Environment Design Resources Digital Painting

Learning about and creating imagined or realistic environments can be very difficult and have many things to consider. Here are some places to look and learn about it.

Ty Carter Sketch

Noah Bradley - and Art Camp
www.noahbradley.com

Ryan Lang - characters and process
www.ryanlangdraws.com

Sparth - environments and complex scenes
www.sparth.com

JPark - loads of cool inspiration
www.jparked.com

Derek Laufman - cool graphic characters
www.dereklaufman.com

Art of Animation Tumblr - soooo much to see and inspire
www.theartofanimation.tumblr.com

Ty Carter - blue sky pro
www.tycarter.com

Theo Prins - nice chunky brush block-ins
http://www.theoprins.com/

Digital Painting Reference

Here are some great videos and links to sites you might want to use as reference for course projects

myPaint blending example

Structura 3 preview -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-32IGzhn4E

Great Space and texture for scene design
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FNukf7bbGc

How to tweak a portrait for different looks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6A-NAtPUjM

Feng Zhu dragon thumbnails
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk77_5KroB0

Hey they stole one of my possible ideas for the new project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=905ct2EEbdI
 

True Art History

Vincent is a master painter and can speak deeply about its history and techniques.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GxRN9tcN6pQ

Illustrator/Art Competitions via Donato

Here is a link to competition links... It's a start next maybe some local ones

http://muddycolors.blogspot.com/2014/08/competitions.html

Learning Outside of Classes

Hey everybody,

Master classes and intensive workshops are some of the best ways to bring your skills to the next level. The internet now provides many options to those who can't afford to travel or take big chunks of time to study. Here are some of my favorites:

Www.newmastersacademy.org - with contemporary masters like Villpu and Huston the free 7 day trail is a must! 

Www.craftsy.com - new classes adding all the time a small investment and some freebies make this a great choice for bonus painting classes

Huston - Painting the Brow

Galieote - Hatching and sketching

Chinese Academic structure drawings

Here are a few cast drawings near the second stage just after proportion and just before tone.

Compostition

Here is a link to a great composition study from the Muddy Colors page
http://muddycolors.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-baroque-composition.html