Environment Design 1

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James Paick Bio

James Paick is currently a freelance concept artist working for clients such as Naughty Dog, NCsoft, Trion, Liquid Entertainment, EA, Sucker Punch Studios, and Turbine Studios. 

Master class

Environment Design 1

Dates:
April 20th - June 16th, 2012 + 1 extra week for content review.
Fees:
$599
Pre-reqs:
Fundamentals for creative environment design or excellent drawing and digital painting foundations.
Materials:
Photoshop or Painter
Course Description:

This course focuses on the basic and general outline of creating an environment as used in illustration and concept design for the video game and film industries. There will be a firm focus on creating thumbnail and final illustrations, composition, value studies, perspective and digital painting techniques in Photoshop.

Course Outline
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  • Week 1: The basics of composition perspective and values.
  • Week 2: Full value painting and lighting.
  • Week 3: Concepts for environments.
  • Week 4: Paintover of previous weeks assignment.
  • Week 5: Basics of color.
  • Week 6: Concept design project.
  • Week 7: Review of thumbnails.
  • Week 8: Final review.

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