Introduction to Concept Art

Who should attend?

This course is recommended for students with beginner to intermediate drawing skills and experience and will give you the per­fect foun­da­tion for your art career. The most important ingredient is the desire to draw, design, paint and create, using Adobe Photoshop.

Course content

The aim of this course is to cover the core principles required to create a:

• Sci-fi Crate - line & coloured
• Fantasy building - line & coloured
• Multiple spaceship designs
• Interior spaceship cockpit design.

Topics covered over the 12 week course include:

• Learning how to draw, paint & design
• Introduction to Adobe Photoshop Interface
• Learn about fantasy & sci-fi design language & how to build your visual library
• 1, 2 & 3 point perspective
• Painting in colour & simple techniques to work with
• Designing spaceships the easy way
• Drawing complicated interior scenes

Structure and assessment

This 12 week online course consists of:

• 12 weekly pre-recorded lectures & demonstrations that will guide you step by step through your projects.
• Live fortnightly 3hr feedback webinars where you will receive feedback on your progress. If you cannot attend the session in person you can watch the recorded feedback sessions in your own time.
• 6 assignments over the course of 12 weeks (one submitted each fortnight, prior to feedback session).

Course requirements

Hardware requirements:

• Laptop or Desktop PC or MAC (MacBook Pro or i7 PC/laptop with 16GB RAM are recommended)
• Wacom tablet is recommended not required. Any size is good
• Headset/Microphone so that you can chat with the instructor in fortnightly webinars
• Notepad and pens/pencils for notetaking

Software requirements:

• Adobe Photoshop