Hard Surface Design -
Advanced Mentorship
by Gavin Manners
Students per term
14 Students
Duration
10 Weeks
Class starts on
5th January
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Advanced Hard Surface Design Mentorship will focus on how to create cool looking and believable hard surface designs using a variety of different techniques. We will begin with a foundation in mechanical design, studying, and how to learn from the real world - then carrying that over into our own hard surface designs. We cover different idea generation methods and different techniques to develop the design to a finalized asset ready to go into a game or a film.

We will then focus on the workflow that I use when designing, with an overview of the techniques that I use on a daily basis, plus some other methods for a variety of approaches.  The  course is heavily geared towards sketching as a design tool, and then leading into 3D for detailed final presentation of your designs.

I will be covering idea generation methods that I use, and also how I like to expand my work out into cohesive projects in order to build systems and worlds so that I’m never stuck for things to design for my portfolio.

Then we’ll move onto the project part of the course, where I’ll guide you through creating a portfolio project, with weekly feedback and guidance, based on a system that you’ll create at the beginning in your brief.

The course will be primarily focused on design thinking through sketching and 3D, so you need to have an understanding of how to use Blender and Photoshop or similar software packages.

Live Classes

Live class will be hosted in Zoom, and Classes will be recorded for future reference.

Sunday 3PM UK Timezone

Each week's class will be comprised of live demos, feedback and paintovers ranging from 4-5 hours.

Feedback

Private Discord server will be created for students to communicate and to get feedback.

Things you learn in this class
  • Develop a strong understanding of what makes a believable hard surface design
  • Idea generation methods
  • Brief writing and how to develop compelling and interesting projects
  • Design thinking & how to push your ideas
  • Sketching Sketching Sketching
  • How to present designs clearly and concisely for your portfolio
Pre-Requirement
  • Advanced Level Understanding of Art and Digital Painting
  • Good Base Sketching ability
  • Competent understanding of Blender and Photoshop
  • Passion for hard surface design!
Instructor
Gavin Manners
Senior Concept Artist

Senior Concept Artist working in the games industry, specializing in hard-surface design and environments. Gavin has worked — primarily in outsourcing — on projects for companies such as Tencent, NetEase, Avalanche, Sumo, Eidos, Lucid, Lego, Netherrealm, Games Workshop, PUBG, ArtStation, Rocksteady, Sledgehammer, Frontier, Codemasters and many more.

Before becoming a Concept Artist, Gavin was employed for 8 years in the interior design industry, and also worked as a part-time teacher.

Course Fee $1199
(₹1,01,000 Indian Rupees)
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