his career as an Art Director and Concept Artist. This experience

has made him someone who clearly understands that at the end

of the day the goal of a concept artist is to provide a very specific

visual solution for a client or game.
While this demonstration has plenty of information about painting

techniques and design philosophy, it always comes back around to

making a deliverable asset.

Basic Perspectives Form Drawing

Materials used: Pencil and Pen.

Topics Covered:

1 Point Perspective
2 Point Perspective
3 Point Perspective
Ellipses
Foreshortening
Freehand Drawing Techniques
Establishing a Perspective View
Section Drawing
Drawing Symmetrical Forms

Chapters:

01: Introduction
02: Drawing Mechanics
03: 1-Point Perspective
04: 2-Point Perspective
05: 3-Point Perspective
06: Foreshortening
07: Ellipses
08: Section Drawing Introduction
09: X, Y, Z Section Drawing
10: Credits

How to Draw Cars

Materials used: Pen and Marker.

Topics Covered:

Car Drawing Strategy
Establishing Your View
Basic Proportions
Section Drawing
Perspective Construction
Freehand Drawing Techniques
Building Forms of Your Design

Chapters:

01: Introduction
02: Looking at Drawings
03: Establishing the View
04: Proportion
05: Front 3/4 View
06: Side View
07: Drawing 5 Spoke Wheels
08: Side View Continued
09: Rear 3/4 View
10: Credits

How to Draw Hovercraft and Spacecraft

Materials used: Pen, Pencil and Marker.

Topics Covered:

Vehicle Drawing Strategy
Establishing Your View
Basic Proportions
Graphic Sketching
Freehand Drawing Techniques
Complex Form Building
Drawing from Your Imagination

Chapters:

01: Introduction
02: Looking at Drawings
03: Drawing on Newsprint
04: Black Chisel Tip Pen
05: Section Drawing
06: Pencil Sketching
07: Ballpoint Pen Sketching
08: Credits

Creating Unique Environments

Materials used: Marker and Vellum

Software used: Photoshop

Topics Covered:

Marker Sketching
Photoshop Compositing
Finding a Composition
Saving Compositions
Where to Start a Painting
What to Look For
Lighting Strategies
Perspective Guidelines

Chapters:

01: Introduction
02: Marker Sketching
03: Photoshop Compositing
04: Saving Compositions
05: Sketch 1: Flying Guys
06: Sketch 2: Ice Cave
07: Sketch 3: Light Sphere
08: Sketch 4: Deck Gathering
09: Sketch 5: Four Blimps
10: Sketch 6: Cave Entrance
11: Sketch 7: Sci-Fi Cityscape
12: Sketch 8: Copper City
13: Sketch 9: Blimp Landing
14: Perspective Guidelines

Industrial Design Rendering – Bicycle

Topics Covered:

Design Sketches
Adding Marker
Two Layer Rendering Strategy
Making Paths
Making Layers
Rendering Form
Making It Shiny
Color Adjustments
Adding Texture
Adjustment Layers

Chapters:

01: Introduction
02: Design Sketches
03: Adding Marker
04: Two Layer Strategy
05: Making Paths
06: Making Layers
07: Rendering Form
08: Making it Shiny
09: Color Adjustment
10: Adding Texture
11: Adjustment Layers

Shading Planar Surfaces

Topics Covered:

Tools and Materials
Contrast and 1-2-3 Read
Calculating Cast Shadows
Form Changes = Value Changes
Observing Reality
Light Types
Quick-Shading Techniques
Focal Point

Chapters:

01: Introduction
02: Form Change = Value Change
03: Tools and Materials
04: Casting Shadows
05: Reflected Light
06: Halfway to Black
07: Lighting Strategies
08: Sunlight Shading Demos
09: Local Light Demos
10: The Last Rendering

Shading Round Geometric Surfaces

Topics Covered:

Lighting Strategies
Understanding Reflected Light
Shading Cylinders, Cones and Spheres
Combining Geoforms
Core Shadow Values
Cast Shadow Construction and Rendering

Chapters:

01: Introduction
02: Value Change = Form Change
03: Shading Cylinders
04: Shading Cones
05: Shading Spheres
06: Train Rendering

Shading Complex Curved Surfaces

Topics Covered:

Lighting Strategies
Calculating Cast Shadows
Sunlight Characteristics
Local Light Characteristics
Shading Compound Curved Surfaces
Quick-Shading Techniques

Chapters:

01: Introduction
02: Curved Surface: Example 1
03: Simple Curved Surfaces
04: Compound Curved Surfaces
05: Undercut Curved Surfaces
06: Shading X-Y-Z Surfaces
07: Shading the Floating Form
08: Spaceship 1
09: Spaceship 2
10: Spaceship 3

Vol.1-Basic Perspective Form Drawing

Vol.2-How to draw cars

Vol.3-How To Draw Aircraft

Vol.4-How to draw hovercraft and spacecraft

Vol.5-Creating Unique Environments

Vol.6-Industrial Design Rendering

Vol.7-How To Render Matte Surfaces – CD 1 Shading Planar Surfaces

Vol.8-How To Render Matte Surfaces – CD 2 Shading Round Geometric surfaces

Vol.9-How To Render Matte Surfaces – CD 3 Shading Complex Curved Surface