The second DVD in the Syd Mead series, this lesson introduces the viewer to the process of creating the Value Preliminary. Using a series of grey to black markers, Syd shows you how to illustrate your image once you've determined the picture composition and sketch views. He guides the artist through a step-by-step process of choosing the best view and, using only a series of nine grey markers, he shows how to create a value system for your illustration, explaining that the more you establish your value range at this stage, the more you ensure the visual sense of your final picture. Using felt tip markers of varying values, Syd guides the user through the process of creating detail, blocking shadows, indicating highlights and defining the detail on the Value Preliminary.

• Sketching Alternate Views
  
• Hatch Technique
  
• Picking the Best View
  
• Setting Detail Elements
  
• Adding Values
  
• Five Step Value Range Shading
  
• Adding Detail

1. Introduction
   
2. Van: Value Study
   
3. Scene: Value Study
   
4. Final Composition
   
5. Line Drawing Overlay
   
6. Hyper Van Drawings

• Product Code: SME02
• ISBN: 1-930878-94-X
• UPC: 805366009533
• Duration: 120 minutes
• Formats: DVD-VIDEO

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Syd Mead

Concept Designer

Over the last 50 years, Syd Mead has created startling pictures for clients all over the world. His technique infuses finished scenarios with a vivid reality, allowing the viewer to gain a look into many visions of future worlds. He has designed and illustrated for corporations, motion pictures, themed entertainment, and a wide range of transportation projects. Syd's combination of recognition and creative imagination has graced scores of films, books, and other exhibits. His film work includes Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner, Tron, 2010, Aliens, Short Circuit and other films. Off screen, Syd has designed a 747 interior, a yacht and the Spaceship 2056 pavilion in Japan. Numerous magazines have featured Syd's art and he has published several books of his work.