Private painting and digital drawing lessons for the video game and illustration industry - Harringay

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Private painting and digital drawing lessons for the video game and illustration industry

From 83.06 C$ /h

Photoshop is used differently for painting or drawing than it is for photo editing. I'll show you how to use all of the program's tools, but I'll also teach you how to think when it comes to game art, concept art, and illustration, whether it's for character design, creature design, environment design, or prop design. I'll also teach you all the essential industry fundamentals, such as anatomy, perspective, color and light, and composition.

A graduate of the Émile Cohl School with a specialized bachelor's degree in Game Art, I have had the chance to work with more than 15 different video game, board game, trading card game (TCG) and role-playing game studios, creating concept art and illustrations for them.

Now an art teacher, I use my experience and skills, both as an artist and a teacher, to share with you all my knowledge of this subject and the gaming industry.

Extra information

You will need a graphics tablet for this lesson. In person, you will need to bring your own laptop.

Location

Online from United Kingdom

About Me

I'm Nassima, I am a professional concept artist, illustrator and tutor, and I am passionate about art, films and video games.

Working as a freelance concept artist, 2D game artist and illustrator for 5 years has helped me to create visually stunning assets for games, and understand what it is that makes a great concept art or a great illustration. I am fully proficient in Adobe Photoshop, and I am an expert when it comes to the art fundamentals. I was also taught art traditionally, and master a variety of traditional techniques (pencil, charcoal, watercolour, gouache, dry pastel, acrylics...). Finally, I have been using Blender more and more in my process recently, which makes my teaching now more relevant.

Being multilingual (French, English, Italian, and Japanese) has equipped me with a strong understanding of how to teach people from different backgrounds, and has allowed me connect on a deeper level with my students.

Another one of my passions is music, as I sing and play the flute. There are lots of similarities between visual arts and music, which I sometimes use to teach my students who are musicians.

Finally, I am a patient teacher, I connect easily with my students and love to adapt my lessons to the needs and taste of each student for a guaranteed success.

Education

-Bachelor of Art at École Émile Cohl (Fine Arts Techniques program with a specialisation in Game Arts and Illustration)
-2 years of CGI training at ESMA (3D modeling, texturing, lighting and rendering)

Experience / Qualifications

-Concept artist, 2D game artist and illustrator (5 years) with more than 15 studios including Squeakosaurus, Gameberry Labs, and Uraga Ltd.
-Art Teacher (2 years) working with children of different ages and teenagers
-Tutor in Arts, Music and French (3 years) with students from 11 to 25 years old
-Singer and flutist (2.5 years) for the band and solo

Age

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Duration

30 minutes

45 minutes

60 minutes

90 minutes

120 minutes

The class is taught in

English

French

Skills

Digital arts

Game development

Illustration

Availability of a typical week

(GMT -04:00)

New York

Online via webcam

Mon

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Sun

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04-08

08-12

12-16

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20-24

Private lessons of Digital painting, drawing and sketching for game art, concept art and illustration online or in person

83.06 C$ /h

Photoshop is used differently for painting and drawing than for photography retouching. I will show you how to use all the tools of the program, but I will also teach you how to think about game art, concept art and illustration, whether it is for character design, creature design, environment design or prop design. I will also teach you all the fundamentals that are essential in the industry, such as anatomy, perspective, colour and light, and composition.

After graduating from l'École Émile Cohl with a bachelor specialised in Game Art, I have had the chance of working with more than 15 different studios of video games, board games, trading card games and tabletop RPGs, creating concept art and illustrations for them. Now an Art Teacher, I use my experience and skills both as an artist and as a teacher to share with you all my knowledge of the subject and of the industry.

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