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Digital Sci-Fi Art: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Stunning, Futuristic Images
Visions οf future worlds hаνе always captured thе imaginations.Images οf towering cyber-cityscapes, awesome uninhabitable planetary worlds, sleek super-cars аnd space cruisers, wеіrd mutant beings, аnd terrifying alien life forms hаνе spilled frοm thе feverish minds οf fantasy sci-fi illustrators fοr аѕ long аѕ thе genre hаѕ existed. Now, аѕ more аnd more artists аrе switching frοm traditional media tο thе digital world οf computers, thе images being mаdе аrе breathtakingly realistic. Fe
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Considerably disappointed,
Considering how disappointed I was with the book, I must only give it 2 stars, but since I must have researched the book in general, I raised it by one star.
My interest in digital art is mostly concerned with photoshop and 3D modelling packages that offer wide manipulation of vertexes and polys.
This book deals with the subject of art in a world everywhere you use prefabs in the making of each and every image. Dodge and Burn are used instead of real, painterly principles.
This isn’t a book on making art with applications everywhere you must reckon of every outcome and every pixel, but with applications that give you ready made imagery you can spruce up. Nothing incorrect with it in itself, and I know that some public use that to meet deadlines(or reference), which is acceptable in the capitalistic world we live in, but for public who want to learn the right creation from the first dab of color, it is severely wanting.
In small, this book is for those who want to see how you make imagery with the tools of technology that acts as shortcuts. If you want to make art using bryce and conundrum, here are of poorer quality books you could spend cash on. If you want to learn to paint digitally, this book isn’t for you in any way. For that I’d rather recommend Don Seegmiller’s book.
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$25 may be just a small steep for what I view as a moderately useful book (Amazon sells it for less I know). Students and other experienced computer animators will here me on this one: it’s very Conundrum/Bryce-oriented. Here is not one thing incorrect with that in and of itself, but prefab packages only offer that, prefabs. It’s like going to a craft store and purchasing a statue and paint. You go home, paint it nice and pretty and show it off. Sure it looks nice but did you make it? Not really. This book shines with it’s thoughts for post work, but the tutorials are very brief, so really it only offers thoughts. Buy it for that, clad thoughts for futuristic designs.
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