Book Description
Digital Collage and Painting proudly showcases the work of twenty-one talented digital artists. Each artist walks you through the creation of a piece of their art and lets you in on their secrets about equipment, software, favorite papers, and how their creative process begins. The artists included are:
Audrey Bernstein
Paul Biddle
Leslye Bloom
Stephen Burns
Luzette Donohue
Katrin Eismann
Paul Elson
Steven Friedman
Ileana Frómeta Grillo
Bill Hall
Julieanne Kost
Rick Lieder
Bobbi Doyle-Maher
Ciro Marchetti
Lou Oates
Cher Threinen-Pendarvis
James G. Respess
Fay Sirkis
Jeremy Sutton
Maggie Taylor
Pep Ventosa
Table of Contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Part I Planning and Inspiration
- Chapter One Concept
- What is a Collage, Montage, or Assemblage?
- What is a Digital Painting?
- Think it Out First, Assembling the Needed Images
- Are You Drowning in Digital Files?
- What is the Intended Output Size?
- Chapter Two Important Considerations Before you Begin
- Unifying Factors
- Texture
- Color
- Contrast
- Noise and Grain
- Scale
- Tree House Exercise
- Rotating, Distorting, and Transforming
- Lighting
- Directionality of Light
- Quality of Light
- Dramatic vs. Subtle
- Projects: Places That Never Were
- Australian Boulder
- Hawaiian Waterfall
- Menace in Venice
- Chapter Three Inspiration
- Digital Artists and Their Work
- Paul Biddle
- Julieanne Kost
- Maggie Taylor
- Lou Oates
- Katrin Eismann
- Stephen M. Burns
- James G. Respess
- Bobbi Doyle-Maher
- Cher Threinen-Pendarvis
- Ciro Marchetti
- Leslye Bloom
- Luzette Donohue
- Ileana Frómeta Grillo
- Fay Sirkis
- Jeremy Sutton
- Paul Elson
- Bill Hall
- Steven Friedman
- Audrey S. Bernstein
- Rick Lieder
- Pep Ventosa
- Part II Step-by-Step Painting
- Chapter Four Painting in Photoshop with Your Photos
- How to Use Photoshop Filters and the History Brush to Create a Digital Painting
- Using the Art History Brush to Create a Digital Painting
- Using the Pattern Stamp to Create a Digital Painting
- Using the Art History Brush and Emboss Filter to Create a Textured Digital Painting
- Photo Illustration Using the Find Edges Filter
- Hand-color a Black and White Photo
- Edge Effects for FREE!
- Scanner Edge Effects
- Film Edge Effects
- Chapter Five Painting in Painter
- Simple Cloning Techniques
- Pastel Cloning
- Oil Paint Cloning
- More Oil Painting
- Combining a Variety of Mediums into One Painting
- Adding Texture to Your Painting
- Old Masters Inspiration
- Photo Illustration
- Photocopy-Inspired Painting
- Edges and Cloning
- Painterly Edge Effects
- Painting for the Artistically Challenged
- Chapter Six Assembling a Collage in Photoshop
- Simple Collages
- Collage with Lighting Effect
- Suspend True Scale
- Themed Collages
- Suspend Reality
- Pile on the Layers
- Shadow Power
- Gridded Collages
- Collage Possibilities for Wedding Photography
- Chapter Seven Assembling a Collage in Painter
- Using Painter’s Image Hose
- Using Painter’s Unique Brushes for Texture in a Collage
- Using Colored Paper and the Brush Creator
- More Cloning
- Combining the Power of Painter and Photoshop in a Collage
- Chapter Eight The Paradox: The Absolute Truth and the Exquisite Lie—Creating a Panorama in Photoshop
- Concept and Preparation
- Exposure Controls, Proper Overlap, Tripod or Not?
- Relying on Layer Transparency and Layer Masking
- Step-By-Step Panorama Instructions Using Collaging Techniques
- “Grab Shot” Panoramas
- Faux Panoramas
- Themed Panorama-Style Linear Collages
- Hurry-Up Panoramas—Using Photoshop’s Photomerge
- Printing Panoramas
- Fractured Panoramas
- Part III Artistic Considerations
- Chapter Nine Filters
- Using All the Great Filters Available in Photoshop
- Favorite Photoshop Filters
- Find Edges
- Photoshop Photo Filters
- Motion Blur
- Creating a Black and White Pencil Sketch Effect Using Filters
- Similar Effects in Photoshop and Painter
- Third-Party Filter Plug-Ins
- nik Color Efex Pro Filters
- Applying Filters Selectively
- Auto FX Filters
- Chapter Ten Experimentation
- Combining Traditional Media with Digital
- Printmaking: Woodcuts, Intaglio and Lithography, and Silk-Screening
- Overprinting and Collaging
- Lazertran onto Marble, Glass, Tile, Fabric, and Silk
- InkAID—Making Your Own Inkjet Paper
- Japanese Inkjet Coated Papers
- Thinking Creatively: Paint It, Draw On It, Tear It, Glue It, and More
- Combining Drawing and Photography
- Creative Use of Papers for Albums
- IPhoto Books
- Kolo Albums
- Other Album/Book Possibilities
- Chapter Eleven Projects for You
- Project 1: Gridded Collage Exercise
- Project 2: Masks and Transparency Exercise
- Project 3: Panorama Exercise
- Project 4: Painting in Photoshop
- Project 5: Painting in Painter
- Chapter Twelve Essential Photoshop and Painter Techniques to Master
- Photoshop Selection Tools
- Photoshop: Transforming for Scale
- Photoshop: Layer Adjustments
- Photoshop: Layer Masks
- Photoshop: Art History Brush
- Build Your Own Brush
- Photoshop: Blending Modes
- Color
- Overlay
- Photoshop: Using Layer Adjustments, Layer Masks, and Blending Modes Together
- Editing Your Images: Retouching—Cover-Girl Skin, Brightening Teeth and Eyes
- Painter Basic Papers
- Painter Cloning Brushes
- Cloning Without a Cloning Brush
- Chapter Thirteen Resources
- Suppliers: Equipment, Software, Tools, and Artist Materials
- Digital Collage and Painting Web Site
- Index