Tom Lepp is a concept artist and is currently working at Red River Collage as a teacher. He's worked on movies such as Avatar as a 3d artists UI motion graphics. Tom is skilled and proficient in many programs such as Unreal Engine, Unity, Maya, After Effects, and Photoshop. He has over ten years of experience in the industry as a professional artist.
Links to his work:
-ArtStation (https://www.artstation.com/artist/fusedbrain)
-LinkedIn (https://ca.linkedin.com/in/tomlepp)
Workshop Questions:
1.Develop a well-rounded open question about the presenter’s portfolio.
How different is it working for a Hollywood movie production company verses a video game company structure wise?
2.Develop a well-rounded open question about the presenter's industry pathway.
What lead to you working on the multi million dollar movie Avatar in 2009 when you were relatively new to the creative industry at the time?
3.Develop a well-rounded open question about the presenter's future/goals/dreams.
Is there a specific production industry such as indie film or video game that you wish work on after you finish teaching?
Reflection:
For this workshop we were asked to create robots using the block silhouette method, I decided to instead create various types of guns. Using inspiration from various sources such as Halo, Mass Effect, Boarderlands, and Red Dead Redemption, I was able to rough up a more diverse group of gun types. I have used this technique before but had more success by using the tips and tricks we learned during the workshop such as switching to a square brush. Another major tip I got for this workshop is how important it is to experiment with different shapes and forms. In the future I would like to test out this technique with 3d modeling software. I am very pleased with some of the concepts I created during this workshop.
