How to Design Creatures – Sculpture to Photoshop
Release date:2013, March
Author:Casey Love
Skill level:Beginner
Language:English
Exercise files:Yes
Creature FX artist & master monster maker, Casey Love (PREDATORS, AVP:REQUIEM, MEN IN BLACK 3) teaches you how to quickly sculpt a rough creature maquette in WED clay and then import it into Photoshop to add detail and finalize your design.
01 Title & Introduction
02 Tools
03 Getting Started
04 Roughing Out Basic Forms
05 Tooling the Clay
06 Sculpting Styles
07 Features & Expression – Adding Forms as the Lizard-Man Takes Shape
08 Keeping it Rough – No Fuss Design
09 Essential Outline – Eyes, Ears & Head
10 Raking & Refining
11 Adjusting Final Forms
12 Secondary Forms
13 Strengthening and Softening Shapes
14 Detailing Techniques – Eyebrows, Eyelids, Nostrils & the Jaw
15 Finishing Details
16 Last Looks – A Hint of Fine Detail
17 Smoothing the Clay & Prepping for Photography
18 Importing the Stills into Photoshop
19 Reference Photos
20 Painting a Base Layer
21 Layers of Texture
22 Integrating & Scaling Texture Features from Reference
23 Liquify, Warp & Distort
24 Bringing in the Left Eye
25 Bringing in the Neck
26 Creating the Right Eye – Duplicate, Flip, Perspective
27 Blending Layers – Left Jaw & Cheek
28 Texturing the Large Areas
29 Dodging & Burning – Underjaw and Right Side Body Texture
30 Merging Layers & Correcting Detail
31 Head Texture
32 Remaining Detail Texture – The Nose
33 Adding Ridges on the Back – The Filter Function
34 Coloring
35 Painting Scales
36 Happy Acciden Experimental Layer – Painting the Scales on Top of the Head
37 Hardware & Software
38 Dodging and Burning for Realistic Finish
39 Final Touches Sharpening Scales, Blending Color & Addressing Problem Areas
40 Detailing the Neck Dodging & Burning
41 Tightening Up the Edge
42 Wrap Up
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