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Course Overview
Planning
Lesson 1 of 4 Production Concept Art
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.
Assignment
Choose a design topic according to the Brief Builder if you have not already done so. Collect references and organize them as you see fit. Based on the three approaches to the brief and your research, develop three design ideas. Follow the steps from this lesson to create one final sketch.
Extra Credit
Option A: Create five warmup designs of architectural details. Option B: Create a version of the final sketch that looks very different from the one you initially chose.
Student Homework
Lesson 1
this lessonPlanning
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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