Digital Painting Techniques: Volume 4

Digital Painting Techniques: Volume 4 Review

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The successful Digital Painting Techniques series presents another volume bursting with advice, tips, and techniques for digital artists. Ian McQue (one of the driving forces behind the award-winning Grand Theft Auto franchise), Simon Dominic Brewer, and Serge Birault are just a handful of the talented artists who offer the benefits of their years of experience within these pages. Whether you’re looking to learn more about creating new worlds, designing custom brushes and illustration, or simply want to know how to paint tribal warriors, vehicles, and pin-ups, Digital Painting Techniques: Volume 4 is guaranteed to help you on your artistic journey.

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Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics

Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics Review

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Everything you need to know to create professional web sites is right here. Learning Web Design starts from the beginning -- defining how the Web and web pages work -- and builds from there. By the end of the book, you'll have the skills to create multi-column CSS layouts with optimized graphic files, and you'll know how to get your pages up on the Web.

This thoroughly revised edition teaches you how to build web sites according to modern design practices and professional standards. Learning Web Design explains:

• How to create a simple (X)HTML page, how to add links and images
• Everything you need to know about web standards -- (X)HTML, DTDs, and more
• Cascading Style Sheets -- formatting text, colors and backgrounds, using the box model, page layout, and more
• All about web graphics, and how to make them lean and mean through optimization
• The site development process, from start to finish
• Getting your pages on the Web -- hosting, domain names, and FTP

The book includes exercises to help you to learn various techniques, and short quizzes to make sure you're up to speed with key concepts. If you're interested in web design, Learning Web Design is the place to start.

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Digital Painting Techniques, Vol. 2

Digital Painting Techniques, Vol. 2 Review

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The second volume in this popular series, Digital Painting Techniques: Volume 2, brings together a selection of in-depth tutorials from some of the best digital artists in the industry today. Custom brushes, speed painting, characters, and fantasy are just a few of the topics covered, with each tutorial providing a logical and professional approach to image creation as well as offering valuable tips and advice. With additional features including a gallery and links to free downloadable content, Digital Painting Techniques: Volume 2 contains a wealth of inspiration for any artist.

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The Art Spirit

The Art Spirit Review

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Embodying the entire system of Robert Henri’s teaching, The Art Spirit contains much valuable advice, critical comment, and inspiration to every student of the arts.

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Picture Yourself Learning Corel PaintShop Pro X4

Picture Yourself Learning Corel PaintShop Pro X4 Review

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Harness the power of PaintShop Photo Pro X4 and discover all the fun and practical techniques that can be used to perfect photographs and create dynamic graphic elements. PICTURE YOURSELF LEARNING COREL PAINTSHOP PHOTO PRO X4 introduces the tools needed to correct and enhance photographs, beginning with the basics of working with toolbars, palettes, and rulers, and setting up your PaintShop Photo Pro X4 preferences. Once acquainted with the basic tools, readers will learn how to use layers to make brightness, hue, and color contrast adjustments; how resolution applies to their monitor, images, and prints; and how to use the various file and output functions. In addition to numerous retouching and repairing techniques, they'll discover how to use special effects to turn their photographs into works of art and create digital scrapbook pages and 3D images. In addition to the step-by-step instructions, tips, and notes, readers will find appendixes featuring PaintShop Photo Pro keyboard shortcuts and useful additional resources. This new edition is completely updated to cover all the new features of PaintShop Photo Pro X4.

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Palette Talk Book set of 3 (# 33, 34, 35)

Palette Talk Book set of 3 (# 33, 34, 35) Review

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3 art books
15 pages each
A sailing ship on cover, steam locomotive on cover, Watercolor scene.
Has instructions.

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Color Index 2: Over 1500 New Color Combinations. For Print and Web Media. CMYK and RGB Formulas.

Color Index 2: Over 1500 New Color Combinations. For Print and Web Media. CMYK and RGB Formulas. Review

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A new take on color combinations!

Color Index 2 contains hundreds of different color combinations, each with an accurate formula for both print and web use. You'll easily find the best colors for your piece with chapters organized by dominant hue, and with unique expansion palettes—sets of four related hues arranged from dark to light—that allow you to explore even more color combinations for limitless possibilities.

Designers, illustrators, photographers and fine artists alike will find this book an indispensable tool when it comes to finding color-related ideas and solutions. A companion to its best-selling predecessor, Color Index 2 offers even more colors and fresh new combinations of colors, making it easier than ever to create harmonious palettes for whatever project you're working on!

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