Build expansive, believable worlds with Paul Chadeisson as he guides you through sketching, photobashing, sculpting, and rendering. Learn his full 2D to 3D workflow to create striking, realistic environments from the ground up.
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The world is yours. Follow along as renowned concept artist Paul Chadeisson covers his 2D to 3D workflow, including sketching, photobashing, and environment painting, as well as sculpting and rendering realistic environments – everything you need to create a unique world from the ground up.
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A guided path through every stage of the course, broken down into focused lessons you can work through at your own pace.
Lesson 1
Using our World Builder Tool, we'll quickly generate a unique idea for your world which encompasses multiple architectural influences and design aesthetics. You will learn black and white sketching techniques in Photoshop and line drawing methods, which will help you experiment and explore the detail of your world with ease.
Lesson 2
With your detailed black and white sketches from the previous lesson, you'll begin your journey into environment painting. You'll learn techniques to incorporate color and mood to create a base for your first image. Finally, we'll cover the process of photobashing and some additional Photoshop tools to push your drawings to a second finished image.
Lesson 3
Reproduce your sketches from the previous lessons by learning the main tools of 3D-Coat and using them to bring your designs to life. We'll cover the basics of how to properly set up a scene in 3D, as well as get familiar with Octane Renderer, from which you'll output several views of your scene. These images will be used as a base to finalize your concept in Photoshop during the final lesson.
Lesson 4
In this last lesson, you'll finalize your images and turn them into full concepts, ready to show to your art director or client. Using your work from the previous lesson, you'll select a minimum of two renders from Octane and import them to Photoshop where you'll add final details.
Paul Chadeisson is a Paris-based concept artist and art director celebrated for his dystopian, cinematic designs across games and films. A graduate in graphic design, Paul has contributed to titles such as Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Final Fantasy XV, and Homeworld 3, as well as short films like Blade Runner 2049: Blackout 2022. His work blends photo-realistic environments, speculative architecture, and atmospheric mood to elevate immersive world-building in entertainment.
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My career as a concept artist started after taking these courses. Much of what I learned I applied to my portfolio and in a couple months ... I got my first job.
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Using our World Builder Tool, we'll quickly generate a unique idea for your world which encompasses multiple architectural influences and design aesthetics. You will learn black and white sketching techniques in Photoshop and line drawing methods, which will help you experiment and explore the detail of your world with ease.
With your detailed black and white sketches from the previous lesson, you'll begin your journey into environment painting. You'll learn techniques to incorporate color and mood to create a base for your first image. Finally, we'll cover the process of photobashing and some additional Photoshop tools to push your drawings to a second finished image.
Reproduce your sketches from the previous lessons by learning the main tools of 3D-Coat and using them to bring your designs to life. We'll cover the basics of how to properly set up a scene in 3D, as well as get familiar with Octane Renderer, from which you'll output several views of your scene. These images will be used as a base to finalize your concept in Photoshop during the final lesson.
In this last lesson, you'll finalize your images and turn them into full concepts, ready to show to your art director or client. Using your work from the previous lesson, you'll select a minimum of two renders from Octane and import them to Photoshop where you'll add final details.
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