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December 05, 2007
This week The Gnomon Workshop is releasing 4 new
titles in their series of professional comic book
illustration DVD’s. This series starts with
Comic Book Pencilling with David Finch and continues
with Comic book layout and pencilling with Alvin
Lee, Comic Book Inking with Joe Weems and Comic Book
Coloring with Steve Firchow. This in-depth series
covers such topics as thumbnailing variation and
experimentation, using a range of textures and rendering
techniques, working through your creative thought
process, tools, workflow, picking and establishing
your palette and much more. All four DVDs include
over 2 hours of lecture, lots of detailed close-ups
and lecture Notes.
Also this week The Gnomon Workshop is pleased
to be releasing 3 new 3D character DVDs - Character
Rigging: The Puppet Rig, Maya Rigging Techniques with
Carlo Sansonetti, Character Modeling
in Maya and ZBrush: The Making of Jester, Volume One and Character
Texturing and Rendering: The Making of Jester, Volume
Two, both with Alex Alvarez.
In Character Rigging: The Puppet Rig Carlo
takes you through the entire rigging process from skeleton
creation and joint orientation through to limb twisting.
Topics include Animation
Controls, Stretchy Spine and Head and Neck rigs. With
The Making of Jester Volumes 1 & 2, Gnomon Founder and Director,
Alex Alvarez teaches a 2-part making-of demonstration
and lecture. This comprehensive set takes the viewer
through the complete creation process from Base
Mesh Creation through to Environment Creation. Alex will
work through such topics as UV Layout, Composition and
Lighting, Maya Shader Setup,
Rendering with Mental Ray and Maya workflow, just to
name a few.
Read the Comic Book Illustration Series Press Release: click
here
Read the Alvarez and Sansonetti Press Release: click
here
Details are available by following the links below:
Comic Book Pencilling with David Finch
Comic Book Inking with Joe Weems
Comic Book Coloring with Steve Firchow
Comic Book layout and Pencilling with Alvin Lee
Character Modeling
in Maya and ZBrush: The Making of Jester, Volume One
Character
Texturing and Rendering: The Making of Jester, Volume Two
Character
Rigging: The Puppet Rig, Maya Rigging Techniques with
Carlo Sansonetti
Artist bio and portfolio can be found in the instructor
and gallery pages.
October 24, 2007
The
Gnomon Workshop is pleased to welcome a
groundbreaking new DVD series to our established
library -
a three part step-by-step body tattooing series
of techniques for beginning
and advanced tattoo artists!
Veteran tattoo artist Dean Deakyne introduces
with great detail, skill and
knowledge the world of tattooing.
This series is intended for both beginning and advanced
tattoo artists. Dean leads you through an introduction
to equipment and safety, setting up a sanitary
tattoo station drawing, stencil making, outline, color
and shading techniques, tattooing on both practice
skins and clients.
Read the general Press Release: click
here
Details are available by following the links below:
Introduction to Skins
Intro to Black and Grey
Introduction to Color
Artist bio and portfolio can be found in the instructor
and gallery pages.
September 7, 2007
The
Gnomon Workshop is pleased to announce
three new additions to our 3D and 2D libraries!
Zack
Petroc returns with Volume 2 of his
fantastic Art Direction and Digtial Sculpting
series, utilizing ZBrush 3. We also introduce
new instructors Henry Goecke and Jeremy Vickery.
Henry teaches the basics of modeling surfaces
in StudioTools and Jeremy lectures on light
and color theory from a practical perspective
as applied to 2D and 3D image creation.
Read the general Press Release: click here
Details are available by following the links below:
The Digital
Maquette, Volume Two Art Direction and Digital
Sculpting with Zack Petroc
Modeling
Essentials with StudioTools Industrial Design
Techniques with Henry Goecke
Practical Light and Color Theory and Application with Jeremy Vickery
Artists bios and portfolios can be found in the instructor
and gallery pages.
June 20, 2007
The Gnomon Workshop is very excited to announce the
release of Meats Meier’s highly anticipated
follow-up to his ZBrush series.
Introduction to ZBrush 3 has arrived! This DVD,
with 6 full hours of instruction
brings both advanced and new users through the groundbreaking Z3
experience.
"I've spent a lot of time testing and re-testing
the functions in ZBrush 3 so
that I can give people the quickest, yet most thorough
understanding of its amazing
digital sculpting features. Every major function
is covered
and explained in simple terms that will make learning
interesting and fun. This
DVD is created for anyone that wants a complete explanation
of what ZBrush can do
- and the most efficient way to go about doing it.
Everyone
from beginner to expert will find important information
about taking their
ZBrush skill to the next level!". - Meats Meier
Read the general Press Release: click here
Details are available by following the links below:
Intro to ZBrush 3Tools and Workflow with Meats Meier
Meats' bio and portfolio can be found in the instructor
and gallery pages.
May 16, 2007
The Gnomon Workshop offers an exciting new 6th Sculpture
title from artist John Brown. A long awaited addition
to John’s brilliant sculpture series,
this captivating tutorial leads you with a master's
skill through the process of sculpting the female
form. Watch as John Brown brings to life a fantasy
femme fatale figure, in full detail over two hours
of instruction.
Read the general Press Release: click here
Details are available by following the links below:
Sculpting the Femme Fatale, The Techniques of John Brown, Volume 6
John's bio and portfolio can be found in the instructor
and gallery pages.
May 02, 2007
The Gnomon Workshop is pleased to welcome a new artist
to our training library, internationally recognized
3D artist Cetin Tuker, who provides our digital DVD
library with his knowledge of 3ds Max techniques
using Glue3D. Cetin has over 15 years experience
working in 3D production and teaching university
level 3D Animation and Motion Graphics. Cetin is
also a respected writer for numerous 3D magazines
and the author of his own book on “3D Environment
Design” which was released in 2006.
Read the general Press Release: click here
Details are available by following the links below:
Fluid Simulation with Glu3D 3ds Max Techniques with Cetin Tuker
Cetin's bio and portfolio can be found in the instructor and gallery
pages.
March 28, 2007
The Gnomon Workshop is pleased to announce the release
of three DVDs by acclaimed artists Taron, Zack Petroc
and Keith Thompson. Covering the topics of Organic
Modeling, Art Direction and Character Design, these
titles are truly educational and inspiring.
Read the general Press Release: click here
Details are available by following the links below:
The Digital Maquette, Volume One Art Direction and Digital Sculpting with Zack Petroc
The Secrets of Organic Modeling Lightwave Modeling Techniques with Taron
Character Design Techniques Traditional to Digital Process with Keith Thompson
Instructor bios and portfolios can be found in the instructor and gallery
pages.
February 21, 2007
The Gnomon Workshop is pleased to announce the release
of two new Maya training DVDs. 'Introduction to Maya'
by Alex Alvarez gives new users a thorough walkthrough
of Maya's user interface, architecture, object manipulation
and scene management. John Clark's 'Underwater Environments'
showcases his dynamic effects techniques for developing
an animated effects shot.
Read the general Press Release: click here
Details are available by following the links below:
Introduction to Maya Interface and Workflow with Alex Alvarez
Maya Dynamics: Underwater Environments Creating a Dynamics Shot with John Clark
Instructor bios and portfolios can be found in the instructor and gallery
pages.
January 24, 2007
The Gnomon Workshop is pleased to welcome two new
artists to our training library with the release
of new character animation and fluid dynamics DVD
titles. Scott Easley, Principal Animator for Heavy
Iron Studios, shares his techniques for developing
a solid character animation pipeline using Maya.
Wayne England, CG Supervisor at Sway Studio, introduces
Real Flow and his techniques for sculpting fluid
dynamic simulations. Scott and Wayne bring over a
decade of production experience in the games, broadcast
and film industries, and have each won Emmys for
their expertise and talent.
Read the general Press Release: click here
Details are available by following the links below:
Pipelines for Video Game Animation Character Animation Techniques with Scott Easley
Introduction to Sculpting Fluid Dynamics Real Flow Techniques with Wayne England
Instructor bios and portfolios can be found in the instructor and gallery
pages.
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