My name is Yannick De Smet, you might find me on other places under my nickname ‘Norke’. I’m a Belgian digital painter and concept artist. I started digital painting in 2003 after an intense education in all kinds of traditional media. In the following years I mastered software like Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, ArtRage2, Google SketchUp and Adobe Dreamweaver. In my free time I organize artistic meetings, like sketchcrawls and workshops, or I go out and sketch or take photographs on my own.
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Recognition
Awards
- 2009
- Deviousness Award – July 09
- Exposé 7 (Ballistic Publishing) – Storytelling Excellence Award
- Golden Award – (CGHub.com) for “Prux”
- Daily Deviation for “dAmn Overhauled”
- 2008
- Daily Deviation for “How to Optimize Photoshop”
- Friday Favorites – 15th Edition
- Friday Favorites – 10th Edition
- Friday Favorites – 7th Edition
- Friday Favorites – 2nd Edition
- Daily Deviation for “Pinocchio Madness”
- 2007
- The Digital Canvas, Edition 5
- Daily Deviation for “Cloak and Dagger”
- 2005
- Daily Deviation for “How to make a Digital Painting”
Publications
- 2009
- Exposé 7 (Ballistic Publishing) – Storytelling Excellence
- 2008
- UDON Street Fighter Art Tribute Book