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The Techniques of Puddnhead 2

Creature Digital Painting

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In this DVD, Puddnhead shows you how to transform a pencil drawing into a digital painting using Corel Painter. He reveals every step of his process, from underpainting to the finished rendering. Puddnhead shows all of his tricks for creating a better glow by combining tools and layering, painting better edges, rendering small details, adding more life to your paintings, implementing advanced lighting, creating mood and emotion, and knowing when a painting is finished.

  • Pencil Drawing
  • Abstract Shapes
  • Adding Life to your Drawing
  • Character Emotion
  • Advanced Rendering
  • Creating Mood
  • Anatomy
  1. Rough Underpainting
  2. Underpainting and Head Detailing
  3. Establishing Form, Upper Torso Detailing
  4. Adding Light from Below
  5. Reassessing Color and Lower Lighting
  6. Detailing, Highlights and Texture
  7. Final Detailing, Adding Spades, Clean-up
  • Product Code: KLL02
  • ISBN: 1-59762-936-7
  • UPC: 805366016289
  • Duration: 120 minutes
  • Formats: DVD-ROM

DVD-ROM Requirements:

  • 1GHz or faster processor
  • 512 MB RAM
  • 64 MB Video RAM
  • DVD-ROM Drive
  • 5 GB of hard disk space
  • 1280 x 1024 display

DVD-ROM and Digital Download Requirements:

Minimum Operating System:

  • Microsoft® Windows® Vista®
  • Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
  • Apple® Mac® OS X 10.2

Software:

  • QuickTime Movie Player (Version 7.0 or higher)
  • Acrobat Reader (Version 5.0 or higher)

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  • Software Used:

  • Corel Painter

Puddnhead

Concept Artist

Puddnhead is a concept development artist living in Hollywood, who has worked for Lucasfilm, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Records, FOX, Columbia Pictures, Vivendi Universal, Imaginary Forces, Hasbro, New Line Cinema, Sierra Games, Troika Games, Electronic Arts, Interplay Entertainment, Black Isle Studios, Big Huge Games, and Wizards of the Coast to name a few. Some of the films that Puddnhead has worked on are Blade 3, Hellboy, Spider-Man 2, Harry Potter 3, Van Helsing, Dreamcatcher, Cat in the Hat, Identity, Daredevil, The Hulk, Elektra, Pirates of the Caribbean, Darkness Falls and Charlie's Angels 2. Puddn' has also worked on the redesign of the Dreamworks logo, and developed designs for the "Return of the Mummy" ride at the Universal Studios Theme Park in Florida.

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"Puddnhead's high level of draftsmanship is a delight to watch and learning how to approach figurative painting within Painter 9.0 make this another unique and beneficial addition to the Analog library."

- Scott Robertson
Design Studio Press

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