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"[O]ffers a range of digital inspirations and techniques from some 25 professional artists. More than just a gallery of images, this features step-by-step techniques that beginners through intermediate users can easily follow, inspired by world computer graphics artists. Photography, computer and arts collections alike will relish this."---BookWatch
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Discover the tips, tricks and techniques that really work for concept artists, matte painters and animators. Compiled by the team at 3dtotal.com, "Digital Painting Techniques, Volume 1" offers digital inspiration with hands-on insight and techniques from professional digital artists. More than just a gallery book - within "Digital Painting Techniques" each artist has written a breakdown overview, with supporting imagery of how they made their piece of work. Beginner and intermediate digital artists will be inspired by the gallery style collection of the finest examples of digital painting from world renowned digital artists. Start your mentorship into the world of digital painting today with some of the greatest digital artists in the world and delve into professional digital painting techniques, such as speed painting, custom brush creation and matte painting. Develop your digital painting skills beyond the variety of free online digital painting tutorials and apply the most up to date techniques to your digital canvas with "Digital Painting Techniques for Animators". Mentor with some of the greatest digital artists in the world and delve into professional digital painting techniques, such as speed painting, custom brush creation and matte painting. Inspiration and technique in one digital painting book! Be inspired with a gallery style collection of the finest examples of digital painting from world renowned digital artists and explore the step by step tutorials that explain the digital painting techniques. Develop your digital painting skills beyond free digital painting tutorials and apply the most up to date techniques to your digital canvas with this complete guide to digital painting.
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44 of 45 people found the following review helpful
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Digital Painting Techniques is exactly what I'd hoped it would be, a book packed with practical and genuinely useful tips and tricks on how to paint in a natural media style within Photoshop.
It's densely illustrated in colour throughout with various artists demonstrating their preferred techniques. The layout and presentation is more like a magazine than reference book with shortish, easy to follow articles, showing not just how to create a brush [for example], but why you would want to do so and how it's used within the image. It's certainly not a rigid rule book and is more like someone informally passing on handy tips, rather than standing over your shoulder instructing you to do it the 'correct' way.
Although the book is generally laid out in a step-by-step format, it is not a how to use Photoshop (or how to paint) book. As such complete novices are likely to find this book goes over their heads. In fairness the assumption that the reader is already pretty familiar with Photoshop and drawing tablets is useful, as it means the book gets straight to the heart of the subject, rather than wasting half the book explaining menus and the like. Besides, if you're after a "How to use Photoshop" book there are plenty of books already available that will get you started, before moving onto this.
My only minor criticism would be that the some of the reference images are occasionally laid out in an counter intuitive sequence, other than that this is a excellent book on practical digital painting and is worth every penny.
It's densely illustrated in colour throughout with various artists demonstrating their preferred techniques. The layout and presentation is more like a magazine than reference book with shortish, easy to follow articles, showing not just how to create a brush [for example], but why you would want to do so and how it's used within the image. It's certainly not a rigid rule book and is more like someone informally passing on handy tips, rather than standing over your shoulder instructing you to do it the 'correct' way.
Although the book is generally laid out in a step-by-step format, it is not a how to use Photoshop (or how to paint) book. As such complete novices are likely to find this book goes over their heads. In fairness the assumption that the reader is already pretty familiar with Photoshop and drawing tablets is useful, as it means the book gets straight to the heart of the subject, rather than wasting half the book explaining menus and the like. Besides, if you're after a "How to use Photoshop" book there are plenty of books already available that will get you started, before moving onto this.
My only minor criticism would be that the some of the reference images are occasionally laid out in an counter intuitive sequence, other than that this is a excellent book on practical digital painting and is worth every penny.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Everything about this book is really close to perfect. Huge size with great illustrations. Amazingly well described and illustrated tutorials. The selection of artists is AMAZING!
The tutorials are well structured, the steps are well explained and there are plenty of steps. Even the basic tutorials that I am very familiar with, offered a lot of new and useful information.
There is only one minor point to improve. Sometimes the illustrations that go with the tutorials are not well numbered and they require a bit of thiking to figure them out. Once you've done it twice, though, you'll find them easily.
Even if the book comes without a CD with the resources, they are available from the website and, to be honest, the book is SO good that you will hardly need them.... you'll be well ready to create your own resources from moment go.
In a nutshell... buy this book... you shall not regret it!
The tutorials are well structured, the steps are well explained and there are plenty of steps. Even the basic tutorials that I am very familiar with, offered a lot of new and useful information.
There is only one minor point to improve. Sometimes the illustrations that go with the tutorials are not well numbered and they require a bit of thiking to figure them out. Once you've done it twice, though, you'll find them easily.
Even if the book comes without a CD with the resources, they are available from the website and, to be honest, the book is SO good that you will hardly need them.... you'll be well ready to create your own resources from moment go.
In a nutshell... buy this book... you shall not regret it!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'll start by saying that this book is not for the beginner. If you're new to Photoshop and digital painting in general, go for something more basic - crawl before you can walk and all. Then, when you're good enough, buy this book.
But let's suppose you're more like me: You know your way around Photoshop. You have a decent understanding of colour and light. You're interested in a more realistic style of painting but can't quite get the hang of it, the pictures look too flat, or somehow they don't 'pop'.
This book guides you through the process of painting, covering such topics as:
Custom Brushes
Speed Painting
Matte Painting
Creatures
Humans
Environments
Sci-fi and fantasy
...So something for everyone, basically. All of it is beautifully laid out with detailed explanations, plenty of full-colour pictures, and links to any resources you might need. Just looking at this thing makes me want to paint. As soon as I've got the hang of everything here I'll be buying volume 2 as well.
But let's suppose you're more like me: You know your way around Photoshop. You have a decent understanding of colour and light. You're interested in a more realistic style of painting but can't quite get the hang of it, the pictures look too flat, or somehow they don't 'pop'.
This book guides you through the process of painting, covering such topics as:
Custom Brushes
Speed Painting
Matte Painting
Creatures
Humans
Environments
Sci-fi and fantasy
...So something for everyone, basically. All of it is beautifully laid out with detailed explanations, plenty of full-colour pictures, and links to any resources you might need. Just looking at this thing makes me want to paint. As soon as I've got the hang of everything here I'll be buying volume 2 as well.
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Published 7 months ago by Ryan
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I have only recently entered into the field of digital art and after seeing this book it seemed like a must have purchase. Read more
Published 12 months ago by J. Marshall
If only I could...
Excellent book. Very descriptive and easy to understand.Illustrations amazing!
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Published 16 months ago by Ian Simm
Digital painting techniques: Vol1
I have just started to use a Wacom graphic tablet and want some pointers for using it with photoshop. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mr. Sj Clarke
Great book
Very detailed explanation on techniques and brush creation and loved the artwork by different concept artists around the world. Print quality is excellent.
Published 23 months ago by C. Du
A must buy for any digital painting enthusiast
This book is defiantly the best I've seen of it's kind!
Although the tutorials are written for Photoshop you could easily apply the techniques to programs such as... Read more
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