About Creature Design with Aaron Sims Volume 2: Designing with Photoshop, XSI, and Deep Paint."
Instructor:
Aaron Sims

Aaron Sims’ second DVD illustrates the process of designing a full character in a 3D environment. Starting by creating a quick concept in Photoshop, Aaron models the character in XSI, texturing it in Deep Paint. Aaron shows how to use XSI to build the rig and pose the character, and then sets it in an environment where he lights and renders it. Finally, he finishes the piece in Photoshop, showing you techniques to give your design a refined and completed look.

About 4 hours of lecture.

Topics Covered:
Drawing a Concept in Photoshop
Modeling the Concept in XSI
Texturing in Deep Paint
Building a Background in XSI
Lighting and Rendering in XSI
Painting Final Details in Photoshop

Chapters:
01. Drawing in Photoshop
02. Modeling a Design in XSI
03. Painting Textures in Deep Paint and Photoshop
04. Lighting and Rendering
05. Photoshop Detailing
06. Modeling a Character and Costume in XSI
07. Modeling the Character’s Props
08. Lighting and Texturing in XSI
09. Rigging, Posing, Lighting and Rendering in XSI
10. Final Photoshop Detailing

System Requirements:
The Minimum System Requirements are:
1GHz or faster processor
512 MB RAM
64 MB Video RAM
DVD-ROM Drive
5 GB of hard disk space
1280 x 1024 display

The Minimum Operating System Requirements are:
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional,
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Apple® Mac® OS X 10.2

This DVD-ROM also requires the Quicktime Movie Player (Version 5.0.5 or higher), the Ensharpen Codec (Version 1.0.1 or higher) and Acrobat Reader (Version 5.0 or higher) in order to view its contents.

Instructor Bio:
Aaron Sims began designing, sculpting and painting creatures for the movie makeup effects industry in the mid 1980s. In 1988, he joined Rick Baker's Academy Award® winning Cinovation Studios Inc. where he worked on many projects including: The Nuttty Professor, Men in Black and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. In the late 1990s, Aaron began exploring the medium of computer animation, joining Stan Winston Studio in 2000 where he began building SW-Digital, a CG department within the Academy Award winning effects house. As that company's Art Director, Aaron designed for such films as A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Terminator 3, Constantine and Doom.