Mechs, Vehicles, & Props with Alex Konstad

• Hard Surface Design
• Form and Function
• Drawing, Painting & Rendering techniques
Week 1: Intro to Hard Surface Design - sketching from mechanical reference - hard surface foundations
Week 2: Mecha Design Fundamentals: joints, mechanics, function
Week 3: Mecha Design - Purpose and utility, lecture (form follows function - how to design with purpose)
Week 4: Mecha Details - Lecture: Scale, Details and adding Complexity
Week 5: Vehicle Design fundamentals - Lecture: design principles for vehicles
Week 6: Vehicle Design with function - Lecture: Utilizing reference to design vehicles for specific functions
Week 7: Hard surface prop designs - Lecture: How to design engaging hard surface props for animation and games
Week 8: Lecture: Painting and rendering techniques for Hard Surface - packeting a design for final presentation
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