Join concept art legends Paul Richards and Daryl Mandryk as they showcase complementary approaches to dark fantasy character design.

Paul has worked on properties such as Darksiders, the Halo franchise and Paragon. Daryl’s credits also include the Darksiders games, along with Star Wars, the Insomniac Spider-Man titles, Remnant 2 and more.

Paul’s sessions will teach you how to build an iconic female warrior with a bold silhouette, decisive shape language, and production-ready form that art directors can read at a glance. He’ll also share thoughts on idea development, using storytelling to scope projects for a clear sense of direction.

Right afterwards, Daryl will forge the villainess mini-boss with his own more maximalist take on these subjects. Additionally, he’ll focus on concepting with gameplay and encounter design in mind, and how to problem-solve within real production constraints.

Each will cover their workflows and design philosophies for both characters and their weapons, split across two sessions each. If time allows, they will also demonstrate targeted concept design passes on environments and props. Both guest instructors will field live questions directly from the audience for a truly interactive experience.

Attendees will get lifetime access to all session recordings, demos, brush packs and resources so they can follow along with the lessons at their leisure, along with exclusive access to our community Discord server.

Paul will guide you through designing a playable female warrior character, focusing on pushing creative ideas with critical thinking and effective project scoping. He'll demonstrate how to use the fundamentals of shape and form language to build striking silhouettes and memorable designs. You’ll learn how to create characters that feel both iconic and production-ready, with practical workflows that extend into weapon and prop design.

Daryl will design a witch miniboss, showing how to tackle production challenges while prioritizing gameplay. You’ll learn strategies for creating engaging characters with their weapons, abilities and animations in mind, and how to provide guidance to the game designers within real tangible production constraints.

4 sessions for the price of 3

Unlock your creative potential with legendary concept artist, industrial designer and Art Center instructor Lorin Wood, whose multi-decade career has included franchises such as Borderlands, Aliens and Sony’s Spider-Verse movies!

In this 4-day workshop, Lorin will be lecturing and demoing his professional workflows for a variety of different subjects, and answering questions live!

Each day can be purchased individually by subject, or purchased as a bundle at a discounted rate. Full-length recordings will be available for attendees, in addition to worksheets and resources so you can follow along with the lessons.

Additionally, Lorin is currently adapting his ArtCenter curriculum/experience into a full course for our platform, which will be available at a later date. For those interested, all purchases toward our webinars will be discounted from the price of our full course offerings.

Sign up today, as seating will be limited!