Conceptual artist Feng Zhu joins Gnomon

[SheepFactory]

Thank you Gnomon!!

Please make a bundle for these four dvd;s with a discount :)

[ceql]

Whoa!!! :eek: That's just awesome! :applause: :applause:

[MaDSheeP]

i will definitly buy the bundle!!

also, weren't there student rates somewhere?

just curious, but if they do, put me in for the budle! :)

[tjnyc]

Freaking awesome news! I love his work! :thumbsup:

[show]

At last my prayers have been answered.

Thank you Feng and thankyou Gnomon.

[onlooker]

I have personally emailed, an asked more than one person at Gnomon if there would ever be some feng DVD's. I know I was not the only one, and I will be buying this bundle real soon. :thumbsup:

[Seven]

Oh these are going to be goooood!

[feiyeung]

YES..:buttrock:
:beer: .... FENG is my hero, i always wonder how he looks like.
His drawing is so Amazning...

Thanks Gnomon...

[Kirt]

waiting patiently to order all of them!

Thank you Gnomon! :buttrock:

[d4rk]

I imagine who ever put that deal together will be come rich beyond their wildest dreams... as everybody will be buying these! This is one you can't tell people you have either or they will want to borrow it and you'll never get it back....

http://www.cgtalk.com/plugs/feng_gnomon.jpg

:applause: :drool:

[pearson]

Has anybody actually bought one of Gnomon's DVDs before? Are they any good? I mean it's a lot cheaper than taking the class, but there must be very limited information...you can only pack so much into an hour and a half lecture.

[millah]

AWESOME.

/me starts saving.:buttrock:

[Dennik]

Instructional DVDs by Feng Zhu? Wow!
Although concept design is not my area, i would be definitely interested in buying all four DVDs.
Please make them a bundle! (With a nice case and a collectible cover, u know..) :D

[Grubwyrm]

Originally posted by pearson
Has anybody actually bought one of Gnomon's DVDs before? Are they any good? I mean it's a lot cheaper than taking the class, but there must be very limited information...you can only pack so much into an hour and a half lecture.

Yes. A friend of mine bought some DVD's, and they were excellent. It all depends what you want, I got a lot out of the dynamic DVD's, but not as much from the modelling DVD's, as I knew most of it, but it's always interesting to see new techniques and little tricks which you may not know about.

You can pause and go back as many times as you need to as well; which you can't do in a lecture. If you can afford them, I highly recommend buying them- the ones you need that is.

-Grubwyrm

[malducin]

Wow!!!! Simply amazing!!!

This does beg the question, did he finish his assignment t Lucasfilm (strange because design still goes on well into postproduction) or did he do them in his spare time? Just curious ;-)

[robin]

Dudes - Feng Zhu asked my sister OUT !@@#!! :eek: :eek:

hehehehe :cool:

[???]

amen.

[MikeRhone]

Dude.... This info has mad my day.

Feng = best concept 2d guy ever.

...


ever...

m

[onlooker]

Feng didn't actually just join Gnomon. He has been teaching a class at the gnomon school for some time. He now has some new gnomon branded DVD's available from the Gnomon Workshop which is part of the Gnomon experience, but he has been a part of Gnomon for a some time.

Not to nit pick or anything. :)


I am getting these though.


For he was wondering about the value of Gnomon DVD's.

I have most of the Gnomon DVD's, and they are almost all worth more (in my mind) than the asking price for them.

You can learn a lot in 2 hrs of material.

I think it's Dynamics 2 where Alex Alvarez starts smoking out these 3 scenes in about a matter 2 minutes, then realizes out loud that "I'm moving kind of fast" it's so funny, but you get a good sense of what a Maya professional workflow should be like, and the material is all there. You'll need to watch those 2 minutes a few times to catch up to Alex. He can whip that sh*t out like crazy.

[bjoern]

this is sooo greaat :-))))

thanks
gnomon,Feng

[SPIDER2544]

oh god i think i just had an orgasim

im totaly bying those hes my favorite concept artist next to the dude who did the concepts for Metal Gear

[Titan]

I must have missed the price on these DVD's...does anyone know?

I will definately by them...I by tons of art books for inspiration and learning, Feng Zhu will be an awesome addition...I just wish Doug Chaing would do something similar....

[Orkman]

Character concepting DVD next! Character concepting DVD next!

:buttrock:

[pearson]

The discs are US$70 each.

[erilaz]

ooooohhhh... there goes my pay for this month...:D

[Sieb]

woohoo!! Fengs da man!

About damn time someone came out with how to concept stuff...

[Titan]

OUCH!!!...I think my wallet just ran and hid in the corner....lol
thats a little steep...but I'm sure they're worth it.
just not sure if I can get that one past the wife;)

[Array]

DEFINATELY picking up that bundle. Awesome work guys.

Now how long until some xsi training videos? :applause:

[Signal2Noise]

Feng's DVD set may be the very first Gnomon series I ever buy...:drool:

[DragonAngel]

Man, I just know when the time comes, they will sell out of these DVDs and I will be stuck without any. Can we not pre-order these?

By the way, I have recently been looking into University and I have been showing the recruiters what I want to accomplish, in other words, I show them what Feng has done and tell them, this is how I want to draw, I want to become as good as the 'GOD' who made these sketches...... Most of them are quite perplexed... Hehehe

Enough said... I WANT THE DVDs.

Oh I can`t wait to see my girlfriend's face when she sees I moved both the TV and DVD player into the spare bedroom where my PC and drawing table are... Hehehe

[jum'bok]

oh my GOD they will be rich indeed. that's a brilliant idea. i've heard great things about the gnomon dvds but they're not worth much if you're not learning maya.

very very cool, i'm going to try and convince my boss to buy these for us bwahaha

[bentllama]

BUNDLE!!!!!:scream: :scream:

[pearson]

Titan - Same problem here. Maybe we could go in together on one and cut the disc in half, lol.

Man, with all this RIAA and DMCA stuff going on I wonder if its even legal to borrow a DVD from a friend anymore!:surprised

[eirenicon]

Originally posted by Signal to Noise
Feng's DVD set may be the very first Gnomon series I ever buy...:drool:

Feng's DVD set may be the very first DVDs I ever buy. I don't have a DVD player, but maybe if I put the DVDs under my pillow I'll absorb the knowledge through osmosis. Feng's just that good.

[lildragon]

Originally posted by jum'bok
oh my GOD they will be rich indeed. that's a brilliant idea. i've heard great things about the gnomon dvds but they're not worth much if you're not learning maya.


Actually I think that's why Alex has been branching out. Get the Gnomon dvds on Maquettes it'll blow your mind.

-lild

[show]

Hope we can see an Analog Bundle soon :)

[Dave Black]

They just came out with the only product I'd buy without a thought. Well, exept for de-hydrated Ninjas...But I digress.

Thanks for plug'n this one Lil'D! Would have gotten past my radar if not.

Sign me up!

-3DZ

:D

[TMortan]

It’s going to be hard to pick up just one DVD at a time...

DVD’s, Food... decisions decisions

[rottle]

Its a shame i dont have money, and that will cost much more than i can afford, but boy are those dvds something that i actually want to purchase

[Omita]

Originally posted by pearson
Has anybody actually bought one of Gnomon's DVDs before? Are they any good? I mean it's a lot cheaper than taking the class, but there must be very limited information...you can only pack so much into an hour and a half lecture.

The Gnomon DVD are worth every penny... I learned from theDVD then I did at a $5000 Maya certified training class. Plus, you can watch the DVD's over again... at a class you just have your noted.

Worth every penny IMO.

=Omita

[MaDSheeP]

I am going through Drawing Fundamentals right now, and we are covering this exact subject... i am kinda stuggling through it also, I just need to get my head wrapped around it...

these dvd's will be incredible.. I can't wait to order mine

[jum'bok]

Originally posted by lildragon
Actually I think that's why Alex has been branching out. Get the Gnomon dvds on Maquettes it'll blow your mind.

-lild

i didn't mean to say having only maya stuff to start with is bad btw, it makes perfect sense to teach maya when so many people are using it now or realizing they need to learn it. some day i'll take advantage of them as well i'm sure, just no time to learn maya at the moment, and no money besides heh.

i'll definitely add the maquettes dvd to my todo list though, seems like a very interesting subject.

[butchoi]

:beer:
This is so goooddddd!

I love u Gnomon...:applause:

[Ionized]

No character DVD I noticed. I guess he is stronger in the other areas, but I still like a lot of his character designs. Oh well.

[dave_baer]

Originally posted by Omita
The Gnomon DVD are worth every penny... I learned from theDVD then I did at a $5000 Maya certified training class. Plus, you can watch the DVD's over again... at a class you just have your noted.

Worth every penny IMO.

=Omita

So true. I guess I should have waited a few years before spending $50k+ on a degree. :thumbsdow

[Rezz]

man this should be awesome

I taken a class with feng and he's great. well looks like its couch scrounging time cuz those DVD's should be worth it.

granted he wont talk about random stuff while drawing though T__T but if your in LA pay the extra bucks to take his class. Its well worth it.

Lets see a dvd by Mark Goerner next!

[hanzo]

:beer: yay for da Feng.... :thumbsup: :cool:

[alex_m1s1n_user]

cgtalk should get payed for giving such publicity ;) beacause it surly impressed me and im going to buy 2 of them definatly
:applause:

[off-center]

yeah baby :buttrock:

definitly going to get those dvd's

[NightFox]

I think everyone's gonna have to get more than one set of Feng's DVD's... they'll have their players burning holes thru them from playing them so much. :-)

Would have been awesome to see him do a specific character sketching DVD, that would have made my decade.

I'm probably gonna get at least Sketching so I can learn a new style and adapt.


YAY!!!

I repeat..

YAY!!!

:buttrock: :applause:

[Kaiser_Sose]

Originally posted by onlooker

I think it's Dynamics 2 where Alex Alvarez starts smoking out these 3 scenes in about a matter 2 minutes, then realizes out loud that "I'm moving kind of fast" it's so funny, but you get a good sense of what a Maya professional workflow should be like, and the material is all there. You'll need to watch those 2 minutes a few times to catch up to Alex. He can whip that sh*t out like crazy.

Hes like a freakin machine, I tell ya

I didnt get that sense, where about is it ...

[Renzsu]

Oooookkkkk!!! I guess I just found myself a nice birthday present :beer:

[kiko3d]

Do you know if I can watch them in my regular cd-rom? Or do I have to buy a dvd. Well actually I have a dvd but not in the computer, so I could watch them anyway. But it would be really cool to watch them in my computer.

[Barbas]

Well with a dvd-rom at 50$ and a combo 48x16x48 CR-RW/DVD -rom at 90$ it's really not that much trouble...

[Kid-Mesh]

Someone point me to a SHOPPING CART!


Hurray!!!!:beer:

[endseason]

anyone have idea of how much is the shipping cost to europe (italy)?

[Array]

Originally posted by alex_m1s1n_user
cgtalk should get payed for giving such publicity ;) beacause it surly impressed me and im going to buy 2 of them definatly
:applause:

funny you should mention that:

http://www.cgnetworks.com/story.php?story_id=1325

[Giant]

Nice...my birthday is next week..perfect timing. Woot!

word

Giant

[adeptus minor]

by the way I think they are $45 for students that is how much I have been paying for them. Better place you pre-orders now before they disapear. If they are any questions on Gnomons tittles let me just say that I am a total dweeb when it comes to 3D I really need help (no really I DO!) but after the first one I watched I was busten out some interesting stuff the rest is history. Since most of us cant afford $1600 a class this is our only alternative.

SIMPSONS RULE!!

[cerreto]

Ill send a money order today for all of them but id like to know if theres a bundle deal and if i send money today i wont have to wait months for backed up ordering maybe alex will let us know


Trav

[RKanyama]

This will be money well spent indeed. I am so ready to get these. Hey, since they come out on my Birthday, I should get a super deal right? Nahhhhh.

Cheers,

[baby]

yeah bundle with special price would be cool...

[Gkaine]

wow i want to buy these :drool:

[chrislee8]

in gnomon site, Feng's DVD falls into the category of Analog. what does that mean?

does the DVD has all the video tutorial or just audio tutorial?

thanks

[phoenix]

good .......love these dvd i am going to order them this week:D

[Stejahen]

So do these assume some drawing ability? Are there any good books on concept design specifically? Are there drawing books that would be helpful?

[AlexAlvarez]

Hi everyone...

I'm thrilled to see such enthusiasm over Feng's DVDs... they are super cool and I think you'll all dig them. The image quality is super crisp, so you can really see all the details in his work.

chrislee8: Analog refers to the fact that the DVDs cover traditional media. At Gnomon we offer 'digital' and 'analog' courses... that's how we chose to distinguish them in our brochure, etc.

Bundles... we will offer an 'Analog' bundle on September 29th that will include the sculpture DVDs and concept design DVDs.

As far as pricing goes, they will be $69/each. If you are student you get a 29% discount which brings the price to $49. The Analog bundle will have a 10% discount... and if you're a student you get 29% on top of that. :)


Alex

[cerreto]

Thanks or replying Alex any chance i can mail you some money now to pre order them for there release and do you expect any delays ?



also I would need the codes for the mail in sheet i guess as well if so

[Krypton]

Will you be offering a bundle of just the Feng DVD's without the sculpture?

[AlexAlvarez]

Feng only bundle... perhaps in the future, but there are no immediate plans.


Alex

[cerreto]

fine ignore me (teasing)

[AlexAlvarez]

oops, sorry.

Nope, we don't take pre-orders... if you're worried about them selling out, then I'd recommend ordering on the release date... but even if they do sell out quickly, we would get more made. :)

Alex

[cerreto]

no prob thanks for answering! i was geting ready to buy a few hundred bucks on books figured id just pre order them if i could before i did.

One thing i would be curious to know is if you had any future plans of contacting mullins or a few others in the field that im sure many of us would be intersted in seeing workflows on ?

[endseason]

pls shipping cost to europe?

[ajouvenat]

Holy Crap these are sweet looking! Hopefully I'll have enough left over after getting the polygonal modelind dvds to get atleast one of these!

Rock on Gnomon!

-Aaron

[AlexAlvarez]

shipping costs vary depending on the carrier you choose, etc... our ordering system will give you this info online when you are placing an order.

as far as other artist's DVDs go... if Feng's sell well, then we will continue to make more Analog titles... :)

[Array]

Originally posted by A.Alvarez
shipping costs vary depending on the carrier you choose, etc... our ordering system will give you this info online when you are placing an order.

as far as other artist's DVDs go... if Feng's sell well, then we will continue to make more Analog titles... :)

xsi plsease :applause:

[Ariel]

HI Alex, just a suggestion,

I think a series of character concept DVDs by Kevin Chen (touching points on anatomy as well as design issues) would be of incredible value to most cg artists.

Keep up the great work. I just bought John Brown's DVDs last week and the production quality and instruction are incredible :thumbsup:

[sixtyten]

I know most of don't care, but I feel compelled to point out that feng (as talented as he may be) is not a conceptual artist, as the subject of the thread suggets. He is a concept artist.

there is a big and very important difference.

ok you can continue massageing Gnomons collective ego.;)

[MaDSheeP]

i will be ordering all 4 bright and early the 29th, i get out of my psychology class at 10:50 and i am bolting to the library computers to order them...

Thanks Gnomon!!

[belail]

Originally posted by A.Alvarez
Bundles... we will offer an 'Analog' bundle on September 29th that will include the sculpture DVDs and concept design DVDs.

Aw nuts, I already bought the sculpture ones. No discount for me then. A lot of other stuff I was planning on buying is going to have to wait now (sorry scanner).

Seriously though, have you guys ever considered placing clips from the dvds in the store to go with the screen shots? Okay, so I'm only asking because the two week wait for delivey on top of the ten days I have to wait for this to come is going to be unbearable (and the US is almost a day behind Australia on top of that).

Yeah, I've been hoping for these for a while. :p

[onlooker]

Originally posted by Kaiser_Sose
Hes like a freakin machine, I tell ya

I didnt get that sense, where about is it ...

It might not have been dynamics 2 it could have been a different one. It had to be somewhere in the first 3, or 4 DVD's for sure, but it makes me chuckle just thinking about it. Your right though. He is like freakin machine.:beer:

[MaDSheeP]

pow, got mine on order... I can't wait!!! =)

[belail]

That was pretty wierd. I checked the site and it still only had them as coming soon so I decided I'd go to the bank and transfer the money into my credit card while I was in the city so I could order them tomorrow. I walk out, come back and find them ready to go. No complaints from me, except for the waiting...and the unpredictable exchange rate...and the fact that I had to order all four at once...'cause I'm weak.

[Dave Black]

Ordered mine....

Can't wait! Feng in my living room...the dream has come true...er....yeah.

-3DZ

:D

[madmanmagic]

Yipee!

Bring it on baby!

Ouch, I hurt myself.

[kwshipman]

Originally posted by A.Alvarez
As far as pricing goes, they will be $69/each. If you are student you get a 29% discount which brings the price to $49. The Analog bundle will have a 10% discount... and if you're a student you get 29% on top of that. :)


Alex

Does this apply to any student, or just Gnomon students?
What do you know I found the answer on the FAQ page.
http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/academic.html
for anyone else that want to see it

i]Originally posted by 3DZealot [/i]
Can't wait! Feng in my living room...the dream has come true...er....yeah.


:surprised

I was going to have some smartass comment for you but they all sounded dirty, like do I need to get out the hose, or do I need to sprey you down or somehthing like that:shrug:

[Dave Black]

I'll pretend you actually had a smart/funny comment regarding my post and will do my best to act embarrassed.

:blush:

-3DZ

:D

[Renzsu]

LOL!!! I actually think CG Talk is the cause of the Gnomon Webshop being overloaded hhaha :beer:


err.. crap, this means I have to wait to get my order out of the door... :thumbsdow

[Chris Antonelle]

hey guys - i have a question that is not addressed on the site

i am a member of the art students league in new york- which is a school...sort of...but more of a league than a college
i have an i.d. and everything...sooo

am i still eligible for the student discount?

[Dave Black]

Got my DVDs today, and am watching while I type this.

They are absolutely fantastic!!! I've learned more in 5 minutes with Feng than in 6 months of study on my own.

Gnomon, thank you a hundred fold for providing such a wonderful product. I feel like a kid on christmas.

The production values are great, and Feng is a great teacher. I'm...beside myself...or something.

-3DZ

:D

[belail]

3DZealot, could you possible give an overview of what each of the dvds are like? Sort of like a mini-review. I should be getting mine sometime next week but I'm still pretty keen to find out any info about them (mainly because I'm incredibley impatient. I swear, I've never hoped a weekend would be over as quickly as the one that's coming up).

[sforsyth]

I'd love to get my hands on the sculpture DVDs, but am wondering if they are all region 1 or 2? Anyone know?

Man, 45 dollars shipping to Ireland seems excessive, even 23 dollars for slow delivery seems a bit much for a single DVD, you guys in the States must really get screwed by your postal service or something...

Anyway, back to the question, anyone know if these are region free or just region 1 or anything?

[belail]

The two sculpture dvds I have are region 0 and I'm fairly certain the rest of the Gnomon stuff is as well.

[Dave Black]

Ok, first off, the DVDs are 100% region 0(zero). It's actually a bullet point on the box.

belail:

I ordered only 2 of the set to see if I liked them before I bought the rest.

I got the "Quick Sketching" and "Drawing Vehicles" DVDs.

They are both really great.

In the "Quick Sketching" DVD, Feng goes over the tools, how they work, and pointers on what to buy. Actually really usefull stuff. I was afraid that it was going to be just a dvd of him making cool stuff and not really explaining it. I was happy to find that he went above and beyond the call of duty. He actually was giving pointers and tips throughout that were just gold. There is a bonus section in the this one that has him showing you drawing exercises designed to warm yourself up before drawing. I mean, he even shows you how to make straight lines without a ruler, and goes through the best ways to freehand elipses. It's awsome. He also shows how to use lineweight effectivley, and also how to do marker rendering. Actually, it's just totally packed with amazing info.

The second DVD was "Drawing Vehicles". This one has a bonus section talking about all the tools he uses in depth, how to save money buying them, and which ones work together. Then there's a section on drawing thumbnails, and then creating the vehicles you design. He takes you through 2 vehicles from start to finish, including inking and marker rendering. My only gripe with this DVD, is that he was using too light of a marker to setup his perspective and "Draw Through" lines. They did'nt appear at all on my TV, and it was the whole reason I bought the DVD. I'm going to try watching that one on my computer, though, as my TV is pretty old. Other than that, it was awsome!

If you have any questions, let me know. I learned soooo much. I finally get the "Feng Way". Very happy with my purchases. I think I'll be getting the rest of the set.

-3DZ

:D

[Dave Black]

After watching the Vehicle one on my laptop, I can actually see the very light marker lines that were gone on my TV.

Just to let you know.

-3DZ

:D

[MaDSheeP]

i haven't watched the environment sketching, but the digital paining is by far my favorite, and i have only watched half...

watching him go in photoshop is just incredible, and you learn so much!

these DVD's are outstanding, i hope they plan to make more!

Hey Alex, was the demand for these what you expected?

or did we do good and blow away your expectations? :)

[sforsyth]

Region 0, that's great. If only they were all like that...
Think I'll be picking up the sculpture ones then. How are they belail? Anyone else seen them? I was thinking especially of getting the second one.

[RKanyama]

Originally posted by 3DZealot
Got my DVDs today, and am watching while I type this.

They are absolutely fantastic!!! I've learned more in 5 minutes with Feng than in 6 months of study on my own.


:D

I feel the same way!!!! I purchased DVD's 2 and 3 (Sketching Environments and Quick Sketching) There's even a cameo of a lady bug in one. LOL

These are great DVD's indeed!

-Ron K.

[madmanmagic]

I am lucky enough to have all four of Feng DVDs as well as ALL of the Gnomon DVDs.

I watch one everyday, or at least try to.

I would really like to see more actual MAYA hands on DVDs though.

For those of us who went to Art School already these analog tapes are not as necessary.

What you can't get out there [by this I mean, Certified Alias training and user groups] - is the quality and in depth MAYA training that has been offered on the Gnomon DVDs.

The Feng dvds are great and so are John Brown scupting ones, but I for one need MORE MAYA PLEASE!

-dan

[Richie_P]

does anyone have anymore review of these dvds im thinking of splashing out on them, and wanna know if there good for a beginners level? anyone?

[CGmonkey]

Originally posted by Richie_P
does anyone have anymore review of these dvds im thinking of splashing out on them, and wanna know if there good for a beginners level? anyone?

They are aimed for beginners (the first ones must be though or something is very strange (if nothing is said otherwise that is)).

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