Liche Priest video tutorial

**daarken** · July 11th, 2009, 12:02 PM

Hey everyone! I still lurk on the site but it has been a really long time since I actually posted any of my own work.

On my free time I've been working on putting together a video tutorial of the Liche Priest I painted for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. This is the first video tutorial I've done and hopefully it won't be the last.

The actual painting time for this piece was around 8 hours. The video is only 55 minutes long and is split into 8 parts.

Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoy it!

Painting Demo: Liche Priest - Part 1-8

**Darkside** · July 11th, 2009, 12:28 PM

nice one, thanks for the vid, downloading now hehe

**napalm** · July 11th, 2009, 12:43 PM

Thanks for this tutorial!
especially when you are fan of the warhammer online concept arts!
waiting for the following ones

**Chane** · July 11th, 2009, 01:58 PM

How do you do it without sketching for on paper for example? Nice work....i really like it. Thanks.

**DARYL** · July 11th, 2009, 02:06 PM

loving it! awesome rendering and design. thanks for sharing your thoughts and process.

**zedkhov** · July 11th, 2009, 02:13 PM

UI love video tutorials, and I love warhammer artwork. So this is right up my alley. Thanks for taking the time to make the turorial. I would like to encourage you to do more as I would certainly check this out every chance i got.

**Anthis** · July 11th, 2009, 03:36 PM

Really really really really good video tuturial.

Everything covered - his whole thought process and execution. Concept and character design, use of color, methodology, work ethic, workflow. Effective use of layers, brushes, tools, as well as a load of tricks. Also tips on making effective concept art for video games.
And he explains the reasoning behind everything he does. Clear and thorough.

One big treasure chest of information. I learned A LOT. I'd advice this to anyone.

Thank you!

**Alex Chow** · July 11th, 2009, 03:42 PM

Worth every second of my time. I would have paid for this. It looks awesome and scary as well. I know I would focus fire on this guy if I met him in-game!

Thanks for the video.

**aaro_n** · July 11th, 2009, 05:34 PM

thank you tons, great job man! learned lots :d

**Cuervo** · July 11th, 2009, 05:49 PM

Learnin a bucket load mate, cheers for this!

**Rafal Dorsz** · July 11th, 2009, 07:16 PM

Thanks! Can't find words.. amazing!

**TheBullion24K** · July 11th, 2009, 10:46 PM

Nice stuff mate, how old are you? You look pretty young and that's cool that you're a concept artist from that assumption.

**Capprotti** · July 11th, 2009, 11:04 PM

Just finished watchin and am blown away and inspired as hell. Thanx so much for taking the time to put this together. I've dabbled in video tutorials and editing so I can only imagine how much work this was. And it was worth every minute. Thanx again!

**daarken** · July 11th, 2009, 11:06 PM

thebullion24k - haha, thanks! i am 28. i started working at mythic when i was 26.
gildorek - thanks!
cuervo - i am glad you found it helpful!
aaro_n - thanks!
alex chow - i appreciate it! ive always tried to offer all of my tutorials for free, and i will probably continue to do so for quite some time. if i ever come out with an actual dvd ill probably have to charge for it.
anthis - wow, that is a great review. i really appreciate all of your kind words
zedkhov - i have a bunch of ideas for the next tutorials, so stay tuned
daryl - no problem!
chane - yeah, i forgot to mention that in my tutorial. i actually never do any sketches or preliminary drawings. i always just kinda go for it.
napalm - thanks! yeah, there are so many great guys working there. i am glad to be a part of the team.
darkside - thanks!
capprotti - haha. yeah i never realized how much time it would take to put this thing together. i think the first 8 minutes of audio took me 1.5 hours to record. i kept having to redo it because i would get all tongue tied or not know what to say, or my neighbors would make noise and i could hear it in the background. it was a lot of fun though, i am looking forward to making the next one.

**Atlantis** · July 11th, 2009, 11:56 PM

I was a fan of the WHO concept art and your work; didn't know some of them were the same thing. Really instructive video; thanks v much for sharing it!

**MrSmith** · July 12th, 2009, 01:49 AM

thanks dude. always nice when people contribute videos.

**DENDROTTO** · July 12th, 2009, 04:47 AM

nice work.
thanks for that tuturial.

**Ian Barker** · July 12th, 2009, 10:23 AM

Great work man, your putting together that tutorial is very much appreciated!

**jimmydd7** · July 12th, 2009, 10:45 AM

nice tutorial!! good job!!

**Pelaxus** · July 12th, 2009, 10:51 AM

I salute You for this !!!

Many thanks for sharing... I'm stuck with my own piece right now so this is going to be a big help :-)

PS. You've been a real inspiration for me. Keep up the good work!

**Blinckk** · July 12th, 2009, 12:25 PM

Your work is amazing, and so is this tutorial! Just watched everything, and will watch it all again

!
Thank you very much for this, you are a great inspiration !

**ismo** · July 12th, 2009, 12:30 PM

Great tutorial, detailed and very well narrated. It's always great to see how the pros do things. Hope you find time to do more videos. Also I noticed there's some cool tutorials on your site as well. Thanks for sharing them.