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The Complete Guide to Digital Illustration [Paperback]

Steve Caplin (Author), Adam Banks (Author), Nigel Holmes (Author)
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0823007847 978-0823007844 April 1, 2003
Today’s professional illustrator is light years beyond ink wells and drafting boards: the present and foreseeable future of the art of illustration is digital, and there is no more complete resource on the tools and techniques of this thoroughly modern practice than The Complete Guide to Digital Illustration.



Written by veteran art professionals Steve Caplin and Adam Banks, this guide will take any digital artist to the next level. It examines all the key areas where digital illustration is utilized—covering the traditional arenas such as print, corporate identity, and advertising as well as multimedia presentations and the new media of the Internet. It demonstrates the vast array of incredible effects open to today’s digital artists, along with how they can be achieved. It also offers indispensable advice on the type of software and hardware the beginning digital illustrator may need for his own studio.



Packed with more than 400 stunning full-color illustrations and profiles of the newsmakers and groundbreakers within the industry, The Complete Guide to Digital Illustration is a virtual encyclopedia on the art of digital illustration and a fast-track tutorial no serious illustrator should be without.





• Third title in series

• Provides a complete and in-depth analysis of the current state
of digital illustration technology

• Offers advice on choosing appropriate hardware and software

• Covers every area, from comic strips to 3-D rendering

• Includes a foreword by Nigel Holmes, former graphics director of Time magazine and highly renowned author, lecturer, and illustrator


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Caplin and Banks present a lively primer on digital illustration that covers digital painting, drawing, illustration, animation, and more. This picture-rich resource boasts a glossary, bibliography, and listing of further readings, ensuring that digital designers who are manipulating photos, doing 3-D modeling, and exploring the complexities of stacking and layers in illustration will have a wealth of useful instruction and information at hand. Whitney Scott
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About the Author

Living and working in London, Steve Caplin is an award-winning digital artist and a specialist in the art of satirical photomontage. His work has appeared in periodicals throughout the UK. Former editor-in-chief of MacUser, Adam Banks has specialized in digital imaging since the early 1980s, and has contributed countless articles and tutorials to a wide range of computer publications. He lives in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Watson-Guptill (April 1, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0823007847
  • ISBN-13: 978-0823007844
  • Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 9.4 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,312,338 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Steve Caplin is a freelance artist and author working in London, England. His satirical photomontage work is commissioned by newspapers and magazines around the world, including The Guardian, The Independent, The Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Times Magazine, Radio Times, Readers Digest and L'Internazionale.

Steve has worked for advertising agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi, Bartle Bogle Hegarty and Lowe Howard Spink, and his work has won two Campaign Poster Awards and a D&AD Pencil award. He has lectured widely in England, Norway, France and Holland, and has taught digital design at the University of Westminster and the University of the Arts London.

Steve is the author of ten books: How to Cheat in Photoshop (five editions), How to Cheat in Photoshop Elements (co-authored, three editions), Icon Design, Max Pixel's Adventures in Adobe Photoshop Elements, The Complete Guide to Digital Illustration (co-authored) and Art & Design in Photoshop. He has also co-authored three mainstream books: Dad Stuff, More Dad Stuff, Stuff the Turkey and Complete and Utter Zebu.

When he's not at his computer Steve plays the piano well, the accordion moderately and the guitar badly. He spends his spare time making improbable constructions out of wood and other materials. His first commissioned sculpture was for the Bethlem hospital - the original 'bedlam' - in 2010.

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars A great guide!, August 5, 2004
This review is from: The Complete Guide to Digital Illustration (Paperback)
The book reviews a wide range of digital illustration issues in a very graphical and clear way. Its illustrations are beautiful and its very well designed. Unfortunately its huge amount of themes makes it a little bit superficial. A great guide or reference book, not recommended for total beginners. Due to its techical information, the book will become practically useless very soon.
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1.0 out of 5 stars poor and old, June 7, 2008
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i just can say that this book is a great block of paper! pooooorr and very old! Unfortunately i loose money!
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This book is about a revolution, and how to join it. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
painting showcase, illustration showcase, digital illustration, gradient mesh, digital drawing, vector programs, digital painting, painting applications, digital animation, stacking order, vector applications, global illumination, drawing applications, alpha channel, vector drawing, pixel dimensions, layer mask, click where
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Adobe Illustrator, Layer Effects, After Effects, Toon Boom Studio, Adobe Photoshop, Derek Lea, Daniel Mackie, Gaussian Blur, Arcana Digital, Dan Davis, Digital Vision, Benedict Campbell, Bitmap Lossless, Deneba Canvas, Procreate Painter, Simon Danaher
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