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JUNE 4, 2008
Today Gnomon Workshop is releasing the FULLY UPDATED! Mental Ray: Fundamentals, Rendering Techniques with Matt Hartle. This DVD focuses on the fundamental implementation and functionality of Mental Ray from within Maya. This title covers many important topics from the Mental Ray interface, Scene Setup, MEL commands, Raytracing, basic frame buffer and much more.
Details are available by following the links below:
FULLY UPDATED! Mental Ray: Fundamentals, Rendering Techniques with Matt Hartle
Instructor bio and portfolio can be found in the
instructor and gallery page.
May 14, 2008
This week The Gnomon Workshop is releasing two new titles Introduction
to 3ds Max: Tools and Workflow with Cetin Tuker and Intuitive
Animation with Robert Kuczera: High Velocity Production,
Feature Quality Results. Both titles
offer the viewer insight into the creative process
of each artist. Cetin gives a broad introduction
to 3ds Max, covering such topics as the User Interface
(UI), customizing the UI, placement, hierarchies,
viewing and navigating 3D space, creating shapes,
and animation and time controls. In Robert's
animation DVD, he discusses animation principles,
key poses, animation workflow, preparing the Maya
environment, layers, hot keys, MEL scripts and much
more.
Read the Press Release: click
here
Details are available by following the links below:
Introduction to 3ds Max Tools and Workflow with Cetin Tuker
Intuitive Animation with Robert Kuczera High Velocity Production, Feature Quality Results
Instructor bios and portfolios can be found in the
instructor and gallery pages.
May 5, 2008
This
week the Gnomon Workshop is excited to bring you
their much-anticipated 2-volume series on Dave Dorman’s
Illustration Techniques. In these dynamic titles
Eisner Award-winning artist Dave Dorman shares his
techniques for creating a commercial illustration,
from pencilling all the way through to painting the
final piece. These DVDs cover such topics as composition,
light and shadow, figure drawing, preparing a board
for painting, color theory, oil painting, mixed media
and much more.
Read the Press Release: click
here
Details are available by following the links below:
Illustration
Techniques with Dave Dorman
Volume 1: Pencil Art and Painting Preparation
Illustration Techniques with Dave Dorman
Volume 2: Traditional Painting in Oils and Mixed Media
Dave's bio and portfolio can be found in the instructor
and gallery pages.
April 2, 2008
This
week The Gnomon Workshop will be releasing their
ground-breaking new "Behind The Scenes" series.
This new series is an exciting look at the creation
of a game cinematic sequence. The series follows
a team of artists as they demonstrate their production
techniques from concept phase to final rendered animation.
The first three titles to be released this week will
cover such topics as Character Design, Character
Modeling and Vehicle Design. They will also include
actual production meetings with Art Director Mark
Goerner as he goes over the existing designs and
lends direction to the project.
Read the Press Release: click
here
Details are available by following the links below:
Character Design for Production Concept Techniques with Peter Han
Character Modeling for Production Modeling Techniques with Cajun Hylton
Vehicle Modeling for Production Modeling Techniques with Paul Schoeni
Artist bio and portfolio can be found in the instructor
and gallery pages.
February 11, 2008
This week The Gnomon Workshop releases two new titles
on the Creative Production Pipeline from Thierry
Doizon (a.k.a. BARONTiERi) and Sebastien Larroude
(a.k.a. Rainart). Covering Character Design and Matte
Painting, BARONTiERi and Rainart reveal their techniques
using a myriad of tools including Photoshop, Maya,
ZBrush and Fusion. These two new titles delve into
the broad expanse of the creative process from jumpstarting
your creativity, research and teamwork and all the
way through lighting effects and color correction.
Read the Press Release: click
here
Details are available by following the links below:
Character Design Pipeline Production Art & Research Techniques with BARONTiERi
From Speedpainting to Matte Painting 2D/3D Production Pipeline with Rainart
Artist bio and portfolio can be found in the instructor
and gallery pages.
January 23, 2008
This week The Gnomon Workshop is pleased to announce
the release of its first title with world-renowned
artist Chet Zar. In his DVD, Digital Creature
Painting with Chet Zar: Design and Techniques Using
Adobe
Photoshop, Chet takes you through his unique process
of designing and creating a creature from rough idea
through to minute finishing detail using custom brushes.
Also this week The Gnomon Workshop is pleased to announce
the release of High Resolution 3D Vehicle Illustration: 3D Rendering
and Compositing with Brendan McCaffrey. Some of the topics
covered in this DVD are rendering in Maya and Mental
Ray, physically based lighting
and shading, preparation and workflow, view setup, render
layers and passes, compositing in Photoshop®, color correction and
touch up, special effects and finishing.
Read the Press Release: click
here
Details are available by following the links below:
Digital Creature Painting with Chet Zar
High Resolution 3D Vehicle Illustration
Artist bio and portfolio can be found in the instructor
and gallery pages.
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