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Book Description

Discover the tips, tricks and techniques that really work for concept artists, matte painters and animators. Compiled by the team at 3dtotal.com, Digital Painting Techniques, Volume 1 offers digital inspiration with hands-on insight and techniques from professional digital artists. More than just a gallery book - within Digital Painting Techniques each artist has written a breakdown overview, with supporting imagery of how they made their piece of work. Beginner and intermediate digital artists will be inspired by the gallery style collection of the finest examples of digital painting from world renowned digital artists. Start your mentorship into the world of digital painting today with some of the greatest digital artists in the world and delve into professional digital painting techiques, such as speed painting, custom brush creation and matte painting. Develop your digital painting skills beyond the variety of free online digital painting tutorials and apply the most up to date techniques to your digital canvas with Digital Painting Techniques for Animators.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Chapter 1. Custom Brushes
    1. ORGANIC CUSTOM BRUSHES FROM INK, WATER AND SALT EXPERIMENTS
    2. HOW TO CREATE BRUSHES FROM ANIMAL TEXTURES
    3. CUSTOM BRUSHES
    4. CREATING CUSTOM BRUSHES TO SAVE TIME
    5. CREATING A BRUSH FROM SCRATCH IN PHOTOSHOP
  7. Chapter 2. Speed Painting
    1. TORNADO MOVING TOWARDS FARMHOUSE
    2. STEAM-POWERED MECHANICAL DESTROYER
    3. ALIEN HOT AIR BALLOONS
    4. FOREST FIRE
    5. SHIP HIT BY TORPEDO
    6. ALIEN HOT AIR BALLOONS
    7. ONCE A THRIVING CITY, NOW DESERTED AND TAKEN OVER BY VEGETATION
  8. Chapter 3. Matte Painting
    1. THE MAKING OF “RENAISSANCE”
    2. THE MAKING OF “FINDING UNKNOWN KADATH”
    3. SEASON CHANGE: A WINTER SCENE MATTE PAINTING
    4. PYROTECHNICS: FIRE AND SMOKE
    5. MATTE PAINTING TIPS AND TRICKS
  9. Chapter 4. Creatures
    1. THE MAKING OF “BIRD CATCHER”
    2. CREATURE CONCEPT DESIGN 101
    3. CREATURE DESIGN FOR LOW ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS
    4. PAINTING FUR
    5. PAINTING ANIMAL EYES
  10. Chapter 5. Humans
    1. HOW TO PAINT BLONDE AND RED HAIR
    2. HOW TO PAINT LUSCIOUS LIPS
    3. MALE PORTRAIT
    4. PAINTING REALISTIC SKIN
    5. THE HUMAN FACE
    6. PAINTING THE HUMAN EYE
  11. Chapter 6. Environments
    1. SANDSTORM
    2. TWISTER
    3. RAINSTORM
    4. SNOWSTORM
    5. HEAT WAVES
    6. “ANOTHER RAINY DAY”: PAINTING A CITYSCAPE
    7. PAINTING A WATER SURFACE/WAVES
  12. Chapter 7. Sci-fi & Fantasy
    1. PAINTING ARMOR: EUROPEAN KNIGHT
    2. PLANETS AND STARFIELDS
    3. THE MAKING OF “PIER DUTY”
  13. Chapter 8. Complete Projects
    1. THE MAKING OF “FUNFAIR”
    2. CREATING A 2D IMAGE FROM SCRATCH
    3. THE MAKING OF “KEEP A SHARP EYE”
  14. The Gallery
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