Concept Art Essentials - Tutorial collection

Tutorial / 27 October 2020


Hello everyone,

5 Concept art essentials volumes have been ready for release for quite a while now but since we are busy with the Hard-surface collection at the moment we haven't had time to prepare standalone releases and presentation for each volume, so we have decided to release it as a collection, 12 volumes in total, 8 that you get today and 4 more on the way that should be ready at the end of this year or very early next year.

More Images & DL - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/PoEzl3

If you bought volume 1-3 before this.

Although when purchasing the collection you get 12 volumes for the price of 10, it can feel weird having to purchase something that includes something you already own, so for a limited time we will offer a $5 discount on every volume you already own, so if you for example already own all 3 previously released volumes you get $15 off on the collection. To get the code please send me an Email / Artstation PM / Discord PM, with the following info depending on where you bought them.

Artstation - Order ID or anything else that proves your purchase.
Gumroad - Your Gumroad account email.

Please include the amount of volumes you own.

This offer will only be available for a limited time.

Send to

Mail: jrotools.info@gmail.com
Artsation PM: https://www.artstation.com/jronn
Discord: https://discord.gg/R3EGuYD







Free Reference Samples

General / 25 August 2020

Hello everyone

We have added free samples for some of our reference products please check them out.

Ref Pack - Japan Traditional Vol.1 - https://artstn.co/m/x6J
Ref Pack - HardSurface Details Vol.1 - https://artstn.co/m/y7j2
Ref Pack - Rocks & Mountains Vol.1 - https://artstn.co/m/noBB
Ref Pack - Japanese Streets Vol.1 - https://artstn.co/m/1noY

JROTools - Summer Sale 30-60% OFF

General / 11 August 2020


Hello everyone, time for this years summer sale.

Store Links

Artstation - https://www.artstation.com/jronn/store 
Gumroad - http://bit.ly/Jrotools

30% OFF

For 30% use these codes on checkout for purchases under $20

Artstation - SUMMERSALE30
Gumroad - summersale30

50-60% OFF

For 50-60% off you will need to have the intention to buy for at least $20 worth of products based on the original price, to get the code send us an email to jrotools.info@gmail.com or message me on Artstation with Summer sale as the subject, first 100 people get 60% off after that 50%.

Support us

If you find our products helpful please consider supporting us by rating and reviewing our products on either Artstation or Gumroad, it helps a lot and is a great way to further support the development of future products.

To rate and review go to your accounts product library and click the product you want to review.

Community

If you need help or want a place to interact with other artists.
Discord - https://discord.gg/R3EGuYD

Subscribe to our Youtube channel for video previews and free tutorials.
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/jrotools


Hard-Surface Kitbash Vol.1

General / 30 June 2020




First update to Hard-Surface Kitbash Vol.1 has been released, This product is included in the Hard-Surface Collection, so if you are a collection owner you can go to your Gumroad or Artstation library and download it right away.

More images & DL - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/48b5N1 

This product is currently only available for the Hard-Surface Collection, a standalone version will be released at a later date


Hard-Surface Kitbash

I'm a regular user of kitbash products but most products tend to have these problems.

Overly detailed - For some this might be a plus, but in production I see this as something that stops me from using the parts due to not fitting the style or being too hard to customize and personalize.

Bad topology - Very often are kitbash parts not subdividable and are mainly meant to be background filler objects. Because of the overly detailed nature of most kitbash products they also often have very high poly counts.

Not UV Mapped - Usually parts are never uv mapped and due to the reasons above it's understandable.


So my goal with this product and future kitbash products in this series are the following.

Clean/Simple - Most of the parts in this series will be very simple and stays away from details that standout too much. instead you can use Add-on parts which is a category of parts that you can put on surfaces, adding details to where you want them to make your designs more personal. Another good way to make use of the empty space is to use alphas/brushes to further develop your design.

Midpoly/Subdiv - All products comes as midpoly, meaning you can use them as they are, 1k - 30k tris per part. All parts have support edges and looks correct with fully soft/smoothed normals. All parts are also subdividable for when you are looking for a more detailed result.

UV maps - All parts have uv maps which makes life easier in every way.

Customization - It's not always a part fits perfectly the way it is, and because of the low polycount and clean topology it's very easy to customize these parts, we have also left most middle edge loops so users can easily customize and mirror parts when needed.I

hope you try them out and give us some feedback or part requests.

To join the discussions join us on our Discord - https://discord.gg/R3EGuYD

More images & DL - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/48b5N1 



Weapons & Military References Vol.3 & 4

General / 05 May 2020

I have added two new Weapons & Military reference volumes with 1000+ images, and for the first 24 hours the price is $3 per volume.

Weapons & Military References Vol.3

Gumroad - https://gum.co/IzxLN
Artstation - https://jrotools.com/store/Rjnd/ref-pack-weapons-military-vol-3

Weapons & Military References Vol.4

Gumroad - https://gum.co/TncEi
Artstation - https://jrotools.com/store/G96z/ref-pack-weapons-military-vol-4

JROTools - Stay Home Sale 30% - 70% OFF

General / 02 April 2020



With the current situation I guess many of us are hunkered down at our computers so why not start a new project or learn something new, to help out all of our products on Gumroad and Artstation is now 30% off and some selected products is 70% off for a limited time. If possible spread the word.

70% OFF

Hard-Surface Alphas Vol.2

Gumroad - https://gumroad.com/l/EpjJ/stayhome70
Artstation - https://jrotools.com/store/Bn5/zbrush-sp-390-hardsurface-alphas-vol-2

Ref Pack - Japanese Streets Vol.1

Gumroad - https://gumroad.com/l/QpbU/stayhome70
Artstation - https://jrotools.com/store/1noY/ref-pack-japanese-streets-vol-1

Ref Pack - Japan Traditional Vol.1

Gumroad - https://gumroad.com/l/tJDE/stayhome70
Artstation - https://jrotools.com/store/x6J/ref-pack-japan-traditional-vol-1

Concept Masters Vol.4

Gumroad - https://gumroad.com/l/giGkI/stayhome70
Artstation - https://jrotools.com/store/gOvo/concept-masters-vol-4

Ornament Brushes/Alphas Vol.1

Gumroad - https://gumroad.com/l/HWrA/stayhome70
Artstation - https://jrotools.com/store/X5/zbrush-sp-55-ornament-brushes-alphas-vol-1

ZBrush Masters Vol.1

Gumroad - https://gumroad.com/l/mwusS/stayhome70
Artstation - https://jrotools.com/store/gyq/zbrush-masters-vol-1

30% OFF

Artstation - https://jrotools.com/store 
Gumroad - https://gumroad.com/environmentdesign 

For Gumroad use the code: stayhome

Discord Community

If you want some company or if you are looking for feedback on your project come join our Discord community
Discord - https://discord.gg/R3EGuYD 

JROTools - New products & Collection update

News / 28 January 2020


I have added two new Reference packs, Weapons & Military Vol.1 and Vol.2, Photos by Radu Moraru.

As you may have noticed there has been a lack of updates to the collection since the new year started and to make up for it a little I'm adding these two packs as a bonus for all Hard-Surface Collection owners, it will only be available for a week so if you want them please download them right away, also if you buy the collection before the bonus products gets removed you will be able to download them as well.

Hard-Surface Collection - https://gum.co/mMNJa
Weapons & Military Vol.1 - https://gum.co/GhrJO
Weapons & Military Vol.2 - https://gum.co/zYXSf

For questions and discussions join the JROTools Discord
https://discord.gg/R3EGuYD


  

Winter Sale 30-50% OFF

News / 23 December 2019


That time of the year again, this time up to 50% off on all JROTools products, I hope that everyone has a great new years
And let's work hard in 2020 as well.

30% OFF

30% off is Available on Gumroad, Arstation and FlippedNormals.
For Artstation and FlippedNormals the price has already been changed
For Gumroad please use the code winter at checkout.

Gumroad Store
Artstation Store
FlippedNormals Store

50% OFF

I offer 50% off for anyone that intends to buy for 20$ or more worth of products.
If you intend to do so send a mail to jrotools.info@gmail.com or message me on Discord.

Discord - https://discord.gg/R3EGuYD 

50% off is only available for Gumroad.

Will be uploading more tutorials on Youtube in 2020, if interested consider subscribing.
JROTools Youtube



JROTools - Rocks & Mountains Refs

News / 17 December 2019



I have released a set of 354 Images taken from various locations in Italy, Austria and Norway. For a limited time you can get it for $4.

Buy on Gumroad - https://gum.co/NTARe
Buy on Artstation - https://jrotools.com/store

Free tutorials & videos on Youtube

I'm looking to start releasing more free content on Youtube in the close future, to show interest and to get notified please subscribe to the channel.

JROTools Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/JROTools


  

Ref Pack - HardSurface Details Vol.1

News / 20 November 2019



Ref Pack - HardSurface Details Vol.1 has been released for the hard-surface collection as well as a standalone product download it on Artstation or Gumroad 

Content

- 368 high quality jpeg images
- 482 cropped detail images.
- photo resolution 45.7MP (8256 x 5504) & 50% downsized (4128 x 2752)

Gumroad - https://gum.co/LXHfz
Artstation - https://jrotools.com/store
Hard-Surface Collection - http://bit.ly/HSC04

JROTools Users Collab

I have been brainstorming about how to reward and give easier product access to loyal customers while still having the store profit from it.

And I have decided to try something out, through this collab JROTools product users will be able to get discounts as well as free access to our whole library of current and future products.

Please read about it here - Read More

If the interest is low I might go back to the drawing board so if you do have an interest feel free to reach out through Discord or Facebook.

Discord - https://discord.gg/R3EGuYD