Background Design Landscapes and Environments

Background Design – Landscapes and Environments, available at $89.99, has an average rating of 4.8, with 43 lectures, based on 991 reviews, and has 7577 subscribers.

You will learn about In this course, you will learn how to create concept art Youll learn to paint backgrounds for films, animation or games Youll learn about key principles of composition Youll also learn how to use tailored brush packs in Photoshop Youll learn creative painting techniques to make your art look powerful Youll learn how to do visual research and build up a reference library of images Youll create a fully finished, beautiful portfolio piece This course is ideal for individuals who are Beginner digital artists or Anyone interested in learning concept art or Animators and film makers or Anyone interested in visualizing story ideas for a pitch or a portfolio It is particularly useful for Beginner digital artists or Anyone interested in learning concept art or Animators and film makers or Anyone interested in visualizing story ideas for a pitch or a portfolio.

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Summary

Title: Background Design – Landscapes and Environments

Price: $89.99

Average Rating: 4.8

Number of Lectures: 43

Number of Published Lectures: 43

Number of Curriculum Items: 43

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 43

Original Price: $109.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

In this course, you will learn how to create concept art

Youll learn to paint backgrounds for films, animation or games

Youll learn about key principles of composition

Youll also learn how to use tailored brush packs in Photoshop

Youll learn creative painting techniques to make your art look powerful

Youll learn how to do visual research and build up a reference library of images

Youll create a fully finished, beautiful portfolio piece

Who Should Attend

Beginner digital artists

Anyone interested in learning concept art

Animators and film makers

Anyone interested in visualizing story ideas for a pitch or a portfolio

Target Audiences

Beginner digital artists

Anyone interested in learning concept art

Animators and film makers

Anyone interested in visualizing story ideas for a pitch or a portfolio

If you are interested in creating concept art for Film or Animation, then this course will not only teach you techniques for painting, but will also teach you the principles and theory of visual language.

In this class you’ll learn key, important principles for composition that are fundamental to background or concept art for film, games and animation.

You’re gong to learn how to create a visual sense of depth in your digital painting, as well as how to create a visual sense of story.

You’ll learn about Leading Lines, Contrast and the all-important Rule of Thirds

You’ll learn WHY the rule of thirds works, and you’ll understand that it has much more to do than just simply making a pleasing image.

You’ll learn how this RULE affects the work that professional concept artists create in the wider context of the animation production.

You’re also going to learn how to make visual research, how to collect and analyses images for a project, and then how to distill your own vision into a series of thumbnails on which to base your final project.

Then we’ll dive into the process of painting, and I’m going to walk you through step by step the exact process for a concept art painting.

Everything in this background is painted directly, with a brush stroke. This is an incredibly intuitive and powerful way of painting and I’m going to show you the exact techniques and thoroughly explain everything as I go.

By the end of the course you’ll have a fully realized and major portfolio piece. You’ll also have a clear understanding of how to generate any digital painting for film, because we will have demystified the process from start finish.

I’ve worked as a background artist on many games, animated tv shows and films, and I am passionate about sharing the skillset and knowledge that took me on my art journey. I really hope that this course will open the door for you o start your own art journey.

Thanks for checking this out, i hope you enroll and if you do I look forward to working with you.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Welcome to the Course: Structure and Overview

Lecture 3: What to Use for this Course

Lecture 4: Importing the Brush Set

Chapter 2: Principles of Composition for Concept Art and Backgrounds

Lecture 1: Common Tips for Landscapes and Environments

Lecture 2: Why the Rule of Thirds Works in Film

Lecture 3: The Importance of Visual Research

Chapter 3: The Preparatory Stage

Lecture 1: Creating Thumbnails

Lecture 2: Making the Sketch

Lecture 3: Blocking-in Values

Lecture 4: Colours and Tones

Lecture 5: Painting the Forest Trees

Chapter 4: Refining and Detailing

Lecture 1: Adding Textures and Details

Lecture 2: Adding Snow on the Trees

Lecture 3: Painting the Cabin

Lecture 4: Creating the Story

Lecture 5: Adding Glow for the Fire

Chapter 5: Final Touches

Lecture 1: Painting the Forest Creek

Lecture 2: Final Touches

Chapter 6: Desert Scene

Lecture 1: Intro to Dessert Scene

Lecture 2: Roughing out the Composition

Lecture 3: Establishing the Light Source

Lecture 4: How Character Affects the Painting

Lecture 5: How to Check your Composition

Lecture 6: How to Create A Limited Colour Palette

Chapter 7: The Painting Process

Lecture 1: Starting the Painting Process

Lecture 2: Painting the MidGround

Lecture 3: Colour Pass on the Mountains

Lecture 4: Finalising the Composition

Lecture 5: Using the Lasso to Add Details

Lecture 6: Detailing the Structure

Lecture 7: Re-Introducing the Character

Lecture 8: Final Touches

Chapter 8: Dawn Valley

Lecture 1: Intro to Dawn Valley Background

Lecture 2: Making the Rough Sketch

Lecture 3: Blocking In the Colours

Lecture 4: Using the Lasso Tool to Create a Forest

Lecture 5: Using the Curves Editor to Create the Tree

Lecture 6: Adding Definition to the Foreground

Lecture 7: Adding Brush textures to the Foreground

Lecture 8: Painting the Midground

Lecture 9: Painting the Background

Lecture 10: Final Touches

Instructors

Siobhan Twomey
Artist, Animator & Figure Drawing Instructor

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2 stars: 7 votes

3 stars: 58 votes

4 stars: 238 votes

5 stars: 683 votes

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