM3g
Keeping up with BATMAN! Issue #106: "The Cowardly Lot" Part 1
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Keeping up with BATMAN! Issue #106: "The Cowardly Lot" Part 1
They Cast a Latina as SUPERGIRL and NOBODY NOTICED!
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They Cast a Latina as SUPERGIRL and NOBODY NOTICED!
Trailblazer and Snowflake from Marvel's THE NEW WARRIORS [ Timelapse ]
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Trailblazer and Snowflake from Marvel's THE NEW WARRIORS [ Timelapse ]
Comicbook Variety Rant & SNOWFLAKE Drawing [Timelapse]
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Comicbook Variety Rant & SNOWFLAKE Drawing [Timelapse]
Redrawing SNOWFLAKE from THE NEW WARRIORS [Again]
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Redrawing SNOWFLAKE from THE NEW WARRIORS [Again]
Clip Studio Paint Timelapse Feature Test
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Clip Studio Paint Timelapse Feature Test
SlyberPunk 2077 [ CyberPunk 2077 Playthrough] Part 1
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SlyberPunk 2077 [ CyberPunk 2077 Playthrough] Part 1
SlyberPunk 2077 [ CyberPunk 2077 Playthrough ] Part 1
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SlyberPunk 2077 [ CyberPunk 2077 Playthrough ] Part 1
D&D 5e Season 9: AVERNUS RISING Gameplay Part 5: Hungry Shadows [ Adventurers League ]
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D&D 5e Season 9: AVERNUS RISING Gameplay Part 5: Hungry Shadows [ Adventurers League ]
Catching Up on Inktober / Goretober
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Catching Up on Inktober / Goretober
SlyRaptor and the Sewer of Content [Part II] End of Series
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SlyRaptor and the Sewer of Content [Part II] End of Series
[Uncut] SlyRaptor and the Sewer of Content [PART I]
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[Uncut] SlyRaptor and the Sewer of Content [PART I]
AMONG US: SlyRaptorZ Trades His Life for JUSTICE
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AMONG US: SlyRaptorZ Trades His Life for JUSTICE
Scalping (did you know?) - Indigenous Peoples' Day 2020
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Scalping (did you know?) - Indigenous Peoples' Day 2020
Goretober Day 9: Bruised
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Goretober Day 9: Bruised
Inktober / Goretober Days 2 thru 5
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Inktober / Goretober Days 2 thru 5
Inktober 2020 is now GORETOBER. Day 1: Mind Controlled (NSFW)
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Inktober 2020 is now GORETOBER. Day 1: Mind Controlled (NSFW)
Odyssey Games - First Look at the New Game Store in Pasadena, California (to get a D&D Book)
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Odyssey Games - First Look at the New Game Store in Pasadena, California (to get a D&D Book)
30 Sub & 30 Follower PIZZA PARTY!
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30 Sub & 30 Follower PIZZA PARTY!
D&D 5e Season 9: AVERNUS RISING Gameplay Part 4: Stopped at the Gate (Cont.) Adventurers League
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D&D 5e Season 9: AVERNUS RISING Gameplay Part 4: Stopped at the Gate (Cont.) Adventurers League

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  • @anthonyw2931
    @anthonyw2931 3 місяці тому

    love this interview. Two incredible talents!!!

  • @JoTokutora
    @JoTokutora 4 місяці тому

    Is that Live action boards. I dont think that is so applicable for action animated ones.

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez 4 місяці тому

      Correct. Live action boards. Animation board artists are part of Local 839, The Animation Guild and I'm pretty sure their negotiations are handled separately from the rest of IATSE. I'm realizing I have gaps in my knowledge there- as far as why they're part of IATSE but separate. Maybe The Art Directors Guild should have been separate too. Maybe it comes down to on-set workers compared to animation workers which are in office or remote. Negotiating the conditions surrounding a film set don't concern TAG and vice versa. The same is also true of illustrators and designers in ADG.

    • @JoTokutora
      @JoTokutora 4 місяці тому

      @@zacklarez That question is being asked by many people, and different people will give you different answers.

  • @jeanclaudedelaronde
    @jeanclaudedelaronde 4 місяці тому

    Voilà Good Job Zack. Keep fighting the good fight.

  • @klichocik
    @klichocik 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for this space, especially for this broad discussion about personal development as an artist and for tips on gig payment models, safety contract points and pipelines. I appreciate that you tackled not only gen Ai but, more importantly for me, your approach to developing a sustainable business and how to start. As a 29-year-old fresh graduate from architecture and urban design, who stopped daydreaming and started pursuing my childhood dream in those crazy times to become a concept designer and comic book artist, I feel that what I do matters at least for me and your discussion gave me a lot of strength

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez 4 місяці тому

      @klichocik #1 thing is know that as an artist you are your own business. You are not "like" your own business, you are literally your own business. Learn business so that you can work for yourself, even if you're at times an employee on timecard. That can change. Your career as an artist and creative is always bigger than any one job. Because your employment as an artist can change in an instant, as you well know if you follow the trades.

    • @klichocik
      @klichocik 4 місяці тому

      ​@@zacklarez Thank you a ton for the comment and for standing up for all of us. I have a lot to reflect upon

  • @andrewkim819
    @andrewkim819 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for sharing this Zack! WELL SAID!!!

  • @theresaguyonyourdoortrying4662
    @theresaguyonyourdoortrying4662 4 місяці тому

    my most idealistic side of me honestly hope companies like Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon doesn't use AI "animation" for their upcoming animated stuff(I kinda doubt it at this point but a my part of me hope they don't).

    • @kallen8276
      @kallen8276 4 місяці тому

      to be dead honest, if Cartoon Network decided to make ai animation shows, it would honestly be a worse decision than making live action shows.

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez 4 місяці тому

      I don't see how they wouldn't TRY. And depending on how those shows perform compared to the much, MUCH higher priced shows, they may decide to invest more heavily in them, taking funds away from the more conventional shows. In any event, specialized GENAI workflows will likely be developed that significantly reduce the need for humans, even on conventional shows. This actually benefits super small studios more than the larger studios who have the resources smaller studios don't have.

  • @jameslbarry6904
    @jameslbarry6904 4 місяці тому

    thanks for sharing this information!

  • @MikeEdsey
    @MikeEdsey 4 місяці тому

    Very well-reasoned and articulated, Zack. And 100% true.

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez 4 місяці тому

      Thanks stranger.

    • @MikeEdsey
      @MikeEdsey 4 місяці тому

      @@zacklarez 😄It's Mike Edsey here. I don't know what the hell happened to my UA-cam profile/account. I'll have to fix it when I can get around to it.

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez 4 місяці тому

      @@MikeEdsey thanks Mike!

  • @vincemancusodraws4921
    @vincemancusodraws4921 6 місяців тому

    Good start Zack.

  • @destructiveeyeofdemi
    @destructiveeyeofdemi 8 місяців тому

    As an artist in the industry, it is a gift, AI is a gift.

    • @alexameskoa1010
      @alexameskoa1010 8 місяців тому

      How so? It's going to lower your wage. Also, an artist in the industry.

  • @Combine_C17.OVERWATCH
    @Combine_C17.OVERWATCH 10 місяців тому

    в какой программе рисуешь?

  • @canada9169
    @canada9169 Рік тому

    anywhere i can find the art

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez Рік тому

      Hello! I'll have to dig. Email me at zacklarezinfo@gmail.com then give me a couple weeks. Email again to remind me. Ty

  • @tilmanscha4285
    @tilmanscha4285 Рік тому

    its also the end of capitalism and that is a good thing isn´t it !

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez Рік тому

      I fear it will be the capitalists and. Ig business that benefit most from this. Already the discussions happening everywhere are "how can we use AI instead of people (to increase profits)?"

  • @tilmanscha4285
    @tilmanscha4285 Рік тому

    i think you are right about that ; but there will be still a niche left for Human made "high End Art" left; but not in a commercial way

  • @lordkenny1760
    @lordkenny1760 Рік тому

    10 minutes in and you haven't started the review. Leaving

  • @xirtus
    @xirtus Рік тому

    We are Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. This is the result of capitalism, not technology.

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez Рік тому

      I agree. The utopia that AI could provide for us will be a dystopian nightmare due to capitalism. That is why we need to regulate it. Capitalists would use slave labor if they could.

  • @jamesascher8147
    @jamesascher8147 Рік тому

    Buster Friendly and His Friendly Friends

  • @ASSARAPTUS
    @ASSARAPTUS Рік тому

    I appreciate you making your voice be known

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez Рік тому

      Thank you and thank you for listening. Sometimes it's hard to voice an opinion in fear of "what ifs" but the coward dies a thousand deaths.

  • @jasonthomas1688
    @jasonthomas1688 Рік тому

    Great video Bro 🐻

  • @omestrecontador558
    @omestrecontador558 Рік тому

    Looks pretty cool

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez Рік тому

      It does look pretty good. Short of actually running one of the adventures, I'd highly recommend it. Feels and looks as high quality as anything WotC.

  • @Smartie151
    @Smartie151 Рік тому

    Throw that box away.

    • @omestrecontador558
      @omestrecontador558 Рік тому

      lol

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez Рік тому

      OK to be fair, in this case, the box keeps all of the items contained together. But valid concern. "Ooo nice box"

  • @mrmr_zoomie
    @mrmr_zoomie 2 роки тому

    “I. NEED. THAT. HEAVY. ASS.” -HGrunt 197

  • @dylancampbell943
    @dylancampbell943 2 роки тому

    Slyyyyyy!

  • @robertlykins728
    @robertlykins728 2 роки тому

    Don’t think I spelled that right

  • @robertlykins728
    @robertlykins728 2 роки тому

    That’s menzobarranzan

  • @robertlykins728
    @robertlykins728 2 роки тому

    She started as a horse the rider of said horse was tied to the tree! In the background! Probably gets killed & then she changes into the owlbear! & kills her attacker’s that just killed her friend!

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez 2 роки тому

      I think I understood most of that? But yeah, she does start as a horse and changes right into an owlbear!

  • @robertlykins728
    @robertlykins728 2 роки тому

    Rule of cool trumps all

  • @robertlykins728
    @robertlykins728 2 роки тому

    Helm of spell augmentation cantrips & low level spells under level 9 are greatly enhanced! That’s just my opinion making spells more powerful at lower level!

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez 2 роки тому

      Oh, interesting. Is that an official magic item? I couldn't find it in DnDBeyond Search.

    • @robertlykins728
      @robertlykins728 2 роки тому

      @@zacklarez no I believe it was created just for the film as was the prison in ice wind dale that they incorporated into the model rhyme of the frost maiden. & I was totally speculating there!

  • @ManticoreRO
    @ManticoreRO 2 роки тому

    In an interview they said that the druid uses a sling.

  • @valtinljimani9675
    @valtinljimani9675 2 роки тому

    Big bouncy boobs = game of the year

  • @darkragnarok999
    @darkragnarok999 2 роки тому

    Neverwinter's name is two fold. It has an origin in the name of the elf leader "Halueth Never" who started the city and the weather conditions. While it does in fact snow, the ground and water never freeze over, allowing for growing plants year round.

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez 2 роки тому

      Thank you for that knowledge drop! Now I know!

    • @ManticoreRO
      @ManticoreRO 2 роки тому

      There is a volcano close to Neverwinter that heats everything around thus... never winter. Mount Hotenow.

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez 2 роки тому

      @@ManticoreRO TIL

  • @brandontaylor3252
    @brandontaylor3252 2 роки тому

    There is also an animated movie of the first Dragonlance book. It's stays remarkably true to the book but it's quite cheesy and some of the effects are... regrettable. Pretty sure the whole movie is up on UA-cam.

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez 2 роки тому

      I'm going to get high with my gf and watch it. Thanks a bunch! I never read the book. I tried to listen to the audio book but the narrator's speech habits ruined it. I'll try reading. I know people love them.

  • @Quanefel
    @Quanefel 2 роки тому

    I could be wrong I think that "drow" is in fact a Red Wizard of Thay who is an Eldritch Knight(Wizard based version).

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez 2 роки тому

      That's a hell of a specific theory. I'll have to rner this comment if it turns out that way!

  • @ColumbiaBeet
    @ColumbiaBeet 2 роки тому

    Is that city at the beginning Waterdeep? That arena to the right of the castle reminds me of the Field of Triumph. Neverwinter IS in the movie, and is seen later in the trailer when the party is walking through a city square. EDIT: the statues are Deurgar, Grey Dwarves. Evil Underdark versions of Dwarves. DUDE That's totally gotta be Menzoberranzan!!!! Bald guys with tattoos are Thayan Knights, the martial arm of the Wizards of Thay. Looks like they're trying to take the magic helm from the party.

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez 2 роки тому

      You seem to know exactly what you're talking about. I thought they had to be Duergar, too, but I thought they mostly sported beards like surface dwarves? Maybe it's because they are being shown as slaves and forced to shave the beards? The only cities I know of with distinct towers like that are Neverwinter, Elturel and Candlekeep (but that's an island). I looked at a map of Waterdeep and it doesn't seem to fit. Could be though! Movies take creative license. I don't know about the Thayan Knights but if that's so, then the whole Red Wizard thing has gotta be confirmed! If those guys in red are drow, I will be totally let down. Only the women are blessed by Lolth with her magic! Drow clothing has got to be super sick or nothing. If there're ancient magic items around, there's always the chance the Netherese are involved. Maybe it's easier to depict magen this way. I think you're right about Thayan Knights after looking up artwork.

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez 2 роки тому

      You know, the fact that the fat dragon is there and it's catered to by Duergar combined with the location looking similar to that other scene and the low chance there would be multiple scenes going underground to similar looking locations leads me to believe that those statues were in fact Duergar. They may be in poses of making offerings to the dragon.

  • @ADODSER
    @ADODSER 2 роки тому

    really good drawing!

  • @rothsshvili5125
    @rothsshvili5125 3 роки тому

    Considering MS-13, she must be tough for sure lol why not Latina supergirl?

    • @nathanritter8519
      @nathanritter8519 2 роки тому

      I guess they went to replace the redheads with minorities but now that they've been taken down they look for replacing blondes.

  • @JellLoow
    @JellLoow 3 роки тому

    Nice job 👍

  • @brodeyleembruggen9910
    @brodeyleembruggen9910 3 роки тому

    🛹

  • @Untardinium
    @Untardinium 3 роки тому

    the background theme, topic and drawing made it feel it was a video before 2011 for me, strange vibes i like it

  • @delcaprascalar1860
    @delcaprascalar1860 3 роки тому

    Yes

  • @TheOneEpicplayer
    @TheOneEpicplayer 3 роки тому

    The algorithm has chosen this one. And for good reason.

  • @fox599
    @fox599 3 роки тому

    I love it! You know the cool references! I love your work, man you are an a genius!

  • @CorporalShephard
    @CorporalShephard 3 роки тому

    draw yourself some bitches christ

  • @scorpioengine4797
    @scorpioengine4797 3 роки тому

    Damn, not bad

  • @angoose651
    @angoose651 3 роки тому

    That's some quality stuff! Very cool!

  • @chalkymalky
    @chalkymalky 3 роки тому

    haha boober

  • @wildstrawberry-z3g
    @wildstrawberry-z3g 3 роки тому

    very nice art and I love the yt pfp as well

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez 3 роки тому

      Thank! Yt pfp?

    • @wildstrawberry-z3g
      @wildstrawberry-z3g 3 роки тому

      @@zacklarez youtube profile pic🦖

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez 3 роки тому

      @@wildstrawberry-z3g oh why thank you! That's Sly, my mascot!

  • @kriegsmanno.133lostinthewarp
    @kriegsmanno.133lostinthewarp 3 роки тому

    Just played black mesa and these girls are much harder than original. They jump so high they might as well just fly.

    • @Katzen9527
      @Katzen9527 3 роки тому

      Yeah, If you don't see them as soon as you enter the dark room you are absolutely FUCKED I'm not kidding I've also played black mesa but stopped playing after the first assassin encounter, like the first assassin kill I made.

  • @tylermorgan1770
    @tylermorgan1770 3 роки тому

    These are the dumbest heroes of the modern age, they fight evil wherever they want it!

  • @monsterbbq8176
    @monsterbbq8176 3 роки тому

    Holy crap this is incredible! I’m glad UA-cam finally recommended me something I want to watch… only took 9 months…

    • @zacklarez
      @zacklarez 3 роки тому

      Thanks for such a nice comment!