CONCEPT: A Blender Class of Character Creation

Welcome to CONCEPT - A course all about creating a single piece of concept art using Blender's Grease Pencil. The subject is LUNA, a character I designed for Wayne Dixon's course RIG.

This course is divided into four chapters covering the main stages of creating concept art.

Chapter 1: Brief, research, and ideation

Chapter 2: Color theory and asset creation

Chapter 3: Thumb-nailing and refining idea

Chapter 4: Final concept production

By the end of this course, you should have a good understanding of:

• How to interpret a brief
• The basics of color theory
• Where to find inspiration for research
• How to thumbnail
• How to explore ideas visually
• How to discuss development with a client
• How to produce a polished piece

Create your concept!

While you can follow the steps and use the working files provided, I highly encourage you to apply the knowledge and methods demonstrated here to your own concepts.

Not all tools will be explained, but new techniques will be discussed in detail.  

If you're new to Grease Pencil, I highly recommend first taking my course DRAW! It is entirely free, and will give you a solid grounding for using Grease Pencil.

If you are new to Blender start with Blender Basics, also available for free on CG Cookie.

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About your instructor, Paul Caggegi

My name is Paul and I have got a passion for 2D illustration, storyboarding, and comics.

My history with Blender stretches way back to dabbling with the 1.8x series, where incremental saves and backups were just part of working with it because there was NO UNDO!  More recently, however, I began experimenting with 3D for 2D solutions to help me with comics, storyboarding, and illustration work. With the recent advent of the Grease Pencil tool, my workflow has been completely revolutionized.

If you have an interest in exploring the 2D capabilities of Blender, I’m here to guide you!