Some examples of how to paint or render plastics. In short, I'd start with a matte surface, make sure you can see through it, if the...

Colors, especially color saturation is very closely linked to value. I have honestly no idea why this is, but what I do know is that...

Knowing what values to paint on and in your scene can be frustrating. Here's a cheat sheet. Although it's mechanical in nature, at least...

This is mostly about how to bundle up finished designs for portfolio and presentation purposes. The design process I've presented for...

I'm not the biggest fan of floating props in vacuums, though this is quite common in Design Studios. If you can, painting your props in...

Designing cars. This is probably one of the most difficult things to do. This week I have taken a different approach and ditched the...

Wheeled vehicles are tough. Ellipses tend to be one of the most overlooked aspects of any drawing and when it comes to a vehicle with...

This week wraps up the alien flame thrower project. I take the rough sketch to develop a painting, something that can be submitted for...

All design is to me is establishing a relationship. We generally are so fixed in the subject matter of whatever it is we are trying to...

In this week I tackle a project that will have a more painted style. Thumbnails go a little further than in the previous week with some...

The week starts out with quick run down on Photoshop's brush creation features. This video is quite old, I was using PS Cs5 at the time....

A new week and a new style for an old prop design class. We start with reference gathering, thumbnailing, and move into a "sketch...

An old set of video lectures from an 8 week prop design class back when I was teaching at CGMA. This is a rundown of how I basically have...

One of my previous Character Design instructors in ages long past had made a chart that put a lot of different visual styles in a way...

This demo tackles designing scenes in 2 point perspective. The final image is going to have a lot going on, here, we start to figure out...

Struggle with making images? This video dissects compositions and goes over some core concepts on how to design an image, specifically...

Here are a few exercises, literally, for warming up before a drawing session. If you struggle with "confident" line work, this is the...

This is taking the ideas of the 101 class further. Below, is a demo of how to plot a spaceship/ flying chicken. This form is essentially...

Boxes and Tubes are fun and all, but at some point we want to design something cool like a car. This is an introduction to surfaces that...

A video demo on how to draw a practical every day object in perspective.