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Digital Creations
4.6 (283 ratings)
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Digital Creations

Concept Art & Effects with Photoshop
4.6 (283 ratings)
Course Ratings are calculated from individual students’ ratings and a variety of other signals, like age of rating and reliability, to ensure that they reflect course quality fairly and accurately.
1,915 students enrolled
Created by Hardy Fowler
Last updated 2/2016
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This course includes
  • 1.5 hours on-demand video
  • 1 downloadable resource
  • Full lifetime access
  • Access on mobile and TV
  • Certificate of Completion
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What you'll learn
  • Paint realistic objects & effects commonly found in concept art and video game illustrations.
  • Break into an exciting and growing digital art marketplace.
  • Create amazing digital environment paintings with Adobe Photoshop! Break into an exciting and growing digital art marketplace. Focus their imaginations into an easy-to-follow process that yields amazing results.
Requirements
  • Photoshop and a pen tablet (Wacom Intuos 3 recommended) along with a creative spirit are all that is needed.
  • A general understanding of art fundamentals and a basic knowledge of Photoshop is recommended. We offer FREE courses on both!
Description

Digital Creations: Concept Art Objects & Effects with Photoshop

If you are a student with plans to enter the field of conceptual art and illustration or already work in the business but want to learn an exciting way to build a strong client base and improve workflow, this course is perfect. However, the course is also beneficial for virtually anyone interested in painting cool armor and weapons on the computer.

How to Transform the Ordinary into Something Extraordinary with Digital Painting

  • Master key elements of art and illustration
  • Understand how to stand apart from the competition
  • Benefit from basic and sidebar methodologies
  • Optimize existing or gain new knowledge


    • Content and Overview

    By applying everything learned in this course, you have incredible opportunities to work within multiple industries, including film, video game, print and fine art to name a few. Digital art is used in the conceptualization of environments seen in blockbuster films and video games.

    Other courses tend to skip critical steps or gloss over information, but with this digital painting course, everything you need to get started is provided. This course will take you through the process of creating believable and compelling concept art objects step-by-step using Adobe Photoshop.

  • Simple Exercises - we will learn the basics of rendering metal, wood, "jewels" and glass containers. All skills that every concept artist must master in order to create professional level weapons & armor concept art.
  • Full Scale Projects - we will apply what was learned in the exercises to three simulated real world assignments. Students can choose to render a suit of armor, a pistol or a sword (or try all three!)
  • Special Effects - we will learn to render realistic magical effects such as smoke, fire and lightning.

    • After completing this course using Adobe Photoshop, you will have the ability to render these commonly sought after assets with confidence and ease.

    Who this course is for:
    • This digital art class is perfect for beginners seeking to break into the digital art field.
    • Novices and even professionals will also benefit a great deal from this class. Refine your methods and increase the marketability of your work. Level up!
    Featured review
    Steve Parks
    Steve Parks ( 39 courses, 6 reviews )
    4 months ago
    Yes, it was a very good match for me. I'm especially happy to see how I can use the hue/saturation adjustment layers individually and within a group. Also, the magical and elemental effects with the sword module is an excellent tool!
    Course content
    Expand all 10 lectures 01:32:38
    + – Introduction & Basic Setup
    2 lectures 02:59

    This lecture gives a very general overview of the course and outlines what will be covered.

    Introduction & Course Overview
    Preview 00:46

    In this lecture, we discuss equipment requirements and basic setup. The brushes that I use are available for download as an .abr file.

    Equipment & Basic Setup
    Preview 02:13
    + – Simple Exercises
    4 lectures 26:16

    In this lecture, we will begin rendering some simple geometric shapes so that they look like believable metal. We will discuss the shiny luster of metal and how to apply highlights, core shadow and reflected lights to make it believable.

    Rendering Metal 1 - General Rendering
    Preview 06:21

    In this lecture, we will add some finer detail to our metal object rendering exercise. These will include seams, scratches, rivets and rolled edges.

    Rendering Metal 2 - Adding Interest
    Preview 05:24

    In this lecture, we will learn a very fast and easy technique for rendering realistic wood grain.

    Rendering Wood
    04:19

    In this lecture, we will learn how to render realistic looking glass jewels and glass containers. Special highlights will be used to add additional realism.

    Rendering Jewels & Glass Containers
    10:12
    + – Full Scale Projects
    3 lectures 55:53

    In this lecture, we will render a pistol. We will break it down into simple shapes and refine it into a polished illustration.

    Pistol
    19:59

    In this lecture, we will render a suit of armor. We will break it down into simple shapes and refine it into a polished illustration.

    Armor
    20:04

    In this lecture, we will render a sword. We will break it down into simple shapes and refine it into a polished illustration.

    Sword
    15:50
    + – Special Effects
    1 lecture 07:30

    In this lecture, we will learn techniques for creating realistic smoke, fire and lightning magic effects.

    Special Effects - Smoke, Fire & Lightning
    07:30