by Hector Ruiz | Jan 11, 2016 | Resources
10 Tips for Becoming a Better Concept Artist
This week ending 01/16/16 we have gathered a nice link, courtesy of Momenta, showing some valuable tips on becoming a better concept artist. If you’re looking for a new year’s resolution that’s worth read, and you want to know some things about concept art, enjoy this article and start working on some awesome work. Enjoy!
Click on the link below:
Ten Tips for Becoming a Better Concept Artist
In other News:
Check out Maciej Kuciara’s free tutorial on rendering realistic skin using Daz 3D and Octane. If you want to see more of this, check out the Learn Squared site for more.
Click on the link below for the tutorial:
Render Realistic Skin in Octane – Free Tutorial – Learn Squared
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by Eliott Lilly | Dec 7, 2015 | Articles
How to create a design language within your art
Sometimes, the difference between a decent image and an amazing image can be as simple as the idea behind it and how well that idea is conveyed. I’m not referring to how well you can render or light the subject matter in your image, rather how cemented that idea is throughout the image itself. In order to make an idea feel intentional to the audience, the concept artist must repeat this idea as an over arching theme throughout the image. The repetition of that idea becomes an visual pattern, and that pattern then, becomes the design language of the image. Having a solid design language not only ties the elements in your image together, into a unified and cohesive design, but it also solidifies your idea and its intent.
Let me explain by using one of my favorite students’ work, as an example. The assignment was to draw a interior hallway of a space station. (This is an example of a typical assignemnt I might get from work) My student, Eskinder, did a great job on his homework, but there is defiantly room for improvement. In the images below, I show him (and you) how to design an interior space station with intent, focus and clarity.
The notes explaining how to design a hallway interior using a solid design language are taken from my “Intro to Concept art” Class, which I am currently teaching at Richland College (located in Dallas Texas). Have questions? Ask away in the comments below, or drop me a line at: me@eliottlillyart.com