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Painting a Battle-Worn Titan in Photoshop

This digital painting workshop by Hamish Frater demonstrates how to transform a grayscale block-out into a story-rich, fully rendered mechanical illustration. Set against a Welsh mountain valley backdrop

Interviews

An Interview with Colleen Larson

Colleen Larson is a Senior Character Artist at Naughty Dog with over a decade of experience in the video game industry. She blends her lifelong passions for art and video games to create world-class game characters that are rich in personality and narrative.

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Concept Art & Matte Painting for Film

Industrial Light & Magic Art Director Igor Staritsin covers essential and advanced Photoshop techniques that professional concept artists and matte painters use daily in the film and visual effects industry.

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Introduction to Compositing in Nuke

This introductory Nuke workshop teaches the basics and fundamentals of compositing. Senior VFX Compositor Tommaso Lunardi offers a beginner-friendly approach to compositing in Nuke for artists in a studio environment or students assigned their first compositing task using this powerful tool.

Interviews

The Art of Giovani Magana

Giovani Magana is a Senior Environment Artist at Respawn Entertainment with a decade of experience in the games industry. He has also contributed to projects for studios including Skydance and Santa Monica Studio...

Animation & Rigging

The Principles of Physics in Action Scenes

Learn how physics principles affect animation, minus the tedious calculations. Wolfgang Haas covers the basics of cinematic principles that affect animators’ work, from camera angles and their meaning to cinematic rules that can help shots work better in the final cut.

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Mortal Shell II Celebrates Global Success

Sep 30, 2026

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Painting a Battle-Worn Titan in Photoshop

Sep 17, 2026

Interviews

An Interview with Colleen Larson

Sep 10, 2026

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Concept Art & Matte Painting for Film

Sep 10, 2026

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Introduction to Compositing in Nuke

Sep 03, 2026

Interviews

The Art of Giovani Magana

Aug 27, 2026

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Interviews

Interviews

Sep 10, 2026

An Interview with Colleen Larson

Colleen Larson is a Senior Character Artist at Naughty Dog with over a decade of experience in the video game industry. She blends her lifelong passions for art and video games to create world-class game characters that are rich in personality and narrative.

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Aug 27, 2026

The Art of Giovani Magana

Giovani Magana is a Senior Environment Artist at Respawn Entertainment with a decade of experience in the games industry. He has also contributed to projects for studios including Skydance and Santa Monica Studio...

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Discover The Gnomon Workshop Learning Paths

Discover The Gnomon Workshop Learning Paths

Mar 06, 2026

Beauty in the Beast: Neville Page on Burnout, Mindset & Creative Survival

Beauty in the Beast: Neville Page on Burnout, Mindset & Creative Survival

May 07, 2025

Beauty, Beasts & Better Pipelines: Neville Page on Digital Design & Practical Makeup

Beauty, Beasts & Better Pipelines: Neville Page on Digital Design & Practical Makeup

May 07, 2025

Capturing Assets & Environments for Call of Duty: An Interview with Gui Rambelli

Capturing Assets & Environments for Call of Duty: An Interview with Gui Rambelli

Feb 10, 2025

Artist news

Artist News

Sep 30, 2026

Mortal Shell II Celebrates Global Success

Congratulations to Vitaly Bulgarov on Cold Symmetry’s successful release of Mortal Shell II

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Mar 08, 2024

Learn from These 20 Exceptional Women at The Gnomon Workshop

In celebration of International Women's Day, we’re thrilled to spotlight the incredible talents and contributions of female

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Feb 15, 2023

The Top 22 Gnomon Workshops of 2022

Last year, we saw another 12 months of fantastic learnings, insights, and tips from the incredibly talented artists at The

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Sep 23, 2020

Discover The Top 5 Workshops Everyone Is Watching This Month

Want to learn what everyone else is doing right now? Here are the top 5 training titles in The Gnomon Workshop library this month, as decided by our subscribers.

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Releases

Painting a Battle-Worn Titan in Photoshop

Sep 17, 2026

Concept Art & Matte Painting for Film

Sep 10, 2026

Introduction to Compositing in Nuke

Sep 03, 2026

The Principles of Physics in Action Scenes

Aug 27, 2026

Cinematic Matte Painting for Production

Aug 19, 2026

Tracking & Compositing VFX for Film & TV

Aug 13, 2026

Design Mechs in VR Using Substance 3D Modeler

Aug 05, 2026

Introduction to ZBrush 2026

Jul 30, 2026

Creating a Charged Energy Beam in Unreal Engine

Jul 23, 2026

Creating Realistic Cliff Materials using Substance Designer

Jul 09, 2026

Lighting Realistic Rainy Weather in Unreal Engine 5

Jun 30, 2026

Snow Simulation Workflows in Houdini

Jun 11, 2026

Creating a Real-Time Horse Groom for Games

Jun 04, 2026

Blender Hard-Surface Modeling Techniques

May 22, 2026

Creating a Sci-fi Dome Barrier in Unreal Engine

May 13, 2026

Claymation in ZBrush

May 07, 2026

Race Vehicle Concept Design: Cinematic Rendering

Apr 22, 2026

Animating a Dragon Rider for Film & VFX

Apr 14, 2026

Creating Cinematics in Unreal Engine 5: Chase Scene Workflow

Mar 18, 2026

Narrative Realism & Illustration

Mar 05, 2026

Introduction to Maya 2026: Volume 3

Feb 26, 2026

Introduction to Maya 2026: Volume 2

Feb 20, 2026

Introduction to Maya 2026: Volume 1

Feb 13, 2026

Introduction to Houdini: Fluids

Feb 06, 2026

Animating Characters for Feature Films

Jan 27, 2026

Simulating Crowds with Golaem & Maya

Jan 14, 2026

Vellum Hair Simulation in Houdini

Jan 07, 2026

Cinematic Matte Painting Techniques

Dec 04, 2025

Advanced Facial Blendshape Networks

Nov 18, 2025

Introduction to Fusion

Oct 23, 2025

Rendering Matte Surfaces: Volume 3

Sep 27, 2025

Rendering Matte Surfaces: Volume 2

Sep 10, 2025

Rendering Matte Surfaces: Volume 1

Sep 05, 2025

Creating Sci-Fi Electrical FX in Houdini

Aug 28, 2025

Procedural Workflows for Games using Houdini

Aug 21, 2025

Fantasy Creature Texturing & Look Dev

Aug 12, 2025

Digital Painting in Photoshop

Aug 05, 2025

Animating Stylized Attacks in Maya

Jul 22, 2025

Cityscape Set Design, Volume 2: Texturing, Lighting & Rendering

Jul 16, 2025

Cityscape Set Design, Volume 1: Modeling

Jul 11, 2025

Introduction to Houdini: Grains

Jul 03, 2025

Creating a Sci-Fi Sequence using Houdini Solaris

Jun 19, 2025

Practical Lighting for Production

Jun 11, 2025

Architectural Design for Games using Blender & UE5

Jun 03, 2025

Lightning & Electricity Effects

May 22, 2025

Character Creation for Production

May 16, 2025

Hard-Surface 3D/VR Mech Design

May 09, 2025

FACS Rigging for Facial Motion Capture

Apr 24, 2025

Creature Animation for Games

Apr 17, 2025

Creating Photorealistic 3D Environments

Apr 10, 2025

Virtual Makeup Design: Volume 2

Mar 27, 2025

Virtual Makeup Design: Volume 1

Mar 25, 2025

Creature Combat Animation in Maya

Mar 13, 2025

Creating Production-Ready Hero Assets using Mari

Mar 06, 2025

Dynamic Cloth Simulation for Production

Feb 28, 2025

Introduction to Lighting & Compositing for Cinematics

Feb 19, 2025

Creating a Character for Games: Vol. 2

Feb 04, 2025

Creating a Character for Games: Vol. 1

Jan 31, 2025

Creating Runtime Cinematics in Unreal Engine 5

Jan 24, 2025

Cinematic Sand & Dust Simulations using Houdini

Jan 16, 2025

World Building using Blender & Photoshop

Jan 10, 2025

Creating a Swamp & Mud Monster in Houdini

Jan 03, 2025

Introduction to Marvelous Designer

Dec 23, 2024

Designing Sci-Fi Props for Film

Dec 12, 2024

Modeling For Film & TV: Hard-Surface Vehicles

Dec 05, 2024

Maya for Animators: Body Mechanics

Nov 21, 2024

Topology for Animated Characters

Nov 14, 2024

Creating Cinematic Concept Art

Oct 31, 2024

Concepting & Illustrating a Sword for Games

Oct 24, 2024

Creating a Character Bust: From Ideation to Final Render

Oct 17, 2024

Fantasy Creature Grooming in Houdini

Oct 10, 2024

Cinematic Lighting Shot Production

Oct 03, 2024

Creating Facial Blendshapes Using Photogrammetry

Sep 19, 2024

Creating Efficient Digital Doubles for VFX

Sep 12, 2024

Mastering Body Mechanics in Maya

Sep 05, 2024

Designing Creature Makeup for Film in Photoshop

Aug 29, 2024

Advanced Compositing: Keying & Creating 2.5D Projections

Aug 22, 2024

Introduction to Maya 2025: UV Toolkit

Aug 08, 2024

Illustrative Storytelling & Design Techniques

Aug 01, 2024

Race Vehicle Concept Design

Jul 25, 2024

Character Asset Creation for Cinematics: Vol. 1

Jul 18, 2024

Recreating a Historical Portrait in 3D

Jul 11, 2024

Real-Time VFX Fundamentals for Unreal Engine 5

Jul 03, 2024

Creating a Hero Weapon for Games

Jun 27, 2024

Creating 3D Environment Concepts with Mood & Story

Jun 20, 2024

Creating a Quadruped Rig for Production

Jun 13, 2024

3D Weapon Design VR Workflow

Jun 06, 2024

The Art of Visual Storytelling

May 30, 2024

Creating Cinematics in Unreal Engine 5

May 23, 2024

Creating Clothing for Characters in Marvelous Designer

May 17, 2024

Animating for Feature Films

May 10, 2024

Animating a Recall for Games

May 02, 2024

Art Directing Explosions using Axiom in Houdini

Apr 24, 2024

Designing Spaceships for Games

Apr 18, 2024

Cinematic Concept Art for Films & Games

Apr 04, 2024

Building Natural Environments using Gaea & Houdini

Mar 28, 2024

2D & 3D Character Design in Photoshop & Blender

Mar 20, 2024

Nuke Projection Workflows for Feature Films

Mar 15, 2024

Character Animation Fundamentals for Games

Mar 07, 2024

Creating a High-Fidelity Hero Building

Feb 29, 2024