Additionally, this workshop will be an introduction to background design techniques that will take you from the basics of perspective, sketching, composition to more advanced techniques using software such as Google Sketchup and Photoshop.
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Not only will you learn how to use the Cycles render engine, you'll also learn the core principles of physically based shading. Using the ninja character as an example, we'll go through all the various kinds of surfaces and study how and why they look the way they do, and...