CreativeBlog: Generating New Ideas for Character Designs

CreativeBlog: Generating New Ideas for Character Designs

Check out this article from CreativeBlog about concept artist Nadia Enis who have worked at Brightside Games and many more as a lead concept artist, and art director.

Nadia goes over how she formulate new concept character ideas through her workflow.

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CreativeBlog: Generating New Ideas for Character Designs


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Designing a Cyberpunk Bar Part 1

Designing a Cyberpunk Bar Part 1

Watch artist and instructor Feng Zhu create a cyberpunk bar concept art based on a brief.

The long awaited Design Cinema is back from a long hiatus, and this time it is structured as a real time recording. Check out how this cyberpunk exterior environment is created and what tools are used in order to create it. This is part one and two, so stay tuned until Design Cinema releases the rest. Enjoy!

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Design Cinema – Cyberpunk Bar Part 1

Design Cinema – Cyberpunk Bar Part 2


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Anatomy Lab: The Art of Creature Design

Anatomy Lab: The Art of Creature Design

Learn advance creature design techniques from this live stream video from Gnomon.

Modeling and texturing lead Krystal Sae Eua, and Freelance Concept Artist Jerad Marantz present different ways to improve your creature design. Watch as Krystal goes over different techniques on how to learn animal anatomy while Jerad goes over techniques of designing a creature.

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Anatomy Lab: The Art of Creature Design


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An Introduction to the Fresnel Effect

An Introduction to the Fresnel Effect

Learn from artist and instructor Dorian Iten about the Fresnel effect and how to implement it properly in your work.

To understand the Fresnel effect, Dorian takes you through a basic understanding of reflections by drawing sketches to further his explanations. Check out the link below for the article. Enjoy!

An Introduction to the Fresnel Effect


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Storytelling from Hayao Miyazaki

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 the origin of everything that follows in a story. Enjoy!

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Learn a Valuable Lesson About Storytelling from Hayao Miyazaki


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Digital Painting Techniques: Landscape Illustration

Digital 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 to define composition, vantage points, focal points, and also gave tips on establishing shape, form, color, contrast, and temperature in digital painting. Don’t forget to check out the artist websites as well as Gnomon for more information. Enjoy!

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Digital Painting Techniques: Landscape Illustration


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