Digital paintings can be tricky. Start with the basics first. These tips are industry standard stuff that are used by the biggest films and games on the planet. Give it a try. My notes for today include: 1. Camera Basics 2. Composition Basics 3. Lighting Basics More to come...

Some recent quick demos on set designs for our students. The goal is to use very loose sketches to capture ideas as they come to your head and not worry about having nice drawings. Finding your design early on will reduce stress and increase confidence.

For digital paintings, we teach students to start with a simple lighting method - silhouetting. It's easy to set up, allowing students to produce work and build confidence. Here are some recent in-class student paint-overs I've done (15-20mins each due to how fast this method is)

A couple more of student paint-overs, demonstrating the easier to learn silhouette lighting method.

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Gears, couplings, and drives - all made with legos

Additional in-class demos. Set designs based on the book "Perdido Street Station."

In-class demos. Electric gun designs (related to previous project).

Class demo - HD'ing the Mech from FFVI. I showed students how to find forms using side profile sketches, which are easier to draw, then "skewing" that side view in PS and extruding it into 3D, thus preserving the proportions. It's a fast process; useful in early phases of design.

Initial rough sketches to find the design direction.

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