Concept Art: Keeping the Conversation Going: Painting Raw and Burning Brain Cells

One way of doing Concept Art:
 

Please watch in class Thursday (or before if you like):  new Feng Zhu Tutorial. Aug. 22, 2012:

Episode 56 - MMORPG Landscapes 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmff8bBCYW4&feature=relmfu

Watch from beginning to end.  Listen to what he has to say.   

Watch what he does – including what he does but does not discuss.  

The artist captures ideas in fast production speed. 
His goal is 4-6 paintings in 2 hours:  
2000 pixels wide each, 4 together on one  canvas, without layers.
The first 20 minutes on each is most important: he figure out location, color, mood and light.
He spends an additional 1.5 hours on each (6 hours total)  to add texture and clean up details.

Previously in T class:  Episode 44: Tannhauser Gate concept art tutorial emphasizing creating in a gestural way without preconceived ideas: 
http://www.fengzhudesign.com/tutorials.htm

Another good tutorial at this site is Episode 40:  Fantasy Landscape: you can scrub through to end and see comparison of 2 images:  initial process, and the the one with final texture and detail added. Lots of other tutorials here and on YouTube.

http://www.fengzhudesign.com/index.html
His images

http://www.fzdschool.com/gallery_digital_painting_01.html

Student gallery:  note subjects studied in his school.