Android Jones unleashes the beast at the Conceptart.org / Massive Black 2008 Seattle Workshop, Revelations. Recorded live, Andrew shares some of his philosophy and live-audience creative techniques, using Zbrush to lay down shapes and Painter X to fill in colors and detail. Andrew is a unique talent and should not be overlooked, so strap on your Wacom and check out this demo!

This is part one, look out for part 2 coming soon. For $14 you get the 1 hour Quicktime movie and multiple .PSD files created during the live demo. Your proceeds also help support the free Conceptart.org artist community.

Link: dvd.massiveblack.com (under Download section)

In part one of Creature Design, Rich’s goal is to quickly create a number of creature concepts from scratch. He accomplishes this wonderfully, focusing on the pure creative process rather than the technical. While there are 4 finished concepts shown here, his process takes us through multiple iterations of various ideas.

“Watch, learn, enjoy, and don’t take our jobs. Thanks.”

To download, follow the link from the dvd.massiveblack.com site, or go directly to the purchase & download page. Includes the final Photoshop .PSD and a 1 hour Quicktime video.

Jason Chan is back in a new Massive Black/Conceptart.org video release. In Digital Illustration, Jason uses Photoshop and his mastery of painting to create this 100% digital image of a damsel in distress. It sucks to wake up and find yourself being dragged underwater by a slimy monstrous giant, but as Jason shows us, at least you can still look sexy on your way down.

And yes, the giant tentacle is removing her clothes.

If you’ve been following our posts on these videos, you’d know that we just love’em. This is no exception, and well worth the money as always. Purchase and download from dvd.massiveblack.com.

In the new Gun Design video series, Justin “Coro” Kaufman shows us how it’s done in the games industry. From thumbnail conception using Photoshop to full realization in 3ds Max, we’re taken on a wild (and hilarious) ride that is El Coro’s design process.

The series is available from Massive Black in two parts for $14 each, but we’re willing to bet you’ll just opt to get both for $20. These are quality productions and well worth the money as always.

Links: Part 1 – Part 2 – Full Series

Massive Black has unleashed the first part in a series of videos featuring artist and performer Andrew Jones. Unparalleled in the art industry, Andrew often expresses his talent in front of a live audience, classroom, or dance club. In volume one, he shares his unique approach to shaping three different images in Corel Painter X.

Although this video is considered Part 1 in a new series, a previous video by Andrew, called Thumbnail Demo, is also available from the Massive Black catalog. Viewing both in conjunction will provide deeper insight into Andrew’s unprecedented techniques.

Visit dvd.massiveblack.com to purchase the download, which contains a 1 hour Quicktime video and the three .PSD files created during the demonstration.

Massive Black has released another set of videos, this time from artist Whit Brachna, aka Mr. Blonde. Whit explores creating a ‘Non-SciFi’ interior environment, from thumbnails to the finished product. He also makes use of a simple 3d model from Google Sketchup to lay out basic perspective and initial lighting.

Whit is a student of the Concept Art Atelier and currently works for Massive Black, based in San Francisco, with satellite studios in Shanghai and Bangkok. As usual, we are provided with the Photoshop .PSD files, Sketchup renders, and the final full-res image. Prices for these tutorials will go up to $14 after Jan 1st, still a great value and well below the industry norm.

For the full experience, be sure to purchase both Part 1 and Part 2.

Part 2 of the Massive Black / Nox video is now available!

Nox introduces the second video with more bloopers (and don’t we all love these). Again, he’s naturally hilarious throughout. In this round we see more of the details, composition, lighting, and background coming together. And yes, more stomach/torso edits. Again we are supplied with a Photoshop PSD as part of the download, this time the final full-size copy. This source file comes in handy and helps us to follow along by inspecting the layers up-close. Once again Massive Black comes through with a great set of downloads for the cost of a few cups of coffee. Several more videos are currently in the works from other Massive artists, so expect to see more in the near future. Proceeds go towards supporting the free ConceptArt.org community.

Check out the Massive Black DVD site to purchase. And if you haven’t already, make sure you watch Part 1 first.