Gnomon Speed Painting To Matte Painting DVD

In this DVD, Sebastien Larroude demonstrates the techniques that he uses to create environments for the video game and entertainment industries, using Adobe Photoshop®, Pixologic ZBrush®, Autodesk Maya® and EyeOn Fusion®. Beginning with black and white sketches, Sebastien leads you through the creation of a polished concept/CG matte painting. He specifically reveals the entire pipeline to create a full CG Sci-Fi urban environment from speedpainting to mood lighting, architecture design, textures and shaders, brush creation, modeling, sculpting and compositing while discussing useful professional tips. Follow his original methodology and personal approach for using the most popular software in the industry.

Topics Covered

Perspective and composition

Speedpainting

Mood Lighting

Custom brushes

Tecturing and detailing

Colorimetry

Match color

Box modeling

Uv techniques

Mental ray GI / final gathering rendering

Displacement Shaders

ZBrush sculpting

Stencil techniques

Masking techniques

Projection master

Compositing

Color correction

Alpha

Smoke Gfx


Chapters
01: Speedpainting/Concept Art and Moddlighting
02: Matte Painting Preparation
03: CG Matte Painting Process
04: Compociting and Polishing

Conclusion

Instructor's Bio

Sebastien Larroude, a.k.a. Rainart, graduated from the Superior School of Photography and Multimedia (E.T.P.A) in France, where he studied audio-visual, fine art and digital techniques. With over ten years of experience in the industry, Sebastien has built a strong reputation as a lighting artist, concept artist and matte painter. He has been invited to speak at various events and workshops including ADAPT. Sebastien currently works as a senior concept artist on the game DeusEX III at Eidos Montreal and has participated in the development of video games such as Myst IV: Revelation, Assassin’s Creed, WET and Indiana Jones as well as many commercial projects with various advertising agencies in France and the United States. Along with his friends David Levy (Vyle), Thierry Doizon (Barontieri), Nicolas Ferrand (Viag) and Joel Dos Reis Viegas (Feerik), he recently started STEAMBOT Studios, a collective of creative artists whose goal is to inspire and push the boundaries of concept art, matte painting and digital art.

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