background cg progress course - how to draw parts and scenes for games

by Joannie Gaylord 9 min read

Designing from story to screen

In this courses students will cover: composition, prop design, designing a focal point and building layouts around it, style exploration, layout construction, and design principles. By the end of the course students will have a strong grasp of the job of a Layout Artist/Background Designer.

The more you know, the better

Designing a Main Focal point | BMS and BvS (how to populate Layouts fast) | Build a Layout around a Focal point.

Prepare to meet your master

Jon Hoekstra is a Matte Painter, Concept Artist, and Visual Development Artist who has worked for companies such as Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros, eclipse, and Walt Disney Imagineering. He has previously taught at Art Center College of Design, from which he received his BA in Illustration - Entertainment Arts in 2013.

Instructor

A professional illustrator based mostly in Asia, Ed Foychuk has been published both professionally, and as an Indie creator, in comics. He is best known for his work in creating Captain Corea.

Student feedback

Really enjoy courses by Ed Foychuk. Always seems to be a what I'm looking for when trying to find out about comic creation. He managed to pack a lot info into this perspective course!

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