Good free environment concepting tutorials?

MainManiac

I can't seem to find any, i've been on the wiki and google and I can only find matte painting tutorials or super realistic painting tutorials with tons of brushes and it gets confused (like Idrawgirls) I just really need to portray a theme/mood and not make it look super super picasso.

Please and thank you :S

apocalypse

Feng Zhu's website has some cool free painting tutorials.
http://www.artbyfeng.com/tutorials.htm

Not sure if it's what you're after but give it a look

MainManiac

Theres a few good ones in there, thanks! Man I need a good brush library :S I hate brush hunting

Stromberg90

Brushes wont make you any better at drawing
And if you need a specific one, make it yourself.
And still matte painting and speedpainting tutorials are good ways to learn, you dont need to copy them use what you learn on your own.

MainManiac

Id prefer to just use the round brush honestly, but I just need some choppy concept art that doesnt need to be super detailed

like, if you were concepting a castle... would you really sit and draw every single castle brick? Thats what I dont understand. Most concept art looks like it was done at a fast pace and very fluent, but I cant imagine someone slowing down to work on a brick.

Jessica Dinh

Many artists use photos as a tool in their concepts (so you don't have to draw every brick xD). It's just how you use the photos that will make them fit into your artwork (applying a slight paint filter, changing the values and hues, etc.)

Jason Scheier is good: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuPY1FcwMns&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL2AAEC3EB1E295DF7"]videos[/ame] - he knows how to use photos, but damn, he knows how to paint too Give these a shot, maybe you can pick up on both of these skills.

cholden

idrawgirls.com posts a few tutorials a day, mostly characters, but sometimes environments. Here's a few

http://idrawgirls.com/tutorials/category/painting-tutorials/paint-landscape/

Stromberg90

As Jessica said many use photo's and even if they don't, they imply detail not drawing every single brick, or window in for example a city scene.
A lot of the further away stuff they scribble inn, in many concept art's if you try to zoom in you wont see what the hell it's supposed to be.

I am not saying that they don't have attention to detail the just draw smart and don't waste time on something that wont be seen as much and trying to draw all the detail can end up in looking as noise in the end.

And all the sites that was posted here and on the other topic you started are great ways to learn, learn how to walk before running

Visceral

Didnt i JUST see a tutorial about this....yeah i might have done. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT7pewSykrc&feature=feedu"]How to Paint Landscapes - YouTube[/ame]

MainManiac

Heres pretty much where I am

Thanks for the links guys