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The Techniques of Harald Belker

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The Techniques of Harald Belker: 1: Introduction to Car Design and Drawing


When designing automobiles, the ability to sketch well is absolutely essential. The skill of showing a design on paper enables the designer to communicate with others. In a step-by-step demonstration Harald will share his approach to quick sketching, design strategy, styling tips, and the process he takes to finalize a design direction. He concludes with the execution a final line drawing that presents a dynamic view of his vehicle.

The software used in this DVD is Adobe Photoshop.

Dynamic Perspective Drawing
Final Line Drawing
Scanning a Drawing
Cleanup in Photoshop

01: Introduction
02: White Page
03: Fill the Page
04: Finding a Design
05: A Dynamic View
06: Final Line Drawing
07: Scan Your Drawing
08: Credits

The Techniques of Harald Belker: 2: Digital Automotive Rendering


There are many ways to render an automobile. Harald will take you through the steps to render an automobile with Adobe Photoshop through the use of paths, layering colors, surfacing and highlights. You will see his strategy for layer building, shading the form in color, rendering wheels, and background design. The end result of this demonstration is a quick but powerful color rendering executed with a digital medium.

The software used in this DVD is Adobe Photoshop.

Modifying Scanned Art
Layer Building Strategy
Shading the Form in Color

Sketching and Rendering Wheels
Highlights and Reflections

01: Introduction
02: Preparing Line Art
03: Layers and Paths
04: 2D Modeling
05: Wheels
06: Backgrounds
07: Highlights and Reflections
08: Finished Rendering
09: Credits

The Techniques of Harald Belker: 3: Integrating a Vehicle into an Environment


This demo deals with the integration of a rendered vehicle into a city environment. This is a basic step-by-step of how to render a vehicle, set up a photo of a cityscape, and integrate the vehicle so that it looks like it is truly in the scene. This is not a full-blown matte painting, but a quick way to show how vehicles are rendered and placed for a motion picture application...quick and powerful, with dramatic lighting.

The software used in this DVD is Adobe Photoshop.

Choosing a Background Image
Modifying a Background Image
Integrating the Vehicle
Grounding the Vehicle

Reflections of the Environment
Highlights

01: Introduction
02: Set-Up
03: Basic Rendering
04: Placing Vehicle
05: Grounding Vehicle
06: Copy and Paste
07: Blending
08: Highlights
09: Finished Art
10: Credits

The Techniques of Harald Belker: 4: Car Design and Presentation


The ability to design a car is not something anyone can just pick up by taking a class or drawing for a few weeks. It requires a serious amount of dedication and many hours of practice. Harald will take you step-by-step through his design process and give you a look into the complexity and challenges of designing a vehicle similar to the one he designed for Minority Report. In addition, he will also introduce one of the cars he designed for Hotwheels(R), and take you through each step of its design process. At the end of the lecture he quickly renders a car's side-view within Adobe Photoshop(R), and shows some of the many tricks he uses to complete a powerful presentation of the design.

Inventing New Shapes

Designing Two Cars
Finalizing a Side-View

01: Introduction
02: Thumbnail Sketching
03: Checking the Top View
04: Side View Design
05: Perspective + Graphics
06: Design Overview
07: Rendering HB-X
08: More Car Renderings

The Techniques of Harald Belker: 5: Movie Prop Design and Presentation


Over his long career, Harald Belker has designed many props and products for the film and video game industries. In this lecture he will share his techniques for ideation sketching, choosing the right tools, and preparing a quick yet professional presentation. In addition, he will walk you through the process of designing a handheld device and a futuristic weapon. His personal preferences for materials, ergonomics, line quality and shape will be of help to anyone who is interested in the field of prop design.

The Art of Thumbnails
Pen or Pencil
Designing a Movie Prop

Designing a Gun
Quick Way to Color
Textures and Materials

01: Introduction
02: Different Pens
03: Thumbnail Sketching
04: Prop Design Refinement
05: Visual Research
06: Gun Design
07: Prop Rendering
08: Gun Rendering

This video was added to our catalog on November 04, 2005 in Digital Art - 2D::Master Artist Techniques.

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Reviewer: Christopher S.

Very revealing, very intuitive look into both Photoshop rendering as well as preliminary layout/design of vehicles. While this film will not grant the un-inspired (or perspective-challenged) a ticket to the big show, it most certainly will help transform your ideas from the sketch-pad to a polished rendering if you put in the time. The 5th DVD is especially useful for general purpose Industrial Design / 2D Rendering techniques. Overall a very worthwhile DVD set, and it's always a joy to simply watch a master like Harald at work.

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Reviewer: Charles H.

Harald's Props DVD is quite good. Its focus is on rendering and NOT ideation. If you want help with the generative process this isn't the DVD for you. If you want practical tips that you can apply immediately to your digital paint process, this is a good one. Some excellent tips on chrome and brushed stainless and buttons.

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