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Digital Fantasy Painting Workshop

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Good Step by step illustration examples and some general 'how to' stuff that is worthy of print.

I've seen quite a few books like this out there - this is one of the best 'how to' books of its nature currently. Maybe because they're talking about the digital medium - but hey - Computers are the way much of the art you see today for games and movies are generated. Been that way for me for the past 10 years anyway.

A good companion to Martin McKenna's other book - the SCifi digital painting book. Both of these are good little reads with competent people delivering good infomration in each them.

Think what i like best is the step by step work actually shows progress and real tips - not just 1,2,3 and BAM the artist is done and it looks good through their sheer talent with no real insight for the reader. McKenna really lets things unfold so you can see them - which is really nice - oh not in all the examples but in enough

This book was a great for ideas but there was no detailed instruction. This book was more of an overview of digital painting and not a teaching book-

The photos were very good

This book is a little dated, and many magazines cover the same techniques, although in less detail. That's the problem with writing (and publishing) a book that's based in changing technology: By the time the book comes out, it's already a little old.

If you're interested in creating digital fantasy images for your professional work, this book probably offers enough unique material to make it a worthwhile purchase.

I'd also recommend this as a fine reference for public and school libraries.

However, for personal use--unless you specialize in this field--it's probably better to look for newer versions of similar books.