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Select Two Page Scrolling, making sure that Show Cover Page in Two Page View isalso selected, Jump to articles Inthe Contents pages, we have direc links toall articles within the magazine. fa cera atticle catches your eye, simply click (or tap on handheld devices) on the page number within he Contents, and you will be taken straight to thatarticle Download resources Wheneveryou see tis symbol be suretoclcktto For lots more tutorials and exclusive articles, visit www.layerpaint.com ‘magazine into your Tunes library itwil automatically add the POF to your bookshelf in your Books app!Contents Issue 105 Craft a career in concept art Inspirational game art Sketch surreal concepts The gallery Learn texture skills Master the 2.5D effect Design industrial scenes Paint fantasy portraits Create stylized characters Digital Art Master: Esben RasmussenSLC TTA scVAli Ts The Artist TST I i Bram ‘Boco’ Sels artofbococom Interviewed by: Jer Tipping bom Bram ‘Boe mats and concept 3s workedin industry worked cit teeta) ~conceptart (rms cto Malou ope Orla CEA Looser sd such as Ubisoft, Wideshot Entertainment, and Centipede Press. Currently working at indie game studio, GriN, Bram shares the secrets to his growing career, as well as his inspirations and experiences @ Sein{tall started nthe summer of 09, fueled by his love of Magic: The Gathering and a dream of one day doingillustrations for them —he thought wy not give go! So Bram bought himself an Intuos and clumsily started workingon his very first ighailutratin, a gobin sabotaging a woodencar. ‘Bram confesses that seeing itnow makes bimcringe "The values ae ofthe anatomy [scrooked andthe coloris incoherent, but ‘remember thinking, Hey, the this, andi keep doing thst'm bound to get better leven sent, Into Wards The Coast, haha, and needless to say! gorejected." 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He studied ine art and animation atthe University of Centra Florida where he eamed his ‘BAin Motion Picture Technology back in 1997 ‘© Apersonal piece, where Donovan challenged! _around a mounted soldier © Donovan Valdes ‘Donovan curenty based in Durham, NC, where he isan ar director at small game stuo, Hazard, where boing the sole artistin the group sveshim the opportunity to cover everything artrelated from concept creation 30 modeling and texturing. With over 13 years experience under his belt and contibutionsto such titles ‘as Assasin’ Cred, Ghost Recon, and FarCry, Donovan shares the secrets this success ‘artist: ould you choose one of you favor abouts cretion, and whys your Donovan Valdes ive rgabouta painting then picka recent one wth Hoes ond Tes, w38.asdejob, mostly frfun, fora heey meta asttled Wales and Trees which instantly brought rtoutsidethetradtiona reali accustomed to atthe time. 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Donon ome todepcsome overs inthe snow decoveing age sucureon ameuntan top {edonovanaldes“© home base for some rogue terrorist cl stn the Tom Clancy universe © Ubisoft© Artist Timeline Donovan's career up to this point Deena ee aan Cee eos Se te nN Cee eee aeD eto ee ey Ce a Cee ieee eee es ee Tee ony ee ae Dee Saeed Bet ee as 2002 Donovan'sfist game industyjb at Vicious Ce ee nd Ce Cee Cee end ee Ene eed almost exclusively on concept pining anddesign ee ee ett eee heat Decry 12013 Eager fora new challenge, onown decided ee sce et) ceed Se easPs bal eee reTHE DIGITAL PAINTING RESOURCE LayerPaint allows you to browse the galley, intervie eee all dedicated to 20 digital art. On top included a free ees ene eee cee De Eee) Ke) ay eee TN anet. Tran Nguyen Tran Ngwyenisa Georgia: based gallery artist and freelance ilstrator Shehas ied for cent such as, Playboy, Tor McDonald Chateau St. Michele Winery and has showeased York, Spain, and aly she iscurenty represented Dy Richard Solomon and Thinkspace galeryQLETONPOOLOF TRINNGUDEN Escape into the surrealist ‘several composition thumbnails and rough resources available online. enjoy creating. pages of Tran’s sketchbook... ideation compe tofind the perectsolutionto rough, gestural ones, as opposed t tight ‘the client's need. figure studies. Sketching preliminaries help me explore possible concepts, compositions value When i'm not creating fora client, sketching Since my paintings are quite refined its studies, and placement of details t's the isa super way to keep my hand flexible ‘therapeuticto sketch na more relaxed foundation of final illustration. when and exercise muscle memory-It'sestremely manner. think i's ercial to keop your conceptualizingforaclent,|wanttomake important tomaintain your anatomy skis. __fre-setching ooseso that you can liberate surethatthe main ea sconveyedinthe best Atending gure rawingclassesisamust, yourself fromthe restraint and rig of possible way.Inordertoyieldthisittakes _orifitsnotacesible,there ae plenty of having todetaievery asset of animage. » Dream came across debonairfoxand histone monode. He took meby thehand and said,"Come, come, helo my rend whose bulbous head isstuckin a tree hol, Ducking tuning twsting, churning, we came upon the peculiar gir and her peculiar situation. 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My sutealism and fantasy influences come fom nature andthe odd reams | have rom time to time Materials My preliminaries are usually done on asmall, intimate scale and the best surface for this is smooth Bist paper. generally prefer graphite when it comes to sketching, from grade 8 to 9, Taf Stf erase sticks, and Prismacolor’s Magic ub, Forvaluestsies, sometimes impor the aptite sketch ito Photoshop to adda deeper level fights and darks Using a Wacom Intuas ‘tablet and the sot round brush, Ican cre ‘ore refined study fr clients before contin ‘onto the fina illustration, ‘Sketching techniques Ae techniques that use include hatching osshatching blending. and linear mark-makig, Hatching and crsshatching is great way to Lceate value with texture expecially for dealing fabric Blending or smearing te waphite allows faa smoath gradient in endering skin or rund objects With nearmark-making. Ica create bolder gradient witha particular texture. For example render with eeular motion, the ‘radation will appear smoother with a ight Creulartexueitsthesome fl use an oval or rectangular shape. @ @ ivesortne sie of yoursoul. because doing otherwise wauld be ieverent.Andit wedont, itil slowly but surely dissipate from our body leaving vacant shel bare of extemal aesthetics. fyouveno family ‘or rend worth ving fo, then Five forthe pees nostalgia This anothersketeh that ilustrates my deep interest in nostalgla ‘and distant memories this one wanders ‘offinto nature as opposed to suburban sutoundings © oxrinesore cde sve oh Zhe TCTs COM© aietowe LoAUR TCT ohzive inoue tos Po red Denese scaLIPLAL Lh hi, Lp Manette Ly = Sd V1) | LES ; L Nuc \\ ¢ y, fous SERRA Ki Pre2dartist Would you like to see your sketches featured in 2dartist magazine? We're always on the lookout for talented artists and their artwork to adorn the pages of our magazine. If you think you have what it takes, get in touch! To submit, simply email Jess at jess@3dtotal.com with a selection of your images or a link to your portfolio online, plus a little information about you. We look forward to hearing from you!Italian digital orlst Lorenzo Zitla knows how to create thought provoking stil images with LightWave 11.6. Whether the stil is computergenerated with LightWave, an artful arrangement of digital photos, or 0 combination of the two, the compostion of the scene - with its attention to detail and unusual merging of objects - demands @ closer look “Thanks to LightWave, loan quickiy test many different approaches formy projects Hove bringing models into Layout and switching on Radiosity then start working (on shading and lighting, bringing in more elements, and testing and improvising to get the look | want." - Lorenzo Zita 3@ LightWave 11.6 By artists for artists.Art aeUE ORL Cela)reac) porn) Year created: 2014 ‘Webs siezchimanstatoncomces Darek Zabrock rere) ‘Web: darekzabrachicom‘Two Sides of a Battle: A Tragedy Told by Hands Year created Web:cr eed Pere Se any etdLANE RECRUITING CONNECTIONS animago aE] 16/17 October 2014, Germany De LCC Le ol ed Industrial Light & Magic. 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Dee LC eet ed Serene rey break down the best and simplest techniques for creating Noe eu Cec Buide offers easy-to-follow steps that guide you through See Cen ee one Cen eta eas en ee With a simplified interface and fewer variable parameters to learn than eau oes pene Sct tee eee eter Peet See eer Pons ee ae er ent eee re tae eos See Sete Available from www.3dtotal.com/shopLearn textu re skills h the f nelu Yu pro yourscene. including op tips for adding traditional textures using ADonglu Yu donglttlefsh blopspotea Software UsedDiscover how to add traditional brushstroke textures to your scene.. The closer we getto the end of the creation of an image, the moreit becomes time: consumingto render the finer details and to give some crisp fina touches tothe ustration. We might got the impression of boeing less efficient, however such slowing down is quite normal, and necessary to close the painting process. We are not fa from our final goal, solet'smove on! 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Can’t wait for next release.” RCE era orulae Subscribe online at www.2dartistmag.com/subscribe 2 mor oraPe a)The Artist Christopher Peters tueoceeedeviantartcomLearn how to add movment to your illustrations using Photoshop and After Effects... Have you ever wanted to bring to life some of your stil photos or illustrations, but you thought 2.5D techniques were difficult to work with? Well,hereisa simple and effective way tomake an easy parallax effect! So, let's gt started then Whatis parallax? Before moving forward into the step-by step tutorial we ned to understand some basic concepts ofthe Parallaxfect. Basically, the parallaxitsaneffectora dgtaltricktotuen 220 stlimageinto 25 image or even a 30 image The technique is based on separating each element from the background’ til, and putting them intoathee-dimensional spaceto createa spatial eflec. So,!stenely through this tuteral, becauseit might help you to present your portoliinaninteresting way! mend you have alook matter and learn abitaboutthe, Vand Z aves. Forsome peoplethe realty has four orfive dimensions, for thers ten dimensions. But for us,only three width, height and depth. Vand Z ues represent each dimension: x With Height +Z:Depth In Aer fet the sofware which wel useto «reatethe paralay these aes are represented boycolred arrows just ike in mast the 30 programs (red, green and blu) Thisishow t works. For important elementsin the parallax effect, sinceit isthe one who wll generate the depth and space ison to ourparallax! OB eres ree tone: background: This wl be te ist pat ‘ofthe tutorial. 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This tutorial was meanttobe a simple ‘method to learn the parallax effect, sor try toexplain each step in a clear way to create an effective learning process. Hiehename After Effects i not familiar to you Yet, you're inthe right place. Hereis alittle review ofthis powerful graphic tool After Effectsisa powerful graphic tool whichis. ‘mainly used for editing and post-production works such as audio-visual projects, CG effets for movies and TV, advertising products, and many more. Also, this software has a bigvaretyof effects and useful plug-ins to Improve te fina look of your audio-visual projects And obviously, Aer Effectsis one ofthe best softwares to creating the parallax effects asit has all the necessary tools to achieve this purposeinan easy way. Now, let's igetinto the After Efects part ofthe tutorial In this part ofthe tutorial you'll learn: + Basic concepts: composition, importing, files, 30 layers ‘Creating 230 space + Placing all the elements in the 30 space correctly + Animating the camera + Post production tps 01 — ew composton ae Eflets, Go to Compastion/ New composition, Give your composition anew name and choose the sie you'egoingto use forthe whole project, keep the custome settings from the actual composition. We arejust gongto change the size setings, and we won'tchange anything cts. (you pele though, you can change the duration ofthe composition, om 30 seconds to 10seconds. This is optional itdepends on your Thesize can vary according tayour needs and tothefinal objective youll givethe video. A this tutorial has jst an explanatory objective It doesnt need tobe a giant. 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