Author(s): 3DTotal
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Date : September 23, 2009
A professional artist and friend said that one could not make original art in Photoshop. Here is the book that proves her wrong.
Gifted artists take the reader step by step, predominately in Photoshop, through their technical process. Practically speaking this is a reference book, not a series of lessons, each one building on the previous lesson.
The first chapter is custom brushes. Six artists describe their technique.
The second chapter is speed painting, how to quickly lay out your painting. Again several artists share their approaches. The third chapter is on matte painting, at which point I realized that I could not read and comprehend everything in every tutorial.
The chapter on creatures had several approaches. Probably the most valuable lesson was "Creature Concept Design 101," which illustrates the practical considerations when creating your own creatures.
The chapter on humans applies to almost any 2-D medium. "The Human Face" is a magnificent tutorial. "Painting Realistic Skin" was amazing, with surprising techniques.
The next two chapters are "Environments" and "Sci-Fi & Fantasy" that show techniques for overall painting. Carlos Cabrera takes one painting and modifies it into five different weather conditions.
The final chapter shows complete projects, followed by a gallery of paintings that exemplify the techniques of the book. Sometimes the word awesome is a cliche and sometimes it truly applies to what one sees.
This book assumes that you either already are proficient at Photoshop and/or you have a manual handy. Or you can simply leave this book out as a coffee table book.
One word of caution: Because of the number of illustrations in color, the book has a heavy chemical smell. I have had this book for several weeks and it still is off-gassing.
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