Digital Painting for 2D Illustration

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Digital Painting for 2D Illustration provided by Domestika is a comprehensive online course. Digital Painting for 2D Illustration is taught by Matt Sanz. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Domestika. The course is taught in Englishand is $11.00. Visit the course page at Domestika for detailed price information.

Overview
  • Learn how to create conceptual story-driven illustrations for video games and animation

    • Introduction
    • Preparation and Defining the Goal
    • Rendering Our Design 1
    • Rendering Our Design 2
    • Clean up, Details and Post-production
    • Final project
    From a very young age, Matt Sanz has always been the creative of the group, whether drawing the latest anime character or illustrating a colorful dragon for a friend. His experience led him to pursue his dream of becoming a digital artist, working with brands and animation studios like BOB, Friday Sundae, IGG, and Amazon Games to create video games and other interactive work.

    Today, Matt is a visual development artist, receiving design briefs and helping creative ideas go from concept to completion. In this course, learn the fundamentals for producing a story-driven concept that can be developed into an animation or video game. Discover Matt’s tricks and tips for using balanced compositions and bold color palettes to create stylized visual art that brings imaginary worlds to life.

Syllabus
    • Influences
    • About Me
    • What Will We Do on This Course?
    • Inspiration and Structuring Your References Boards
    • Tools and Set up within Photoshop
    • Colour Keys, Importance and Understanding
    • The Thumbnail - Idea Exploration 1
    • The Thumbnail - Idea Exploration 2
    • The Thumbnail - Idea Exploration 3
    • The Thumbnail - Idea Exploration 4
    • Colour Key Development 1
    • Colour Key Development 2
    • Clean-up Sketch 1
    • Clean-up Sketch 2
    • Block-Out the Flats, Define the Shapes
    • Establish the Shadow and Light 1
    • Establish the Shadow and Light 2
    • Render, Understanding the Materials 1
    • Render, Understanding the Materials 2
    • Render, Understanding the Materials 3
    • Render, Understanding the Materials 4
    • Promoting Your Work, Professional Layout
    • Post-processing Elements, Clean up and Balancing
    • Digital Painting for 2D Illustration