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The complete guide to digital illustration / Steve Caplin and Adam Banks ; consultant editor, Nigel Holmes.
LIBRA T385 .C359 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Caplin, Steve.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computer graphics.
- Computer art.
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Watson-Guptill Publications, 2003.
- Summary:
- Digital illustration is a revolution, and this is a frontline report. The Complete Guide to Digital Illustration covers the whole breadth of this exciting field, from the most stylized line-drawn artwork to photorealistic 3D animation. This comprehensive review is a must for anyone with an interest in the graphic arts. Packed with beautiful, full-color examples, The Complete Guide to Digital Illustration is a perfect introduction to this fast-moving world, and essential reading for the forward-looking professional.
- Contents:
- Monitors 12
- Input and Output 14
- Hardware Extras 16
- 1.02 Different Illustration Methods 18
- Painting 20
- Drawing 22
- 3D Modeling 25
- Animation 26
- 2 Digital Painting 28
- 2.01 How Digital Painting Works 30
- Photographic Manipulation 31
- Photomontage 34
- Natural Media 36
- Pixel Art 38
- 2.02 Painting Techniques 40
- Working with Layers 41
- Layer Masks 42
- Photomontage 44
- Beveling and Embossing 46
- Coloring Artwork 48
- Layer Effects 50
- Diy Pop Art 52
- Multi-Layer Illustration 54
- Third Party Plug Ins 59
- 2.03 Painting Showcase 60
- 3 Digital Drawing 70
- Bezier Curves 73
- Stroke and Fill 75
- Stacking and Layers 78
- Exploded Drawing 80
- 3.02 Drawing Techniques 82
- Map Making 84
- Isometric Drawing 86
- Technical Drawing 88
- Tracing and Autotracing 90
- Meshes and Distortion 93
- 3.03 Drawing Showcase 94
- 4 3D Illustration 104
- 4.01 3D Applications 106
- Poser 108
- Amorphium 111
- Adobe Dimensions 112
- 4.02 3D Modeling and Rendering 114
- Lighting 118
- Texturing 120
- Rendering 122
- 3D Into 2D 124
- 4.03 3D Illustration Showcase 126
- 5 Animation 138
- 5.01 Introducing Digital Animation 140
- Macromedia Flash 142
- After Effects 144
- Toon Boom Studio 146
- Animated Gifs 148
- 3D Animation 150
- 5.02 Animation Showcase 152
- 6 Professional Practice 158
- 6.01 The Working Illustrator 158
- Working with Clients 160
- Taking the Money 162
- Copyright and Image Sourcing 164
- Resolution 170
- Color Modes 172
- Color Management 174
- File Formats 176
- Essential Photoshop Filters 178
- Special Effects Filters 180.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 186) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0823007847
- OCLC:
- 50645489
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