- Blender
- Adobe Photoshop
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- Over 8 hours of training!
Visual Storytelling
with Romain Jouandeau
- Blender
- Adobe Photoshop
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Turn your stories into concept art.
Learn modern concept art techniques from one of the industry's leading artists. AAA video game concept artist Romain Jouandeau will teach you everything you need to know to create a series of dynamic concept art keyframes using Blender and Photoshop in his unique style.
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Romain Jouandeau
Van Gogh would have given his other ear to learn from artists like this.
Artwork by instructor Romain Jouandeau
Course Lesson Plan
Here's the low-down on everything covered in this course.
- 8 hours 29 minutesTotal Bundle Duration
- 74 VideosVideo Lectures in Bundle
- 792.46 MB of FilesDownloadable Project Files
Tools Used ?The tools listed below are used throughout the lectures of this course. Using alternatives is definitely possible depending on your proficiency, but we can only recommend using these listed softwares.
- Blender
- Adobe Photoshop
Lesson 1
Telling a Story
This lesson will take you through the initial ideation process, helping you to find the main concept for your story. You'll gather references, sketch out various ideas, and finally create a set of thumbnails which will guide your paintings as you continue forward.
- 59 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 16 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Formative Years
Essential Theory
Rough Draft
Conclusion
Lesson 2
Building Props
In order to save time in the painting process, you'll create your scene's main props in 3D. Romain will show you various blocking and texturing techniques, as well as more advanced concepts like simulating cloth and complex shapes. After everything is complete, you will render images to bring into Photoshop.
- 2 hours 4 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 15 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
Guidance
Introduction
Blender Basics
Initial Blockout
Detailing Techniques
Rendering
Lesson 3
Painting
Now it's time to bring everything into Photoshop. You'll integrate your 3D model with various photobashing, texturing, lighting and painting techniques to give it a much higher level of detail. The rest of your scene will be constructed using these same methods to bring everything to the same quality standard. By the end of this lesson, all your images without 3D backgrounds will be complete.
- 1 hour 44 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 14 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
Guidance
Introduction
Painting Tools
Initial Photobash
Defining the Image
Conclusion
Lesson 4
3D Scenery
Now you will focus on any paintings which require a 3D background. In this lesson, you'll model your entire scene and prepare it for the painting stage. Romain will demonstrate several time-saving and image-enhancing concepts which will help you to create beautiful work in a fraction of the time.
- 1 hour 26 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 14 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
Guidance
Introduction
Preparing for 3D
Environment Blocking
Environment Details
Final Scene Breakdown
Conclusion
Lesson 5
Balancing the Scene
In this lesson, you will finish your final paintings. Using the 3D environment you've built, you will now photobash and paint your most complex scenes. Romain will also go through post-processing concepts, and show you how to balance all your scenes together from a bird's-eye view. At the end of this lesson, all of your paintings will be complete.
- 2 hours 13 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 15 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Adding Basic Elements
Integrating Details
Post-Processing
Top-Level View
Conclusion
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