Gather around for the release of Nathan Fowkes' new book Designing Imaginative Environments: Creating locations and landscapes for concept art and illustration. 

This is the perfect opportunity to learn key insights into landscape design and ask questions directly to Nathan Fowkes. After the presentation you'll have the opportunity to get your books or prints signed by the artist.  

  PANEL / SIGNING DETAILS

• July 11th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM PT 
• Signing will begin at 7:00PM after the panel.
• Only 130 attendees will be admitted. 
• Seats are first come first serve. Please arrive 30 min prior to the event
• No Shikishi boards, sketchbooks, or blank papers
• No sketches
• Event exclusive merch purchased online can be picked up in person.
• All items must be purchased prior to queuing in the signing line.

  AVAILABLE MERCH FOR OPENING RECEPTION

• Prints
• Book

  ABOUT THE BOOK

 Designing Imaginative Environments: Creating locations and landscapes for concept art and illustration

This book offers a deep dive into designing imaginative environment art for the entertainment industry: using light, colour, composition, and perspective to create impactful landscapes and locations that immerse the viewer. With a mix of theory, tutorials, and insightful, often funny, anecdotes from his career across many high-profile studios, author-artist Nathan Fowkes makes this challenging subject accessible for artists of every skill level.

The discerning chapters inside include those on the environment-development process, the emotional language created by shapes and colours, and the design of landscapes, interior spaces, props, architecture, atmosphere, and weather. Nathan also takes readers step-by-step through his own successful process and demonstrates how to achieve the 'wow' factor that will make your work stand out. Most of the featured art has been created digitally by Nathan himself, with some examples sketched in pencil and paint. With a luxurious hardback finish and hundreds of inspiring full-colour artworks, Designing Imaginative Environments is an essential resource for any environment artist's shelf.

Nathan is a veteran industry-entertainment artist who made his break into the industry painting the backgrounds for animated DreamWorks classics such as The Prince of Egypt and The Road to El Dorado. He has since been key to the visual development of many major animations, including How to Train Your Dragon and the Shrek franchise. On top of his feature-film work, he gives regular guest lectures, teaches multiple popular Schoolism courses, exhibits his paintings in gallery shows, and is a sought-after consultant for numerous game studios, including Riot Games, Ubisoft, and Blizzard Entertainment.

  ABOUT THE ARTIST

Nathan Fowkes is a veteran industry-entertainment artist with 157K Instagram followers. Making his break into the industry painting the backgrounds for animated DreamWorks classics such as The Prince of Egypt and The Road to El Dorado, Nathan has since been key to the visual development of many major animations, including How to Train Your Dragon and the Shrek franchise. On top of his feature-film work, he gives regular guest lectures, teaches multiple popular Schoolism courses, exhibits his paintings in gallery shows, and is a sought-after consultant for numerous game studios, including Riot Games, Ubisoft, and Blizzard Entertainment. He is based in Los Angeles, California.