Concept Cookie and Gallery Feature – This Friday

by Wes Burke

We have been talking about this site for what seems like over a year already, but we finally have the right pieces and right people involved to kick it out of the nest…!

Concept Cookie has a time slot:


This Friday Concept Cookie will be going live on the network with some fresh content and some fantastic new features to the CG Cookie network in tow. As we make sure the site is full of gas before we launch, we just opened up Concept Cookie’s Facebook page to get ready for the pre-launch online party. ;)

Why are we telling you this now?

During the launch of the new site, we will be pulling down all the sites to push over the new gallery feature that is detailed below. We don’t want too many of you taken off guard, but of course we will have the tinychat.com/cgcookie live stream of the office going. :)

All new likes of the Concept Cookie page receive a free skin brush set for photoshop.

We also created a Facebook Event for the launch.

Be sure to join us this Friday on http://tinychat.com/cgcookie to see live streaming of the office during launch, our overly tired faces and us consuming a lot of coffee. You may even see a chest bump after the site goes live, or stupid office tricks.

What will Concept Cookie be covering?

The main focus of Concept cookie is to provide video education covering the basics and advanced topics of conceptual art and problem solving. We are going to be introducing Timelapse videos to watch, downloadable brush packs and some great interviews are also lined up. Below is a glimpse at some of the roughly scheduled tutorial:

  1. Creating an Environment in GIMP
  2. Working with One, Two and Three Point Perspective
  3. Painting an Eye in GIMP
  4. Drawing and Painting a Character in Photoshop
  5. Creating Skin Brushes for Photoshop
  6. Character Painting Time-lapse

Looking for Concept Instructors

With a new site we are looking for some well motivated concept art instructors. If you are interested we have our application here.

Upcoming feature: Gallery Update.

It wasn’t long after we launched the new 3.0 site that we started to see a flood of images being submitted on tutorials. Admittedly some of these were not related to the tutorial, but we sensed that artists wanted a place to show off what the software can do, and spread it around.

So, a few weeks later, some late nights and dancing with a bit of logic. We are please to announce the new “Network Gallery” feature to Cg Cookie. I won’t speak on it too much, but we do have an overview video on our Facebook page.. Muahah very sneaky on the marketing ploy I know.. But give it a look and we think you will like it. Of course if you don’t like it, instead of cursing at us, shoot us a note via support(at)cgcookie.com on how we can improve it or other features to add. I assure you the functionality of the site and this particular feature will continue to grow as the site does.. enabled by you.

Wait.. aren’t you guys pretty darn swamped with the existing sites and studio?

Answer: @#$@# yes.

Wes and Jonathan are hoping to see their families soon. So this is why we brought on Tim Von Rueden as the Site Lead for Concept Cookie. Tim will be heading up the main site, comments, posts and making sure some sexy Conception is happening. ;)

So hope you enjoy the new addition to the family and look forward to seeing you guys on Tiny Chat this Friday.

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Discussion

38 Responses to “Concept Cookie and Gallery Feature – This Friday”
  1. Jason Lysinger
    Posts: 1

    Looking forward to this. Great job guys!

    #1 Oct 5, 2011 at 4:33 pm
  2. Mr Tomado
    Posts: 1

    And hence, on the CG Cookie network, the Photoshop vs. GIMP battle begins.

    #2 Oct 5, 2011 at 4:36 pm
  3. Bernard Hugueville
    Posts: 3

    GREAT! Looking forward to discovering the new site and features.

    #3 Oct 5, 2011 at 4:39 pm
  4. thiago kolb
    Posts: 5

    Waiting Concept Cookie !!!!!

    :D

    #4 Oct 5, 2011 at 4:44 pm
  5. hawkeye134
    Posts: 2

    ‘we started to see a flood of images being submitted on tutorials. Admittedly some of these were not related to the tutorial’ I think that may be my fault on the Maxcookie side of things lol. But hey its a great site and I’m glad its going to have its own gallery option :) nice one Wes!

    #5 Oct 5, 2011 at 4:46 pm
    • Wes Burke
      Posts: 33

      Hah – All good. Inspired us to create a full gallery. ;)

      #5.1 Oct 5, 2011 at 5:11 pm
  6. bob anymouse
    Posts: 2

    Do the brushes work with gimp?

    #6 Oct 5, 2011 at 5:10 pm
    • Jonathan Williamson
      Posts: 21

      Not currently but we will be releasing GIMP brush packs too :)

      -Jonathan

      #6.1 Oct 5, 2011 at 5:20 pm
      • bob anymouse
        Posts: 2

        Great, do I have to like the face book page to get it, once you have a pack ready?

        #6.1.1 Oct 6, 2011 at 5:42 pm
    • Rod Beasley
      Posts: 4

      There is a way of converting to gimp. I will source the tutorial and post it for you to view. The foundation for the tutorial is the use of an abr brush viewer. I will get back to you on that one.

      #6.2 Oct 7, 2011 at 7:07 am
    • Rod Beasley
      Posts: 4

      There is a link to a conversion tutorial near the bottom of the page. Many may find this very useful, I hope it helps.

      #6.3 Oct 7, 2011 at 7:13 am
  7. Richard Damian
    Posts: 1

    You guys have the best Blender tutorials bar none.

    #7 Oct 5, 2011 at 5:37 pm
  8. Lactose the Intolerant
    Posts: 1

    This is actually a great idea. I’ve always used other people’s concept art when making models with blender, but I’m looking forward to learn how to make that concept art myself in the near future.

    #8 Oct 5, 2011 at 6:48 pm
  9. David Jaquay
    Posts: 1

    Gotta request some really basic stuff. To get more comfortable with my tablet and with Gimp, and the basics of digital art. But with the basic stuff you’ve done with Blender, I’m confident and excited to see what you do!

    #9 Oct 5, 2011 at 7:30 pm
  10. sid350
    Posts: 1

    It’s really great idea!

    #10 Oct 5, 2011 at 7:50 pm
  11. Will Koehler
    Posts: 1

    When I was first picking up blender to pursue my passions, blender cookie was there! Almost every day since I’ve been checking for new tutorials, seeking to further my knowledge in this field I love so much. Recently I started fooling around in GIMP and other similar programs, it seems like fate that you guys would swoop in and once again astound me by bringing me education for my passion. I am so grateful for what your sites have done for me, I can’t wait for Concept Cookie :D !

    #11 Oct 5, 2011 at 8:20 pm
  12. Jonathan Van Hook
    Posts: 1

    I agree! This is amazing. I only wish my citizen subscription didn’t just expire. :P

    #12 Oct 5, 2011 at 8:29 pm
  13. beowulf71
    Posts: 1

    Awesome news!

    #13 Oct 5, 2011 at 9:08 pm
  14. d j
    Posts: 1

    do the brushes work w/ anything else

    #14 Oct 5, 2011 at 10:00 pm
    • Jonathan Williamson
      Posts: 21

      Not at the moment but we will also be releasing a generic brush pack and a GIMP brush pack!

      -Jonathan

      #14.1 Oct 6, 2011 at 9:01 am
  15. Tom
    Posts: 1

    Very cool! I’ll be ordering a wacom tablet soon. I’m looking forward to the launch!

    #15 Oct 6, 2011 at 2:13 am
  16. Antonio Vazquez
    Posts: 7

    The concept art is something that I was waiting for! Good job! Are you thinking to add tutorials about Adobe Illustrator?

    #16 Oct 6, 2011 at 3:34 am
    • Jonathan Williamson
      Posts: 21

      It’s possible but probably not. There are already a huge number of resources out there for Illustrator and it’s not quite what we’re looking to cover. We are more focused on the drawing and painting side of concept art.

      -Jonathan

      #16.1 Oct 6, 2011 at 9:01 am
  17. david street
    Posts: 2

    This sounds great, however I hope it dosen’t become Adobe Cookie. There is already a lot of PS content out there. It would be great to see more focus on open-source alternatives.

    #17 Oct 6, 2011 at 4:29 am
    • Jonathan Williamson
      Posts: 21

      Most definitely not! We are looking to cover any and all painting/drawing applications. Our hope is for it to be non-application specific and to cover a lot of different grounds. Some of the immediate ones we’ll be covering are GIMP, Alchemy, Photoshop, Pixelmator and MyPaint.

      -Jonathan

      #17.1 Oct 6, 2011 at 9:00 am
      • david street
        Posts: 2

        ;) Sounds fantastic, cant wait to see the Alchemy tutorials. That is a brilliant, if somewhat unusual piece of software.

        #17.1.1 Oct 6, 2011 at 1:04 pm
      • Rod Beasley
        Posts: 4

        I use Paint shop Pro, so will start seeing what I can dream up for those that use it. Not the greatest artist in the world but I am sure I can make some tutorials so users can integrate that software with blender.

        #17.1.2 Oct 7, 2011 at 7:12 am
  18. Debra Person
    Posts: 2

    Thank you. Wonderful site and the updates really put y’all over the top.

    #18 Oct 6, 2011 at 7:21 am
  19. Travis Bussey
    Posts: 1

    Really looking forward to the gimp tutorials.

    #19 Oct 6, 2011 at 7:44 am
  20. Ryan Summey
    Posts: 1

    Very awesome!

    #20 Oct 6, 2011 at 10:57 am
  21. Jeremy Burnett
    Posts: 1

    This is really cool. Another site to be bookmark. Yea!

    =)

    Great work guy’s keep it up.

    Jeremy

    #21 Oct 6, 2011 at 12:20 pm
  22. verticies
    Posts: 1

    idrawgirls on utube has quite a bit of concept art help if anyone wants to check it out. He has a site also :)

    #22 Oct 6, 2011 at 12:52 pm
  23. oldboy
    Posts: 1

    It doesn”t get any better than that :D

    #23 Oct 6, 2011 at 1:17 pm
  24. Stephen
    Posts: 1

    I don’t use de`facebook …. :x

    #24 Oct 6, 2011 at 2:19 pm
  25. Blutarsky
    Posts: 1

    well how the gosh do you get the skinpack if you do “like” the concept-cookie-facebook ? (as i did)

    #25 Oct 6, 2011 at 3:30 pm
  26. Rod Beasley
    Posts: 4

    For those that use Gimp open source, this page may be of use for converting photo shop brushes to work in Gimp. My software of choice is Paint shop Pro but Gimp is probably the Best open source paint program around.

    http://www.gimptalk.com/index.php?/topic/4273-tutorial-how-to-convert-photoshop-brushes-to-gimp/

    #26 Oct 7, 2011 at 7:10 am
  27. Glauco Mardano
    Posts: 1

    WEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeee. FINAAALLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. YAY.

    #27 Oct 22, 2011 at 12:50 pm

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