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Concept Design 2

Sketching Environments

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For students heading into set design, the ability to sketch and render environments is essential. Learn how to plan out perspectives, set up compositions, establish lighting, and create mood in this detailed step-by-step demonstration. This lecture also covers the materials used in the design industry as well as sketching techniques, thumbnails, and warm-up excersies.

  • Thumbnail generation
  • Quick marker sketching
  • Inking and linework
  • Rendering with markers
  • Finding proportions
  • Warm-up exercises
  • Drawing materials
  • Basics of Perspective
  1. Introduction
  2. Thumbnails
  3. Marker Sketching
  4. Inking
  5. Line Weight
  6. Markering Rendering
  7. Finishing Touches
  8. Second Sketch
  9. Marker to Finish
  10. Credits
  • Product Code: DES02
  • ISBN: 1-930878-57-5
  • UPC: 805366005832
  • Duration: 110 minutes
  • Formats: DVD-VIDEO

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  • NTSC
  • All Regions

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

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

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Feng Zhu

Concept Designer

Feng studied industrial design at the Art Center College of Design. He has since then worked on a diverse array of projects, including video games, TV commericals, film design and amusement park rides. Clients include Lucasfilm, Disney, Blur Studio, Electronic Arts, GT Interactive, Origin Systems, Microsoft, Film Roman, Universal, Warner Brothers and Sierra. For Lucasfilm, Zhu focused on new environments, and hard-surface designs including vehicles, droids and props for Star Wars: Episode III.

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"Feng is one of these few top notch artists who has been able to keep their talent undisputed with both traditional and digital medias. He has been involved in so many successful projects it would be impossible to count them all, and he is with no doubt one of the best teachers around."

- Sparth
Concept designer/illustrator
Microsoft

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