Creating a Sci-Fi Alleyway
Detailed Environment techniques with Devon Fay
Description
In this lecture, senior environment artist Devon Fay takes you through his process of creating complex and believable CG environments. He starts at the very beginning with the development of an idea with research, reference and exploration. Devon then discusses how to expand on your ideas with clear steps towards working efficiently and creatively. Topics include reference gathering, blocking-out scenes through effective layout techniques, modeling, lighting, texturing, painting, rendering and the exploration of new tools. Through this project, Devon demonstrates how to get the full benefits of programs that include Maya, VRay, Photoshop, ZBrush, and others. As his science fiction inspired alleyway is full of narrative detail, Devon explains the importance and application of composition, set dressing, storytelling, realism and the final post techniques that create an immersive environment. By the end of the lesson and demonstration, artists should have a clear idea of how to approach detailed environment work for production.
Duration: 6h 46m
Format: HD 1920x1080
Devon Fay
Lead Artist at Riot Games
Devon Fay is a Creative Director and Art Director at Riot Games. After graduating from Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Devon began his career at Blizzard Entertainment, creating matte-painted environments for titles such as Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.
He later worked as Matte Painting Lead on Diablo III, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, and Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm before transitioning to real-time game environments. Devon now shares his expertise as an online instructor at Gnomon, bringing insights from both pre-rendered and in-game environment creation to the next generation of artists.
