Specialization in Concept Art: Creative design of characters and scenarios

Overview

“To begin, I will discuss the fundamentals of light in art. I will introduce important principles that when applied to an object will make it look 3D. These include local colour, ambient occlusion, diffused light, highlight, bounced light, terminator, cast shadow, and form shadow. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Fundamentals of Light 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Specialization in Concept Art: Creative design of characters and scenarios. Learn to create immersive worlds and expressive characters through the concept art, with an approach to narration, environments and characters design..

Partial transcription of the video

“ Fundamentals of Light In this lesson, I'll go over some basic lighting fundamentals to establish a common language moving forward. Next, I'll show my approach to still life painting, which is a nice exercise to practice these skills. Let's get into it. First of all, I'll create a sphere. Make that a little smaller. I'll keep that on its layer and lock it. Then I'll create a cube. It's a little messy, that's ok. I'll try to get it at least symmetrical. It's better and so I'll lock that layer. Now I have my sphere and cube in separate layers. I'll add a ground plane. I'll pick a slightly li...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Concept Art: Creative design of characters and scenarios

• Level: Beginner
• 35 students
• 6 units
• 110 lessons (1d 0h 21m)
• 52 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  3D, 3D Modeling, Character Design, Concept Art, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting