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Schoolism – Digital Painting with Bobby Chiu

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Schoolism – Digital Painting with Bobby Chiu
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Prepare to look at digital art in a whole new light by learning from award-winning digital artist Bobby Chiu! Over nine lessons, Bobby will teach you his philosophies and techniques for producing digital paintings and conceptual art by applying traditional art skills in the virtual environment of Adobe Photoshop. Be prepared to immerse yourself in practical assignments that will build your digital painting skills from the ground up. (Previous familiarity with Adobe Photoshop would be helpful but not necessary.) [Read more…]

Schoolism – Fundamentals of Lighting with Sam Nielson

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Schoolism – Fundamentals of Lighting with Sam Nielson
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Fundamentals of Lighting with Sam Nielson
Learn about the intricacies of light and surface from games industry veteran Sam Nielson! Over a course of nine video lectures, Sam will show you how to achieve more realistic rendering in virtually any situation, through techniques based on the physical properties of light and matter. He will talk in detail about different types of light sources and how to combine them, as well as shadows, reflection, the interaction of light with different materials, and much more! [Read more…]

Schoolism – Introduction to Visual Development – Victoria Ying – Taitosan

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Schoolism – Introduction to Visual Development – Victoria Ying – Taitosan
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Artists convey meanings, above all – visually.
But visual communication is more complex than it seems at first sight. In this introduction to Visual Development, I will focus on design principles and give you an overview of the skills needed for effective visual communication, especially in the entertainment industry. I will talk about the basics of design thinking, character design, colour theory and perspective and will share with you tips and techniques that I personally use in my work. [Read more…]

Schoolism – Rendering Reflective Surfaces with Scott Robertson

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Schoolism – Rendering Reflective Surfaces with Scott Robertson
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Rendering realistic-looking reflective surfaces can be a big challenge for any artist. In this course, master concept designer, Scott Robertson, will help you understand the underlying physics that influence all reflective surfaces, from shiny cars to a wet street. He will demonstrate how to add realism to your shiny surfaces and communicate surface changes to the viewer by manipulating the reflections themselves. [Read more…]

Schoolism – Painting with Light and Color with Dice Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo

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Schoolism – Painting with Light and Color with Dice Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo
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Hope it works now! I had to redownload a whole bunch of files due to utorrent f*cking me over. It should be complete now.

Over a course of nine video lectures, Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi have put together a course curriculum to discuss the fundamentals of observing color and light as well as colorscripting and telling a story. Both artists pull from their experience of creating artwork for studios like Pixar and Blue Sky, for films like Toy Story 3, Monsters University, Robots and Ratatouille. This course has been designed to share their methods and observations so you can apply it to your own work.
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Schoolism – Self-Taught Characters for Animated Film

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Schoolism – Self-Taught Characters for Animated Film
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Character designs for animated features need to be strong enough to capture the audience’s imagination for two hours and dynamic enough to tell an excellent story. In this course, Pixar character artist, Daniel Arriaga, will teach you his creative process for designing an animated film cast that will spark a connection with your audience and tell a riveting story.

You will learn about shape language, developing “character”, and enhancing your characters through expressive emotions, body language, and animated gesturing as well as many other principles vital to creating great characters for animated film.
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