Painter 11 Creativity: Digital Artist’s Handbook
Focal Press | 2009 | 0240812557 | pdf | 320p | 35.3mb
www.amazon.com/Painter-11-Creativity-Digital-Handbook/dp/0240812557

Jeremy Sutton is one of the world’s premier Painter artists, and in this brand new edition of his best-selling Painter Creativity: Digital Artist’s Handbook, he shows you the methods and techniques he’s developed over the years to perfect his art and earn him the title of Corel Painter Master. This edition has been completely revamped to cover all of the new features in Corel Painter 11 and the Wacom Intuos4 pen-tablet, including:
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Creative Photoshop CS4: Digital Illustration and Art Techniques
Focal Press | 2009 | 0240521343 | pdf | 424 p | 55.8mb
www.amazon.com/Creative-Photoshop-CS4-Illustration-Techniques/dp/024052134X

If you are a digital artist, illustrator, cartoonist, graphic artist, designer, or serious hobbyist looking for new and interesting ways to use Photoshop, this is the book for you! You already know how to use Photoshop as an image editing tool; now, challenge yourself and discover the more artistic aspects of the program with one of the world’s best teachers by your side.

In addition to four brand new chapters on real world projects, this new edition of award-winning digital artist Derek Lea’s bestselling Creative Photoshop contains several brand new features such as “What you’ll learn in this chapter” summaries, so you can quickly find projects using the specific tools you’d like to focus on, and supplementary information at the end of each chapter, containing useful resources and additional gallery images to provide further study and inspiration. As you work through Derek’s fantastic artistic methods, be sure to visit www.creativephotoshopthebook.com for more information, including the project files for each chapter, available for download for you to work with, a reader forum, and more. Read the rest of this entry »

Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition
Apress | 2009 | pdf | 1430210702 | 23.1mb
www.amazon.com/Beginning-GIMP-Novice-Professional-Second/dp/1430210702

From first installation to advanced image manipulation techniques, Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition explains how anyone can utilize The GIMP: a free, open source image manipulation program. You will learn how to install The GIMP on Windows, Linux, and MacOS X platforms. Once you’ve installed the application, you’ll learn about the interface and configuration options, and then jump into a quick and simple project to familiarize yourself.

With four-color graphics and screenshots throughout, you’ll learn how to prepare camera images for display on web pages-including processes like rescaling, cropping, and balancing color. Utilizing layers, paths, and masks are also covered in extensive detail. Of course, you will also learn how to draw lines and shapes; utilize patterns and gradients; and even create your own brushes, patterns, and gradients. Read the rest of this entry »

Drawing Cartoons and Comics For Dummies
For Dummies | 2009 | pdf | 0470426838 | 6mb

Your real-world guide to creating and marketing original cartoons

Do you love comics? Want to become a cartoonist? This practical, hands-on guide is packed with step-by-step instructions and plenty of tips for creating your own cartoons. From inanimate objects to animals to aliens, you can see how to breathe life into your characters and make your cartoons stand out. Plus, you discover how to

* Master the basic building blocks – set up your workspace; start creating with pencil, ink, and pens; and fix mistakes
* Get the creative juices flowing – find inspiration and formulate your cartoon idea, gag, or concept, and make it work
* Create your characters – from their heads to their toes, give your characters personality and presence
* Assemble your comic strip – create an effective background, plan your layout, letter your cartoons, create drama, and more
* Fine-tune your work – discover the tools and techniques for digitally formatting your comics
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DC Comics Guide to Coloring and Lettering Comics
Watson-Guptill | 2004 | pdf | 0823010301 | 51.8mb
www.amazon.com/DC-Comics-Guide-Coloring-Lettering/dp/0823010309

America’s leading comic book publisher brings its superstar creators and classic characters to the fourth in an authoritative series of books on how to create comics. Acclaimed comic book illustrator Mark Chiarello and award-winning letterer Todd Klein demonstrate dozens of surefire strategies, practical techniques, and professional secrets for dynamic comic book coloring and lettering. They use DC’s world-famous characters to demonstrate an array of techniques, covering such topics as the pros and cons of lettering by hand or by computer, creating balloons and fonts, logo designs, working with color, and creating special effects. The animated step-by-step instructions are informative, stimulating, and clear enough for even beginners to follow. In addition, every technique shown in this guide conforms to up-to-date industry standards. The perfect how-to on everything coloring and lettering, this one-stop sourcebook is packed with a wealth of tested techniques, practical advice, and professional secrets for the aspiring comic artist.
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The Complete Book of Drawing Techniques:
A Complete Guide for the Artist
Arcturus | 2004 | pdf | 208p | 0572029166 | 20.4mb
www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-Drawing-Techniques-Artist/dp/0572029160

One hugely important aspect of an artist’s skill is their facility with various techniques, which they use to express their individual style. Being fluent in a wide range of techniques gives the artist a richer creative vocabulary. Choice of technique is largely governed by choice of media, so the artist must know which medium will give the best result and how to use it. This book will help artists to expand their understanding of the wide range of available media. It will teach them the characteristics of each medium and how to use a variety of materials and methods to achieve the required effect.
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Pencil Sketching, 2nd Edition
Wiley | 2001 | 0471399193 | pdf | 128p | 6.3mb
www.amazon.com/Pencil-Sketching-2nd-Thomas-Wang/dp/0471399191

The complete, classic guide to the art of pencil sketching

Portable. Erasable. Inexpensive. No other single drawing tool is as versatile as the pencil. Through the centuries, generations of artists have used it to work out ideas, study form, and develop fundamental skills that are crucial to an artist’s training.

Pencil Sketching has taught thousands of beginners the basic principles and techniques of pencil sketching. Carefully revised to meet the needs of today’s artists, this edition features easy-to-follow instructions, dozens of new illustrations, and more-everything you need to explore the amazing potential of the pencil and learn to sketch with confidence. Read the rest of this entry »

Blender 3D 2.49 Incredible Machines
Packt Publishing | 2009 | 1847197467 | pdf | 9.9 mb
www.amazon.com/Blender-3D-2-49-Incredible-Machines/dp/1847197469/

Modeling, rendering, and animating realistic machines with Blender 3D

* Walk through the complete process of building amazing machines
* Model and create mechanical models and vehicles with detailed designs
* Add advanced global illumination options to the renders created in Blender 3D using YafaRay and LuxRender
* Create machines such as a handgun, a steam punk spacecraft, and a transforming robot
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Lynda.com – Margo Chase’s Hand-Lettered Poster: Start to Finish
HF | 84MB
www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=686

Acclaimed graphic designer Margo Chase shows how she created a beautifully hand-lettered poster for a special appearance at the Santa Barbara chapter of the AIGA. In this installment of Start to Finish, watch as Margo carefully creates a design with ink and paper and then refines the composition with the aid of a computer. The end product is a stunning, organic statement of style and grace that is refreshing in our world of too-pristine computer graphics.

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Adobe Photoshop – Every Tool Explained
PDF | 132 p | 5.2 MB

Unleash the full power behind every icon in the Photoshop toolbar ,

132 Pages ! Master every tool in the Adobe Photoshop toolbar .
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