Environment Concept Art Vol.1 – Overpainting, photobashing and refining keyarts by Chris Doretz

This tutorial will give you an insight into the process of finishing an environmental concept key art., From the raw image straight out of the renderer to the final concept art, heavily based on the cinematic look and feel. We use techniques of painting in detail, using photo bash to enhance and change the image, creating decals and illustrative elements, using and painting VFX to final color correction, and using steps to finalize a finished environmental concept critical art. Everything is narrated in a live demo and explained to follow the process from start to finish.
You will also gain more insight into the dystopian Alley project on which this tutorial is based dystopian this tutorial is based on. Furthermore, we will also explore some of the blender files and then focus on the final critical arts in Photoshop while explaining layering and looking at all the other keys.

Who is this tutorial for?
This tutorial is mainly aimed at intermediates but can be equally interesting for starters and experts alike, not only for concept artists but also for every artist that wants to look into creating critical art. I will go through processes and explain steps and approaches while at the same time not going too much into detail. So we will not look at the fundamentals but carefully create those critical arts as if we were working on this project alongside, slowly sharing tips and tricks on the way to the finished concept.
Also, if you just want to look at my approach and how those keys are organized and made, this tutorial, especially the exploration part, is for you.

What will you get?

• 5 Hours (4h50m) narrated live demo creating the main cover of this tutorial from base render to finished vital art. Every step to follow and explained to see how this concept key art is created
• 1 Hour (50min) narrated live demo, exploring the whole project and every Photoshop file explaining structure and approaches while also exploring some of the blender files
• 2x additional complete process overpaint videos without commentary totaling 5 Hours, compacted into 30-minute timelapse
• All video files in 4k quality

Which Software?
The bulk and main focus of the tutorial is made for Photoshop, with only a tiny fraction of it also briefly looking into Blender.

Anything else?
With this tutorial, I hope to help other artists and colleaques out, give a bit more insight into the processes, and in the end, share some knowledge that hopefully leads to more incredible art! I am thankful even if you just considered looking at this tutorial. Thank you very much for your support, and always keep on, never stop 🙂

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.
Chris