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Beginner's Guide to Concept Sketching

by Eddie Russell

We'll start off by learning what concept sketching is and where it fits into a creative pipeline. Software required: Photoshop CS6.

What you'll learn

We'll start off by learning what concept sketching is and where it fits into a creative pipeline. We'll then begin exploring how we can utilize concept sketching as part of the pipeline on a number of different types of projects. From a logo to a layout and even a character or environment design, concept sketching can take a number of different forms and we'll learn a little about each of them. We will wrap this course up by learning a few things that you can implement in order to be a more successful concept sketcher. This series of step-by-step videos were developed with artists new to concept sketching in mind so we will be moving at a steady, easy-to-follow pace making sure you understand terms and basic techniques. Software required: Photoshop CS6.

About the author

Eddie began teaching creative professionals over ten years ago for Digital Tutors. In 2014 Digital Tutors was acquired by Pluralsight and he continued his focus on creating high quality training for artists in both the film and games industries. With a background in graphic design and illustration Eddie has always been focused on visual appeal. This can be seen through his courses in which he shares secrets for achieving production level quality for concept art, illustrations, textures, mater... more

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