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“J.P. is one of the most
inspirational and creative artists I have ever
known, if I could only tap into 1/10th of that creative
stream of thinking.”
- Ron Lemen
Instructor and Co-Founder
Studio 2nd Street
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In his first of three DVDs, J.P.
takes you on an exciting creative and technical journey showing
you how he begins a fantasy illustration, “Dark Riders”,
purely from imagination. He covers the early stages of his
process, from the initial idea to thumbnails, concept design
and the final color sketch. J.P. also discusses how character
personality, costumes, weapons and action poses affect the
narrative of the final illustration. You will learn the creative
process of composing your thumbnails, and how to use segments
of your designs for future reference as you get closer to the
final dynamic illustration. Over the course of the lecture,
J.P. covers the uses of traditional media like markers, acrylic
and oil paints, discussing the advantages of each.
Over 2 hours of lecture.
Product Code: JTA01
Thumbnailing
Using your Imagination
Composition
Character Concept
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Creature Concept
Designing the Story
Traditional Media
Movement and Action |
01: Introduction
02: Thumbnailing your Ideas
03: Character Concept: Central Rider
04: Character Concept: Rider Two
05: Character Concept: Rider Three
06: Creature Concept: Rider's Mount
07: Final Sketch Layout
08: Acrylic Underpainting
09: Finishing with Oils
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J.P. is an accomplished digital and traditional
illustrator, concept artist and art director for books and video games.
He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York and started working
professionally at age twenty, illustrating book covers for Avon Books.
Soon after, he got his big break and began illustrating sci-fi and fantasy
book covers for Berkeley/Ace Books, Bantam Books and Warner Books. He
continued to do work for Wizards of the Coast, The Science Fiction Book
Club and many role playing game companies. With over 300 book covers,
J.P.'s work has also been published in Spectrum and on collectable plates
from the Bradford Exchange. In 2000 J.P. won the A.S.F.A. Chesley Award
for best paperback book cover. After many years of illustrating he decided
to try his hand at concept art and landed a job with NCsoft. That same
year he became Art Director at NCsoft Santa Monica, where he worked
on creatures and environments for games such as Tabula Rasa and Aion.
He is currently freelancing for publishers and video game companies
and is working on a full color graphic novel.
Imaginative Illustration with J.P. Targete Vol. 2
Imaginative Illustration with J.P. Targete Vol. 3
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