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From time to time, I’ve been known to dabble in the arts. Here’s what I’m working on now. This is the space where I’ll be posting my works in progress, sketches, latest greatest, and more.
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Helpful articles to supplement a good education and knowledge of the entertainment industry.
Storytelling from Hayao Miyazaki
Learn a valuable lesson about storytelling from Japan's most revered animation filmmaker, Hayao Miyazaki. Cartoon Brew posted a nice article about filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki and his approach to storytelling for film. Miyazaki stressed the importance of an idea, being...
read moreDigital Painting Techniques: Landscape Illustration
Learn from professional artists, Cliff Cramp and Jason Dunn, on the skills needed to build a successful landscape illustration. Gnomon School of Visual Effects had a presentation last November focusing on landscape illustration. Its two guest artists talked about how...
read moreHow Learning New Skills Changed my Career as a Digital Artist
Learn from texture painter and look development artist, Paul Paulino, as he chronicles his newly gained experience in the VFX industry. After completing a year in the VFX industry, Paul decided to write articles and tutorials in order to show aspiring artists how he...
read moreZbrush Summit 2016: Naughty Dog
Learn advance techniques that several Naughty Dog 3-D artists used to create the iconic characters from Uncharted 4. During last year's Zbrush Summit, artists Frank Tzeng, Tibing Jiang, Colin Thomas, and Adam Scott discussed how they applied texture shaders to the...
read moreDesign Thinking with IP
Feng Zhu, the founder of the FZD School of Design, is one the leading concept artists in the industry. Check out his video where he explains his thought process while designing for a new intellectual property as a concept artist. Feng goes into detail on why thinking...
read moreBlade Runner: Designing the Future
Check out this documentary about the iconic movie, Blade Runner, and what it took to design the sets and everything in between. IAMAG.CO put up 50+ original sketches from the 1982 Blade Runner film as well as a small documentary how the creators designed and thought...
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