Digital Painting for 2D Illustration
The Thumbnail - Idea Exploration 2
A course by Matt Sanz , Visual Development Artist
About the video: The Thumbnail - Idea Exploration 2
Overview
“Let's keep on working on the thumbnail.”
In this video lesson Matt Sanz addresses the topic: The Thumbnail - Idea Exploration 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Painting for 2D Illustration. Learn how to create conceptual story-driven illustrations for video games and animation.
Partial transcription of the video
“Finally start sketching First the canvas So the cameras I'm working on is a HD 2K. At 3840 pixels, 2160 at 72 pixels per inch. And you don't need to wait that big for the thumbnail, but I like the canvas being that big, so I have a lot of room to work around. I can pan the canvas anywhere. I can zoom in and I still got loads of space. I like that freedom. express a little bit more so I can SketchUp to you, SketchDown there, Sketch anywhere I need to. I really work quite loosely, so I think I never really scale anything up, so I just want to get a rough 16x9. because it can all change later....”
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Course summary for: Digital Painting for 2D Illustration
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Traditional illustration

Matt Sanz
A course by Matt Sanz
Matt Sanz is a visual development artist specializing in video games and animation. Based in the UK, his freelance work as a 2D artist and creative director has led him to develop unique visual concepts for a wide range of clients, including BOB, Friday Sundae, IGG, Amazon Games, and more.
Matt graduated with a degree in Game Design and accepted a position as Lead Concept Artist for a studio in China shortly after, opening up a wide range of international opportunities. You can find Matt’s work online and at Artstation.
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