Monday, March 22nd, 2010 | Posted by Matt McCorkell | 11 comments
Neville Page has been lead creature designer on Avatar, Cloverfield, and Star Trek. You saw one of those right? Check out our latest video interview!
We could go on and on about Neville’s movie credits but all you’d really want to know is how to be a top concept artist. There is currently a lot of good tutorials online about creature concepting from Neville. Everything from his initial silhouette thumbnailing process to creating skeletal and muscle structures for conceptual creatures. Apparently a new tutorial set is in the works, in the meantime be sure and check out the following tutorials.
 The Techniques of Neville Page 1 |
The first dvd in the set “Techniques of Neville Page” really gets users up to speed in pencil rendering technique starting from orthographic thumbnailing and taking it through the steps of making sure the anatomy and volumes are all accurately represented. Anyone who wants to upgrade their creature designs on paper should check this one out. Buy Tutorial |
 The Techniques of Neville Page 2 |
The second dvd in the series picks up where the last one ends. Taking your black and white sketch and adding color detail to create a fully rendered concept. Buy Tutorial |
 The Techniques of Neville Page 3 |
Rendering realistic eyes can be difficult. As witnessed by the millions of lifeless eyed characters on the web. This tutorial breaks it down into a simple process so we can all make realistic eyes. And yes that is not a photograph….. Buy Tutorial |
 The Techniques of Neville Page 4 |
Those juicy bits are what make your characters mouth creepy. This tutorial will show you how to get those pinky fleshy bits to stand out. Buy Tutorial |
 Painting Fur in Photoshop |
Really it’s just fur. But fur is reaaaaaaaalllllly difficult to paint. Just ask my dog. Check out this short but infinitely useful tutorial on rendering fur in photoshop. Buy Tutorial |
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11 responses to “Iconic Creature Design with Neville Page”
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Einar said:
What a great artist! The best of gnomon masterclass in 2009 was Neville Page imo. Hope he is around as an adviser when I try to apply for gnomonschool.
Haha! :
Hmmm.. Have I’ve seen that wizzard before, or that dragon… How about something else. No wizzards, no dragons, no orcs, no fairy’s, no elves… No stormtroopers.
6:25 pm on Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Dan said:
Wow, I can listen to Neville all day. Great interview.
11:34 pm on Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Gerry said:
I hope one day soon that I can work for Mr. Neville Page. Excellent interview.
1:17 am on Wednesday, March 24, 2010
k said:
And where is the interview? There is only a Gnomon advert here..
8:55 am on Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Leonard Teo said:
After the 30 second Gnomon ad is the interview.
9:15 am on Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Greg Dunn said:
Great interview — Neville Page is definitely one of the top (if not *the* top) concept designers out there — always good to hear from people at that level who are willing to share what they know.
12:41 pm on Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Trond E.H. said:
Yes, I learn something from this interview,
1:53 pm on Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Tony Sasser jr said:
It is artist like Neville which really makes me worry if I will even make it in the Art world.
7:40 am on Thursday, March 25, 2010
k said:
nope, no interview here:(
8:52 am on Thursday, March 25, 2010
Billy Wimblett said:
Neville’s points on portfolios were spot on, I can completely relate to what he said. Everytime I go on CA.org or any other concept/ art forum I get bombarded with character, character, fantasy, elf, ork, babe, generic speedpainting, generic speedpainting, elf, space marine, dragon etc.
It’s the guys that post the unique stuff that stands out.
6:32 am on Sunday, March 28, 2010
Soyombo said:
Great artist.
What`s the name of first video. The guy run from red giant creature. I want to watch that film.
Sorry about my terrible language.
6:54 am on Monday, April 5, 2010