Foundation

Form Language: Insectoid Creature Design with Norris Lin - Nov 29th

Joining us back this month is Norris Lin with a session on insectoid creature designs! This 2 hour lecture & demo + 1 hour (no audio) bonus demo covers how to approach creature design by introducing form language. By studying & breaking-down the subject matter of your form language, you'll have a better understanding of various elements you can introduce into your own unique designs, all of w...

Blender for Concept Art Part 2 Releases!

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Blender for Concept Art Part 2, with Fernanders Sam - Nov 23rd

For our first release this month, we have Part 2 of Fernanders Sam's Blender for Concept Art series. This session builds on part 1 of the series, taking the lessons that were taught and expands upon them to create a scene of various buildings, and framing the camera to sketch over the composition. There is a combined total of 4.5 hours worth of demo, instruction, and bonus (non-audio) clips - show-casing this Fernanders workflow.

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Content Releases for Basic Rendering Part 1!

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Basic Rendering - Part 1 with Charles Lin - October 31, 2021

Hey guys! Our next video for the month is here, and Charles Lin will be taking it back to basics with this tutorial on Basic Rendering! In part 1 of this series, Charles will cover essential rendering knowledge needed to properly represent form when hit with light. This session will evolve with a part 2 next month, where we will take the basic principles here and illustrate how to apply them to a more complex object.

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Blender for Concept Art Part 1 Releases!

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Blender for Concept Art Part 1 w/ Fernanders Sam - Oct. 25th

Coming to you on the 25th is Blender for Concept Art with Fernanders Sam! With over 4 hours of content, Fernanders brings you this introductory series on picking up the free and open source 3D program Blender! This session covers the basics of blenders, common tools, as well as tips & tricks for how Blender can ...

Creature Sketching with William Bao Releases!

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Creature Sketching with William Bao - Sept. 30th

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For the 2nd release this month, we invite William Bao back with a session on Creature Sketching! 

After setting direction for where he wants to take his concepts with a design brief & reference imagery, Will jumps right into some ideation sketching. Keeping it loose & while he sketches, he then refines the design line work & adds tone to ...

Intro to 3DCoat for Concept Art with Norris Lin Released!

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Intro to 3DCoat for Concept Art with Norris Lin - Sept. 25th, 2021

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We're excited to welcome back Norris Lin this month with this superb introductory session on 3DCoat for Concept Art! With over 5 hours worth of content, Norris introduces us to the application 3D Coat and how he concepts out ideas in this software. He walks through the main tools he uses for creating designs, followed by full sculpting design demos from start to finish while utilizing reference.

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The Art of Studying: Animals with Charles Lin Releases!

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The Art of Studying: Animals - with Charles Lin - August 29

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Charles Lin is here with a series on "The Art of Studying!" This session breaks down animals into their simple forms, developing our visual library while studying proportions & surface/form transitions closely. Join us and pledge by August 29th for access to this tutorial!

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Character Creation Through Line Drawing with Yishu Ci Releases!

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Character Creation Through Line Drawing with Yishu Ci - August 21

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Yishu Ci is joining us this month to take us through his process of creating characters through line drawing, and finalizing them with a simple colored render treatment. 

Yishu's ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/baroqueworker

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Content out for Sci-Fi Character Design with Charles Lin!

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Sci-Fi Character Design with Charles Lin - July 30th, 2021

Hey guys, for the second release this month we bring to you Sci-Fi Character Designs with Charles Lin! This 3.5 hour real-time session goes in depth into designing characters around a theme. From sketch to final design, join us by July 30th for access to this session & 30% off all previous tutorials!

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Form Language: Creative Architecture w/ Norris Lin Part 2 Releases

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July 25th - Form Language: Creative Architecture Part 2 with Norris Lin!

Hey guys, part 2 of Form Language: Creative Architecture with Norris Lin releases on July 25th! This session will be an extension of part 1, elaborating on the design process and taking one of the sketches from the prior session to a final presentable painting. This session covers many Photoshop tips & techniques on finalizing a design. Pledge by July 25th for access to this session!

Form Language Creative Architecture Part 1 Releases!

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The second installment of this series coming next month. Thanks for the support!

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Form Language: Creative Architecture Part 1 with Norris Lin - June 29th

For the second release this month, we welcome Norris Lin back with this lesson on Form Language: Creative Architecture Part 1 - Understanding & Breaking down Inspiration.

Norris dives deep into design in this lesson, breaking down how he strategically using key sources of inspiration to influence his designs through the use of form language. Beginning with analyzing & understanding > to studying > to designing, this lesson provides value to anyone who is looked for creativ...

Form Language - Vehicle Design & Iteration with Charles Lin Releases

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Form Language: Vehicles - Design & Iteration with Charles Lin - June 21st

Coming to you this month is Form Language: Vehicles (Design & Iteration), with Charles Lin! Charles primary focus in this lesson is to highlight his design process for generating ideas. Utilizing everyday objects as a form language, Charles showcases how to take inspiration from that object and transform a basic sketch into a more unique and creative design.

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Creature Design with Charles Lin Releases!

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Form Language: Creature Design with Charles Lin - May 30th

Hey guys, for the second release this month we are thrilled to invite back Charles Lin with this session on Form Language, focusing on Creature Design. Charles breaks this session down in a procedural easy to follow format - thoroughly explaining each and every step of his process when designing unique creatures.

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Designing Military Aircraft Part 1 Releases!

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Designing Military Aircraft Part 1 - w/ Michal Kus! May 22nd

We hope you're as excited as we are for Michal Kus to join us this month with his demo on military aircraft! Michal is an exceptional concept artist in the entertainment industry, and is also the co-founder of Focal Point School in Poland.

He joins us with Part 1 of "Designin...

Intro to Environment Perspective Part 2 Releases!

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Intro to Environment Perspective: Part 2 - with Charles Lin - April 30th

Charles Lin is back this month with Intro to Environment Perspective Part 2, diving into 2-Point perspective! In this session, Charles covers the basics of 2-point perspective and his thoughts on how to generate a floor plan, which can then be elevated into basic block-out forms. Once the basic geometry is blocked out, then it's simply a matter of converting those cubes and rectangles into architecture & props.

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Iconic Prop Design with Airi Pan Goes Out!

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Update on the second release this month coming next week!