Learn To Create An Environment With This Blender To Photoshop Tutorial

Gavin O'Donnell is a Concept Artist and Illustrator working in animation and video game development, while also doing freelance work on the side for clients such as Disney, Netflix, DreamWorksTV, and Procreate. He also makes various tutorials, custom brushes, and image packs for referencing and photo bashing.

If you're looking to broaden your knowledge and toolset by combining 2D and 3D techniques, Gavin O'Donnell's Create an Environment – A Blender to Photoshop Tutorial might be what you need.

Throughout 64 videos in under 13 hours, Gavin O'Donnell is going to discuss black-and-white sketching, painting over 3D, photo bashing, composition, lighting, and setting up a strong base to paint over in Photoshop in a beginner-friendly way.

This one is recommended if you already have some foundational knowledge of Blender, as the software used is going to be Adobe Photoshop and Blender with a free BagaPie add-on and paid QuickShape and Botaniq.

The tutorial includes:

• Over 12 hours of real-time and time-lapsed voiced-over recorded content including 64 videos
• The Kitbash3D set
• Final .psd file
• Pictures of each step
• 3D render passes
• The PureRef file
• Brushes
• A Notepad doc with useful resources and links

Topics covered include:

• Idea Generation
• Painting with AI
• Composition
• Painting over 3D
• ANT Landscape
• BlenderGiS
• BagaPie
• Curves
• Image Displacements
• Texturing
• Lighting in EEVEE Engine
• Framing
• Cloud Maps
• Rendering
• In-depth process of painting over a 3D base

As for 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

Gavin O'Donnell highly encourages to reach out with any issues, questions, or feedback. He'd also love to see anything you've created using this tutorial.

The Create an Environment - A Blender to Photoshop Tutorial is available at ArtStation Marketplace at $35 for Individual and $400 for Studio.

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