Building on the foundational skills you learned last lesson, Maciej will explore the wide world of composition. Learn to create environment sketches from scratch.

Lighting and values are key for rich and informative environment painting. Follow Maciej’s guide to understand lighting theories, surface properties and fundamentals of value used in environment painting.

Understanding how colors work can make or break the illusion of realism. Learn how Maciej is using lighting theories in illustration and how to examine and use photography to your advantage in environment painting.

Knowing how to design is most difficult part that is main ingredient of  great concept artworks. Maciej will discuss basic rules of design and how to apply them to create compelling design language to build your worlds.

In this lesson, Maciej will demonstrate how the skills you’ve learned thus far fit into a video games production pipeline. Learn various theories related to what makes a powerful level design, and how to work with a team of artists.

To achieve your maximum potential, you must be familiar with a variety of tools. Maciej will discuss the importance of knowing 3D, and explore its application to concept art and illustration.