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Environment Design

Name: Environment Design
Price: 95 USD
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Author: Gaëlle Seguillon

Gaëlle Seguillon

Create lifelike worlds with Gaelle Seguillon as you sketch, photobash, build scenes in Blender, and render in Octane. Learn her full environment workflow and finish with stunning portfolio pieces that feel like real places.

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Follow along as industry-leading artist Gaelle Seguillon teaches you her process for creating captivating and lifelike worlds, like the ones she has created for films like Ready Player One, Aladdin, and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Starting with the fundamentals of composition, you'll learn to create eye-catching sketches, techniques to create photobash concept art, how to build entire scenes in Blender, and realistically render using Octane. You'll finish the course with a set of portfolio pieces featuring environments you might wish you could visit!

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Lesson 1
Preparation
This first lesson will focus on what you need to create great art. Gaëlle will help you find inspiration, build your brief and gather references. Once you've taken these steps to lay out a creative roadmap, you will begin sketching ideas for your 2D composition. Gaëlle will demonstrate beginner and advanced options for this initial sketching phase, both of which can lead you to an incredible final product.
- 54 minutes
- 17 Free Videos
- Project Files
Lesson 2
2D Techniques
In this lesson you will finish your 2D painting. Gaëlle will go into specifics about the various techniques for cleaning, masking and integrating photos into your artwork. You will use these photobashing methods to help bring your image to its final, polished state.
- 1h 56m
- 20 Videos
- Project Files
Lesson 3
3D Techniques
Now you will come up with a new design brief, in order to create a painting using 3D techniques. Gaëlle will address how to source assets, import them into 3D software, and set up a scene. Once you've adjusted your camera, lighting and atmosphere, you will be ready to move onto rendering.
- 2h 28m
- 22 Videos
- Project Files
Lesson 4
Rendering
You will begin this lesson by setting up your scene in Octane. Then Gaëlle will show you how to use render passes to get maximum flexibility when painting over your 3D environment in Photoshop. You will utilize photobashing and blending techniques to make your CG imagery fit seamlessly with the rest of your painting.

NOTE: Octane is the software Gaëlle uses for rendering in this lesson, but you can follow along in Blender or any other software you prefer.
- 1h 24m
- 14 Videos
- Project Files

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Gaëlle Seguillon

Gaëlle Seguillon is a concept artist and digital matte painter specializing in immersive environments and creature work for film and video games. With over a decade’s experience, her portfolio includes collaborations with studios like ILM, BBC, Lucasfilm, and Quantic Dream. Merging scientific accuracy with lush creativity, her signature style conveys atmospheric depth and narrative resonance across major titles.

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Course Lesson Plan

Here's a full list of all the videos in this course.

6 hours 44 minutes
Total Bundle Duration
73 Videos
Video Lectures in Bundle
5.02 GB of Files
Downloadable Project Files

Tools Used
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The tools listed below are used throughout the lectures of this course. Using alternatives is definitely possible depending on your proficiency, but we can only recommend using these listed softwares.

Octane
Blender
Adobe Photoshop

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Lesson 1
Preparation
This first lesson will focus on what you need to create great art. Gaëlle will help you find inspiration, build your brief and gather references. Once you've taken these steps to lay out a creative roadmap, you will begin sketching ideas for your 2D composition. Gaëlle will demonstrate beginner and advanced options for this initial sketching phase, both of which can lead you to an incredible final product.
54 minutes
Total Lesson Duration
17 Videos
Video Lectures in this Lesson
Project Files
Downloadable Project Files
Introduction
Meet GaëllePreview00:43
Breaking Into the IndustryPreview06:10
How to Get HiredPreview06:05
Course OverviewPreview01:15
Matte Painting vs Concept ArtPreview04:35
Lesson OverviewPreview00:36
Creative Juices
Finding InspirationPreview02:13
Brief Builder ToolPreview00:49
Brief Builder HomeworkPreview00:34
Build Your World
Finding ReferencePreview08:03
Reference LibraryPreview04:25
Creating a Mood BoardPreview05:11
Mood Board HomeworkPreview00:24
Sketching From PhotosPreview03:49
Photobashing SketchPreview06:00
Conclusion
Sketching ReviewPreview02:45
Sketching HomeworkPreview00:39
Lesson 2
2D Techniques
In this lesson you will finish your 2D painting. Gaëlle will go into specifics about the various techniques for cleaning, masking and integrating photos into your artwork. You will use these photobashing methods to help bring your image to its final, polished state.
1h 56m
Total Lesson Duration
20 Videos
Video Lectures in this Lesson
Project Files
Downloadable Project Files
Introduction
Lesson Overview00:34
Anatomy of a Painting10:19
2D Artist's Toolkit
Gaëlle's Photoshop Layout04:43
Workflow Efficiency09:50
Cleaning a Photo05:41
Masking
Masking with Channels06:37
Masking with Color Range03:44
Masking Clouds07:05
Masking with Layer Styles04:44
Object Selection Tool02:13
Masking Homework00:35
Photobashing
Integrating Photos16:18
Match Color03:10
Blending Modes12:45
Deforms06:56
Photobashing Homework01:12
Finishing
Detailing06:19
Blending06:52
Final Touches06:19
Conclusion
Finishing Homework00:58
Lesson 3
3D Techniques
Now you will come up with a new design brief, in order to create a painting using 3D techniques. Gaëlle will address how to source assets, import them into 3D software, and set up a scene. Once you've adjusted your camera, lighting and atmosphere, you will be ready to move onto rendering.
2h 28m
Total Lesson Duration
22 Videos
Video Lectures in this Lesson
Project Files
Downloadable Project Files
Introduction
Lesson Overview00:34
When to Use 3D Over 2D03:48
Finding 3D Assets06:28
Generating a Concept
3D Design Brief02:17
Base Models00:49
3D Software
Blender Basics07:44
Importing 3D Assets06:23
Quixel07:46
Initial Setup
Decimation05:03
Selections13:19
Deforming Assets08:43
3D Concept Homework00:33
Building the Scene
Water Surface17:39
Layering Textures on Assets09:46
Lighting07:33
Atmosphere03:58
Composition
Placing the Camera10:43
Tweaking Terrain14:50
Adding Creatures06:28
Exporting to Octane07:27
Rendering in Blender05:33
Conclusion
3D Composition Homework00:42
Lesson 4
Rendering
You will begin this lesson by setting up your scene in Octane. Then Gaëlle will show you how to use render passes to get maximum flexibility when painting over your 3D environment in Photoshop. You will utilize photobashing and blending techniques to make your CG imagery fit seamlessly with the rest of your painting.

NOTE: Octane is the software Gaëlle uses for rendering in this lesson, but you can follow along in Blender or any other software you prefer.
1h 24m
Total Lesson Duration
14 Videos
Video Lectures in this Lesson
Project Files
Downloadable Project Files
Introduction
Lesson Overview00:40
Octane Standalone
Intro to Octane04:35
Scene Setup11:43
Shading10:01
Lighting03:49
Atmospherics06:19
Preparing the Render05:37
Octane Render Homework00:50
Paintover
Using Passes08:28
Blending 2D and 3D04:58
Polishing17:54
Adding Blurs05:46
Conclusion
Paintover Homework00:49
Course Wrap-Up03:17

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Gaëlle Seguillon

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What you'll learn

Preparation

2D Techniques

3D Techniques

Rendering

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Gaëlle Seguillon

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Elias Ravanetti

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Course Lesson Plan

Tools Used ?The tools listed below are used throughout the lectures of this course. Using alternatives is definitely possible depending on your proficiency, but we can only recommend using these listed softwares.

Lesson 1

Preparation

Introduction

Creative Juices

Build Your World

Conclusion

Lesson 2

2D Techniques

Introduction

2D Artist's Toolkit

Masking

Photobashing

Finishing

Conclusion

Lesson 3

3D Techniques

Introduction

Generating a Concept

3D Software

Initial Setup

Building the Scene

Composition

Conclusion

Lesson 4

Rendering

Introduction

Octane Standalone

Paintover

Conclusion

Homework can be cool.

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Tools Used
?
The tools listed below are used throughout the lectures of this course. Using alternatives is definitely possible depending on your proficiency, but we can only recommend using these listed softwares.