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Lateral Design Fundamentals
Lesson 1 of 2 Rethinking Weapon Design
In this first lesson, you will unlearn anything you've already learned about weapon design. Luis will demonstrate his unique photo texturing approach, and help you to see shapes and patterns in ways you may not have thought of before. You will find artists whose work inspires you, you'll look for reference images to help spark creativity, and you'll use provided template material to practice your new skills. By the end of this lesson, you will have created your first set of basic weapon designs.
Get Your Hands Dirty
Use the template provided in this lesson's project files to create a set of 2-4 symmetrical weapon concepts. Get creative, and keep the designs rough. For extra credit, you can try creating some asymmetrical designs as well.
They Should Have Sent a Poet
Find three artists whose work really inspires you. Keep images from these artists on a PureRef board, not to use directly in your own artwork, but to help spark innovations during the creation stage. For extra credit, find even more artists and add them to your PureRef board.
Hack and Slash
Create your own original blade. Start by designing a custom silhouette, then find photo textures online and begin applying those to your base. For extra credit, build some alternate versions. Upload your finished homework to the Learn Squared homework gallery.
Student Homework
Lesson 1
this lessonLateral Design Fundamentals
In this first lesson, you will unlearn anything you've already learned about weapon design. Luis will demonstrate his unique photo texturing approach, and help you to see shapes and patterns in ways you may not have thought of before. You will find artists whose work inspires you, you'll look for reference images to help spark creativity, and you'll use provided template material to practice your new skills. By the end of this lesson, you will have created your first set of basic weapon designs.
- 2 hours 17 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 15 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Photoshop Tools
Photo Texturing
Finding Inspiration
Basic Weapon Design
Conclusion
Lesson 2
Detailed Weapon Creation
Now that you've learned the basics of Luis' unique approach to weapon design, you will use this lesson to create several finished weapon concepts of your own. Luis will go through advanced methods for silhouette creation, iteration and refining your designs, as well as ways you can repurpose existing finished designs to make an entirely new set of concepts. You will also learn to present what you've made in a way that will be compelling to clients or other potential viewers.
This course uses various melee weapons in order to teach you Luis' technique, but you can use these lessons to create any kind of weapon you choose. To demonstrate this, Luis finishes the course with an 'epilogue' chapter, in which he quickly shows how the same technique applies to various other weapon classes.
- 3 hours 24 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 23 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Detailed Weapon Designs
Repurposed Weapon Designs
Asymmetrical Weapon Designs
Epilogue: Branching Out
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