This video provides an overview of the topics we’ll be covering in this course on creating backgrounds for animation and video games.

This lesson will cover the basics of idea development, beginning with script review, reference gathering, and rough sketching.

Following our initial sketch and reference gathering, we’ll use Blender to block in basic base models, adapting our design along the way.

This video will show a timelapse of the asset creation process using 3D-Coat.

This lesson covers methods for figuring out basic lighting and the asset creation process in 3D-Coat as we build a library of elements to use in our final composition.

Once we have our asset library built, we’ll assemble our scene in Blender using the assets we’ve created and finish with a render.

This lesson will review the development process and finish by adjusting our rendered image in Photoshop with a digital paint-over.

This video covers the final artwork with several alternative angles and some last thoughts on background development.

In this lesson, we’ll begin the process of animating a 2D painting on a 3D object, starting with a review of the concept and then moving into basic modeling using Blender.

This video shows a timelapse of importing and placing assets from Quixel Bridge into Blender to create our 3D environment.

Once we have our 3D environment built and our camera animation set, we’ll learn how to render our scene and begin the painting process in Photoshop.

Now that our Photoshop layers are ready to go, we’ll import them into Blender to produce our final animated scene.

New software can be intimidating. Let’s explore Blender together in this intro!

It’s time to begin modeling! Let’s dip our toes in by making and editing some simple shapes.

Whether or not you’re a rookie to 3D modeling, I’ll show you how to model a Rook in Blender!