Lighting is super important in any storytelling project. It can convey everything from mood to environment to time of day. Follow along as visual development artist Zac Retz reveals how he approaches lighting.

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About the Instructor

Zac Retz

Zac is originally from upstate New York where he studied illustration at the Rochester Institute of Technology. After graduating, he illustrated the picture book, Too Much Glue, which went on to become an Amazon bestseller. He has also worked at Workinman Interactive where he painted backgrounds for games. Zac is currently working as a visual development artist at Reel FX, designing environments for the Scooby Doo animated feature film.

Course curriculum

    1. Intro

    2. LFS 2

    3. LFS 3

    4. LFS 4

    5. LFS 5

About this course

  • $25.00
  • 5 lessons
  • 2.5 hours of video content

  • 5

    Videos

  • 2.8

    Hours

Reviews

5 star rating

Fantastic

Phil D

A wonderful course, it really opened my eyes creating exciting compositions, and informatively introducing me to values and light and shade. I enjoyed watchi...

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A wonderful course, it really opened my eyes creating exciting compositions, and informatively introducing me to values and light and shade. I enjoyed watching Zac work and explaining his techniques and how he carefully and consistently examines his art to build and craft a piece. I'd like to see Zac do a short course on street painting with traditional mediums - his samples in this course look great.

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