Session 23

Have you ever wanted your image to have more life? To feel deeper or even more vast? I’m really excited to introduce Perspective: Part II in the Principles of Design series. We will discuss where linear perspective came from and the impact it had and still has today on artists. In doing so, we will analyze lens distortion, a result of photography/film and it's exciting role in exaggerating perspective.  This design series is so important and far-reaching that I’ll be spending the 8 sessions carefully detailing what I wish I knew 10 years ago! Design is truly the architecture of any image and without it, you have nothing. Perspective is a law that cannot be broken! 
*Watch this series after watching Part I

Here is everything you get!!

-Four Structured HD Video Tutorials with commentary, annotations, and detailed process demonstration:

1) Design Principles Lecture: Part II (71 min.)

2) New Horizons (33 min.)

3) Chase (64 min)

4) A Girl and Her Cat (34 min.)

-Explanations and demonstrations on stylization process, color application, and step by step instruction on all things design.

- Step By Step Video Timelapse (3 MOVs)

- Full Res Images (3 JPGs)

- Raw PSD Files, including all layers!!! (3 PSD Files)

-Brush Set: Some of my favorite brushes

You'll learn:

-to break down good and bad design

-to create designs using the system of Linear Perspective

-to compose using a grid

-to build depth with shapes overlapping shapes

-to use film elements (lens distortion, long or short lens, etc. ) to better tell a story

-to identify long and short lenses in film/photography

-to appreciate past art movements and their achievements

-to gain inspiration through art history

-to research reference images effectively

-to understand the Law of Perspective

-to embrace lighting as a design element

-to emphasize volume with fill and rim light

-to paint light direction into form

-to build shapes conducive to appeal

-to reveal form using shadow shapes

-to create a story moment

-to paint characters within a scene

-to light a scene using literal warm and cool lights

-to paint with active and passive color

-to build up a focal point

-to light a scene using an off screen light source

-to create rhythm/balance within your work

-to build a composition from line, shapes, patterns and temperatures

-to conceptualize ideas for an executive or director

-to compose a final "moment" with color and light

-to render complex shapes

-to retain vivid colors from rough to finish

-to add final touches using modes and PS adjustment layers

-to provide the best option for presentation

-to commit to an idea and carry it through

-to facilitate coherent technique throughout a piece