Concept Art 101

Here is a step by step video that show how to shade basic shapes. Once you master rendering these basic shapes, you will be able to render almost anything.

Here is a video that shows the process from taking an empty room and fill it up with things you like.

1. Silhouette 2. Value Block-in 3. Line sketch 5. Polish 4. Paint-over

Here is another one!

Hey Guys, I know it has been a while I have posted. But I will try to do a few video breakdown of my work process. Here is the first one.

The journey to becoming a professional concept artist is not an overnight success, but a long arduous uphill climb for many years depending on your level of art proficiency. So staying motivated to continue to work hard and grow as an artist and sustain that energy over a long period of time can be tough, especially if you are learning on your own. It is easy to stay motivated when everyone around tell you how great you are at art. That ended once I left high school. When I got to Art Center, this was a different league. Most of the art students there were quite advance in art. My high school art cred didn’t help much. I became the little fish in the new pond. Everyone in my classes was so much better. They were beasts with a mission.  Again, when you get a head start in this game, you get to be ahead of everyone and everyone look up to you for inspiration. It is easy to stay motivated when there are positive reinforcement from your peers. But, that wasn’t me. I was a crappy artis

The giant red spaceship looking thing with the Ferrari logo is where I worked for two years.  Ferrari World is a theme park in Abu Dhabi, an oil rich country that is about an hour drive from Dubai.  These two Emirates are so filthy rich with their black gold from the ground, they truly know how to make it rain. Futuristic, luxury, and cultured; they are the most beautiful countries I have been to.  The best time to be in the United Arab Emirates is during October - March when it feels like spring in Los Angeles. Which is perfecto! Any months outside of that is hot as a devil butthole after three bowl of Thai chillies.   Muslim religion is the predominate religion in that region and once a year, they have a holy month called Ramadan. During the holy month, part of the tradition is to not consume both liquid and food from sunrise to sunset. Which pretty much translate to no one is eating or drinking water when the sun is up. Everyone is expected to do their part and hon

One of many benefits of being a concept artist is having the opportunity to travel and work.  I had the opportunity to work abroad in Singapore, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi. If you’re like me that like to travel and work, especially early in your career you should focus your portfolio towards film or theme park industries. Typically, these companies will pay for your relocation cost (air travel, moving cost) and your living expenses (hotels accommodation, rent, car rental, etc).  On top of that, the company will have many other perks to sweetened the deal to woo you to work for them. If you are adventurist and adaptable to new environments and cultures, working abroad will broaden your horizon. 

Hello world, It has been a long time since I added a new entry.  I started this blog back in 2013. The initial goal was to help inspiring concept artist to get started in their journey. By providing some resource, motivation and general guidance for absolute beginners to help them get up to speed.   Fast forward to now, 5 years later I have gain tremendous experience in the workforce as a concept designer, I feel more confident to share my experience and on how to find success in this business. In the past few years, I have travel the world, and worked on multi-million dollar projects and with amazing people. I will get more into this in the upcoming blog entry.  Stay tuned!