- Modo
- Adobe Photoshop
- Octane
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- Over 7 hours of training!
Production Concept Art
with Jan Urschel
- Modo
- Adobe Photoshop
- Octane
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Design stunning worlds for films and games.
Your concept art will never be the same. Industry veteran Jan Urschel is here to show you how to build major production assets following a professional brief. By covering architecture, design and visualization, learn to approach your concept art from a theoretical and technical standpoint. With Jan's help, learn how to be a DOP of your own creations.
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Jan Urschel
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Course Lesson Plan
Here's the low-down on everything covered in this course.
- 7 hours 26 minutesTotal Bundle Duration
- 55 VideosVideo Lectures in Bundle
- 2.11 GB of FilesDownloadable Project Files
Tools Used ?The tools listed below are used throughout the lectures of this course. Using alternatives is definitely possible depending on your proficiency, but we can only recommend using these listed softwares.
- Modo
- Adobe Photoshop
- Octane
Lesson 1
Planning
You won't get far without planning! We'll start things off by learning how to deconstruct a sample creative brief you might receive from an art director or production designer. After creating a unique outline with our Brief Builder, you'll begin collecting research and reference to create a mood board. Finally, Jan will cover his most commonly used tools in Modo and Octane to use as a basis for creating sketches during an early design phase.
- 2 hours 36 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 27 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Planning
Modo
Octane
Ideation Phase
Conclusion
Lesson 2
Production
Using your design sketches from the previous lesson, you'll move into the Production phase by refining shapes and details in Photoshop. Jan will then cover his techniques for material research and approach to texture creation. Finally, you'll create a paintover in Photoshop to use as the main presentation of your building before focusing on framing and composition in later lessons.
- 1 hour 56 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 9 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Pushing Your Design
Texturing Your Asset
Paintover
Conclusion
Lesson 3
Framing the Shot
In order to get the most out of your scene, we'll explore the possibilities of creatively framing your shots, and directing the photography of your concepts. Jan will cover his workflow for creating lighting and atmosphere, as well as how to integrate them into your environment. Finally, you'll learn how to apply these various concepts into your building designs for the set of images you produce.
- 1 hour 19 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 11 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Cinematic Theory
Planning Your Environment
Application
Conclusion
Lesson 4
Bringing It Together
Revisit your compositions from the previous lessons and perform final checks on materials, framing, and lighting. Jan will cover invaluable techniques for adding post-processing effects in Octane, and how to get the most out of your images. You'll then create beautifully detailed final renders to which you can augment using photobash workflows in Photoshop.
- 1 hour 34 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 8 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Final Compositions
Final Paintover
Conclusion
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