Efficient Workflows for Creature Concept Design in Photoshop
Throughout these lessons, we will jump into the unique processes of sketching and ideation to develop Sci-fi creature concept art. Software required: Photoshop CS6.
What you'll learn
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! Software required: Photoshop CS6.
Table of contents
- Designing the Initial Thumbnail 10m
- Sketching the Head 11m
- Refining the Body Structure 11m
- Bone Structure 11m
- Altering the Head 11m
- Setting up the Line Art 11m
- Prepping Our Creature for Painting 11m
- Greyscaling Our Creature 11m
- Painting in the Shadows 10m
- Highlighting Our Creature 10m
- Painting with Color 11m
- Emphasizing Color and Light Direction 11m
- Creating Our Custom Brushes 11m
- Using Our Blending Modes 11m
- Wrapping up Our Creature Painting 10m
About the author
Alex Alvarado is a Concept Artist for Star Team LLC in Burbank, California. He has been working in video games for the past 5 years, as well as in film and television. Alex received his BA in Media Arts and Animation in 2003. Over the years, he has developed a broad skill-set that ranges from illustration to 3d modeling to motion graphics and animation to architectural rendering. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California with his family. When he isn’t in front of a computer working on his ne... more