Movie Stills

Environment Illustration Exercise: Paint These Movie Stills

Disney's Brother Bear

Prince of Egypt

Tangled

Research Assignment

RESEARCH REPORT

Assignment: Research and report on an area of personal interest relevant to the professional practice of digital Illustration. Write a 2-4 page paper on the subject and present your research findings to your peers in the class.

Possible Topics: Digital Illustration Careers, Prominent Contemporary Digital Artists and their Work, History of Digital Illustration, Successful Freelancing, Marketing Your Work, Copyright Questions, Copyright Infringement Cases, Ethical Concerns or Spiritual Issues in Digital Art, etc.

Procedure: Choose one or two topics above to narrow the focus of your research. Notify professor of your topic(s) by May 15. Formulate one or more key questions most relevant to your interest in the topic(s) you have chosen. Conduct research using books, databases, articles and interviews. Take notes. Compile your findings, observations and conclusions in a clear and organized way. Write and submit a 2-4 page paper on the subject by May 29th. Using visuals to help communicate your ideas, prepare and present what you have learned to the class on June 5th.

Requirements: Submit a 2-4 page written report, due May 29; give a class presentation due June 5.

Textures created for 3D models

2013 Blizzard Art Contest Winners

http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/careers/university-relations/contest-winners-2013.html

Painted Texture Examples

Jump to my web site for more texture samples from World of Warcraft.

The First Four Years

Here's a  panel discussion at the Society of Illustrators with some really good information for bridging the gap between school and a career. Roll it and listen while you work!

Web sites of the illustrators on the panel:

http://www.ciesemier.com

http://samwolfeconnelly.com

http://www.o-fishel.com

http://johnfmalta.com

http://victo-ngai.com

http://dadushin.com

Portraiture: A few good examples

BLACK & WHITE PORTRAITURE

Nicolai Fechin

Nicolai Fechin

Nicolai Fechin

Richard Schmid

Dave Malan

Dave Malan

DIGITALLY PAINTED PORTRAITURE

Dave Malan

PAINTED PORTRAITURE

Jeremy Lipking

Jeremy Lipking

Young Woman, by Abbott H. Thayer. Metropolitan Museum, New York.

Ernesta, by Cecilia Beaux. Metropolitan Museum, New York.

Ernesta (Child with Nurse), by Cecilia Beaux. Metropolitan Museum, New York.

Jungle Tales (Contes de la Jungle), by James Jebusa Shannon. Metropolitan Museum, New York.

Portrait of a Man, by Rembrandt. Metropolitan Museum, New York.

Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau), John Singer Sargent. Metropolitan Museum, New York.

Matilda Stoughton de Jaudenes, by Gilbert Stuart. Metropolitan Museum, New York.

Nicolai Fechin

SCULPTED PORTRAITURE

Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Washington, DC.

Abraham Lincoln, by Andrew O'Connor. Metropolitan Museum, New York.

Hiawatha, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Metropolitan Museum, New York.

La Petite Pensée, by Thomas Ball. Metropolitan Museum, New York.

Benjamin Franklin, by Jean Antoine Houdon. Metropolitan Museum, New York.

Copyright law info and book recommendations

COPYRIGHT LAW BASICS

One of the professional practice-related issues we will talk about in this class is the question of copyright. Here's a good primer on the subject as it relates to visual art: http://www.arsny.com/basics.html


BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop, by Nykolai Aleksander

Advanced Painter Techniques, by Don Seegmiller

Bold Visions: The Digital Painting Bible, by Gary Tonge


Artist As Brand Workbook, by Greg Spalenka
(eBook format for Kindle, iPad, Nook, etc.)

Gnomon Library access and other resources

To view Gnomon Library instructional content using the BYU subscription, 1) login to my.byu.edu and 2) enter the Gnomon Library here: dbs.lib.byu.edu/gnomon.

Scott Robertson (DVD still)

Click on "Training" and use the Search function to find videos on your topic of interest. You will find more than 300 videos covering topics like perspective drawing, portrait, anatomy, color theory, composition, thumbnails, environment design, landscape, vehicles, characters, watercolor, 3D modeling, texturing, Photoshop, Painter, Maya, After Effects and much, much more. 

Also check out the Illustration Subject Guide on the HBLL web site for relevant information and links. Thanks to our Visual Arts Subject Librarian, Chris Ramsey, for helping provide these invaluable resources.

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