What You Will Learn

Learn how to create a 2D portfolio tailored towards entertainment including but not limited to the video game, film, and movie industry. This is an introductory step towards conceptualizing digital assets and understanding the production pipeline using as little as a tablet and Photoshop.

Keywords: digital art, concept design, entertainment, video games, movies, film, photoshop, tablet

 

 

 

Design For 

Grade 9 - Grade 12

Pre-requisite: with basic digital art understanding

 

 

Course Overview

6 - 10 students	2 hours per class
Eastern Time Friday 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. EST  Pacific Time Friday 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. PST	6 - 12 classes / meet once a week Part 1: 1/8/2021,1/15/2021,1/22/2021, 1/29/2021, 2/5/2021, 2/12/2021 Part 2: 2/19/2021, 2/26/2021, 3/5/2021, 3/12/2021, 3/19/2021, 3/26/2021

 

This course page is for Part 2 (the latter 6 lessons) registration.

If you are interested in Part 1 (the first 6 lessons), please click here. 

We highly recommend taking both Part 1 and Part 2 courses for the best learning outcome!

 

 

 

Lesson

Course Projects

Materials

*Prepare your own materials

• Software: Adobe Photoshop (for students) 

• Alternative Software: PaintToolSAI- Yet, the interface of PaintToolSAI is different from Photoshop.

• Digital Drawing Tablet (Wacom, Huion, etc,.) *students without a drawing tablet will use a mouse instead.

Instructor

Billy Lu

RISD, BFA in Illustration | Concept Artist, Illustrator

Raised in the Bay Area, Billy is a freelance concept artist who graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Illustration class of 2018. He also has experience teaching animation, digital art, and traditional art to young adults and high school students. Starting from university Billy focused largely on digital art and has had experience working in the entertainment industry. This includes being involved in the artistic direction for multiple video games and movies through mobile, AR, and PC platforms. His passion comes from fantasy character
and environment designs inspired by the natural world.