Rendering Matte Surfaces: Volume 2
Shading Cylinders, Cones & Spheres with Neville Page
Description
In this second volume of Neville Page’s Rendering Matte Surfaces series, he continues teaching the essential skills that all designers need to learn. Blending clear demonstrations with real-world observations, Neville helps artists to train their eye and sharpen their technique, whether just starting out or refreshing their foundational knowledge.
Volume 2 focuses on rendering round, geometric surfaces, teaching the fundamentals of how light behaves across simple rounded forms, and demonstrating how to render them convincingly. Aimed at beginners and intermediate artists alike, this workshop is concentrated on building solid shading instincts.
Using Photoshop, though the techniques apply to any medium, Neville demonstrates how to shade a cylinder, cone, and sphere, the core building blocks of form. He shares observational video clips of physical objects under light to help train your eye and reinforce how we perceive volume through value. Artists will discover how he approaches value assignment, casts shadow construction, and how he simplifies the process to make it stick. These skills have been used by Neville through his 30 years working as a concept designer in the entertainment industry.
The workshop concludes with a full rendering demonstration of a more complex form, applying everything taught throughout the prior lessons. This class is ideal for anyone learning how to render light on form with clarity and intention, while also offering a chance for experienced artists and designers to brush up on their skills and revisit the essentials.
Watch Rendering Matte Surfaces: Volume 1 – Shading Planar Surfaces with Neville Page.
Watch Rendering Matte Surfaces: Volume 3 – Shading Complex Curved Objects with Neville Page.
Duration: 2h 40m
Format: HD 1920x1080
Neville Page
Concept Designer
Neville Page is a two-time Emmy-winning concept designer, educator, and creative visionary whose work has helped define some of the most iconic worlds in modern film and television.
A graduate of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, with a degree in Product Design, Neville combines his design expertise with a lifelong passion for entertainment, working across creature design, sculpture, conceptual design, and engineering.
His clients include Universal Studios, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Mattel, and BMW, and his feature film credits span Minority Report, Planet of the Apes, X-Men 2 & 3, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Superman Returns, James Cameron’s Avatar, J.J. Abrams’ Cloverfield, Zack Snyder’s Watchmen, Louis Leterrier’s The Hulk, and J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek.
Neville is also a dedicated educator, teaching at Art Center College of Design (Pasadena and Switzerland), Otis College, and Gnomon, as well as leading corporate workshops worldwide, sharing his knowledge and inspiring the next generation of designers.
