Gnomon Workshop - Designing and Rendering Fantasy Characters in Pencil with Wayne Barlowe (ENG)

Wayne Barlowe is an author and illustrator who has created images for books, films and galleries. After attending Cooper Union, he executed hundreds of paperback book covers for all of the major publishers as well as illustrations for Life, Time and Newsweek. He is the author and illustrator of Expedition, Barlowe s Guide to Extraterrestrials, Barlowe s Guide to Fantasy, Barlowe s Inferno, Brushfire: Illuminations from the Inferno, The Alien Life of Wayne Barlowe and An Alphabet of Dinosaurs. His character designs can be seen in Blade 2, Galaxy Quest, Hellboy and Hellboy 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkhaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Avatar, The Hobbit and Alien Planet, a Discovery Channel special based on Expedition. He contributed many designs for EA s Dante s Inferno. Currently, he is writing the sequel to his first novel, God s Demon, entitled The Heart of Hell.
Topics Covered
Materials
Pencil Techniques
Thumbnails
Character Considerations
Working in the Film Industry
Blocking-In
Executing the Drawing
Final Balancing

Chapters
1. Introduction
2. Gallery
3. Thumbnails
4. Blocking-In
5. Refining the Drawing
6. Balancing the Drawing
7. Final Drawing

Video: AVC, 2379 Kbps, 853x480 (16:9) at 24.000 fps
Audio: AAC, 96,0 Kbps, 44,1 KHz, 2 channels
Length: 129 minutes