Vance Kovacs Seminar!(was awesome)

Well it was amazing. I learned a lot, was absolutely stunned by the quality(and volume) of his work, and got to see some rather exclusive concept art for several movies and games some of which were never released. He was also quite an interesting guy who always makes a playlist catered to his project and loves listening to theological debates. That was interesting to me for some reason. He also stressed the importance of CREATIVITY in the art world. You must be a great artist technically but also have great ideas to be an asset.

He did a demo too in Corel Painter and the thing I believe was the most important takeaway was on color. Warms and cools. That should be your focus and it's important to have an understanding of it. You can make a color look cool when it's in fact warm by graying it out on a warm surface. A cool color also stands out wayyyy better on a warm background as opposed to a cool one and vise versa.  For example, whenever he paints a shine on something it's from the opposite side of the spectrum as what it's on to make it pop.

Also, I got to talk to him 'n shake his hand and stuff. Someday hopefully we'll meet again professionally.

Yup I had a great time!


So............

I just found out Vance Kovacs is in town!!! And... he's doing a seminar where he talks about his career, art, and will probably be sort of open-forum. He is one of my personal heroes in art and have been wanting to meet him for quite a long time now.

He is an exceptional illustrator and concept artist. You've probably seen his work on book covers or movies he's worked on like Thor, John Carter, MIB3, and The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe. He's also done work for Magic Cards as well as tons of other stuff. This is an opportunity you don't want to miss.

What: Seminar with Vance Kovacs
Where: Fullerton College (321 E. Chapman Ave., Fullerton, CA) Building 200 Room 229
When: Wednesday April 10, from 1-4 pm.

((((ITS FREE))))

His art: www.vancekovacs.com/

I will DEFINITELY be there and I hope to see you too! (assuming it's humanly reasonable to attend)