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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 this third and final DVD of
the series, J.P. discusses the color painting techniques he
uses to finish an illustration. Sit back and let J.P. be your
guide as you learn how he colors and details an illustration
using Adobe Photoshop®. He covers color palette along with
color lighting, color glazing and value. He also discusses
how he uses his original color sketch to help with the final
color painting. Watch and learn how J.P. paints fully detailed
foreground characters from start to finish. Throughout the
DVD, he explores materials, texture and atmosphere, as well
as ideas on creativity and realism. In this lecture you will
get an insight into J.P.'s thought process as he completes
the "Dark Riders" illustration.
Over 2 hours of lecture.
Product Code: JTA03
Color Palette
Color Harmony
Lighting
Colorizing Techniques
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Painting Techniques
Atmosphere and Texture
Detailing Imaginative Visualization |
01: Beginning the Colorization Process.
02: Painting Opaquely
03: Unifying Colors/ Painting Foreground Characters
04: Foreground Characters Continued
05: Final Foreground Character/ Adding Atmosphere
06: Overall Adjustments
07: Final Touch-ups and Thoughts
Click here to
view a sample clip from this DVD. Note that while this
clip is 640x480 the actual movie size is 1024x768 with
higher quality compression. View the stills to the right
to see the actual resolution.
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. 1
Imaginative Illustration with
J.P. Targete Vol. 2
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