In this DVD Keith Thompson reveals his process for taking a zombie creature concept from a thumbnail sketch to the finished drawing. Keith demonstrates each step, from idea development and creating the initial drawing using traditional media to scanning the drawing into the computer and then applying colored glazes in Adobe Photoshop®. Keith also explains how to maintain the essential gesture and feel of the thumbnail all the way through to the final concept art.

The entire traditional media to digital process is also applied to a collection of extra views of the character. Keith explains how these alternate angles and a set of orthographic rotations are designed to help the 3D modeler.

Topics Covered:
Thumbnail Concepts
Gestural Sketching
Drawing
Shading
Glazing
Extra Views
Props
Orthographics
Modifications

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

Important Information:

Character Design Techniques Gnomon Workshop DVD

Instructor:
Keith Thompson

Formats:
Mac or PC DVD-ROM

Duration:
Over 2.5 hours of lecture.

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