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Shapes and Design
Lesson 5 in Intro to 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.
Create environment painting with architectural element(s) and give it your own subject. Blend photobashing and photo textures with painting techniques to create seamless results. Apply design principles and shapes language learnt in this lesson to help convey the subject. Finally write 1 word description of what this painting is about.
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Having strong foundational skills is crucial for creating video game concept art, regardless of beginner or advanced experience. After an overview of art history and architecture, Maciej will walk you through the rules of perspective, and provide several drawing techniques to build a solid foundation.
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Building on the foundational skills you learned last lesson, Maciej will explore the wide world of composition. Learn to create environment sketches from scratch.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Working in 3D to create foundation for environment painting is quickly becoming industry standard. Follow Maciej’s guidance on how to apply acquired knowledge of 3D in increments to build habit of productivity and create robust illustrating system that is open for iterations.
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Petr Dyachikhin 4 years ago
I would also add that color blend is useful for painting over B/W layers, if someone did not figure that out yet. You may put you values down with greyscale and then apply color with color layer blending. It would preserve the values.
Tam Nguyen 4 years ago
For this lesson's demonstration. Did you used the hero references Maciej
Hello World 4 years ago
Is any form of description an enemy of creative process / production?