Digital Tutors - Efficient Workflows for Creature Concept Design in Photoshop

Duration 2h 45m Project Files Included MP4

Throughout these lessons we will jump into the unique processes of sketching and ideation to develop Sci-Fi creature concept art.

We will start by sketching out a thumbnail and focusing on the design details of our creature's head. We will then sketch out our creature's bone structure, which will be the foundation for the body and skin painting process. Next we will focus on creating line work, a foundational grayscale, and then add color and details.

Finally, we will then create custom brushes specific to the image, and play with photo-textures.

By the end of this tutorial we will have created a fully rendered Sci-Fi creature and learned new painting processes along the way!

01.Introduction and project overview 00:54

2. Designing the initial thumbnail 10:36

3. Sketching the head 11:04

4. Refining the body structure 11:14

5. Bone structure 11:05

6. Altering the head 10:50

7. Setting up the line art 10:57

8. Prepping our creature for painting 11:13

9. Greyscaling our creature 11:03

10. Painting in the shadows 10:26

11. Highlighting our creature 10:32

12. Painting with color 11:03

13. Emphasizing color and light direction 11:07

14. Creating our custom brushes 11:37

15. Using our blending modes 11:20

16. Wrapping up our creature painting 10:33