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Class notes for color, lighting, etc.

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"Teenager's bedroom" is one of my favorite assignments at FZD. Students have to design and use set dressing to visually communicate the teenager's interests, hobbies, pets, etc. This might sound easy, but in reality, it takes a lot of design thinking to make the room look fun.

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Designs by Maethavee Padungsakdisin. The details in her linework is very impressive. Concept designs such as these show that the artist is totally into their work.

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Beautiful demo for our students by FZD instructor Ian Ho. This assignment is about designing a mobile merchant. Design needs to show two phases: "packed up" and "deployed." Gotta love all the details. 🐶☕️🍜

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Some beautiful designs from our term 2 students. This project requires designing an interior with a hidden room.

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When learning digital painting, start by creating silhouettes of all your major forms. Then place a backlight to punch up the contrast (regardless of day or night, interior or exterior). This is an easier method to try before diving into the deeper stuff.

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More beautiful work from Maethavee! You've probably seen her rustic tavern design from a few weeks back (reposting it again cuz it's so cool). Her new designs are just as detailed and inviting. See more on her AS:

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A big congrats to our recent Term 3 students for completing their 1 year study at FZD. They produced some beautiful work. Here are some great designs from Richard Peng Lee.

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Digital paintings can be tricky. Start with the basics first. These tips are industry standard stuff that are used by the biggest films and games on the planet. Give it a try. My notes for today include: 1. Camera Basics 2. Composition Basics 3. Lighting Basics More to come...

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We constantly tell our students that concept art is not always about doing epic paintings. Once that phase is over (which is really fun), we often have to get down to the nitty-gritty stuff (not so fun, but required). I spent 2 long weeks doing this for General Grievous on Ep3 😓

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A follow up to Yesterday's post. Here are some class notes on color and value. I've shared these before, so I apologize for re-posting. Hopefully new followers will find these useful. I've got a ton of these so let me know if you want to see more. Have a great Friday everyone.

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Hope everyone had a good weekend. Here are more examples from our term 3 entertainment projects. This set is by Jiahao Han. I can never get tired of looking at these room cutaways. So much nostalgia.

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Wonderful designs by recent FZD grad, Anson Wong. Anson has a bright future in the animation industry.

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Some more beautiful cutaways designs by our students. This set is by Ian Hong. Looking at these drawings brings back so much warm childhood memories of playing with toys and pretending to go on adventures. I wish I can visit these worlds :)

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This assignment, called the RPG Store, requires students to design a main store and the owner's bedroom. The goals are to learn visual storytelling and design consistency between multiple pieces.

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How bad did you ever want something? For me, it was my dream to work on Star Wars. When given a 4 days test to design stuff to show George on Friday, I forwent sleep and just jammed away. Produced 20+ traditional drawings, all hand plotted. Had so much fun and got the gig.

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Some nice RPG room designs from our current term 2 student.

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This is called the "life cycle creature design" assignment. Instead of designing just monsters, this course encourages students to think about how life forms live and adopt to their natural environments. Here are some great examples from our current 2 students.

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When designing, don't trap yourself too early with details. Start with really quick sketches to find the major shapes and "selling point" first. These sketches are for yourself so they don't need to look nice. Use dodge/burn/no perspective/bad anatomy, whatever works.

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Been getting questions in DM regarding camera placements in environmental paintings. Here are some of my class notes for our students. Also threw in additional notes on value and composition. If you have other questions, just leave them in the comments and I'll try to answer them

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Comfort for the eyes and soul. Designs by FZD student Natcha Ngamtweerat.

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Our current term 3 students are doing some beautiful work. It's been a pleasure giving them art direction and feedback. Here's a set of designs from Anson Wong.

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"The Long Voyage" design by FZD student, Richard Peng Lee.

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More class notes. A fun way to learn about lighting is by treating your scene like a miniature set. Entertainment lighting is rarely "realistic." Instead, multiple lights are used to achieve desired moods. Use b/w flatly lit stock photos and relight them via stage lights.

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One of the best ways to build a design portfolio is using the 90/10 rule: 90% grounded, referenced from real world subject matter + 10% change (scale, added tech, materials, etc.). This combo makes your designs believable yet fun. Check out these examples from FZD grad Fangzhou.

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Fantastic JRPG styled designs by FZD term 3 student, Wong Yun Teng. Lovely details!

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Lighting in digital painting can be overwhelming for students. My approach is to compartmentalize the scene into a miniature set. Turn on one light at a time and focus on creating contrasts. Here are three lighting schemes using stage lighting (raw unlit photo on upper right).

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This beautiful set of designs is by recent FZD grad, Gregorius Marvin. I love the retro-tech aesthetic!

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More beautiful work from our recent term 3 grads. This set is by Simons Saha.

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Ever get stuck trying to find a design? If this happens, try drawing only side views. Removing perspective allows you to focus entirely on shapes and proportions, making the design process fun and less stressful. You can then extrude the side view into 3d by plotting or software.

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Love these RPG styled set designs by FZD grad Jasper Jiahao Han. Such a classic vibe to them. This is how I saw those 16-bit era SNES games in my mind when I was playing them 😂 More of Jasper's work can be seen on his Art Station:

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More cutaway room designs by our term 2 students. Each room leads to a secret room.

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A few more of the "teenager's bedroom" design assignment by our current term 2 students.

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Environment and vehicle design by current FZD student, Daniel Jakobi.

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Now that Twitter seems to be back to normal again, I'll share some recent in-class demos. Here's a set design based on the book, Perdido Street Station. Rough paint-overs, 3d base + initial design/layout.

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Love all the well researched details in these cutaways.

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More "teenager's bedroom" designs from our current term 2 students. Love discovering all the little details.

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Our new terms are off to a great start! Here's the Teenager's Bedroom assignment from our term 2 students. Good work everyone! Lots of fun details to discover.

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Gorgeous concept art by recent FZD grad Gabriel Loo-Carre. It's so cool to see how much our students improve from their day 1 work to this. Hard work gets results.

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Our term 3 students just finished their first 7 weeks project. Here's a great set by Simons Saha, based on the book Ghost King.

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If you love fantasy RPGs, take a look at this beautiful set of designs by FZD term 3 student, Georgina Ng. She's been focusing and working hard ever since day 1 and the results definitely show. Amazing to witness her progress; plus she still has another project in development!

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Beautiful designs by recent FZD grad, Laura Abara. Lovely forms and details!

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Here are the images from episode 109 of Design Cinema. These 3/4 rooms are a great way to introduce our students to the process of design thinking. This step-by-step approach allows them to make progress without getting overwhelmed. Having a checklist also makes critiques easier.

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Class notes from today. First is about how to make your designs more interesting. Start by having strong fundamentals followed by a good base. Next, set dress it. Finally, add human stories into your design. Second sheet is about color/lighting and how specular reflections work.

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Some cool fantasy room cutaways by FZD grad Hoang Thuan. I can never get tired of looking at these type of designs. 🧐

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A few more FZD student work (Chang-Wei Chen) demonstrating the 90/10 design technique. If you are a student building a concept art portfolio, this type of content works really well and will get you noticed by studios. Chang-Wei's ArtStation:

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Lovely detailed feudal Japan themed designs by recent FZD grad, Georg Krauskopf. Hard work pays off!

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Beautiful RPG styled designs by recent FZD grad, Sakulkarn Kunasawan. Lovely details and theme.

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Our term 3 students just completed their one year study at FZD. It was a lot of hard work but the results clearly show. Here is a beautiful set of designs by Satchit Basu. Look at all those details!

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One of the easier ways to learn lighting is by "re-lighting" photographs. Find a flatly-lit photo, change it to BW (no need to focus on color for now), and apply a magic hour lighting pass. You can see more of this process in Design Cinema, Episode 98 -

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D&D themed interior and set designs by FZD grad Wesley Phua. Gotta love them RPG taverns. 🥰

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A few more fun designs from our current FZD term 2 students. This is part of the "Teenager's Bedroom" project, one of the first introductory design classes at the school.

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Cool demo by FZD instructor Ian Ho. This is for a vehicle design assignment called the "Long Voyage." Attention to details, functionality, form factor, set dressing and story telling (through personal items) are important.

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Some vehicle cutaway designs by our current term 2 students. This assignment is about learning set dressing within an unconventional space.

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Final Fantasy VI had a HUGE impact on me back in '94. Even though the pixel art is simple, what it created in my imagination was massive. I saw snow capped mountains, hunted forests, grand castles and beautiful airships. Here are some HD'ing of FFVI I did for fun a while back.

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My top 10 tips for beginners. This list is also featured in Design Cinema episode 100. #10 - Just Draw Before doing anything else, just draw. You don’t need the latest software, hardware, brush, etc. Find some copy paper, grab a pen or pencil, and start drawing. (1/10)

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Many students try to design from scratch. There's an idea that their work has to be 100% original and different. In reality, it's the complete opposite. We want to see if you can build reality based entertainment experiences through solid understanding of function, form and logic

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Beautiful set of designs by our term 3 student, Luca Pascal. They are based on The Laundry Files novels.

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Here are some samples of the perspective grids I used on those Star Wars concept designs. These grids can save a ton of time because it allows me to design freely on paper while maintaining accuracy. However, you still need to calculate foreshortening, ellipses, etc. (last image)

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For digital paintings, we teach students to start with a simple lighting method - silhouetting. It's easy to set up, allowing students to produce work and build confidence. Here are some recent in-class student paint-overs I've done (15-20mins each due to how fast this method is)

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My favorite color. 💙💙💙 #BlueArt

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The "Throne Room" is a mid-term project at FZD. Even though it's a straightforward theme with a clear function, the possibilities for entertainment design is endless. Here are some great examples from our current 2 students (they also must include an animal motif)

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Working in black and white is a great way to learn digital painting. If you are just starting out, focus on brush direction, edge control, value separation, composition, lighting and design. And be patient. It takes hundreds of hours of practice to get comfortable in this medium.

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More beautiful set designs by FZD students, Cedric Mousseaux & Sakulkarn Kunasawan.

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Additional in-class demos. Set designs based on the book "Perdido Street Station."

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More fun examples from the RPG shop assignment, where students have to design the shop as well as the owner's bedroom. Goal is to learn visual storytelling and design consistency across multiple images.

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Glad to see our current term 1 students doing well (just 3 weeks into their 1 year study). We focus heavily on drawing and learning the fundamentals for the first half of the year. Even though 3d is used 85%+ of the time now in concept art, the ability to draw well is vital.

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Class demos showing the easier silhouette technique. Using this method makes learning digital painting more manageable for our students. Give it a try. See my previous post for additional info.

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Reposting: When designing, don't trap yourself too early with details. Start with really quick sketches to find the major shapes and "selling point" first. These sketches are for yourself so they don't need to look nice. Use dodge/burn/no perspective/bad anatomy, whatever works.

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Mech sketches

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A great set of designs by term 3 student, Nantanut Srisangnum. Based on the book "A Night in the Lonesome October."

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Been swamped with work lately. Haven't had much time to share our student's work on twitter. Finally got a small break today. Here are some beautiful cutaways by FZD grad Natcha Ngamtweerat.

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Beautiful vis dev and designs by FZD grad Chang-Wei Chen. Such pleasing forms to look at.

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It's finals week here at FZD. Check out these cool room cutaway designs by our term 2 students. This design project calls for 1 vehicle, 1 main room and 1 hidden room for a specific job class (thief, hacker, smuggler, etc.) A bunch more can be seen here:

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Old class demo showing how to use rough human skeleton sketches to define the perspective and proportions, prior to adding costume designs on top. Can be helpful when placing characters into environments.

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Some cool 3/4 cutaway designs from our current term 2 students. The goal is to design a bedroom and a workshop room matching the job role of the character (visual story telling through set dressing). Fun stuff.

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A fun project by FZD student Fabian Scholz. It's a strategy game about Viking sheep vs wolves. Here is the sheep clan.

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In this term 2 assignment, students have to design two sets and a vehicle. The first set showcases the character's "regular" life, while the second shows their "hidden" life. Here's a great example from current FZD student, Nathan Bierset.

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Penmanship is very personal. For the first few weeks at the school, we give students the same reference photos to draw from. This allows everyone to see the wide range of drawing styles and learn from each other. I love scrolling back and forth, comparing the different methods.

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Nice steampunk-ish designs by FZD grad James Patel. Fun forms.

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Beautiful set of designs by recent FZD grad, Yunny Wong. Love the time period she's chosen for this project.

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Some non-boat vehicle interior designs by our current term 2 students. Trains and planes!

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Another vehicle exterior/interior design by FZD student, Brian Chan.

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Beautiful designs from our current term 2 final assignment. Students have to design a main set and a hidden space for their character's "secret" profession. Here's an art critic/forgery and a gnomon teacher/warrior.

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Quick class demo - introductory steps to digital painting. When learning, keep the lighting silhouette based, colors monochromatic-ish and start with a solid design. Most importantly, keep practicing, even if the results are bad. Line art by FZD student Natcha Ngamtweerat.

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Drawings from episode 108 of Design Cinema. Re-design of the mining town, Narshe, from Final Fantasy VI.

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Always loved this derelict ship port design by FZD grad Kyle Enochs. Kyle is currently a senior concept artist at Gunfire Games (remnant from the ashes).

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This is really interesting.

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なんと動いてません #ド直球に言いますがフォローしてください

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More vehicle interior set dressing designs by our current term 2 students. Fun details!

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This beautiful set of designs is by our term 3 student, Katherine Chang. She put in so much effort into her work and the results definitely show. I had a lot of fun looking at all the story telling details.

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Vampire hunter's secret lair and their vehicle. Designs by currently enrolled FZD student, Georg Krauskopf.

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Beautiful fantasy medieval designs by recent FZD grad, Jordan Gibson.

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Our term 2 students are going strong (only 6 weeks into the new term). This is the throne room assignment. Students must also integrate an animal motif into the design (animal type is chosen by dice roll). This exercise teaches students about the importance of 1st reads.

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Our term 2 FZD students are off to a great start! This is their first assignment called the Teenager's Bedroom. It's a great introduction to learn how to tell story by using visual details.

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More "Teenager's Bedroom" set designs by our current term 2 students. Lovely story driven details.

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Our students are having a great start on their new term. The "Teenager's Bedroom" project has been a stable at FZD - a great way to introduce students to the concept of design thinking while staying grounded.

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I found one of the easier ways to get started with color is by sticking with R-G-B. Basically, the entire painting is dominated by one hue (Red, Green or Blue). This way, the image is technically in color but still monochromatic. You can also skip 3d, etc. Just keep practicing.

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Entertainment term 3 project by Mohamed Sidi El Moustaph (Roger), based on the book A Night in the Lonesome October. Beautiful work!

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Congratulations to our term 3 students for graduating at FZD. Everyone worked so hard and it's been a honor guiding them through out the year. I'll start sharing some of their beautiful work. First set of designs is by Brian Chan.

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Nice set of designs from recent FZD grad, Nathan Bierset. Love Victorian Era inspired themes.

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