Digital Tutors - Concept Designing a Mech Weapon in Photoshop

Duration 2h 56m Level Advanced Project Files Included MP4

Throughout these lessons we will learn how to create a mech weapon concept in Photoshop.

We will go over the various stages of concept art, from thumbnails to finished render. We will use photo

references to speed up the rendering process and also go over the use of the smudge brush as a design tool.

By the end of this tutorial we'll concept a weapon for the mech using the techniques we've learned.

1. Introduction and project overview

2. Designing our silhouettes

3. Refining our silhouettes

4. Using the smudge tool

5. Selecting our design and reference photos

6. Preserving our transparency layer

7. Creating light and shadow

8. Reforming our shapes

9. Adding small painted details

10. Cleaning up our design

11. Using reference photos

12. Transforming the support structure

13. Using the overlay layer

14. Painting the metal

15. Adding wear and tear

16. Final details and adjustments

17. Designing weapon silhouettes

18. Speeding up the rendering process

19. Adding light and shadows to our weapon

20. Refining our weapon concept

21. Finishing our weapon

22. Reviewing our work