Design Applied to Storytelling
| Time: | TBA |
| Class date | Lifetime Access |
| Class length: | 6hrs Narrative Video |
| Instructor: | Ronan Le Fur aka DOFRESH |
| Location: | ONLINE |
| Course type: | PRERECORDED SESSIONS |
Course description
Learn how Concept Artist Jimmy Duda is creating his anime jrpg-inspired solarpunk short and worldsby using every trick in the book from his 16 years experience as a professional artist. You will learn in depth Blender techniques that let you create stunning animated shorts in relatively quick time! It’s a must course for everyone who is hyped about that stylized look in 3D field.
Teacher
Jimmy Duda (Born 1983 in Cracow, Poland) is a Germany-based, award-winning designer and digital artist.
A true renaissance man, Jimmy has worked as a professional concept and visual development artist, storyboard artist, 3d generalist, and director on a multitude of media, ranging from film to trading card games, video games, streaming services, advertising, architectural visualization, and more.
Projects he worked on include Disney Lorcana,Destiny 2, the Academy Award-winning Black Panther, Academy Award-nominated Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Academy Award-nominated Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Sonic 3, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Black Widow, the German Film Award-winning The Kangaroo Chronicles, Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer, and many more.
Besides his commercial work, Jimmy is the creator of the ongoing, internationally exhibited solarpunk series and short film “SYMBIONT WORLD”, and the upcoming illustrated children's book "Maummel".
Course Structure
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INTRODUCTION
Create a scene from Symbiont World
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NEW JRPG WORLD
Eevee settings, Sky and Light, Live compositor settings, Water (modeling, shading, animation)
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YOUR NEW BUDDY
Assets time! (3D techniques
overview)
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Introduction
Idea: Create a scene from Symbiont World short film, with a new robotic animal, utilizing a holistic approach in which workflows and storytelling intertwineA whole new (JRPG) World -
setting up the scene
-Eevee settings
-Sky and Light
- Live compositor settings
-Water (modeling, shading,animation)Your new adorable buddy - Creating robo flounder Flobo
-ref
- 2d concept art
-modeling
-animating the fins
-shading
-creating the grass
-scattering the grass
-grass animationSurfer girl - creating the character
-modeling the character directly in pose
-ponytail
- shading
-creating and animating the scarfFun in the background land
-creating the Islands (modeling, procedural shading)
-creating the clouds (modeling, scattering, shading)
-creating the trees (modeling, scattering, shading)Look, it moves! - animation
-simple scene rigging
-animating Flobo
-animating the waterThe magic of Grease Pencil
-navigation basics
-overpainting the assets
-painting and animating the waves and splashesPure Cinema ...
-setting up the camera
-finding the right shots
-Outro -
- The unique opportunity to learn from the mistakes of your veteran instructor which took years to realize. Students get a serious head-start because of this.
- Art Guidance and unique opportunity to witness live demos in making by industry professional Darek Zabrocki.
- Mastering designing environments.
- Development of several high industry standard portfolio pieces.
- Understanding the architectural styles and incorporating them into designs.
- High level designs of real locations.
- Creating "believable" locations.
- How light behaves and how it affects the environment.
- Advanced 2D/3D techniques.
- Working on high-level concepts.
- Design on individual architectural pieces vs how design works as a layout. -
Dedication and passion for concept design and illustration.
Equipment – laptop or tablet and Photoshop or some other 2D graphics program (and knowledge of how to use it), 3D software (preferably Blender)
Motivation and discipline to fulfill homework.
Ability to speak and understand classes in English.