Vehicle Concepting with Kemp Remillard Part 4 - Now Available!

[MassiveDVD]

Woohoo.. thanks everyone for your patience and we hope you enjoy it!!

This four-part series covers the process and working methods Kemp uses for designing science-fiction vehicles for the games and entertainment industry.

In part 1, Kemp utilizes a typical job sheet to assess the goals and needs of a client. Once he has his general direction he begins creating thumbnail sketches in Photoshop to begin the design process. Working in a side-view, plans are drawn up to work out issues of proportion and engineering.

Part 2 begins with Kemp choosing the three best thumbnails and taking them into Google Sketchup. The rough models are made and then Kemp takes these into Photoshop to add mood, lighting, and texture.

Parts 3 and 4 refine the processes above to further develop a single design. The Sketchup model is finalized and then Kemp returns to Photoshop to create a deliverable ortho and final illustration for a client.

The whole series provides a beautiful example of the way in which artists (and their clients) can use the iterative process to refine a rough idea into a fully developed asset. Kemp’s candid narrative reveals a great depth of experience in areas of design, approach, client relations, and more.
$15 each
Intermediate Level. 60 minutes, Quicktime Format 1024x768

Buy Part 4: http://www.payloadz.com/go?id=594943

More info on media.massiveblack.com

[Marsty]

Cool! Been waiting for this one. Not that I mind having a certain book on my table....

The final looks great!

Marvin

[RogerAdams]

Holy shit. The circle is now complete. I was wondering what was next in the process. Can't wait!

[Marsty]

come on !!!! It's still at $999 on downloadz.com.... I feel like such a fanboy dweeb for checking payloadz before the announcement here....

[MassiveDVD]

come on !!!! It's still at $999 on downloadz.com.... I feel like such a fanboy dweeb for checking payloadz before the announcement here....

It'll drop in price tonight... I had to swap one of the files out on our server to get it just right.

Sorry.. it's coming. :)

[Evil_Sloth]

Sweet! Looking forward to this for ages Kemp!

As I said at the workshop, awesome dvd's man, top notch quality.

[Android]

that looks amazing Kemp,
your the Leonardo of landrovers!

[Marsty]

Downloaded it yesterday. Seriously cool final.

Hat's off to Kemp and MB. 3D might not ne everybody's cup of tea, but from a full production pipeline point of view this series is the best that MB has done IMHO.

Marsty

[steak-tron]

Damn, Thanks for the kind words you guys :)

Marsty: I owe you a beer if we ever get to meet, glad you like the series mate!

Evil Sloth: thanks dood!

Android: Awww shucks, you do know how to make a boy blush :D

Look out for more vids in the future, i'll be doing robots next! -k

[RogerAdams]

Ok, I finally had some time to go through the video. It's a great end to the series with a lot of illustration tips shared. But the highlight has to be the end sequence which sets a new bar on Massive Black hilarity.

[steak-tron]

Glad you like it Roger! :) Yea, ya know, i just have a standard of excellence that has to be met ;)

[K-bot]

Damn, Thanks for the kind words you guys :)

Marsty: I owe you a beer if we ever get to meet, glad you like the series mate!

Evil Sloth: thanks dood!

Android: Awww shucks, you do know how to make a boy blush :D

Look out for more vids in the future, i'll be doing robots next! -k

Awesome, I was just coming in here to request this very thing!

[Marsty]

Damn, Thanks for the kind words you guys :)

Marsty: I owe you a beer if we ever get to meet, glad you like the series mate!

Evil Sloth: thanks dood!

Android: Awww shucks, you do know how to make a boy blush :D

Look out for more vids in the future, i'll be doing robots next! -k

Robots are cool. PERIOD.

If you'll keep that beer on ice until Shanghai or the the workshop after that I might just take you up on that offer.

Marsty

[ManaBurn]

I honestly can't believe this came out. I had convinced myself it just wasn't going to ever happen.

Kemp? How do you spell government? ;)

[JaynaPavlin]

Look fantastic, reminds me of all the space age art I used to see in books I would check out of the library :yayca:

- Jayna Pavlin, 2d/3d Artist

[L-DLS]

Awesome stuff. Good insights on vehicle concepting. and lots of cool photoshop tricks.. thanks for sharing /MassiveDVD/

[cornerofart]

Great, I like this techniques.

[Barnik]

It looks awesome :D I think it's time for me to combine photoshop and 3dsmax too.

[Terra_Jamez]

40 layers (or more) in that photoshop file (the intergovernmetal vihecle). Heavy file. I try to avoid creating that much layer. also too confusing. Bad idea?

[rachat024]

Wow! that's quite a great work. All the images are very nice and great. Many thanks for you.:)

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[bobtom115]

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[Sascha Thau]

40 layers (or more) in that photoshop file (the intergovernmetal vihecle). Heavy file. I try to avoid creating that much layer. also too confusing. Bad idea?

Doesn't matter imo. If you get confused - sort the layers in groups. If you have to hand over the files, name your layers correctly or merge them.

[manola]

What I find amazing about this whole asinine idea is
sonnerie portable gratuite (http://sonneriegratuite.org)

[Too Many Captains...]

This is really amazing stuff-- the amount of instruction packed into these vids is priceless. Thanks Kemp (/steak) and Jason for the knowledge, I'm a MB download customer for life (but make the composition dl happen! :) )
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[steak-tron]

Terra_Jamez: Yea I think Sascha Thau summed up my opinion on it. I try and keep the layers and file efficient but not at the cost of progress. Sometimes when you're finishing an image you just have to tweak a lot of little stuff. I thought about flattening some of it in the download but that would be dishonest about the process. I actually am trying to cut down on the layers. lol like it's tobacco or something..

There's some crazy replies in here. Thank you everyone who enjoyed the videos and spent their hard-earned currency on them. I'm makin' more I promise.

ManaBurn: I take care of biznas. You should do something about your downloads addiction, u need a fix!

That's nice of you to say Too Many Captains...

[Stormseye]

I noticed in the images he's using Sketchup Pro. Do I need the pro version's features to do what he's showing, or is the standard version going to work? I just downloaded the standard version to check it out and it seems pretty sparse, but the product description doesn't actually specify, so I thought I'd ask. I've never worked in 3d, (except a little Raydream way back when in college), but I'd like to build a basic knowledge of how do do some things.

[steak-tron]

The only difference between the pro and free versions is the ability to export the geometry into different file types and the Layout utility.

[Stormseye]

Good deal. Thanks for the info. Looks like I'm going to have to upgrade my system before I jump into this though. Anything more complicated than, say, a cube, and it get's all jumpy. Ah, well. Soon...

Thanks again.

[Liffey]

Just bought all 4, I can't wait to watch. Thanks Kemp! btw... is that robot video still on the way? ;)

[neuroballistic]

Can't thank you enough Kemp! Watched all 4 vids, learned a ton, and did my own vehicle concepts from what I learned...and it's the best piece in my portfolio. It got me 2 art tests so far. Really looking forward to the 4th week of Discovery to see if you have any more tasty morsels for us to chew on.