01 / Painting fundamentals
Value grouping: what James Gurney means by seeing in families
Use Gurney’s advice on grouping lights and darks, then study how a real painting stays readable before you add any detail.
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Painting fundamentals and production explained through real work.
02 / Production
From concept to production: following a real film’s decisions
Blender Studio’s Sprite Fright offers a concrete way to understand visual development, production design and the hand-off to finished assets.
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03 / Visual storytelling
Storyboard versus animatic: the difference is time
How production teams turn drawings into an editable sequence—and why changing the timing can change the story.
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