Blender Master Class

Concept Art and References

Any project requires research and preparation. Before creating the projects in this book, I spent some time thinking about what I really wanted to make, collecting reference images, and creating basic concept art to keep me on track.

When preparing to tackle a particular project, play with various rough ideas and designs, discarding or changing ones that don’t work quite right before spending a lot of time on any one. For example, Figure 3-1 shows various sketches that I made for characters before choosing the Bat Creature design used in this book.

Creating, Finding, and Using References

Concept art serves two purposes: First, it is a quick way to experiment with ideas, and second, it serves as a guide to refer ...