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Meet Gaëlle
Preparation
Lesson 1 of 4 Environment Design
This first lesson will focus on what you need to create great art. Gaëlle will help you find inspiration, build your brief and gather references. Once you've taken these steps to lay out a creative roadmap, you will begin sketching ideas for your 2D composition. Gaëlle will demonstrate beginner and advanced options for this initial sketching phase, both of which can lead you to an incredible final product.
Use Your Imagination
Using the Brief Builder Tool, come up with an idea for your 2D painting. You can either use Gaëlle's own Brief Builder image (included in your lesson files) or visit our free Brief Builder app for a randomly generated brief: www.briefbuilder.app
Self-Referential
Gather references for your painting and create a mood board. Don't worry about using the most high-resolution images at this stage, they're meant more for inspiration.
Experimentation
Create a few sketches using whichever method you're most comfortable with. Let your creativity run wild, and experiment with different compositions and scenes. Upload your finished sketches to the Learn Squared homework gallery.
Student Homework
Lesson 1
this lessonPreparation
This first lesson will focus on what you need to create great art. Gaëlle will help you find inspiration, build your brief and gather references. Once you've taken these steps to lay out a creative roadmap, you will begin sketching ideas for your 2D composition. Gaëlle will demonstrate beginner and advanced options for this initial sketching phase, both of which can lead you to an incredible final product.
- 54 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 17 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Creative Juices
Build Your World
Conclusion
Lesson 2
2D Techniques
In this lesson you will finish your 2D painting. Gaëlle will go into specifics about the various techniques for cleaning, masking and integrating photos into your artwork. You will use these photobashing methods to help bring your image to its final, polished state.
- 1 hour 56 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 20 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
2D Artist's Toolkit
Masking
Photobashing
Finishing
Conclusion
Lesson 3
3D Techniques
Now you will come up with a new design brief, in order to create a painting using 3D techniques. Gaëlle will address how to source assets, import them into 3D software, and set up a scene. Once you've adjusted your camera, lighting and atmosphere, you will be ready to move onto rendering.
- 2 hours 28 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 22 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Generating a Concept
3D Software
Initial Setup
Building the Scene
Composition
Conclusion
Lesson 4
Rendering
You will begin this lesson by setting up your scene in Octane. Then Gaëlle will show you how to use render passes to get maximum flexibility when painting over your 3D environment in Photoshop. You will utilize photobashing and blending techniques to make your CG imagery fit seamlessly with the rest of your painting.
NOTE: Octane is the software Gaëlle uses for rendering in this lesson, but you can follow along in Blender or any other software you prefer.
- 1 hour 24 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 14 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Octane Standalone
Paintover
Conclusion
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