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Visual Development Workflow Using Blender & Photoshop With Francesco Guarini

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      Art Director and Visual Development Artist, Francesco Guarini, details the art of visual storytelling for production and shares how to create successful cinematic compositions. He walks through the theory behind great shots in cinema and discusses the importance of lighting, including its effect on an audience. Francesco also teaches how to develop your ideas, transforming them into production-ready black-and-white visual development paintings.


      Throughout this workshop, you’ll learn about the fundamental compositional influencers, including how to recognize them and how to use them to tell your stories most effectively. You will also gain an understanding of the importance of balance and tonal values in composition, as well as how they all come together in a successful image.


      Following Francesco's workflow and thought processes, you will discover how to use the power of Photoshop and Blender combined to produce highly detailed paintings in a short amount of time. Starting from a blank canvas, you’ll follow Francesco through the production of a variety of ideas before moving into Blender, where he shares how to create basic blockings of those ideas. In Blender, he continues experimenting with lights and cameras, before jumping back into Photoshop where he discusses his rendering process, step by step.


      This workshop is suitable for any artist level working, or aiming to work, in the entertainment industry, from beginners looking to understand what composition is all about to professionals looking to strengthen their knowledge.


      Project files provided with this workshop include JPG sheets of all his steps, from rough sketches to the final paintings.


      Duration: 1h 56m

      Format: HD 1920x1080

      Francesco Guarini

      Director, Art Director & Visual Development Artist

      Francesco Guarini is an Art Director and Visual Development Artist currently based in Madrid, Spain. Since 2015, he has been working in the animation industry both as a freelancer and an in-house artist. He has experience in both 2D and 3D TV productions as well as IP development and visual development for feature films. He also occasionally works as an art director and concept artist in the advertisement industry.


      Some of the companies he has worked for include Blue Zoo Animation, Able & Baker, Red Star 3D, Method n Madness, and many more. You can follow Francesco on Instagram at @frankguarini_art.

      • In my career, I've never met a designer with the same passion and drive as Francesco's; his enthusiasm for art and storytelling is highly contagious! His excellent skills in both character and environment design, and his deep understanding of shape, color and light, allow him not only to successfully execute every aspect of pre-production but also to comfortably lead a team of proficient artists. His students will be able to learn and have a deep understanding of how to create successful images in an easy-to-digest and fun way thanks to Francesco’s great communication skills and attention to detail.

        - Simone Giampaolo
        Animation Director