Vehicle & Mech Concepting: Part 2 [Thumbnails and the concept behind making them]

*This video tutorial series was originally created for a 6 week course on CGSociety.org*

Concepting Vehicles and Mechs using Adobe Photoshop and Google SketchUp w/ Kemp Remillard

Part 2: Thumbnails and the concept behind making them. This video will cover the method of quickly sketching "thumbnails" to capture ideas and lay the ground work for an interesting final concept. 

Files include:

1:42 long video tutorial 

Brushes and Tool Presets

Part 2 layered .psd

[ This course is a basic yet thorough tutorial in how I approach vehicle/mech design for Games and Film. Topics include thumbnail sketching, imaginary engineering, idea-generation, making rough block models in Google SketchUp, sketching using block models, refining and detailing mesh, image compositing and illustration, detailing techniques in Adobe Photoshop, problem-solving, narrative, and orthogonal diagrams for purposes of modeling.]