2d to 3d Organic Sculpting & Creatures 

In this 10 week class students will learn the basics of organic shape design with an emphasis on creating cool creatures.  Come learn how to evolve your 2d drawings from a flat surface to a 3d sculpture using software like Zbrush.  Students will get exposure to what a functional creature designer does in the game and film industry. Learn how to infuse anatomy through various studies and exercises.  Then learn how to break anatomy and come up with your own original organic shapes and creatures.   This is an intermediate class so basic knowledge of anatomy, photoshop and zbrush is a must. 

Open to all levels

Focus: To understand the organic forms from 2d to 3d modeling and apply it to the creature designs by breaking anatomy and also bring the visual aesthetic and narrative your final design.

Recommended education experience: ZB-1, FIG1 and CA-1 (or basic knowledge of Anatomy, Zbrush and Photoshop)

Required Materials: Photoshop and Z brush

Price: $625 plus $15.99 registration fee (labeled as shipping & handling) For terms and conditions see FAQ.

Location: All SPRING 2024 Term courses will be held online.  All material, course structure and syllabus will remain the same.  Class will meet in an online meeting room hosted by Brainstorm School.

What you can expect to learn:

  • •  Ideations 

    •  Shape and Form Design

    •  Abstract Anatomy

    •  Traditional Rendering

    • From Sketch to 3D

    •Organic Modeling inside ZBrush

    •  Surface Digital Sculpting/Details

    •  Texture -Advanced PolyPainting in ZBrush for creatures

    •  Digital Rendering

    • Comping all in Photoshop

 

Instructor: Ehsan Bigloo, Concept Artist & Instructor
Time: Tuesday 7:00pm – 10:00 pm PST
Starts: January 23, 2024
10 weeks


Ehsan, a member of the LOCAL 800 film union, a Concept Artist and Visual IP Developer working in the  motion picture industry residing in Los Angeles, California.  He comes from a figurative traditional art background and bit practical effects. He has over 10 years of experience working in Hollywood in the Entertainment Industry, focused on creature/character/costume/armor designing and creature directing from script to screen shots.  For the past 5 years as a Sr. Lead Concept Designer at Aaron Sims Company ASC , Burbank, California,.  Prior to that he had done some freelancing Creature/Character with digital Prosthetics effect design with conceptual digital organic modeling.  

COURSE OUTLINE & TEACHER WORK

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