Here are our current submissions:
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| Nick Palmer |
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| Jeff Yu |
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| Lily Cho |
Next will be Persephone, and then the Ninja Turtles! XD so stay tuned for more!
Monday, December 12, 2011
Winter Break Character Design Challenge
Hey everyone, I hope everyone is having a wonderful winter break! We have a series of projects in queue and we hope you can all join us in redesigning some well known characters. We start off the break with Hades. He is the god of the Underworld in Greek Mythology. However, remember that he has multiple roles and that he isn't just some grim reaper. He was also ruler of all that is beneath the ground including "gemstones and all the riches". Some motifs that are associated with Hades are, Cerberus the three headed dog, sacrificial goats, Persephone, Cypress Tree, Pomegranate, the Fates, and the Narcissus plant.
Here are our current submissions:
Next will be Persephone, and then the Ninja Turtles! XD so stay tuned for more!
Here are our current submissions:
Next will be Persephone, and then the Ninja Turtles! XD so stay tuned for more!
Monday, October 10, 2011
Fall Quarter Meeting 10/7/11
Hi Everyone,
I hope everyone had a great summer! It has been a while since the last update but we finally got the meeting up and running again. Woohoo! We meet every Friday after 6pm in the SEQA room 347.
Nick, and I have been discussing how we proceed with the club because it seemed that we were doing mostly digital painting which gave us little time to focus on actual design during our 90 minute challenges. Soooo, we thought it would be helpful if we started on silhouette sketches for a while then progress to speed paints because polished works would be considered final renders but not actual concept art. Concept art is for communicating designs, granted you need technical skills in rendering but a good designer can communicated designs in any medium from cut out paper to paint. So this week we are continuing the silhouette studies before we take them into value studies and finally into a colored digital painting challenge. You can use any medium like photoshop or ink on paper. If you have any questions or suggestions, please email us at conceptartfactory@gmail.com-- We appreciate your input!
So this week, our topic is "Warrior" from any time period you want and any culture. Just make sure the time period you choose is consistent with the other designs you are doing. If you decided to choose 1860s Plains America, then all your designs should reflect that concept. Again you can use any time period and culture so long as it's a warrior. We had 90 minutes to do the challenge and add in tweaks and edits. For silhouettes, you have different approaches. One way is to take a large brush and just block in large shapes altogether. The other is to use gesture lines to create random strokes which create certain shapes which you can then use to develop more shapes like a gestalt. Be sure to have at least 10 character designs when you send it in. Good Luck and Have Fun!
-J
I hope everyone had a great summer! It has been a while since the last update but we finally got the meeting up and running again. Woohoo! We meet every Friday after 6pm in the SEQA room 347.
Nick, and I have been discussing how we proceed with the club because it seemed that we were doing mostly digital painting which gave us little time to focus on actual design during our 90 minute challenges. Soooo, we thought it would be helpful if we started on silhouette sketches for a while then progress to speed paints because polished works would be considered final renders but not actual concept art. Concept art is for communicating designs, granted you need technical skills in rendering but a good designer can communicated designs in any medium from cut out paper to paint. So this week we are continuing the silhouette studies before we take them into value studies and finally into a colored digital painting challenge. You can use any medium like photoshop or ink on paper. If you have any questions or suggestions, please email us at conceptartfactory@gmail.com-- We appreciate your input!
So this week, our topic is "Warrior" from any time period you want and any culture. Just make sure the time period you choose is consistent with the other designs you are doing. If you decided to choose 1860s Plains America, then all your designs should reflect that concept. Again you can use any time period and culture so long as it's a warrior. We had 90 minutes to do the challenge and add in tweaks and edits. For silhouettes, you have different approaches. One way is to take a large brush and just block in large shapes altogether. The other is to use gesture lines to create random strokes which create certain shapes which you can then use to develop more shapes like a gestalt. Be sure to have at least 10 character designs when you send it in. Good Luck and Have Fun!
-J
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| Jeff Yu |
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| Nick Palmer |
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| Jeremy Cropp |
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Week 14, Value Study Exercise
Yo, welcome to the week 14 Concept Art Factory design exercise! This week we are taking the silhouette of characters from last time and developing it farther by adding grey scale to define the shapes that would articulate a design that illicit emotions. If your character is evil, maybe use some jagged shapes and asymmetrical proportions. If your character is an anti hero, maybe mix rectangles or circles with triangles to represent moral ambiguity. Bottom line is, you have to communicate the personality of a character by using value. Do 10 value studies for your best silhouette.
Next week, we will do 5 color studies for your best value study design.
Nick Palmer Value studies
Protagonist competition class mechsuit
Antagonist competition class mechsuit
Next week, we will do 5 color studies for your best value study design.
Nick Palmer Value studies
Jeff Yu Value Studies
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| Smuggler Value Studies |
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| Lawman Value Studies |
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Week 13, Design Exercise
Hi everyone,
This week for the concept art club we have decided to work on a different aspect of concept art. We are starting from the most basics which is the Silhouette design where we use black and white shapes to show the personality of the character, the environment the character lives in, and other things that would aid viewers in understanding the character's nature. Members can select ANY theme or idea they want like "my little pony in space" or "Medieval Judge Dredd" and they have to come up with a story, choose 1 protagonist and 1 antagonist to design silhouettes for. During the challenge, members are allowed to create as many silhouettes as they please as long as they read clearly, makes sense functionally an ties in with the story theme they have chosen.
Nick Palmer chose to do a theme with battle robots for children.
Antagonist Competition Mech
Jeff Yu decided to do a Sci Fi space western set in the Pleiades.
This week for the concept art club we have decided to work on a different aspect of concept art. We are starting from the most basics which is the Silhouette design where we use black and white shapes to show the personality of the character, the environment the character lives in, and other things that would aid viewers in understanding the character's nature. Members can select ANY theme or idea they want like "my little pony in space" or "Medieval Judge Dredd" and they have to come up with a story, choose 1 protagonist and 1 antagonist to design silhouettes for. During the challenge, members are allowed to create as many silhouettes as they please as long as they read clearly, makes sense functionally an ties in with the story theme they have chosen.
Nick Palmer chose to do a theme with battle robots for children.
Protagonist Competition Mech
Jeff Yu decided to do a Sci Fi space western set in the Pleiades.
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| Protagonist- Smuggler |
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| Antagonist- Lawman |
Friday, July 1, 2011
Speedpaint Week 11
Hey everybody, let's hear it for the 11th week of the SCAD Concept Art Factory! This week's speedpaint challenge is the epic 3 HOUR CHALLENGE! We combine vehicle, character, environment, and environment. So, our theme for this week is... "Fungus native versus cyborg crustaceans in any location you want to create."
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  Nick Palmer
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Speedpaint Week 12
Yo, it's another edition of the SCAD Concept Art Factory! Since we have been ordering our members to complete ridiculous 3 hour challenges involving more than 3 subjects, we have decided to simplify things to just 1 subject at 2 hours instead of the usual 90 minutes. This way members have the chance to pump out better quality work. At the moment, we are focusing specifically on design before we work on actual painting techniques because the design process requires a lot of research and familiarity with different subjects.
This week, our speedpaint challenge theme is... "fantasy, flying, pleasure ship of any culture and location". As for "pleasure", you may interpret in whatever way "pleases you".
This week, our speedpaint challenge theme is... "fantasy, flying, pleasure ship of any culture and location". As for "pleasure", you may interpret in whatever way "pleases you".
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| Max Currie |
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| Jeffrey Yu |
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| Lily Cho |
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| Nick Palmer |
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| Arielle Smith |
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| Nick Zimurio |
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Speedpaint Week 10
Ok concept art club members, your artistic contributions to this blog are always welcome! Feel free to go in and do an older challenge if you have a hankering to do so.
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| Nick Palmer |
This week's challenge was Guardian, Futuristic and Alien, Insectoid with accompanying vehicle. The mood could be cheerful, antihero/badass, optimistic, etc. Enjoy!
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