Old art from my Concept Art School Year ( Term 1 )

[@Maren617]

The "boring" stuff is actually the most interesting for people without the money for school, because it tells us exactly what exercises and homework we should do.

[@leonart1848]

exactly just know what kind of exercise are would be such a help for broke people

[@user-eq9uz4bi4l]

Exactly, thank God for youtube or most of this would still stay in the art school and ppl like us would be left out.

[@kris4783]

Yeah she probably was the type of person Feng talks about - the "Lazy complaining guys who are not motivated and dont work hard" per parents probably paid for fzd too... and it seems she doesnt apply what she has learned from the school at all, like is she working in the game and movie industry as a conceptual designer ? i highly doubt it xD

[@user-eq9uz4bi4l]

@@kris4783watch trent kaniuga works in the concept art for games he's really good at what he does and he can't stress it enough the concept designing for gaming n move industry is no joke u gotta grind to get where u wanna be

[@sociallyresponsiblexenomor7608]

@@kris4783 Well she worked at Atomhawk for 2 years, and had a few entertainment contracts over the years but nothing huge.

[@Rooiku]

I really wish she had shown us everything and went into detail. I don't find it boring!

[@Mike-sz9hi]

I don't comment much on KZbin videos, but I have to thank you for these. I'm a 3D artist trying to achieve the 2D skills I've always wanted.... I've got a job and a wife, so I can't exactly head back to school for this. It's incredibly helpful to see this and get an idea how an accomplished design school wants you to spend your time. I don't think you've given away any trade secrets here, these are all really basic exercises and ideas... but somehow, seeing that "Yes, concept art students really do spend weeks just rendering cubes with hard brushes"... that's amazingly reassuring. A lot of the work in these classes is stuff that is simple to do, but hard to decide to do, wondering if you're just wasting your time with some of the simpler ones. Knowing that even FZD has students doing these exercises takes away a lot of the doubt. I still have to put in the work, but I'm less afraid to commit to it now.

[@natasharedmane]

"Concept Art school term 1... hmm...WAIT... DID SHE WENT TO FZD??!?!?!?!?! IS SHE SHOWING HER FZD STUFF?!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAA" I don't think it's wrong to show your stuff because there are tons of student work posted on the FZD website galleries. Charles Lin and Iris Hopp (colour cow) posted their stuff as well. PLEASE make this tutorial about making design sheets

[@lyme6531]

Natasha Redmane I agree! I am actually a self-taught-broke-af-student as well.. lol.

[@natasharedmane]

@@madshendriksen6935 I don't remember anymore! 😬 Maybe here? charleslin.tumblr.com

[@annawaiq6360]

Hey. Where can I find the information about Charles Lin and Iris Hopp?

[@JohnBBadd]

I find it interesting that so many professional artist who went to art school, speak out against going to art school. I think sometimes hindsight detracts from the experience. The mileage you get in school and the professional feed back are hard to quantify once you have the skills.

[@JohnBBadd]

I agree with you, but that's not what a lot of them say. They say, "you don't need to go to art school, you can teach yourself."

[@remon563]

you can save thousands and thousands of dollars by studying online but you will need to force yourself extreme discipline and motivation.. which is too hard for 90% of beginning artists. There are alternatives out there like CGMA etc. which provide a pretty solid class emulation (which is super motivating).

[@JohnBBadd]

I've been looking into CGMA, their price isn't bad compared to university. It's even equal to community college, with actual advanced training. I'm currently enrolled in NMA, I have two are three more classes I want to take through them, then I'll move to the Creature Design School, then Schoolism for my computer basics. All three of those are pay by month, and as long as I only do one at a time It'll be less than $600 a year. After I get to the level I think I need to be to succeed at CGMA and impress the industry pros who will be judging me, then I will likely enroll there. Doing it without any formal school seems like it would take 10 times longer than learning from knowledgeable and experienced artist.

[@JohnBBadd]

Keep Rocking! I agree you can learn a lot, but I think that mentorship is necessary for growth. The alternative would be self teaching and belonging to a community that openly and willingly critiques you on a professional level. Which is hard to find.

[@JohnBBadd]

I'd like to disengage from you now. I don't think this is going anywhere. Take care.

[@nawee6801]

I was wondering if her videos were still available the other day 🥺. I'm glad they are. Rest in peace Dina. 💜

[@zibeeyui5320]

Just the thought process that you did all of those is blind blowing and absolutely amazing

[@ellatucker5069]

All the effort you put into these pieces (even the ones you didn’t particularly like) really shows through, and I would just like you to know how much I appreciate you showing these because I’m always inspired to continue drawing whenever I see just how far people are able to come when they take steps to improve their artwork

[@lemonchicken507]

Would you ever consider going over these term videos again but in more detail? I think I speak for a lot of people when I say it would be amazing to see you go through every folder in depth and not worry about the "boring" stuff or the length of the video. A lot of us would like to see and learn what you did, boring or not :)

[@Meganjihytfvjiuy]

I've seen talented artists on KZbin but I think what makes you my favorite, is the amount of detail you put into your work. With your digital and hardcopy work. It's amazing!

[@McHale09]

This was the video that got me to quit my retail job and go to university for concept art. Many Thanks Dina!

[@TheYoghurt42]

I would love to hear you talk more about your experience with FZD in general. I often hear the idea that the workload requires work for 20 or so hours per day and that the teachers encourage that kind of really unsustainable workload. Would love to hear if it's true from your experience

[@g43654]

It depends. A few definitely work like mad for 20 hours every day for the whole year, while some are just cruising along. Ultimately it depends on you if you want to compete for jobs against these top performers or not.

[@DamianAhmadi]

I actually really love looking at this. I'm gonna write down the homework assigments so I can do them on my own... I know it's not as effective as having the school environment but it's really clear path towards improving.

[@28lester]

Thank you very much for this, it helps greatly in self teaching. The biggest problem is mapping out a concrete trajectory from ground up, I was always a bit unsure as to whether I am practicing right. Just looking at the titles of your folders was a massive help.

[@annawaiq6360]

Exactly. I try to put in the recommended hours a day for selof-teaching but I never know it I do things right

[@dominiccanis406]

Thank you for providing this video. I'm learning on my own and I've been using FZD School's student gallery (along with learning fundamentals from Scott Robertson, etc) as a measuring standard to compare my progress against. It's great to finally hear a voice behind the course work and to get a better idea of how much pure work went into them.

[@maskichef]

everything you do IS really cute ....

[@bhavinb.artstation]

Cute ? U mean amazing concepts ??

[@Vanyx1000]

incredibly stunning work!

[@danieneit6830]

This was so motivating to watch! I can’t wait to get back into the classes at my current school. The instructors for particularly the drawing and concept classes were a big part of why I chose the school that I did. I could learn online and be self-taught, but the mentors and professors I’ve met through my school have so many great nuggets of knowledge that I would be remiss to not return to their classes! Great stuff!!

[@silvyxi7230]

Symone Reid What school are going to if you don’t mind me asking? I’m in the process of having to choose where to continue my studies but I’m finding myself confused by all the schools out there 😞

[@OwliSketches]

yes!!! i would looove for you to show us how to make one of these sorting pages with your mind mapping!!!

[@XabioArts]

i was just thinking that looked like FZD style then you said you went to FZD :3 love you work thanks for sharing

[@sociallyresponsiblexenomor7608]

You went to FZD? Man I wish I came for money, fuck I would kill to have had the opportunity you had. Glad you didn't waste it.

[@fynnfluff]

Thanks for sharing your school stuff with us. I would have liked it, if you had shown us all the pictures, including the "bad" ones (they are not really bad! They are amazing too, I'm sure!). I would have had a better idea, how much work I actually still have to do. Nonetheless I really enjoyed the tour and now I'm so motivated to do some studies. Weeeeeh!

[@AndrewMaksym]

Thank you so much for sharing these!! I'm going more of the "Learn it by myself" route instead of expensive universities. These videos are invaluable information!

[@lemonchicken507]

I would actually love to watch a video where you go into detail about your time there, what/how you studied, etc.

[@lilynguyen2276]

thank you for posting, been looking at fzd for the future. i appreciate raw results

[@augustsfox924]

this seems so cool, difficult and awesome at the same time! wow

[@hans-sniekers-art]

It's really fun to see some of your early art! It's great to see even your idols change and were 'bad' once in the past. It makes them more relatable and all the more fun to see them improve right now. Thanks for sharing

[@jessjones3224]

Dina: ''this is not good'' with mostly everything she shows Me: 😲😲😲😲😲 WOOW shurrup you're so talented!!!!

[@squidaroo2830]

Its not talent... its skill and a lot of hours that got put into practice

[@andreiacardososac]

amazing work! i loved everything that u did, i wish i draw like that (:

[@hervoniabaker4874]

I really loved this video. I am going to try many of these projects. Thank you.

[@lekiwix520]

*sketches* Me : wow, this is actually really impressive. Omg. How can it look so good Her : oooh, I can see mistakes. Me : uh-

[@kamturs]

I would have liked to see more of those boring things because all those boring things are fundamental exercises, thank you very much for sharing your notes and practices they have served me, because since it is difficult for me to attend an art school at this moment, and I learn how I can

[@RobG95]

Looking at the times on those folders...a lot of them were early in the morning...

[@denis_ds]

I watched all three videos. Really great and informative stuff. Sounded like torture at times and I am in awe of you. You mentioned you could do a video on all mind-mapping and creating design sheets. Feng did something similar but if we could see your view and take on it, that would be amazing, and we would all appreciate it.

[@yano7649]

Starting my first year of Game graphics design next week. It looks very similar to your school, thanks for the video!

[@TheOnlyVitik]

I was sitting here just wishing it were longer, I wanted to see every single picture and hear every story about it xD I'm crazy I know. I love to listen and watch videos when I'm making my own art. Your art is amazing, and very inspiring!! It really made me want to practice some of this stuff. I want the lessons of an art class without the pressure of completing things at a certain time.

[@SafonovPavel]

Hey! Interesting video) I wonder, is the cathedral om 12:56 is actually drawn by hand, meaning- no ruler? I am only starting drawing and can't imagine how this is possible)

[@akrammaad7609]

Your skills are incredible, just wow

[@LucidNeema]

Your animal pieces are truly amazing. ❤️❤️

[@moviereelnews]

tf most of this is very good to excellent and technically superior to your current stylized work imo.

[@lowboye]

What's that opening song? I'm sure you get asked this a lot but I've heard it sampled a lot and wanna find out it's name

[@priyankamodak9510]

Thanks! That was really helpful.. and yes I enjoyed every bit of those drawings.. even the basic cubes and lines 😊. They are so amazing.

[@kc9122]

thanks so much for sharing, I'm about to start an online beginner course, maybe concept art.

[@themomenthom]

I can only imagine the number of rough sketches made before finally get to a refined level of work which you presented in your folders. Can you give me number of pages you had gone through? Also would you have any advice as to how you stayed focused and not succumb to fatigue when designing? Many thanks for sharing this! Truly appreciate it!

[@vladimirtchuiev2218]

Seen here alot of stuff that I saw from Feng Zhu's videos, also his style somewhat comes through in here. Well, it seems that the main draw here for FZD is that it forces you to practice that stuff and learn. My profession is in an entirely different field so I don't have all day practicing this stuff so it shows in my work...

[@Yurup]

Do you have any suggestions for online classes where you would learn these things similair to fdz?

[@sashabudhaiart1186]

Your work is beautiful! Art can be done in a year. I just wish this school had an online school option

[@scharle3783]

It was fun to watch

[@PaintWithNisha]

Woah.....I loved all your sketches 😃. They are amazing ♥️😃.

[@Emma-Maze]

Yes please, please be our art teacher

[@postmodernerkindergartner960]

Thanks for sharing, great insights! I'm just wondering why you had to do so much stuff "by hand".. instead of digital..any idea?

[@NC-ij9rb]

Can’t wait for part 2

[@Healoz]

dayuuum. your stuff is so cool :) its so funny seeing you cringe over your "bad" work, its still so super good!

[@haroldacandlandiv8743]

i really wanted to see the perspective studies, i want to know what to practice to learn :(

[@chelseayzel]

Thank you ! this is great help for us self-taught noobs

[@Chaserbeam1]

Feng Zhu has been sharing his class curriculums online for free over the last year or so. I don't think he'd mind if you mentioned what you did.

[@Chaserbeam1]

He actually features a bunch of your work in his assignment explanations. That's how I found you.

[@night-cd2wt]

well, iirc he says he will not share anything from the fundamentals parts of the course

[@moriiiii]

can you show your porfolio when you got accepted

[@Sunbreaker7]

I appreciate the video you made. Perhaps one day I too will be able to go to FZD, after I save up the entrance fee ^^

[@hamidabasifar4306]

Dear Dina. Hey.i have learned some stuff on my own and worked about 10 years now. i was planning on going to the One academy school in Malaysia.i would appreciate to know, what do you suggest going to school or working and learning on my own cause i really feel i need to be exposed to a certain types of training. thank you

[@danishmadaan114]

All these works are amazing but I got a question . Do they ask you to study particular style of architectures and buildings every day or you can choose that randomly .

[@clearqori7352]

whoa !!!! your work is so cool !! I'm pretty much in a fast track type thing(idk if it's the same concept or not but kind of close ) ( not for art tho. ) But if I ever had the chance to do something like the school you mentioned did I totally would ! though it is a lot of work ...

[@adriftinsleepwakefulness7039]

These works are very detailed and exact, I think you went there when you already knew a lot. How is the job opportunty after that? Is there any problem with not having university diploma?

[@anik4921]

dayummmmm dope workssssssss :o

[@NordicSoldier]

Hey Dina! I really enjoyed your illustrations and to see the progress that you've made. I am currently saving up for FZD myself and I was wondering if you had any good advice you could give a fella like me before going there? It can be anything ranging from the everyday life in singapore and studying at the school itself, to the preparations in moving to singapore for a year :) hope to hear from you! ^^

[@IAmBackMan]

waiting for next part! FZD makes cyborgs, I love this school.

[@cambly6293]

can you show what you did before you went to that school so like the portfolio you used to apply :) luv ur videos

[@crescentrose3549]

Dina did you have too do any traditional work in the course you took?

[@3Worlds1Life]

Did they also teach anatomy ?

[@tzufangchan5427]

What happens in week 6 design evolution from the design sketching class? You skipped that part ....

[@pernilleverjordet5840]

Could you make a video of your application to This school?😄

[@lorrislegal2500]

you said you wont into details of all the classes and all but I think that would be interesting to see what kind of assigments you guys have, for us learning by ourselves at home so that we have something to emulate. Also the FZD school is closed so you are free to share the assigments in details and there is no info on their website about the schedule of the course. You could have a lot of views since no one on youtube do videos about their program at FZD.

[@izzyw3558]

You may want to delete this comment. She’s tragically no longer with us 😔

[@izzyw3558]

But to answer your question i think in one of her videos or through my own research she or the course mentions using the Scott Robertson How to draw (drawing and sketching objects and enviroments from your imagination) and how to render books. As part of this course/ some of the assignments were based on parts of these books

[@noahkennel5034]

Hi Dina how's it going?

[@LizMaxim]

I have a question, if you don't have all generals from highschool would anyone think I should start off in community college in the states than apply? (The reasons why I'm asking because in my state of Michigan I get a certificate of complation because I didnt have enough credits due to the fight I had special classes mixed with regular classes)

[@jybow]

9:06 omg how to render boxes? how can they look this good with digital painting?! is there a tutorial some where? can omg hard brushes?! how?

[@rraulrraul3933]

that was interesting,in a month i will study art and design and i'm pretty scared but also excited

[@kamilherma1199]

Hi! I know it's been a while, but after watching your video there is one question I have. Did you use the ruler in visual communication classes or all the construction was made by hand?

[@DinaNorlund]

Ooooh gosh I can't remember, can you give me a time stamp so I can check the work you are talking about? :D

[@kamilherma1199]

​@@DinaNorlund First, thank you for your response ^^ I am self-taught and I try to create my own curriculum based on your videos form FZD. I bought "How to draw" by Scott Robertson and try to figure out the order of chapters and exercises but it's looks like you start from chapter 04 (creating perspective grids) and based on creating grid with vanishing points off the page you try to construct object using techniques form chapters 03 (perspective drawing techniques) and 06 (drawing with volume)... and then based on techniques from chapter 05 (ellipses & rotations) and others like "drawing wheeled vehicles" you start applying draw through to vehicles, bugs etc... But there is no hurry, so if you can find it, I will be grateful ^^ Love and Peace (oh, and sorry for my english... I'm from Poland and language is another thing that I'm working on)

[@damjandimovski6295]

This is so cool!!

[@creationwithbeast12]

Thanks for the video and your work is inspiring. Can you teach us from the start and give us assignments every day or week. I'm a beginner level concept artist and want to learn more. So someone like me who can't afford art school will learn from you with your platform?

[@emmanuell89]

this was great to watch , do you recommend going to FZD in general ? im a little a fraid because of the really high cost of going there and studying ( 1 year is roughly 75k$ ? ) but it looks like such a good place to study if you give it 100%

[@ankitdraws2960]

Hey I am still waiting for how to make design sheet tutorial

[@marwaismael6362]

wich school is the best for concept art learning?

[@jessjones3224]

I want to see a portfolio of what you used to get into this art school with 😄

[@beense123]

Current fzd student here, you don't actually need to know how to draw to get in as long as the passion shows in the portfolio. If your not the best just be prepared to work harder as the other students will be ahead.

[@jonjon7130]

How do you learn how to draw can you give me any tips

[@paulwoodford1984]

She died

[@anik4921]

Damn i pressed the subscribe button just by having a glance on the courses i was sure you are from FZD btw sent a request in facebook as well if you are okey with it ^^ great video up there !

[@irisnordenskiold4672]

What country are you from?

[@OskaPa]

When you see work few months into the studies and you're like fck that's good but then she says she wasn't even good compared to other :c rip my dreams

[@haroldmcbroom7807]

Nice work :)

[@deeamerson]

You said you had to fill 5, A3 size pages of sketch studies.... was that per week? per day? or per month? I'm new to this channel. Luv you're work.

[@Maren617]

Spoiderman Since she hasn't replied: Feng Zhu on his channel FZDSchool has a video called "Just Draw" in which he talks in detail about the sketching homework. He expects 10 sketches per day (15-20 min per sketch) or more. It's a cool video because he gives a lot tips for good subjects, and a lot of pep talk and motivation.

[@chiaramarker]

I have to learn so much more than I thought.. T.T #artistic_crisis But it also motivates me to learn more ^^ I don't want to give up. Thank you for sharing this with us. ^^

[@joseazevedogamer]

Cant really compare, she was lucky to be rich enough to study on a school normal people would never be able to afford, so there's that

[@devilichus]

Out of topic generally speaking: This world is like a game. Instead of doing grind in a game for your life to get an armor set if you spend that time on a skill you never tried before you can find yourself mastering that thing. Btw you can also grind a game if you got time for both 😆

[@samantha.redacted]

Honestly, you could definitely become an architect if you wanted to

[@coline8026]

That's awsome work, thanks for sharing! I heard FZD students work like 16+ hours a day (even 22 hours) on homeworks. Did you do that too?

[@athreyas8551]

Hey.. im thinking of joining here Did you do graduation, post graduation or diploma in there?

[@AvianKing]

Bought the book and its kinds useless to me rn. Can someone please explain to me how it applies to how this actual school worked.

[@DinaNorlund]

Avian King what do you mean it was useless to you? :) the book is pretty much how the first term (and the most important one) is built up. We repeat all those exercises.

[@NC-ij9rb]

You went to fzd right? So good!

[@jessjones3224]

I wish i could hack your computer so i can be nosy and just look at all your stuff cuz i love ittt

[@kcsnipes]

cool pen sketches

[@philmehrart]

Lol every piece she cringed at I'd be like "I would love to be able to draw like that"

[@lyme6531]

Did you do any blind contour faces in school??? If so, please show us!

[@Miggeamakes]

Bring on the sniffles! Love these! I need to do more scenery studies! MOOOOOOOOOOSE!!! Bitch, youuuuure crazy good. This was great! Excited for part 2!