Fantasy Workshop: Mastering Digital Painting Techniques (ImagineFX)
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (580 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1843404729 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A gallery of FXpose images includes work by fantasy masters such as Alan Lee, Todd Lockwood, Jim Burns, Linda Begkvist, and others. . Produced in association with the renowned magazine ImagineFX, this visually striking guide helps readers learn how to produce top-quality digital fantasy images in styles ranging from manga to gothic. Focusing on a small number of popular creative painting programs, this workshop includes plenty of step-by-step screen grabs and simple, detailed instructions. As computer-based drawing and painting programs become more sophisticated, the audience for fantasy art keeps growing along with it. Would-be fantasy artists will be able to progress from basic pencil” roughs to line art and, ultimately, to finished color pieces
. About the Author ImagineFX is the only magazine for Fantasy and Sci-Fi artists. Each issue contains an eclectic mixture of in-depth workshops from the world's best artists, galleries and interviews, features, community news, software and hardware reviews, and the latest sci-fi and fantasy films and comics
Not bad, not great. KHWilliams I am a little disappointed with this book. It is not terrible, but it is not loaded with hands on instruction or technique either. What it is is a bunch of reprints of "tutorials" previously found in the Imagine FX magazine. Sometimes these tutorials refer you to a CD, published with the magazin. "Excellent Source of New Ideas and Techniques" according to John Joyce. This book is not for beginners. It is best suited to those who already have a fair degree of mastery in Adobe Photoshop and want to gain new ideas and techniques from established masters in digital painting, in fantasy, science fiction and even advanced Manga artforms.The book is written in sepa. Well written Bookworm Unlike a lot of other tutorial books, this one is a compilation of past ImagineFX tutorials from their magazines. Since I don't buy the magazines that often, having them all in one book helped a great deal.All of the tutorials give you a good idea on how each piece was created, and there are ple
. ImagineFX is the only magazine for Fantasy and Sci-Fi artists. Each issue contains an eclectic mixture of in-depth workshops from the world's best artists, galleries and interviews, features, community news, software and hardware reviews, and the latest sci-fi and fantasy films and comics