Create an Environment - A Blender to Photoshop Tutorial

Create an Environment in Blender and Photoshop!

Who is tutorial for? 

It's aimed at beginner and intermediate artists looking to broaden their toolset combining 2D and 3D techniques. I recommend that you have some foundational knowledge in Blender.

In this tutorial, I will show you how I translate my ideas using 2D and 3D tools in a beginner friendly way.  I will also discuss black and white sketching, painting over 3D, photobashing, composition, lighting, and setting up a strong base to paint over in Photoshop. I've gone about this whole tutorial in a way that it's all the keys areas broken down into 64 videos spanning just under 13 hours in total.

Tutorial includes:

• 12+ hours of real time and time lapsed voiced over recorded content spanning 64 Videos
• Kitbash Set
• Final .PSD File
• jpegs of each step
• 3D Render Passes
• PureRef file
• Brushes
• Notepad doc with useful resources and links

Topics covered:

Idea Generation

Painting with AI

Composition

Painting Over 3D

A.N.T. Landscape

BlenderGiS

Bagapie

Curves

Image Displacements

Texturing

Lighting in EEVEE Engine 

Framing

Cloud Maps

Rendering

In depth process of painting over a 3D base

Software used:

Blender - ( Bagapie Free ) ( Paid Addons - QuickShape Collection, Botaniq ) Photoshop

Duration:

Part 1 - Sketching and Idea Generation - 2hrs 59mins  

Part 2 - Blender Workflow - 4hrs 20 mins        

Part 3 - Paint over Process - 5 hrs 31 mins

Please feel free to reach out with any issues, questions or feedback I'd love to hear any thoughts positive or constructive. 

I'd also love to see anything that you've created using this tutorial!
Reach out via Artstation, Instagram or by email - gavinodonnell21@gmail.com

Thank you so much for the support and good luck on the art journey!

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