Initiation to Concept Art: Designing the Future
A course by Guillem H. Pongiluppi , Digital Illustrator and Concept Artist
Joined May 2017
Learn to create epic scenes thanks to illustration and digital art
Learn to create epic scenes thanks to illustration and digital art
Joined May 2017
Guillem H. Pongiluppi is a concept artist that works for clients such as PlayStation, Creative Assembly, Sega, and National Geographic. He is also an official illustrator for the Star Wars saga. His work consists of digitally building real and imaginary worlds for film and video games, complete with individually-crafted fantasy elements and characters.
In this online course, he teaches you how to captivate viewers by creating images that stimulate their imagination and transport them to an epic fantasy world. Learn how to create concept art from scratch using digital composition techniques. Ready to explore the limits of your imagination?
What will you learn in this online course?
14 lessons & 11 downloads
- 96% positive reviews (473)
- 7,518 students
- 14 lessons (3h 21m)
- 11 additional resources (5 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software for this course
Adobe PhotoshopWhat is this course's project?
Create a concept art piece by designing each of the scene elements. Guillem H. Pongiluppi invites you to create a science-fiction landscape set in a futuristic city with cyberpunk aesthetics. However, you can choose whatever theme you'd like.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Illustrators, designers, and anyone interested in digital art, especially those looking to specialize in pre-production design for the film and video game industry.
Requirements and materials
No prior knowledge or drawing skills are necessary.
You only need a computer with Photoshop installed and a graphics tablet, although it's not required.
Reviews
A course by Guillem H. Pongiluppi
Guillem H. Pongiluppi's passion for historical research and virtual archeology has led him to build incredible fantasy worlds and civilizations inspired by dystopian futures and science fiction.
Basing his work on the real world, he uses concept art to imagine and shape all kinds of fictional scenes for the film and video game industry.
He’s worked for companies such as Glassworks, Sega, ILM, Creative Assembly, Bethesda, PlayStation, Mythic Games, Monolith, and publishers like National Geographic. He is also an official illustrator for the Star Wars franchise.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
The Tao of the Concept Artist
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What is Concept Art?
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The Paths of the Concept Artist
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The tools to climb to the summit
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U3
The art of telling stories
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The documentation
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Tips for preparing the composition
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Outlining the composition
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The compositional arsenal
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U4
Creating our Concept Art
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Structure I
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Structure II
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Tone and saturation
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illumination
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U5
Finishing the Concept Art
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Atmosphere and final details
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FP
Final project
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Introduction to the concept art: designing the future
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn at your own pace
Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.
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Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Meet expert teachers
Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.
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Certificates
PlusIf you're a Plus member, get a custom certificate signed by your teacher for every course. Share it on your portfolio, social media, or wherever you like.
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Get front-row seats
Videos of the highest quality, so you don't miss a single detail. With unlimited access, you can watch them as many times as you need to perfect your technique.
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Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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Connect with a global creative community
The community is home to millions of people from around the world who are curious and passionate about exploring and expressing their creativity.
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Watch professionally produced courses
Domestika curates its teacher roster and produces every course in-house to ensure a high-quality online learning experience.
FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
You can redeem the course you received by accessing the redeeming page and entering your gift code.
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gerozaffaroni
Muy útil!
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lieugraphic
¡Excelente curso!
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ruma07
Me encanta aprender sobre concept art, está bastante bien para poder emeèzar a crear tu propio mundo
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ewm.fotografia
PlusEs un curso muy vago, y no me refiero a que hay que tener conociemientos previos de Photoshop, sino a que no explica muchas cosas y pareciera que todo lo hace con prisas.
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samukalink81
Un gran curso para iniciarse en el arte conceptual, me encantó este viaje.
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