Digital Art Techniques for Illustrators & Artists: The Essential Guide to Creating Digital Illustration and Artworks Using Photoshop, Illustrator and - Softcover

Joel Lardner

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9781408154977: Digital Art Techniques for Illustrators & Artists: The Essential Guide to Creating Digital Illustration and Artworks Using Photoshop, Illustrator and

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ISBN 10: 1408154978 ISBN 13: 9781408154977

Publisher: A&C Black, 2012

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Digital Art Techniques for Illustrators and Artists is the essential guide to creating digital illustration and artworks using Photoshop, Illustrator and other illustration software. This book is an introduction to using all the latest digital art software programmes, aimed specifically at artists and illustrators. It explains the creative potential of digital imagery for output to both print and screen, with detailed step-by-step sequences demonstrating Photoshop, Illustrator, and other pixel-and vector-based programmes. Build on the essential skills learned to show how an artist can adapt them to suit their own unique visual language, using the software as a tool rather than letting it take over the creative process, and illustrating the course with bold artworks form a range of contributors. This book will not only introduce you to the essential skills and techniques within digital software, but to show how to use these attributes to enhance your work. The perfect resource for all artists, designers and illustrators.

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About the Author:

Joel Lardner has been a practising illustrator since 1996. He has an international client base and extensive experience in contemporary illustration. Joel is currently exploring new opportunities and directions for the subject of illustration in his role as senior lecturer at the Arts University College, Bournemouth, UK. Paul Roberts is a senior lecturer in Cultural Theory at the Arts University College in Bournemouth, UK. He has over seven years experience of teaching digital software and media for the illustration degree course, specialising in all aspects of contemporary digital illustration and motion graphics.

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A good way to get familiar with the inventive qualities of these software. * Advanced Photoshop * For anyone, professional, semi-professional or amateur who wants a simple guide to the main drawing packages, this is invaluable and easy to understand. * ArtBookReview.net *

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