You are my favorite artist. I learn so much from you. I am 60 years old but if I was younger I would go to your school. One day people will be looking at your art to learn how to become an artist, just like you look to other artist books. Keep up the great work. You Rock
This video make me start reading books, it's been a year now since I started and I love it ! Books are amazing ! So thank you for being so inspirational :)
Hi @Preston, For more information about the entertainment design industry, please click here: www.fzdschool.com/ent_started.html. Also, the Design Cinema Episode 53 addresses the difference between illustration and industrial design for the concept designer: EPISODE 53 - Illustration & Industrial Design
Thank you Feng, this video has radically changed how I consume information. I'm finally picking up non-technical books again and am constantly seeking out sources of inspiration and reference. It really helps to know some of the foundation that underlies all of the great concept pieces and designs that you create
I almost chocked on my water when I was looking to purchase John Berkey's Painted Space book. That's A LOT of money. Costs more than your human anatomy models on your desk.
Thanks, FZD school. This video changed my life (quite literally). Before watching this video, I didn't have a library of reference books, but now I do! I value printed literature much more than before, and I have to say that I have a lot of the same books that Feng has now. :)
Stopped into Hastings and looked at the Eyewitness Books. They're so good. They even include movement slides; like frames out of a shot; for running animals and such. Great, great tip.
After watching so many of these tutorials, I wish to just simply say thank you Feng. Also if anyone's interested in what those ww2 planes may have handled and fought like check out warthunder its a free combat simulator that explains stats, design and even has historical info on pilots and battles. Thanks again Feng
I find that the book Framed Ink was helpful in terms of how Shots should be set up and also gave good suggestions for composition and lighting :) Cheers!
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Thanks so much for making videos that distinguishes the importance of design "inspiration" & "reference". It's very easy to ignore stuff like this, and is often overseen - would be good for design institutions to have a brief lecture/presentation on this.
wow so greatly explained the importance of imagination through reading books and being inspired by life and reality. extremely valuable for anyone wanting to pursue this discipline
A small correction Feng. The name "robot" was, in fact, invented by Karel Čapek. The name come from the Czech word "robota" (worker). And yes, Asimov is mind blowing.
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Great video, Feng. Enjoyed it immensely. I completely agree with your point about books. I love reading them and draw a lot of my inspiration from them.
A treasure trove of knowledge in this video (as usual), thanks for sharing! The guy behind that "Battle" book has done a lot of cool stuff, name's R.G. Grant. I found one of his called "Weapon" at a local bookstore at about 1/4 the original cost, filled with a lot of useful knowledge, history and great pictures of weapons throughout the ages. Felt like a bit of a creeper buying a big-ass weapon book, but so worth it :p
whaaaat, robot isn't from Isaac, but from the czech writer Karel Čapek! certainly recommend reading his stuff, great books ;) anyways great video as always!
Dear Feng Zhu! You're the best teacher I ever saw! You explain it simply, but that's powerful! I deeply impressed by your style, and ofc I subscribed! Thank you so much!! And thank you for justify the importance of books! ;)
I felt like an uncultured baboon for not knowing ANY of these. I never saw the point of the books, thought it was for rich people to spend their money. And I have to say I'm very thankful to discover this guy's channel.
You are Epic. That's the best I could think but still less what you are. I really admire your work! I want to go to the Game industries and design things, and you really helped me think out and know how this works. Keep up
I dont know what do say. Your videos are AWESOME! You have so much information to share, i'ts just SUPER COOL! I just found your channel and i'm subscribing after see just two videos. Really, I'm really glad to found you!~~~ I REALLY WANT ALL THE BOOKS YOU HAVE
a good example of using an insect is like in the new spiderman. The scene where he was fighting the lizard in the school, he crawled over him while making a web just like a spider would. scurrying across his body fast in a spider like motion. As a movie and game fan and artist I appreciate the small details and realistic references. The realistic the better.
Hey, If it's possible, I would love to see more before and after pictures like the less you got on facebook. It's really cool if you have the time to look what exactly has changed and what the effect is and therefor is seeing both pictures side by side very helpful. I really love your tutorials and I've learned much from them. I look forward to more episodes :) Greets from Germany :)
his advice is true when you start designing you need to understand the connection of the materials your using to design with. Because your drawing but you do not really know what your drawing. understanding helps make sense of the design.
Feng i think you should make a video tutorial of time management. and maybe a couple real world scenarios that could put younger aspiring artists on the right track to becoming a determined and have better work ethics.
As DevCageR says, the word "robot" comes from slavic languages (robota means "work") and Čapek invented the word as a name for an artificial worker being.
don't know what Damuscus57 thinks calling Feng not an artist a designer, all art is designed, and all artists start out borrowing their ideas to make their own designs, to design means to build from concepts, and that can't be done effectively without art talent and Feng is a great artist period.
@pawlack Really simple way is get a skipping rope, i promise you if you can find 20 mins two times a day you'll get fitter and your endurance will go up. Just a heads up you'll find it hard to do even 20 mins alone but stick at it.
@TheMetalVagabond You couldn't be more right. I just poked my way into this channel and found out about this guy, I must have have watched the latest 15 videos in one stroke.
Hello. I wanna draw and paint futuristic armors like Halo and Mass Effect but IDK what kind of reference books I can refer to. Got any suggestions Feng?
I would suggest studying books on military equipment, space suits, weaponry, and nature as well. build up your visual literacy that way, and things like futuristic powersuits will start to come second nature
Can someone explain what is the difference between design and illustration? For instance what do they consist of and what careers can be found in both fields?
Come now, I Robot move wasn't that bad. It crammed a lot of information from the book and set itself in an early part of the original main character's life. Seeing as the book was a string of short stories housed with the frame story of a character's life during the rise and development of robots, I thought of it as a holywood-ized untold short story that could almost have been another story in the book.
MORE KNOWLEDGE LEADS TO MORE DESIGN AESTHETICS>>>OK GOT IT>........ i love science biology and religion as well ...also philosophy and politics and also visual library...i love anatomy very much ...and mechas ..and also i love writing a designing a story ...lolz.....now i just have to put myself from laziness
No :D the word "robot" is not from Asimov. It is from Czech author called Karel Čapek (1920) CHeck out R.U.R. at Wiki. Sorry, I had to, he is my homeboy as well as many and many of world known personalities which people in the world do not believe that all of them come from the Czech Republic ;) especially sport, art and science.
i recently went to the bookstore and bought a huge 'our planet' book for 1€- and the lady gave me an asimov book for free :) if you guys like asimov, i strongly recommend stanislav lem as well. that guy can put images in your mind.... oO
Yes, it's almost disgusting how schools failed to teach the last generations to love books. They turned books into burdens instead of sources of information of great magnitude.
Dude, love your channel, consept art is my passion and what i brun for and im longing to learn more. I have a great deal of patience and I would realy appriciate some guidence. Btw, Gladiator is my favorite movie to! :) Cheers man !
@SuperGamer87 ah yes, you are correct sir! I know that after I, Robot came out, a few Japanese and US companies named themselves with the word "Robotics" in them. ( U.S. Robotics comes to mind).
@PNHassett you see whats been done before & how things work so you can make something completely new....well at least look new because there is nothing new under the sun. @Feng Zhu where did u get those anatomy models?
thanks for the comments everyone. @DevCageR Thanks for the info. I didn't know that! @lastgenerationsb If nobody replies by Monday, I can give you the info (the book is at the studio).
Does anyone know where I can buy the male and female anatomy from Feng's video? I would greatly appreciated if anyone or even Feng can provide some answer. Thanks!
I love Asimov's "I Robot". I have all his "robots" books. As you say I had to imagine how all that robots look like. The author says how tall are they, how shiny they are but It does not describe them so carefully. I would like to see your interpretation of one of those asimov's robots. I hope it's not like the robots in the "I Robot" movie because I hate them. Draw an Asimov robot in the future...bye :-)
@dmaloyyo Absolutely. iRobot is really good, and a classic. Like foundation, it's a series of short stories. Read the 3rd Foundation book too (but I don't reccommend the 4th. It's quite bad).
LOL I robot... Maybe I need to see it again to get what you mean, but I'm glad im on the right track with everything I studied in College... matter of fact I downloaded books on my Android... I love free stuff! :D
Hi, can someone tell me where I can find those body models covered with muscles that we see on Feng's desk please? I think they are pretty awesome to learn about anatomy
I always wanted to buy books like that since i was a child. But my family cant afford because its really expensive. Even now a days -__-''. Lucky Rich peole :3
@pawlack the good news is just as this channel gives amazing information about art there are plenty of fitness and nutritons channels as well on youtube. Check them out. Sooby and scott herman have tons of videos on all sorts of fitness and nutrition.
You are my favorite artist. I learn so much from you. I am 60 years old but if I was younger I would go to your school. One day people will be looking at your art to learn how to become an artist, just like you look to other artist books. Keep up the great work. You Rock
This video make me start reading books, it's been a year now since I started and I love it ! Books are amazing ! So thank you for being so inspirational :)
Feng Zhu is a super awesome concept artist, anyone who found this channel is very lucky to learn from one of the very best artists
i am glad to see the professionals say it's ok to collect whatever books you can for art reference.FZD is the best!!!
Hi @Preston, For more information about the entertainment design industry, please click here: www.fzdschool.com/ent_started.html.
Also, the Design Cinema Episode 53 addresses the difference between illustration and industrial design for the concept designer: EPISODE 53 - Illustration & Industrial Design
Thank you Feng, this video has radically changed how I consume information. I'm finally picking up non-technical books again and am constantly seeking out sources of inspiration and reference. It really helps to know some of the foundation that underlies all of the great concept pieces and designs that you create
18 minute video taught me more than a semesters worth of an art class. Good information, and so glad I stumbled onto this channel. Subbed!
Listening to this guy is like reading an encyclopedia. I've learnt a lot of things by just watching his videos! Yay~~
I almost chocked on my water when I was looking to purchase John Berkey's Painted Space book. That's A LOT of money. Costs more than your human anatomy models on your desk.
I just found this channel today! I can't believe the information I am getting! This is MIND BLOWING!!!
so this is how it feels to learn from one of the best in the industry, thank you so much
Thanks, FZD school. This video changed my life (quite literally). Before watching this video, I didn't have a library of reference books, but now I do! I value printed literature much more than before, and I have to say that I have a lot of the same books that Feng has now. :)
Stopped into Hastings and looked at the Eyewitness Books. They're so good. They even include movement slides; like frames out of a shot; for running animals and such. Great, great tip.
After watching so many of these tutorials, I wish to just simply say thank you Feng. Also if anyone's interested in what those ww2 planes may have handled and fought like check out warthunder its a free combat simulator that explains stats, design and even has historical info on pilots and battles. Thanks again Feng
I find that the book Framed Ink was helpful in terms of how Shots should be set up and also gave good suggestions for composition and lighting :) Cheers!
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I SOOOOO love these videos! i'm grateful i stumble upon them.
Another gem of a video, so many thanks for your contribution to this study field.
Thanks so much for making videos that distinguishes the importance of design "inspiration" & "reference". It's very easy to ignore stuff like this, and is often overseen - would be good for design institutions to have a brief lecture/presentation on this.
wow so greatly explained the importance of imagination through reading books and being inspired by life and reality. extremely valuable for anyone wanting to pursue this discipline
Holy now I know why you achieve this level of art this guy is nuts. But I will try to be more like you man thank you so much
A small correction Feng. The name "robot" was, in fact, invented by Karel Čapek. The name come from the Czech word "robota" (worker). And yes, Asimov is mind blowing.
Great video, loving the passion displayed when discussing I Robot LOL
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Great video, Feng. Enjoyed it immensely. I completely agree with your point about books. I love reading them and draw a lot of my inspiration from them.
A treasure trove of knowledge in this video (as usual), thanks for sharing! The guy behind that "Battle" book has done a lot of cool stuff, name's R.G. Grant. I found one of his called "Weapon" at a local bookstore at about 1/4 the original cost, filled with a lot of useful knowledge, history and great pictures of weapons throughout the ages. Felt like a bit of a creeper buying a big-ass weapon book, but so worth it :p
Once again, you offer such great information. I grow with every video you make. *smile*
whaaaat, robot isn't from Isaac, but from the czech writer Karel Čapek! certainly recommend reading his stuff, great books ;) anyways great video as always!
George Orwell's 1984! I just so happen to be reading it right now, excellent for sure.
"... because normal people don't buy this kind of stuff." LOL If you look at my bookshelves, you'd see why I'm laughing. :)
Dear Feng Zhu! You're the best teacher I ever saw! You explain it simply, but that's powerful! I deeply impressed by your style, and ofc I subscribed! Thank you so much!!
And thank you for justify the importance of books! ;)
this video gave me more information in 17 minutes than other books or vids together!!1
I felt like an uncultured baboon for not knowing ANY of these. I never saw the point of the books, thought it was for rich people to spend their money. And I have to say I'm very thankful to discover this guy's channel.
OH MY GODDDDDDD YOU ARE HAVING A SURPLUSS OF ENCYCLOPEDIA!!!!!!!!! I AM JEALOUS ...may ALLAH BLLESS YOUUUUUUU!!!! thank you for sharing the knowledge
You are Epic. That's the best I could think but still less what you are. I really admire your work! I want to go to the Game industries and design things, and you really helped me think out and know how this works.
Keep up
Our sci-fi tastes are very similar, too. You showed a couple of favorites!
I dont know what do say. Your videos are AWESOME! You have so much information to share, i'ts just SUPER COOL! I just found your channel and i'm subscribing after see just two videos. Really, I'm really glad to found you!~~~ I REALLY WANT ALL THE BOOKS YOU HAVE
So glad I kept my old Eyewitness and art books!
a good example of using an insect is like in the new spiderman. The scene where he was fighting the lizard in the school, he crawled over him while making a web just like a spider would. scurrying across his body fast in a spider like motion. As a movie and game fan and artist I appreciate the small details and realistic references. The realistic the better.
Thank you so much! Wish I could've come across this a few years ago when I had more time to research and read things.
Hey,
If it's possible, I would love to see more before and after pictures like the less you got on facebook.
It's really cool if you have the time to look what exactly has changed and what the effect is and therefor is seeing both pictures side by side very helpful.
I really love your tutorials and I've learned much from them.
I look forward to more episodes :)
Greets from Germany :)
man, your kid must be soooo lucky. assuming he or she has any interest in art.. so lucky.
LOVED the novels idea..... thnx man u are great
eyewitness, i used to love them books when i was small! i hope it added to my visual library :)
Hi Feng, great video, watched whole channel. Thanks for it. Btw word Robot come from Karel Capek.
P.S. sorry for my rough english :)
Thanks Feng Zhu, you are great!!!!
You are great Teacher. love your videos
his advice is true when you start designing you need to understand the connection of the materials your using to design with. Because your drawing but you do not really know what your drawing. understanding helps make sense of the design.
Thanks for sharing! You're such an inspiration!
Feng i think you should make a video tutorial of time management. and maybe a couple real world scenarios that could put younger aspiring artists on the right track to becoming a determined and have better work ethics.
I'm slowly getting my hands on all of the big DK books like 'History' 'Science' 'Earth' 'Universe' 'Battle' and 'Weapon'.
As DevCageR says, the word "robot" comes from slavic languages (robota means "work") and Čapek invented the word as a name for an artificial worker being.
@dmaloyyo Just FYI: The word "robotics" was invented by Issac Assimov. You're probably right about the origins of "robot".
Eyewitness Books! Those take me back...
You have excellent taste in literature!
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Another excellent video. I feel like picking up a novel now :)
The eyewitness books resemble the "Was ist Was" books here in Germany.
Just a note for german viewers.
don't know what Damuscus57 thinks calling Feng not an artist a designer, all art is designed, and all artists start out borrowing their ideas to make their own designs, to design means to build from concepts, and that can't be done effectively without art talent and Feng is a great artist period.
My Amazon wishlist is absolutely insane, now.
took your advice and read fahrenheit 451 and it was awesome
@pawlack Really simple way is get a skipping rope, i promise you if you can find 20 mins two times a day you'll get fitter and your endurance will go up. Just a heads up you'll find it hard to do even 20 mins alone but stick at it.
Man, I'm your fan!
THAT WILL SMITH ONE ... IS TERRIBLE ...
almost fell off my chair laughing
@TheMetalVagabond
You couldn't be more right. I just poked my way into this channel and found out about this guy, I must have have watched the latest 15 videos in one stroke.
Feng Zhu, you may well of changed my life around, so much love for you right now
Feng Zhu, if i would be able to hug you for your tutorials etc, your eyes would pop out :D
Hello. I wanna draw and paint futuristic armors like Halo and Mass Effect but IDK what kind of reference books I can refer to. Got any suggestions Feng?
I would suggest studying books on military equipment, space suits, weaponry, and nature as well. build up your visual literacy that way, and things like futuristic powersuits will start to come second nature
Thx
Great Great Great thanks for all of this :)
awesome tips man thank you!
thanks mate, this book gonna help me a lot :)
Can someone explain what is the difference between design and illustration? For instance what do they consist of and what careers can be found in both fields?
Come now, I Robot move wasn't that bad. It crammed a lot of information from the book and set itself in an early part of the original main character's life. Seeing as the book was a string of short stories housed with the frame story of a character's life during the rise and development of robots, I thought of it as a holywood-ized untold short story that could almost have been another story in the book.
MORE KNOWLEDGE LEADS TO MORE DESIGN AESTHETICS>>>OK GOT IT>........ i love science biology and religion as well ...also philosophy and politics and also visual library...i love anatomy very much ...and mechas ..and also i love writing a designing a story ...lolz.....now i just have to put myself from laziness
No :D the word "robot" is not from Asimov. It is from Czech author called Karel Čapek (1920) CHeck out R.U.R. at Wiki. Sorry, I had to, he is my homeboy as well as many and many of world known personalities which people in the world do not believe that all of them come from the Czech Republic ;) especially sport, art and science.
i recently went to the bookstore and bought a huge 'our planet' book for 1€- and the lady gave me an asimov book for free :)
if you guys like asimov, i strongly recommend stanislav lem as well. that guy can put images in your mind.... oO
Yes, it's almost disgusting how schools failed to teach the last generations to love books. They turned books into burdens instead of sources of information of great magnitude.
Dude, love your channel, consept art is my passion and what i brun for and im longing to learn more. I have a great deal of patience and I would realy appriciate some guidence. Btw, Gladiator is my favorite movie to! :)
Cheers man !
very helpful now i must get some books to read lol
@SuperGamer87
ah yes, you are correct sir! I know that after I, Robot came out, a few Japanese and US companies named themselves with the word "Robotics" in them. ( U.S. Robotics comes to mind).
@PNHassett you see whats been done before & how things work so you can make something completely new....well at least look new because there is nothing new under the sun. @Feng Zhu where did u get those anatomy models?
I might actually now start reading
thanks for the comments everyone.
@DevCageR Thanks for the info. I didn't know that!
@lastgenerationsb If nobody replies by Monday, I can give you the info (the book is at the studio).
awesome book tips thx!
Anyone knows where to get those manikin figures like the ones Feng has on his table, or similar ones?
read Neuromancer! classic.
a list of ISBNs would be nice.
Does anyone know where I can buy the male and female anatomy from Feng's video? I would greatly appreciated if anyone or even Feng can provide some answer. Thanks!
Ha, I have the concept cars book too. It's great
I love Asimov's "I Robot". I have all his "robots" books.
As you say I had to imagine how all that robots look like. The author says how tall are they, how shiny they are but It does not describe them so carefully.
I would like to see your interpretation of one of those asimov's robots. I hope it's not like the robots in the "I Robot" movie because I hate them.
Draw an Asimov robot in the future...bye :-)
@dmaloyyo Absolutely. iRobot is really good, and a classic. Like foundation, it's a series of short stories. Read the 3rd Foundation book too (but I don't reccommend the 4th. It's quite bad).
Mona lisa overdrive, irobot, 1984, brave new world, heart of darkness, do android dream of electric sheep
Hey Maestro, thanks for all videos!!!! Where can I buy anatomy figures placed on your desk? Some net address? Thanks
LOL I robot... Maybe I need to see it again to get what you mean, but I'm glad im on the right track with everything I studied in College... matter of fact I downloaded books on my Android... I love free stuff! :D
where can you bu the foundation 01 book if u live in the states?
OFF TO LIBRARY!!!!
Hi, can someone tell me where I can find those body models covered with muscles that we see on Feng's desk please?
I think they are pretty awesome to learn about anatomy
Hi @Don Xeotruc, The figurines are available on www.anatomytools.com/male-figures-c6.php. Hope this helps! :)
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Thanks ! :)
I always wanted to buy books like that since i was a child. But my family cant afford because its really expensive. Even now a days -__-''. Lucky Rich peole :3
@pawlack the good news is just as this channel gives amazing information about art there are plenty of fitness and nutritons channels as well on youtube. Check them out. Sooby and scott herman have tons of videos on all sorts of fitness and nutrition.