Notes from a lecturer from Alex Negrea - Concept Artist
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I don't normally share my notes from lecturers but this guy really inspired me so i thought I would share my notes with you.
Alex Negrea
http://alexnegrea.blogspot.co.uk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RRD-CC2DaOE#
Over the last four years Alex Negrea has taught himself to become a fantastic artist. And this is how he did it
7-8am lovecastle60 drawings 1 hour
8-9 online live practice
10-5 work "Game Loft"
6pm till late more practice every day
These were my notes,
Accepting failure
Using reference
Creating a schedule (and following the schedule)
Repetition – low castle another picture, gesture studies,
120 seconds
http://lovecastle.org/draw/
Relevant studies
Observation – take notes of your studies
Variation – try and doing things outside of your comfort
zone, real life, fantasy, weapons, fashion, life drawing, cartoon, user interface,
icons, logos, bugs, fantasy bugs,
Connecting the dots – google sketch up,
Experimenting – drawing random stuff – using filters –
Entering contests -
Sharing your knowledge – don’t think holding onto
information will make you better or that your fellow artist will become better,
that thought process will not allow you to grow.
Optimization -http://www.razerzone.../razer-nostromo
Lin Ran – RGB
Working out
Promoting yourself – add you blog/website link on everything
you do.
Artist to look at.
Scott Robinson
Jason Chan - character
Dylan Cole – matte painting
Feng Zhu – concept art work flow
James Patric - environments
Glenn Vilppu – anatomy
Algenpfleger – how to study
Books?
ALEX NEGREA
Illustrator and Concept Artist
Tools
- Photoshop CS6
- PC - AMD Athlon II X4 640 Processor 3.00 GHz
- 16 GB RAM
- Windows 7
- Two screens – Benq G2420HDBL and ViewSonic VA2231w LED
- Intuos 4 Medium tablet
- Razer Nostromo
Training and Improving
- Accepting failure
- Using reference
- Creating a schedule (and actually following the schedule)
- Repetition
- Relevant studies
- Observing things in your studies and taking notes
- Variation
- Connecting the dots
- Experimenting
- Entering in contests
- Sharing your knowledge with others
- Optimization (shortcuts and actions)
- Working out
- Promoting yourself
Workflow
- Sketches and thumbnails (value or lineart)
- Clean Drawing (perspective, design, anatomy should be fixed)
- Selections (pen tool and lasso tool)
- Rendering (fun fun part)
Check out my youtube channel for in depth videos
Tutorials
● Scott Robertson – basic forms rendering and perspective
● Jason Chan – character development
● Dylan Cole – matte painting
● Feng Zhu – concept art workflow
● James Paick – environments
● Glenn Vilppu – anatomy
● Algenpfleger – (his livestream) how to study
Books
● Framed Ink – Marcos Mateu-Mestre (Composition)
● Dream Worlds – Bacher (Composition)
● Savage Beauty - Alexander McQueen (Fashion)
● Imaginative Realism; Color and Light – James Gurney (workflow and
learning)
● Sketchbook Collection – Kim Jung Gi (proof of hard work and
awesomeness)
Websites
● http://www.youtube.com/user/prokotv
● http://ctrlpaint.com/
● http://lovecastle.org/
● http://www.youtube.com/user/FZDSCHOOL
● http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/
● http://www.wipnation.com/
● http://crimsondagger...forum/index.php
I don't normally share my notes from lecturers but this guy really inspired me so i thought I would share my notes with you.
Alex Negrea
http://alexnegrea.blogspot.co.uk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RRD-CC2DaOE#
Over the last four years Alex Negrea has taught himself to become a fantastic artist. And this is how he did it
7-8am lovecastle60 drawings 1 hour
8-9 online live practice
10-5 work "Game Loft"
6pm till late more practice every day
These were my notes,
Accepting failure
Using reference
Creating a schedule (and following the schedule)
Repetition – low castle another picture, gesture studies,
120 seconds
http://lovecastle.org/draw/
Relevant studies
Observation – take notes of your studies
Variation – try and doing things outside of your comfort
zone, real life, fantasy, weapons, fashion, life drawing, cartoon, user interface,
icons, logos, bugs, fantasy bugs,
Connecting the dots – google sketch up,
Experimenting – drawing random stuff – using filters –
Entering contests -
Sharing your knowledge – don’t think holding onto
information will make you better or that your fellow artist will become better,
that thought process will not allow you to grow.
Optimization -http://www.razerzone.../razer-nostromo
Lin Ran – RGB
Working out
Promoting yourself – add you blog/website link on everything
you do.
Artist to look at.
Scott Robinson
Jason Chan - character
Dylan Cole – matte painting
Feng Zhu – concept art work flow
James Patric - environments
Glenn Vilppu – anatomy
Algenpfleger – how to study
Books?
ALEX NEGREA
Illustrator and Concept Artist
Tools
- Photoshop CS6
- PC - AMD Athlon II X4 640 Processor 3.00 GHz
- 16 GB RAM
- Windows 7
- Two screens – Benq G2420HDBL and ViewSonic VA2231w LED
- Intuos 4 Medium tablet
- Razer Nostromo
Training and Improving
- Accepting failure
- Using reference
- Creating a schedule (and actually following the schedule)
- Repetition
- Relevant studies
- Observing things in your studies and taking notes
- Variation
- Connecting the dots
- Experimenting
- Entering in contests
- Sharing your knowledge with others
- Optimization (shortcuts and actions)
- Working out
- Promoting yourself
Workflow
- Sketches and thumbnails (value or lineart)
- Clean Drawing (perspective, design, anatomy should be fixed)
- Selections (pen tool and lasso tool)
- Rendering (fun fun part)
Check out my youtube channel for in depth videos
Tutorials
● Scott Robertson – basic forms rendering and perspective
● Jason Chan – character development
● Dylan Cole – matte painting
● Feng Zhu – concept art workflow
● James Paick – environments
● Glenn Vilppu – anatomy
● Algenpfleger – (his livestream) how to study
Books
● Framed Ink – Marcos Mateu-Mestre (Composition)
● Dream Worlds – Bacher (Composition)
● Savage Beauty - Alexander McQueen (Fashion)
● Imaginative Realism; Color and Light – James Gurney (workflow and
learning)
● Sketchbook Collection – Kim Jung Gi (proof of hard work and
awesomeness)
Websites
● http://www.youtube.com/user/prokotv
● http://ctrlpaint.com/
● http://lovecastle.org/
● http://www.youtube.com/user/FZDSCHOOL
● http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/
● http://www.wipnation.com/
● http://crimsondagger...forum/index.php
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