The Gnomon Workshop offers the most comprehensive set of Digital Production tutorials anywhere. The broad scope of the tutorials contained in this section range from foundational understanding of the software tools all the way to the professional application of these tools and concepts used by artists working in the film and game industries.
Entertainment Design
The Gnomon Workshop is widely regarded as the global leader in training tutorials for the designer working in the entertainment industry. With tutorials ranging from foundational drawing and design concepts to process tutorials from some of the top concept and character designers in the world, there is surely something here to inspire.
Industrial Design
The Gnomon Workshop offers tutorials focused on Industrial Design software and techniques. These tutorials range from product design to vehicle and automotive concept.
Fine Art and Illustration
The Gnomon Workshop also offers a number of tutorials focused on the fine art and illustration fields. Traditional drawing and painting skills are tremendous assets to artists working in the entertainment industry as well as other industries that rely on visual communication skills. Tutorials listed in this section focus on everything from foundational drawing skills, comic book illustration and fantasy painting.
Tattooing
As the tattoo industry has seen an explosion in popularity over the last few years, the need training in this field has also grown. In these video tutorials, some of the top tattoo artists in the world share their techniques and their take on the art of tattoo. The tutorials range from absolute beginner level to advanced color and blending techniques used by some of the world's best.
Software
The Gnomon Workshop offers professional training on most of the software applications used in today's digital pipelines. There are foundational titles to introduce users to the software and tools, as well as advanced production titles that discuss application tools and processes vital to the production of digital assets and media.
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The Making of Worms
The Making of White Swan
Special Edition Boxed Set Master Class
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The Gnomon Workshop seeks out the most highly-regarded traditional and digital artists and technicians currently working in the entertainment and design industries. Our instructors have shared their practices working at such top studios as Pixar, ILM, Blizzard, and many more.
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Joe Benitez
Neil Blevins
Link Bossman
Waylon Brinck
Dustin Brown
John Brown
Vitaly Bulgarov
Paul Campion
Alessandro Cangelosi
Joe Capobianco
Sebastien Chort
Ryan Church
Sean Choi
John Clark
James Clyne
Robert Coddington
Dylan Cole
Jeremy Cook
Ted Davis
Cesar Dacol
Cameron Davis
Mark de Sousa
Dean Deakyne
Mark Dedecker
Maxime Deleris
Christophe Desse
Tim Dobbert
Thierry Doizon
Dave Dorman
Greg Downing
Yannick Dusseault
Scott Easley
Wayne England
Jeremy Engleman
Mayan Escalante
Meghan Farrell
Jonathan Feldman
David Finch
Steve Firchow
Steve-Firchow
Wendy Froud
Mark Goerner
Marc Gabbana
Jason Godbey
Henry Goecke
Peter Han
Ramy Hanna
Eric Hanson
Matt Hartle
James Hawkins
Garman Herigstad
Rick Hilgner
Darin Hilton
Wayne Hollingsworth
Justin Holt
Carlos Huante
Kevin Hudson
Nikko Hurtado
Cajun Hylton
Gary Jackemuk
Alex Jaeger
Tim Jones
Ian Joyner
Kolby Jukes
Bob Kato
Andras Kavalecz
Richard Keyes
Cecil Kim
Ryan Kingslien
Chris Kirshbaum
David Krentz
Robert Kuczera
Ergin Kuke
Raphael Lacoste
Sebastien Larroude
Brandon Lawless
Alvin Lee
Sang Jun Lee
Mark Lefitz
Ron Lemen
David Levy
Matt Linder
Herbert Lowis
Kevin Mannens
Jeff McAteer
Brendan McCaffrey
Iain McCaig
Stephen McClure
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David Meng
Eric Miller
Sean Mills
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Ben Neall
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Christopher Nichols
Josh Nizzi
Phil Noto
Andrew Orloff
Neville Page
Dave Pasciuto
Jeff Patton
Scott Patton
Zack Petroc
Anand P G
Laurent Pierlot
Stephen Platt
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Nick Pugh
Gil Rimmer
Burke Roane
Scott Robertson
Alex Sandri
Carlo Sansonetti
Christian Lorenz Scheurer
Paul Schoeni
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Joe Simanello
Leonardo Silva
Jared Simeth
Aaron Sims
Richard Smith
Scott Spencer
Nate Stephens
Chris Stoski
Ralf Stumpf
Ethan Summers
Justin Sweet
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Derek Thompson
Keith Thompson
Jonas Thornqvist
Erik Tiemens
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Cetin Tuker
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Alex Velasquez
Jeremy Vickery
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Film and Game Visual Effects
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