- Adobe Photoshop
- 3D-Coat
- Octane
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World Building
with Paul Chadeisson
- Adobe Photoshop
- 3D-Coat
- Octane
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The world is yours.
The world is yours. Follow along as renowned concept artist Paul Chadeisson covers his 2D to 3D workflow, including sketching, photobashing, and environment painting, as well as sculpting and rendering realistic environments – everything you need to create a unique world from the ground up.
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Paul Chadeisson
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Artwork by instructor Paul Chadeisson
Course Lesson Plan
Here's the low-down on everything covered in this course.
- 9 hours 40 minutesTotal Bundle Duration
- 89 VideosVideo Lectures in Bundle
- 2.34 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.
- Adobe Photoshop
- 3D-Coat
- Octane
Lesson 1
Defining Your World
Using our World Builder Tool, we'll quickly generate a unique idea for your world which encompasses multiple architectural influences and design aesthetics. You will learn black and white sketching techniques in Photoshop and line drawing methods, which will help you experiment and explore the detail of your world with ease.
- 3 hours 38 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 33 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Art Directing Strike Vector
World Builder Intro
Photoshop Intro
Sketch Intro
Custom Brush
Sketching a World
Line Drawing Your Next World
Conclusion
Lesson 2
2D Concept Art
With your detailed black and white sketches from the previous lesson, you'll begin your journey into environment painting. You'll learn techniques to incorporate color and mood to create a base for your first image. Finally, we'll cover the process of photobashing and some additional Photoshop tools to push your drawings to a second finished image.
- 2 hours 39 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 16 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Intro
From Sketch to Concept Art
Photobashing
Conclusion
Lesson 3
3D Techniques
Reproduce your sketches from the previous lessons by learning the main tools of 3D-Coat and using them to bring your designs to life. We'll cover the basics of how to properly set up a scene in 3D, as well as get familiar with Octane Renderer, from which you'll output several views of your scene. These images will be used as a base to finalize your concept in Photoshop during the final lesson.
- 2 hours 26 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 31 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Intro
3D-Coat Basics
3D Environment Concept
Octane
Lighting
Conclusion
Lesson 4
Final Concepts
In this last lesson, you'll finalize your images and turn them into full concepts, ready to show to your art director or client. Using your work from the previous lesson, you'll select a minimum of two renders from Octane and import them to Photoshop where you'll add final details.
- 57 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 9 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Intro
First Overpaint
Second Overpaint
Conclusion
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