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The Artist Behind the Characters: An Interview with Amy Ash

We catch up with Amy Ash to learn more about her career so far, find out exactly what it’s like to work as the Head of Characters at a busy animation studio, and discover her opinions on AI.

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Creating Cinematic Concept Art

Blender & Photoshop Techniques with Isaac Yeram Kim Learn simple yet powerful techniques to help you create high-quality concept art

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Concepting & Illustrating a Sword for Games

Prop Design using Photoshop, Blender, Octane & ZBrush with Olivier Dubard Master the art of prop design and create a

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Creating a Character Bust: From Ideation to Final Render

ZBrush, Maya, Marvelous Designer, Substance 3D Painter & Marmoset Toolbag Workflow with Colleen Larson Leveraging all of the skills learned

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Fantasy Creature Grooming in Houdini

Grooming Techniques for Film VFX with Sohrab Esfehani Discover the entire process of creating a fantasy creature groom in Houdini

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Cinematic Lighting Shot Production

Light & Composite a Shot Using Maya, Katana, Arnold & Nuke with Graham Cunningham In this comprehensive workshop by Graham

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The Artist Behind the Characters: An Interview with Amy Ash

Nov 01, 2024

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Creating Cinematic Concept Art

Oct 31, 2024

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Concepting & Illustrating a Sword for Games

Oct 24, 2024

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Creating a Character Bust: From Ideation to Final Render

Oct 17, 2024

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Fantasy Creature Grooming in Houdini

Oct 10, 2024

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Cinematic Lighting Shot Production

Oct 03, 2024

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Interviews

Nov 01, 2024

The Artist Behind the Characters: An Interview with Amy Ash

We catch up with Amy Ash to learn more about her career so far, find out exactly what it’s like to work as the Head of Characters at a busy animation studio, and discover her opinions on AI.

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Jun 26, 2024

Blazing a path to success: Meet Wētā FX’s Ganesh Lakshmigandan

From watching Jurassic Park and learning AutoCAD as a teen, to art-directing visual effects for the world’s most prestigious movies and TV series, Ganesh Lakshmigandan discusses his career to date and shares tips for aspiring VFX artists.

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Get to know the Art Director behind Bad Dinosaurs, Francesco Guarini

Get to know the Art Director behind Bad Dinosaurs, Francesco Guarini

Jun 05, 2024

This AAA Game Character Artist Shares her Secrets to Creating 3D Clothing

This AAA Game Character Artist Shares her Secrets to Creating 3D Clothing

Mar 25, 2024

Behind the Scenes of David Silberbauer’s Destruction FX Workshop

Behind the Scenes of David Silberbauer’s Destruction FX Workshop

Feb 07, 2024

An Interview with ZBrush Expert & Gnomon Workshop Instructor Madeleine Scott-Spencer

An Interview with ZBrush Expert & Gnomon Workshop Instructor Madeleine Scott-Spencer

Sep 22, 2023

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Artist News

Mar 08, 2024

Learn from These 20 Exceptional Women at The Gnomon Workshop

In celebration of International Women's Day, we’re thrilled to spotlight the incredible talents and contributions of female

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Feb 15, 2023

The Top 22 Gnomon Workshops of 2022

Last year, we saw another 12 months of fantastic learnings, insights, and tips from the incredibly talented artists at The

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Sep 23, 2020

Discover The Top 5 Workshops Everyone Is Watching This Month

Want to learn what everyone else is doing right now? Here are the top 5 training titles in The Gnomon Workshop library this month, as decided by our subscribers.

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May 01, 2019

Maciej Kuciara concept artist for Terminator: Dark Fate

The legendary Terminator movie has yet another sequel coming out in November. Terminator: Dark Fate will be the sixth movie in the series and Gnomon Instructor Maciej Kuciara has done some incredible concept art for the film.

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Creating Cinematic Concept Art

Oct 31, 2024

Concepting & Illustrating a Sword for Games

Oct 24, 2024

Creating a Character Bust: From Ideation to Final Render

Oct 17, 2024

Fantasy Creature Grooming in Houdini

Oct 10, 2024

Cinematic Lighting Shot Production

Oct 03, 2024

Introduction to ZBrush 2024

Sep 26, 2024

Creating Facial Blendshapes Using Photogrammetry

Sep 19, 2024

Creating Efficient Digital Doubles for VFX

Sep 12, 2024

Mastering Body Mechanics in Maya

Sep 05, 2024

Designing Creature Makeup for Film in Photoshop

Aug 29, 2024

Advanced Compositing: Keying & Creating 2.5D Projections

Aug 22, 2024

Introduction to Maya 2025: UV Toolkit

Aug 08, 2024

Illustrative Storytelling & Design Techniques

Aug 01, 2024

Race Vehicle Concept Design

Jul 25, 2024

Character Asset Creation for Cinematics: Vol. 1

Jul 18, 2024

Recreating a Historical Portrait in 3D

Jul 11, 2024

Real-Time VFX Fundamentals for Unreal Engine 5

Jul 03, 2024

Creating a Hero Weapon for Games

Jun 27, 2024

Creating 3D Environment Concepts with Mood & Story

Jun 20, 2024

Creating a Quadruped Rig for Production

Jun 13, 2024

3D Weapon Design VR Workflow

Jun 06, 2024

The Art of Visual Storytelling

May 30, 2024

Creating Cinematics in Unreal Engine 5

May 23, 2024

Creating Clothing for Characters in Marvelous Designer

May 17, 2024

Animating for Feature Films

May 10, 2024

Animating a Recall for Games

May 02, 2024

Art Directing Explosions using Axiom in Houdini

Apr 24, 2024

Designing Spaceships for Games

Apr 18, 2024

Cinematic Concept Art for Films & Games

Apr 04, 2024

Building Natural Environments using Gaea & Houdini

Mar 28, 2024

2D & 3D Character Design in Photoshop & Blender

Mar 20, 2024

Nuke Projection Workflows for Feature Films

Mar 15, 2024

Character Animation Fundamentals for Games

Mar 07, 2024

Creating a High-Fidelity Hero Building

Feb 29, 2024

Creating Realistic Fabric & Clothing for Games

Feb 22, 2024

Design Futuristic Architecture Using Blender

Feb 14, 2024

Animating a 3-Hit Combo for Games in Maya

Feb 07, 2024

Creating Environment Art for Digital Production

Feb 01, 2024

Creating a Laser Sword for Games

Jan 25, 2024

The Top 23 Gnomon Workshops of 2023 Revealed

Jan 23, 2024

Creating a Large-Scale Aerial Shot

Jan 18, 2024

Liquid Simulation in Houdini

Jan 11, 2024

Animating Emotional Transitions in Maya

Jan 04, 2024

Creating Foliage for Videogames

Dec 21, 2023

Creating a Custom 3D Kit for Concept Art

Dec 18, 2023

Designing Sci-Fi Weapons for Film

Dec 12, 2023

Storyboarding for Film & Games

Dec 08, 2023

Art Direction for Film: Creature Design & Development

Dec 05, 2023

Creating Tire Smoke FX in Houdini

Nov 30, 2023

Large-Scale Cinematic Destruction in Houdini

Nov 22, 2023

Game Animation: From Concept to Unity

Nov 17, 2023

Designing Backgrounds for Animation

Nov 15, 2023

Creating Worlds for Film & TV

Nov 10, 2023

Animal Anatomy: Modeling a Fossa

Nov 07, 2023

Creating Stopmotion Felt in Substance 3D Designer

Nov 03, 2023

Dynamic Effects Animation for Games

Nov 01, 2023

Creating Key Illustrations for Videogames

Oct 26, 2023

High-Fidelity Environment Design

Oct 18, 2023

Creating a Dynamic Character Illustration

Oct 13, 2023

Animating a Complex Fight Action Sequence in Maya

Oct 05, 2023

Create Disintegration VFX in Houdini & Nuke

Sep 15, 2023

Introduction to Ziva VFX: Volume 2

Sep 07, 2023

Real-Time Character & Environment Lighting

Aug 18, 2023

Environment 3D Matte Painting Techniques

Aug 15, 2023

Creating a Monolithic City in Unreal Engine 5

Aug 04, 2023

Designing Environments for Games

Jul 27, 2023

Creating Complex Materials for Games in Substance Designer

Jul 20, 2023

Designing Mechs in VR Using Medium

Jul 13, 2023

Large-Scale Water FX in Houdini

Jul 05, 2023

VFX for Games: Creating a Fantasy Scene

Jun 29, 2023

Creating a Swamp Scene for Games with SpeedTree & Photogrammetry

Jun 22, 2023

Stylized Environment Creation for Games

Jun 14, 2023

Animating First & Third-Person Shooter Attacks for Games

Jun 09, 2023

Automating Animation & Game-Ready Rigs

Jun 07, 2023

Creating Assets & Architecture for Game Environments

Jun 02, 2023

Mech Illustration with Character & Story

May 25, 2023

Creating a Sci-Fi Pistol for Games

May 18, 2023

Concepting Spaceships for Film & Games

May 11, 2023

Introduction to Ziva VFX: Volume 1

May 04, 2023

Photogrammetry for Production Artists

Apr 27, 2023

Dynamic Illustration Techniques Using ZBrush, Photoshop & Painter

Apr 14, 2023

Introduction to Maya for Animators

Apr 07, 2023

Creating Stylized Hairstyles Using ZBrush

Mar 23, 2023

Designing a Custom Kitbash Library

Mar 02, 2023

Key Illustration Workflow for Film & TV

Feb 23, 2023

Creating Environment Concept Art for Games With Asim A. Steckel

Feb 16, 2023

Animating Body Mechanics in Maya

Feb 02, 2023

Creating Keyframe Concepts for Film & Animation

Jan 26, 2023

Creating Fantasy Illustrations With Procreate

Jan 13, 2023

Professional Character Design For Film

Dec 15, 2022

Creating a Realistic Humanoid 3D Character With Babak Bina

Dec 08, 2022

Sculpting Miniatures for Boardgames Using ZBrush With Francesco Orru

Dec 01, 2022

Designing Unique Vehicle Concepts for Production

Nov 17, 2022

Sculpting with ZModeler

Nov 10, 2022

Elephant Anatomy Vol. 1 & 2 With Terryl Whitlatch

Nov 03, 2022

Sculpting the Human Skull

Oct 27, 2022

Creating Creature Fur Using XGen & Arnold

Oct 20, 2022

Designing a Military Aircraft

Oct 13, 2022

Modeling a Stylized Character for Games

Oct 06, 2022

Cinematic Lighting in Unreal Engine 5

Sep 28, 2022

Creating a Sci-Fi Hallway in Unreal Engine 5

Sep 21, 2022

Enemy Creature Design for Games: FLESH-TEK — Vol. 1 With J.P. Targete

Sep 14, 2022

Using Blender for Environment Concept Art with Jonas Hassibi

Sep 08, 2022

Introduction to Maya 2023: Volume 3

Sep 01, 2022

Unreal Engine 5 Lighting Fundamentals

Aug 19, 2022

Creating Cinematic Compositions for Production

Aug 11, 2022

Designing & Creating a Creature Bust With Pascal Raimbault

Aug 04, 2022

Creating Stylized VFX in Unreal Engine 5

Jul 29, 2022

Designing & Modeling a Creature with Scales

Jul 14, 2022

Designing a Transforming Super Mecha

Jul 07, 2022

Creating Stylized Characters for Production

Jun 29, 2022

Unreal Engine 5 Material System Overview

Jun 23, 2022

The Making of “RED MYST” With Maarten Verhoeven

Jun 15, 2022

Introduction to Maya 2023: Volume 2

Jun 02, 2022

Designing Animation Backgrounds Using Blender & Photoshop

May 25, 2022

Creating a Stylized 3D Character Illustration

May 18, 2022

Illustrating Dynamic Concept Designs

May 09, 2022

Introduction to Maya 2023: Volume 1

Apr 26, 2022

Real-Time Filmmaking in Unreal Engine 5 — THE EYE: CALANTHEK

Apr 18, 2022

Acting for Animators: Become Your Character

Apr 12, 2022

Creature Modeling With ZBrush & Marmoset Toolbag

Mar 29, 2022

Storyboarding Techniques: Creating a Polished Animatic

Mar 08, 2022

Creating High-Resolution Custom Trees Using SpeedTree

Feb 15, 2022

CREATIVITY: Creature & World Design

Feb 01, 2022

CREATIVITY: Story & Character Development

Jan 25, 2022

Discover The Top 21 Gnomon Workshops of 2021

Jan 19, 2022

Creating an FX Production Shot in Houdini

Jan 18, 2022

Superhero Concept Design for Film & TV

Jan 11, 2022

Creating Complex Vegetation & Foliage for Games

Dec 21, 2021

Cinematic Production Techniques Using the Unreal Engine Sequencer

Dec 14, 2021

Controlled Building Demolition FX in Houdini

Dec 07, 2021

Preparing ZBrush Models for 3D Printing

Nov 30, 2021

Creating a Medieval Castle in Unreal Engine 5

Nov 22, 2021

Complete Photogrammetry Workflow

Nov 15, 2021

Storyboarding Techniques: Creating a Fight Sequence

Nov 09, 2021

Introduction to Pyro FX in Houdini: Volume 2

Nov 02, 2021

Introduction to Pyro FX in Houdini: Volume 1

Oct 27, 2021

Gesture Drawing Fundamentals

Oct 12, 2021

Efficient Techniques for Building 3D Environments

Oct 05, 2021

Cleaning Up Scanned Assets for Production

Sep 21, 2021

Introduction to Grooming With Ornatrix in Maya

Sep 07, 2021

Introduction to Katana

Aug 30, 2021

Creating a Male Groom With XGen

Aug 19, 2021

Creature Grooming Techniques in Houdini

Aug 05, 2021

Animating Creature Walk Cycles in Maya

Aug 02, 2021

Creating an Original 3D Creature Concept: Viper Dragon

Jul 25, 2021

Photorealistic Character Look Dev in Maya & Arnold

Jul 15, 2021

Environment Design for Virtual Production in Unreal Engine 4

Jun 24, 2021

Gaea Essentials: Create Realistic Procedural Environments

Jun 20, 2021

Creating Sci-Fi Keyframe Concept Art

Jun 10, 2021

Procedural Shading Techniques for Houdini & Arnold

Jun 07, 2021

Creating Beatboards for Pre-Production

May 27, 2021

Material Texturing for Production in Mari & Maya

May 20, 2021

Master Rigging & Python Scripting in Maya

May 13, 2021

Creating Stylized Facial Rigs for Production in Maya

May 06, 2021

Introduction to Creature Design: Volume 2

Apr 29, 2021

Introduction to Creating Facial Blendshapes in Maya

Apr 20, 2021

Matching a Stylized Concept in ZBrush

Apr 14, 2021

Character Rigging in Maya for Game Production With Taylor Whitsett

Mar 30, 2021

Lighting & Look Dev Essentials Vol 2: Shading & Texturing

Mar 11, 2021

Optimization for Games: Settings, Materials, Textures & Commands

Feb 25, 2021

Digital Painting in Photoshop

Feb 18, 2021

Rigging The Jaw With Python in Maya By Arturo Coso

Feb 03, 2021

Creating a Photorealistic 3D Prop for Production With Babak Bina

Jan 27, 2021

Creating Creature Hair & Fur Grooms in Houdini

Jan 20, 2021

Introduction to Creature Design: Volume 1

Jan 12, 2021

Introduction to the Houdini Ocean Toolset

Dec 28, 2020

Introduction to Particle FX in Houdini: Vol. 1

Dec 16, 2020

Creating Procedural Environments in Gaea & Houdini

Dec 09, 2020

Maya Customization for Faster Animation With Ari Flesch

Dec 02, 2020

Introduction to Creating Game-Ready Foliage

Nov 11, 2020

Understanding The Principles of Poster Design

Oct 30, 2020

Creating a Stylized Groom in Maya & XGen

Oct 21, 2020

Creating a Combat Finishing Takedown

Oct 13, 2020

Introduction to Substance Painter 2020

Oct 08, 2020

3D Scan Integration Techniques

Sep 10, 2020

Subtle Performance Workflow Vol. 2

Aug 16, 2020

Creating a Fantasy Creature with Babak Bina

Aug 05, 2020

Natural Environment Creation Techniques

Jul 21, 2020

Introduction to Massive Prime

Jul 15, 2020

Subtle Performance Workflow Vol. 1

Jul 09, 2020

Facial Animation for Feature Animated Films

Jun 30, 2020

Product Rendering with V-Ray

Jun 23, 2020

Grooming in Yeti: Hair Solutions for an Animation Pipeline

Jun 10, 2020

Creating Procedural Environments in Houdini with Wojtek Piwowarczyk

Jun 01, 2020

Modeling and Rendering a Realistic Jumping Spider with Eric Keller

May 20, 2020

Exterior Scene Development with Adrien Vallecilla

May 13, 2020

Creating a Stylized Female Character

Apr 29, 2020

Introduction to ZBrush 2020

Apr 16, 2020

Original Creature Concepts with Pablo Munoz Gomez

Apr 12, 2020

3D Landscapes with Houdini and Clarisse

Mar 30, 2020

Anatomy for Artists Volume 3

Mar 18, 2020

Anatomy for Artists Volume 2

Mar 05, 2020

Creating a Photoreal Interior with Adrien Vallecilla

Feb 17, 2020

NCloth for Production: Simulating a Warrior Monk’s Robe

Jan 22, 2020

Character Animation and Video Reference Workflow with Sarah Arduini

Jan 12, 2020

Designing a Piloted Combat Mech

Dec 19, 2019

Anatomy for Artists: Understanding the Back and Shoulder Muscles

Nov 11, 2019

How to make a Creature with Character with Ian Joyner

Oct 24, 2019

Look Development and Lighting Techniques for Film

Oct 17, 2019

Creating Translucent Creature Skin

Sep 25, 2019

The Art of Iconic Creature Design

Sep 03, 2019

Creating keyframe illustrations for film

Aug 27, 2019

Lighting the CG Portrait

Aug 21, 2019

Designing a Goddess of War

Aug 07, 2019

3D and 2D Techniques for 360 degree Panoramic Illustration

Jul 30, 2019

Cinematic Illustration for film

Jul 16, 2019

Advanced Illustration and Key Art Techniques

Jul 09, 2019

Creating Stone Wall Materials in Substance Designer

Jul 02, 2019

3D Illustration and Environment Modeling Workflows

Jun 26, 2019

Creating Volumetric Effects with Houdini

Jun 19, 2019

Hunting the Idea: Creative Concept Design

Jun 12, 2019

Environmental Storytelling: Composition and Shape Language with Eddie Bennun

Jun 03, 2019

Creating Complex Designs and Patterns, Substance Designer and ZBrush Techniques with Nate Stephens

May 14, 2019

Introduction to Lighting for Animation

May 08, 2019

Creature Sculpting with Dominic Qwek

May 01, 2019

From Previs to Final Animation

Apr 24, 2019

Sculpting the Planes of the Head

Apr 16, 2019

The Art of the Armature, Mastering the Pose

Apr 09, 2019

SynthEyes Tracking for Production

Mar 19, 2019

Building a Stylized Environment, Volume 3

Mar 13, 2019

Building a Stylized Environment, Volume 2

Mar 05, 2019

Building a Stylized Environment, Volume 1

Feb 27, 2019

Mech Design for the Entertainment Industry

Feb 14, 2019

Sci-Fi Fantasy Design and Illustration

Jan 30, 2019

Realistic Dog Grooming for Production with Xgen

Jan 22, 2019

Introduction to Houdini 17

Dec 25, 2018

Designing a Modular Environment using Unreal

Dec 18, 2018

Creating an Illustration from A to Z with Pascal Blanché

Dec 04, 2018

2D Fantasy Illustration with Jana Schirmer

Nov 14, 2018

Narrative Character Design: Creating Heroes with Ryan Meinerding

Nov 06, 2018

Vehicle Texturing in Substance Painter: From Clean to Mean

Oct 30, 2018

Creating a Female Hairstyle for Production with Maya XGen

Oct 17, 2018

Animation for Television VFX with Elaina Scott

Oct 02, 2018

Creating Assets for Games Using Photogrammetry

Aug 07, 2018

Narrative Design through Compositional Storytelling

Aug 01, 2018

Robotic 3D Design for Entertainment

Jul 18, 2018

Anatomy of the Human Leg and Hip

Jul 04, 2018

Introduction to VFX for Games in Unreal

Jun 19, 2018

3D Scan and Retopology for Production

Apr 18, 2018

Environment Creation for VR using Photogrammetry

Mar 29, 2018

Introduction to the UV Toolkit in Autodesk Maya 2018

Mar 06, 2018

Vehicle Modeling for Production

Jan 16, 2018

Hyper-real Insect Design

Nov 28, 2017

Environment Art Lookdev Using Unreal & Photogrammetry

Oct 24, 2017

Visual Development for Environments

Oct 17, 2017

Texturing and Shading for Production

Sep 05, 2017

Creating First Person Shooter Animations for Games

Aug 27, 2017

Creating Key Art Illustration for Film and Games

Jul 11, 2017

Combat Animation for Games with Jason Shum

Jul 02, 2017

Practical Vehicle Design for Film and Television

Jun 20, 2017

Pre-Visualization for Film

May 30, 2017

Cloth modeling pipeline with Marvelous designer

May 23, 2017

Environment Creation for Film and Cinematics

Mar 28, 2017

Creating Props for Games Vol. 2 - Texturing & Shading for Production

Mar 21, 2017

Creature Rigging for Production

Mar 07, 2017

Creature Modeling for Production

Feb 28, 2017

Introduction to Arnold

Feb 22, 2017

Creating Props for Games, Vol. 1

Jan 11, 2017

Character Modeling for Production: Maximizing Your Workflow for Deadlines

Dec 20, 2016

Creating Game Ready Animations for Production with Bill Buckley

Dec 01, 2016

TRex lookDev and lighting with Maya and Arnold

Nov 22, 2016

Creating Hyper Realistic Characters in ZBrush

Jul 05, 2016

Developing Storytelling Skills from Life

Jun 14, 2016

Look Development with V-Ray for Maya

May 16, 2016

Figure Fundamentals Volume 4: Drawing The Male Head With Planes And Tones

Mar 17, 2016

Introduction to V-Ray

Feb 09, 2016

Anatomy Workshop Volume Six: Structure and Anatomy of the Arm

Dec 28, 2015

Creating a Sci-Fi Alleyway, Detailed Environment Techniques with Devon Fay

Dec 09, 2015

Figure Fundamentals Volume 3

Nov 05, 2015

Creating an Epic Matte Painting Shot, Advanced Techniques with Igor Staritsin

Oct 21, 2015

Scripting Fundamentals, Volume 1 with Mike Harris

Aug 26, 2015

Figure Fundamentals Volume 2

Aug 05, 2015

Illustration from Imagination

Jul 22, 2015

Figure Fundamentals Volume 1

Jul 16, 2015

Airship Arrival

Jul 09, 2015

Sci-Fi Costume Design in ZBrush with Luca Nemolato

May 20, 2015

Texturing Environments with Mari

May 14, 2015

Character Concept Design With Johnny Fraser-Allen

May 06, 2015

Efficient Cinematic Lighting 2: Lighting for Animation

Apr 08, 2015

Introduction to World Machine with Dax Pandhi

Mar 25, 2015

Sculpting a Dragon with ZBrush With Maarten Verhoeven

Feb 04, 2015

Making Frankenstein’s Monster with Peter Zoppi

Nov 19, 2014

Performance & Acting: Creating Believable Characters with In-Ah Roediger

Aug 27, 2014

3D Character Design: Sculpt, Model, Render with Josh Herman

Aug 20, 2014

3D Creature Design: Alien Rock Grubber – Concept, Model, Texture, Render with Jerad S. Marantz

Aug 13, 2014

Concept Design Workflow Vol 1: Composition Sketching

Apr 03, 2014

Matte Painting Techniques for Concept Design

Mar 25, 2014

Sculpting a Stylized Character with David Meng

Jul 22, 2013

Mechanical Character Design with Joe Peterson

Apr 30, 2013

Anatomy Workshop Vol. 5 - Structure and Anatomy of the Human Torso with Charles Hu

Apr 22, 2013

Anatomy Workshop Vol.4 - Anatomy of the Human Head with Charles Hu

Apr 22, 2013

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