To get started we will review how to use the most important viscom principles such as composition, depth & scale, proportion and perspective to create interesting focal points and bring our environments to life.

What makes a unique environment design? By using entertainment design principles and mixing keywords we will learn how to come up with interesting concepts and sketch them out using various drawing methods.

Painting in values, this week will cover the use of archetypical lighting scenarios such as direct-, ambient- and artificial lighting to stage our ideas in the best possible way.

Color is closely related to value. Building on the previous week we will learn how to use color in addition to lighting to create mood, enhance the storytelling and spice up the visual design of our images.

3D is a vital part of the game-production pipline. After creating a simple blockout of our idea in 3D, we will start to model props to populate our scene with. Afterwards we will draw and paint over the renders to establish a final direction . This week we will start the final project.

Building on the work of the previous weeks we will start to refine our 3D-environment. Subsequent texturing and lighting will inform the final render of our composition before we start to paint over in photoshop.

This week will cover different techniques to bring our images to the next level by painting over the 3D-renders in photoshop. Using photos and brushes artistically, we will learn how to create a detailed and cohesive looking concept image.

Theres a big difference between student and professional portfolios. In this last week we will learn how we as artists can make our images valuable to clients and how to present them accordingly. By revisiting principles from past weeks we will strengthen our final concept image and students will get their final review.