Speed Painting Environment Concepts in Photoshop
When it comes to creating concept art for environments, the process doesn't have to be a slow methodical one. Software required: Photoshop CS6.
What you'll learn
When it comes to creating concept art for environments, the process doesn't have to be a slow methodical one. In fact, when we do something as simple as setting a time limit for ourselves, something truly magical can happen. Not only can we free ourselves of the burden having to create the perfect finished image in one attempt but we can also amass are large number of potential options very quickly. We will also learn that if an idea just isn't panning out, we can quickly set it aside and move on without wasting time trying to make it work. While we will be focusing on speed and staying loose early in this course, we will also learn some valuable techniques along the way for both breaking down our image as well as painting it. To wrap up this training, we will slow our pace considerably and learn that detail and polish should be saved for the very end of a speed painting. After completing this series of lessons, you will have learned more than just some tips and tricks for painting a pretty image. You will have learned that speed painting is as much a frame of mind as it is a way to work. Software required: Photoshop CS6.
Table of contents
- Warming up for Painting 15m
- Starting Our Speed Painting with Perspective 9m
- Blocking in Silhouettes for Rock Formations 10m
- Detailing the Silhouette Edges 8m
- Adding in a Primary Light Source for Our Image 9m
- Beginning to Block in Midground to Foreground Transitional Details 11m
- Beginning to Block in Background to Midground Transitional Details 9m
- Focusing on Foreground Refinement 9m
- Focusing on Midground Refinement 11m
- Finding the Details in Our Castle: Tower 1 11m
- Finding the Details in Our Castle: Tower 2 9m
- Blending the Castle into the Midground 7m
- Painting Clouds 9m
- Color and Level Correction 8m
- Adding Ships to the Scene 13m
About the author
Eddie began teaching creative professionals over ten years ago for Digital Tutors. In 2014 Digital Tutors was acquired by Pluralsight and he continued his focus on creating high quality training for artists in both the film and games industries. With a background in graphic design and illustration Eddie has always been focused on visual appeal. This can be seen through his courses in which he shares secrets for achieving production level quality for concept art, illustrations, textures, mater... more