Game Weapon Concept Fundamentals

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Dan John Cox

3:10:19

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01 - Course Overview.mp4

01:04

02 - Thumbnails and Merging Design.mp4

08:43

03 - Concept and Thumbnail Exploration.mp4

09:43

04 - Thumbnail and Concept Refinement.mp4

09:09

05 - General ZBrush Interface.mp4

10:22

06 - How to Sculpt in ZBrush.mp4

10:33

07 - Masking, Movement Brush, Transpose, and Subtools.mp4

11:01

08 - Mirroring, Visibility Masking, and Merging Subtools.mp4

05:08

09 - How to Create Your Own Custom Interface and Hotkeys.mp4

09:11

10 - Blocking in the Simple Shapes and Advanced Transpose Use.mp4

10:36

11 - Lowpoly Sculpting and Panel Loops.mp4

09:52

12 - Backface Masking and Concept Exploration.mp4

08:48

13 - Rapid Concept Configuration and ZRemesher.mp4

10:31

14 - Sculpting Polish and Refinement.mp4

10:29

15 - Final Details and Lazy Mouse for Clean Edges.mp4

11:22

16 - Rendering for Photoshop.mp4

07:28

17 - Compositing Images Inside Photoshop.mp4

08:05

18 - Easily Add Color and Polish.mp4

10:27

19 - Refined Concept Details.mp4

12:01

20 - Material Callouts for 3D Artists.mp4

06:13

21 - Composing the Final Concept Package.mp4

09:33

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Description

In this course, you'll learn how to create a detailed concept package ready for real world game development studios, and explore the future of the concept art pipeline. Software required: Adobe Photoshop CC and ZBrush.

What You'll Learn?

To be a concept artist in the gaming industry, you need to be adaptable and agile in your workflow to keep up with the changing landscape of design demands for video game development. In this course, Game Weapon Concept Fundamentals, you'll be brought up to speed with modern design techniques and integrating Zbrush into your concept workflow. First, you'll learn how to create a truly unique style of weapon by successfully combining 2 disparate items into 1 cohesive design. Next, you'll be introduced to ZBrush for concept artists, and learn how to sculpt hardsurface designs in the software. Finally, you'll learn how to create a complete detailed concept design package. By the end of this course, you'll have an understanding of how to create a fantasy weapon concept package ready for modern game development. Software required: Adobe Photoshop CC and ZBrush.

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Dan John Cox

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Dan John Cox has worked in the games industry for 8 years as both an environmental, concept, and character artist. He has worked at Pseudo Interactive, Frozen North Productions, Bedlam Games, Ubisoft Toronto, and Capybara Games in a variety of capacities. He has also taught Game Art at Seneca College in Toronto for 8 years and has assisted in bringing many new artists into the workforce. He's spoken at events such as GamerCamp, IGDA, Creativa Mexico, GameConnection Paris, and GDC 2014 and 2015.

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