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Illustration

The study of Art History is infused with the exploration of Illustration, or how humans have used pictures to tell stories, be them historical, mythological, religious, fiction or fantasy. This learning path highlights several artists working in the entertainment industry, who share both their professional and personal workflows for illustrating ideas, stories or concepts.

These illustrations have myriad professional applications, including box art, splash screens, merchandise, covers, posters and exhibitions. Through demonstrations of both 2D and 3D workflows, students will discover how illustrators infuse story into their work while creating captivating and imaginative images, for both clients and themselves.

Intermediate 22h 45min 7 Workshops
Jana Schirmer Abe Taraky Cameron Davis Francesco Corvino Rafael Sarmento Pascal Blanché
By 7 Instructors
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2D Fantasy Illustration

In this workshop, Jana Schirmer shares her complete process of painting a Fantasy Illustration from start to finish in Adobe Photoshop using a workflow that she uses for almost all of her professional and personal work...

Jana Schirmer by Jana Schirmer
Intermediate
2h 27m
5 Lessons
Character Design Digital Painting Concept Art
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Creating Fantasy Illustrations With Procreate

In this Procreate workshop, students will be guided through all they need to create a unique, compelling character on the iPad, taught by Illustrator and Character Designer Rafael Sarmento...

Rafael Sarmento by Rafael Sarmento
Intermediate
2h
9 Lessons
Character Design Environment Design Concept Art
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Creating an Illustration from A to Z

In this workshop, Senior Art Director and Illustrator Pascal Blanché guides you through his entire process of creating an illustration in his signature style. Pascal starts the creative process by gathering reference images and inspiration through sci-fi and fantasy...

Pascal Blanché by Pascal Blanché
Intermediate
3h 50m
7 Lessons
Character Design Compositing Digital Sculpting Lighting & Rendering Look Development Texturing & Shading Concept Art
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Illustration From Imagination

In this lecture and demonstration, join Cameron Scott Davis on a journey through his ideation and technical pipeline in the creation of the 2D image “Blood Eels of the Siren’s Ossuary”. Using years of experience and a basic set of tools, Davis discusses image creation and the importance of preserving the human touch in a digital world...

Cameron Scott Davis by Cameron Scott Davis
Intermediate
2h 24m
11 Lessons
Character Design Creature Design Drawing Concept Art
photoshop icon Photoshop
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Illustrative Storytelling & Design Techniques

In this digital painting workshop by Art Director Abe Taraky, he breaks down his illustrative design process revealing how to take an idea and turn it into a refined and dimensional image, using Photoshop as his software of choice...

Abe Taraky by Abe Taraky
Intermediate
3h 32m
7 Lessons
Character Design Creature Design Drawing Concept Art
photoshop icon Photoshop
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Cinematic Illustration for Film

Storytelling, mood, composition — and, ultimately, the director’s vision — are essential elements that successful concept artists and illustrators must learn to translate onto a canvas quickly and effectively...

Francesco Corvino by Francesco Corvino
Intermediate
2h 54m
5 Lessons
Cinematography Digital Painting Matte Painting Look Development Concept Art
photoshop icon Photoshop
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Mech Illustration with Character & Story

Storytelling, mood, composition — and, ultimately, the director’s vision — are essential elements that successful concept artists and illustrators must learn to translate onto a canvas quickly and effectively...

Hamish Frater by amish Frater
Intermediate
5h 02m
10 Lessons
Cinematography Digital Painting Matte Painting Look Development Concept Art
photoshop icon Photoshop
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Learning Paths have been organized to help both aspiring and professional artists, who are looking for training based on the fundamental categories of creative work in the visual effects, animation and games industries. Each Learning Path has been curated to contain a collection of workshops that guide artists through a series of topics relevant to that path, but they are not necessarily sequential. When appropriate, however, we have organized the workshops in a path to be in a logical order. All workshops are tagged with their level (beginner, intermediate, advanced) so that you can browse the path and choose a title that matches both the subject matter and level that you are looking for.
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