(In response to last week’s Tutorial of the Week, in which I highlighted Drew Struzan’s new tutorial DVD, Jonthan Woodward of the Zero 2 Illo blog brought my attention to Massive Black’s series of video tutorials, and he agreed to review them for EFII in the following guest post.)
If you’re anything like me, you’ll love watching other artists and illustrators work – seeing their artistic thought process is a fascinating way to learn new techniques and ways of thinking.
Well, you’re in luck as Massive Black have an ever growing range of demo dvds and downloads from some of the most successful illustrators and artists (both traditional and digital) in the industry.
The demos are very reasonably priced ranging from $15 – $50 for up to 5 hours of video/audio and most of them ready for immediate download too.
I’ve now purchased Massive Black demo’s from 5 artists ranging from traditional artists working in oils and pastels like Greg Manchess and Gary Kelley to digital masters like Andrew ‘Android’ Jones. The demo’s guide you through the artists process from conception to final artwork, with a bit of insight into the illustration business thrown in too.
The Dan Dos Santos demo is particularly good as it takes you through the full end to end process, right from receiving the initial brief to handing over the final artwork and at $50 for 5 hours worth of material, it’s exceptional value.
Production values are top quality and even if the demo’s don’t cover a medium you work in, you’re bound to learn a thing or two about work flow, conception, colour and composition.
I couldn’t recommend them highly enough.
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Jonathan Woodward is a location independent freelance Graphic Designer and aspiring illustrator. He is also the author of the blog zero2illo, a blog for aspiring illustrators and along with his wife runs the popular network www.locationindependent.com
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Conceiving and Creating the Hellboy Movie Poster Art by Drew Struzan
Drew Struzan has just released the mother of all tutorial DVDs.
You can now get a look inside the studio of this world-famous artist and creator of well-known movie posters for Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Back to the Future, and countless others.
Up until now, I have only featured free online tutorials for EFII’s Tutorial of the Week series, but when Drew sent me a message announcing the release of his new DVD, I knew that every Illustrator on the planet needed to know about it.
It’s called Conceiving and Creating the Hellboy Movie Poster Art, and here’s a quick description in Drew’s own words:
“The DVD is a full feature, 100 minute long video of my process in the production of a movie poster. This is no pretend session of painting. It is the actual process from concept design to finished painting and all the steps, techniques and thoughts in between as I produce the original Hellboy movie poster art.”
Not convinced yet?
You can watch the trailer here.
Anyone who has been amazed by Drew’s work will benefit greatly by watching this inside look into the process of bringing great concepts to life and taking them to the next level.
Forget Tutorial of the Week.
Something tells me this is the Tutorial of the Year.
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Are you mystified by the process of creating vector shapes that don’t suck?
For this week’s Tutorial of the Week, I’m returning to Illustrative Designer Von Glitschka of IllustrationClass.com for an introductory video tutorial called Vector Build Methods.
Von Glitschka is a master of vector Illustration, and he shares his technique for achieving precise vector shapes using the pen tool, selection tools, and an Ai plugin called “Xtream Path” in this two-part series. For those eager to overcome the challenges of vector Illustration, this tutorial is a must-watch. Right now.
Thomas James
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If I had to choose between this and Donato’s demo — http://www.donatoart.com/mechanic/ — I’d be really torn. Instead I’ll just try to get both.
Out of curiosity, how are you getting updates from Drew? He’s one of my favorite artists, but his site is very minimal on contact. Is he on twitter or facebook that you know of? Or did his PR team contact you directly because of EFFI? Just curious.