Synopses & Reviews
Put away the paintbrush...and make paintings with state-of-the-art techniques! No matter which software you use, you can build a digital studio, become knowledgeable about a range of tools, and recreate almost any traditional medium. Find out exactly what digital art is, how pixels work, the importance of image resolution, and what professional artists have accomplished with the technology. Select components and peripheral devices, including essential removable media, programs, and plug-ins, and get shopping tips. Import and prepare scanned images with different backgrounds and textures, including equivalents of watercolor paper, canvas, or wood. Imitate pen, ink and markers, pencil, colored pencil, charcoal, pastels, oil pastels, watercolors, oil plants, acrylics, and airbrushes. Add plug-ins to achieve frottage, stippling, sgraffito, and other effects. Hands-on tutorials for six projects cover a good selection of media and subjects. Plus: technical facts on graphics files and advice on getting artwork printed out professionally. 128 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 11.
Synopsis
No matter which software you use, you can build a digital studio and recreate almost any traditional medium. Find out exactly how digital art works, the importance of image resolution, and what professionals have accomplished with the technology. Select programs and plug-ins that allow you to imitate paints, pencils, pastels, and airbrushes. Hands-on tutorials for six projects cover a selection of media and subjects.
Synopsis
"Highly recommended for general collections...Wilkins is interested purely in...computers for creative arts...programs and plug-ins for imitating pen and ink, pencil, charcoal, pastels, oils, watercolors, and acrylics...[and] Background textures...clearly helps the beginner understand how pixels work...image resolution, and how to select components and peripheral devices. Six hands-on tutorials by the nondigital human."--
Library Journal. "...demonstrates how to build a digital image with graphic tools."--
Publishers Weekly.
Table of Contents
What is digital artwork? -- Building a studio -- Importing images -- Digital color -- Preparing scanned images -- Scanning resolution -- Digital supports -- How to use a plug-in -- Pen and ink -- Pencil -- Charcoal -- Pastel -- Oil pastel -- Airbrush -- Watercolor -- Oil -- More digital tools -- Creating masks for dramatic effect -- Composing a montage -- Painting over a traced image -- Creating a three-dimensional painting -- Creating texture and lighting effects -- Distorting images for abstract effects -- Saving artwork: file formats -- Professional digital output.