by Hector Ruiz | Jun 30, 2016 | Resources
French artist Thomas Romain goes through his design process of creating a background layout, correct perspective, good lighting, and line weight.
This week ending 07/02/16 we have gathered a nice resource from Kotaku. In this article Thomas Romain explains some tips for drawing backgrounds. Check out this cool tutorial. Enjoy!
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Tips for Drawing Backgrounds
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by Hector Ruiz | Jun 25, 2016 | Resources
Arstist and Instructor Feng Zhu compares and contrasts illustration vs. design education schools, while illustrating some of the workload and pipeline structure.
This week ending 04/23/2016 we have gathered a nice resource form the Feng Zhu Design School YouTube channel. This post is a really good resource for students who are trying to decided where to attend school. With so many different options and degrees available, it is important to become informed with degree structures. Enjoy!
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Design Cinema: EP 53: Illustration and Industrial Design
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by Hector Ruiz | Jun 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Shaddy Safadi Digital Painting Tutorials
This week ending 04/30/2016 we have gathered a nice resource from artist and founder of One Pixel Brush, Shaddy Safadi. On his YouTube channel you can find a set of digital painting tutorials that go over setting up a work space for painting as well as step by step instructions on painting an environment. If you haven’t seen this video before, it’s definitely a good one to have and learn from. Enjoy!
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Shaddy Safadi – Digital Painting Tutorials
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by Hector Ruiz | Jun 25, 2016 | Questions
Eliott Lilly answers the questions of where to attend school and what major to take for a concept art career.
Question submitted by Eryckah W.
Hello Eliott!
I’m a freshman in college who is still considering majors. I noticed that portfolios of art were very important. But I was wondering what kind of major would be most appropriate? Currently, I am a Computer Science major, but I know that art classes are not required for the major where I attend school. Would a fine arts major be more appropriate?
Thanks in advance!
Hey Eryckah
The question of “What major should I take in college if I want to be a concept artist” comes up a lot. I have answered this question in-depth in my book: Big Bad World Of Concept Art; An Insider’s Guide For Students. If you are serious about becoming a concept artist, then I highly recommend that you pick up a copy here. It was written for students just like you who need help realizing their dreams.
In the mean time, the short answer to your question is that neither of those education tracts are where you want to be and you may be in the wrong major and/or school.
That may be hard to hear, but here’s why: If you wanted to be a concept artist, then at the core of your abilities, you will need to know how to draw, design and think analytically. Based on the options you mentioned, neither seem to fulfill those needs thoroughly. I normally recommend that students study either Illustration or product design in college since both of those degrees will develop those design skills necessary to be a successful concept artist.
Check out this article I wrote for another student. If you school looks similar to his, then you may be in trouble. Am I In The Wrong School?
Hope that helps.
-Eliott
by Hector Ruiz | Jun 25, 2016 | Resources
Focuses on how to design something no one has ever seen before.
Ryan Kingslien has created an EBook that documents one of the coolest exercises I’ve seen artist’s do. It’s from Carlos Huante’s course at Concept Art Workshop.
The basic idea is that one of the hardest things we can do is create something unique, something that no one has seen before…
This is Carlos’ expertise. It’s why he is called in by directors like Ridley Scott. It’s not because he can draw well. There are hundreds of guys that draw well.
It’s because he can come up with ideas that no one has seen before. He can design creatures that shouldn’t be possible but that we want to be possible.
The exercise he has his students do is useful to ANY ARTIST. It’s not just for creature people.
The book also talks about “tropes”. These are basically like visual motifs that we, as artists, can use to evoke emotions. They can be the biggest issue we designers face.
People today have seen so much… There are thousands of designs done every day by artists… These designs become traps that artist can fall into and it is so hard to get out of!
An example, is the classic werewolf. This is a design that once had power but now it just looks like the same old boring thing… broad shoulders, gorilla back, huge paws…
