Unique Concept Design with Robbie Trevino
Price range: $300.00 through $850.00
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Learn how to create compelling designs in this 8-week class with Robbie Trevino. Robbie will break down the importance of doing something different and saying something interesting with your art. This class will cover Robbie’s design philosophy – how to create your own world, and make attention grabbing designs that fit within it and carry thematic weight.
We’ll cover:
• Design philosophy
• Designing with intent based on your goals
• Finding a unique voice
• Giving your designs context with worldbuilding
Date & Time: Saturdays at 2:00 PM Eastern starting Saturday May 17th, 2025
Skill level: Intermediate skill level.
Tiers: Receive feedback or spectate without homework feedback
Format: 4–5 hour live class each week with combination of lectures, demos, and feedback. Recordings are generally provided within a couple days of each live session.
Materials: Any digital or traditional mediums. Paintovers will be done digitally
All weeks will be a combination of lecture, demos and feedback.
Week 1: Design Philosophy and Design Breakdown: Unique shapes and visual languages. Extrapolating visual information from reference.
Week 2: Expanding on our designs and refining them.
Week 3: Unique Prop Design
Week 4: Unique Architecture = Unique Environment Design
Week 5: Unique Creature Design = Character Design
Week 6: Compiling all your designs into a final finished image.
Week 7: Refining your final image.
Week 8: Presenting final work for clients, Portfolio advice.
Description
Robbie Trevino is a concept Artist, Illustrator, and Art Director with 13 years experience. Based in Los Angeles, CA specializing in surreal and sci-fi creature and character design. I’ve created countless designs and illustrations for a number of clients including NetEase, Lucasfilm, Valve, ArenaNet, Netflix, Blur, Polygon Pictures, West Studio, Wizards of the Coast, Microsoft Studios, Mondo, 3D Total, Deadmua5, Smashing Pumpkins, Tool, Artstation and many more.
STUDENT EXPERIENCES
“I came into this class feeling stuck. I had just graduated from game development school, where I was solely focused on building my portfolio, without thinking as much about what I enjoy about art. It felt strange because I felt more creative than ever, yet everything I worked on seemed unsuccessful.
“Through this class, I learned that what’s more important than just getting hired is developing your artistic voice through your work. That’s when you start attracting the kind of jobs you want. By leaning into my inking style and creating more thoughtful designs, I think I’ve begun to discover what makes my art and world-building style unique.”
—Kelsey Haynes-Sunayama
“It was really inspiring to meet such great people with the same interests and the same tastes as I have. Every page of course materials Robbie prepared for us was incredibly useful and inspiring. I like the way he instills the love for beauty to students and I think it’s really important thing in skill growing. I can’t help but notice how Robbie helped us to generate new ideas to develop our worlds by good communication, but the very important moment is that every student kept their own voice and visual style. The course is very dense, every week we had completely new homework and in the end I have a lot of material to refine, but still it was interesting to look at familiar things in a new way in context of worldbuilding and it was important to cover every aspect of it.”
—Margo
STUDENT WORK
