INTRO CONCEPT-ART (XYZ School)

Offered by XYZ School,
INTRO CONCEPT-ART (XYZ School)

A concept artist is a very popular profession. No game, movie, cartoon or comic strip can do without it. Its purpose is to visually convey the idea of how an object, location or the whole world should look. From the conceptual sketches, other people are already creating the final 3D models for the game.

A course on pumping up drawing skills and learning the profession of a concept artist.
You will learn basic Photoshop tools, master the basics of traditional painting and learn in practice how any concept art begins.
If you have long wanted to draw something in 2D, but your hands didn’t reach - you came to the address - we will teach you for free!

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