Build alternate worlds, costumes, and human characters

Creating realistic human characters for imaginary worlds is one of the great challenges for artists and storytellers alike. In this fourth DVD in the series, veteran storyteller and concept artist Iain McCaig shows you how to build alternate worlds, costumes, and human characters by passing the real world through the looking-glass of the land of story.

Following “Volume 1: The Anatomy of a Story,” “Volume 2: Cosmic Mermaid Character Design,” and “Volume 3: Sea King/Space Witch Character Design,” this DVD tracks McCaig's progress as he creates the two leading human characters in his science fiction adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's “The Little Mermaid.”

		Topics Covered: Creating Human Beings Building Worlds Making a Stage Story Environments Visual History Costumes and Props Making the Pieces Fit Chapters: 01. Introduction 02. Space Painting 03. Planet Painting 04. Asteroid Field 05. Blue-line Drawings 06. Space-Woman Marker Work 07. Space-Man Color Rendering 08. Space-Woman Color Rendering

Minimum System Requirements
1GHz or faster processor
512 MB RAM
64 MB Video RAM
DVD-ROM Drive
5 GB of hard disk space
1280 x 1024 display

Minimum Operating System Requirements
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional,
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Apple® Mac® OS X 10.2

This DVD-ROM also requires the Quicktime Movie Player (Version 5.0.5 or higher), the Ensharpen Codec (Version 1.0.1 or higher) and Acrobat Reader (Version 5.0 or higher) in order to view its contents.

The web links for these installers are below. If you don't have these items on your computer, please install these items before you launch the DVD-ROM Gnomon Workshop movie.

TechSmith EnSharpen Decoder Link:
http://www.techsmith.com/download/ensharpendecoder.asp
Apple Quicktime Link:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
Adobe Acrobat Installer Link:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

About Iain McCaig
Iain McCaig is an internationally recognized and award-winning artist, and one of the motion picture industry's leading conceptual designers. He has worked on numerous films, including Peter Pan, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire . Most recently, Iain was one of the principal designers on Star Wars Episode One, Star Wars Episode Two and Star Wars Episode Three in which his work includes the landmark designs for Queen Amidala and Darth Maul.

As a concept designer, screenwriter, director and illustrator, Iain's talents have led him to numerous projects including The Face , his directorial debut in 1988. In 2001 he wrote and designed his first CG feature film, The Pied Piper for Imax/Mainframe. Iain has taught drawing and storytelling for over twenty years.

Important Information:

Visual Storytelling with Iain McCaig: Volume 4: Human Character & Environment Design Gnomon Workshop DVD

Instructor:
Iain McCaig

Format:
DVD

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