Visual Sorcery, Fighting Tricks and Knowing when your Dragon is ready to fly ! This presentation was originally created by Pencillati Studios Art Director, Sachin Nagar for speaking at the NASSCOM Game Developers Conference 2015.

1. How to nail your
Dragon?
● Visual Sorcery
● Fighting Tricks
● Knowing when your
dragon is ready to fly?

2. How
to nail your
Dragon?Visual Sorcery, Fighting Tricks
and Knowing When your Dragon
is ready to fly?
Art Director
Pencillati Studios
Sachin Nagar

4. The Concept Artist’s Block!
● Not enough variety in
explorations/They all look the same
● Self doubt/fear of rejection prevents
us from being adventurous

5. Not enough variety in explorations

6. Self doubt
fear of rejection
prevents us from
being adventurous

7. ● How to create a Visual Library and use it to
your advantage when the situation demands?
● Techniques I follow in my work routine to
bring a difference
● Knowing when to stop

8. Visual Library
The crux of all matter

9. What is Visual Library?
It’s the integration and absorption of
the subject and imagery into our
conscious and subconscious mind.

10. To develop a sense of visual aesthetics
Visual Library : Why do we need it?

11. ● Observing and absorbing great artworks
● Travelling
● Reading
How?
Visual Library

12. By studying the details and thought behind them, we can develop a sense
of aesthetics overtime.
1. Observing the great masters
Visual Library

13. 1. Observing the great masters Composition
Environmental depth
Color composition
Lighting
Placement of elements
Visual Library

14. There is no better way to develop a sense of cultural diversity than travelling .
2. Travelling
Visual Library

15. Reading will stimulate your brain
and boost your imagination and
instigate the artist in you.
3. Reading
Visual Library

16. Art by Dermoth Power
3. Reading
Visual Library
Harry potter

17. The Original Harry
Potter Concept Art
by Gian Bautista . November 11th, 2014
3. Reading
Visual Library
Harry potter

18. Harry potter3. Reading
Visual Library

19. 3. Reading LOTR
Visual Library
Art by legendary John Howe

20. Some Useful Techniques
1.The magic of Photo Booth
2.Playing with basic shapes
3.What a great pic...What if ?
4.Making anything out of anything
Visual Sorcery

21. Photo Booth and similar softwares can be great
in creating unique shapes and details.
1. The thing called Photo Booth
Visual Sorcery

22. 1. The thing called Photo Booth

23. 1. The thing called Photo
Booth

24. 2. Playing with basic shapes
Stretching, distorting, skewing and reusing
your basic shapes can break the mental
block and provide you a new direction.
Visual Sorcery

25. Playing with basic shapes

26. Playing with basic shapes

27. A photograph with great atmosphere
gives a great starting point .
3. What a great pic ...what if ?
Visual Sorcery

28. 3. What a great pic ...what if ?

29. 3. What a great pic ...what if ?

30. 3. What a great pic ...what if ?

31. 3. What a great pic ...what if ?

32. 4. Making anything out of anything
● Everything gives you something that’s good in it
● Color/values,shapes/textures
Visual Sorcery

33. 4. Making anything out of anything

34. 4. Making anything out of anything

35. 4. Making anything out of anything

36. 4. Making anything out of anything

37. 4. Making anything out of anything

38. 4. Making anything out of anything

39. 4. Making anything out of anything

40. 4. Making anything
out of anything

41. 4. Making anything
out of anything

42. 4. Making anything
out of anything

43. 4. Making anything out of anything

44. 4. Making anything
out of anything

45. Knowing when to stop

46. Knowing when to stop
∙ Does it convey the story? Are you able to tell
the story ,even by taking out some of the
details?
∙ Does it match the vision of the director or the
picture that you had in mind?
∙ Does it match the style of the production?
∙ Is it true to the initial exploration/thumbnails
which looked good?
∙ Following how the seasoned artists do this

47. Does it convey the story?
Are you able to tell the story even by taking out some details?

48. Does it match with the
vision of the director or the
picture that you had in
mind?
Knowing when to stop

49. Is it true to the initial
explorations/thumbnails
which looked good?
Knowing when to stop

50. Following how the
seasoned artists do this
Knowing when to stop

51. Jamie Jones has brought out
details with minimum amount of
strokes in a Sci- fi theme.
Concept by Jaime
Jones

52. Concept by Jaime
Jones
Watch how he has
avoided unnecessary
details in the mountain
behind and used broad
strokes.

53. Does it match the
style of the production?
Probably be the most important thing in commercial
work
Knowing when to stop

54. And finally...
If you feel that you have captured
the light then it's probably finished.

55. The Dragon is resting. Thank You!
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