Following the success of "Digital Illustration", "Secrets of Digital Illustration" continues Zeegen's exploration of digital image-making. It features exemplary portfolios and tips from luminaries around the world alongside step-by-step tutorials and working sketches. Most alluringly, "Secrets of Digital Illustration" also reveals, through example, that Holy Grail of creativity: how to balance commercial and self-authored projects, integrity with commercial success. Detailed tutorials from top illustrators in contemporary design explore different areas, from fashion to politics, ethical to promotional illustration, dissecting inspirational sources, methodologies, and professional best working practices.

Complete Digital Illustration is an informative and practical guide to this in-demand area of design. Alongside step-by step tutorials, top image-makers from around the world provide real and practical advice on setting up a studio, creating a killer portfolio, and winning commissions. The work featured in the book reflects the wide and exciting range of image-making practice that thrives today, from music and fashion to character and toy design. The book reveals the secrets of the industry’s most successful creatives who transfer traditional illustrative skills into digital dimensions, producing the highest quality, most commercially successful animation, three-dimensional, and vector-based illustration. This book offers a master class for students and professional designers and illustrators who want to take their work beyond the constraints of two-dimensions and gain greater commercial success. An inspirational, must-have guide, Complete Digital Illustration is also of real value for professional image-makers.

'Digital Illustration' is a comprehensive practical tool for designers, offering detailed, step-by-step tutorials on the skills and techniques used by the masters of digital image-making.

(back cover) For the artist, colors are elements of a language that must be understood and controlled. This book will explain the basic principles of color and instruct you in color's many different applications. The principles spelled out in these pages will erase any doubts or confusions that might be inhibiting your technique as a painter. As you grow more familiar with the fundamental techniques of mixing, applying, and contrasting different colors, you will begin to master the secrets that are used by professional artists to achieve dramatic and truly distinctive effects in their paintings. BASIC FACTS ABOUT COLOR SEEING AND FEELING COLORS MIXING COLORS AND PAINTING

Provides instructions for blending traditional drawing and painting skills with technological advances to create digital art.

Step inside the studios of some of today's top artists, illustrators, designers, and photographers working with digital art tools. "Secrets of Corel Painter Experts: Tips,Techniques, and Insights for Users of All Abilities" allows you one-on-one access to the creative and technical process of professional artists who use Painter in their work. Organized into chapters according to the artist's area of expertise, each chapter details the professional background of an individual expert and includes techniques, insights, and resources followed by an image gallery highlighting some of their work, both personal and professional.Written as a conversation with the artist about an individual creative process, you'll find detailed, step-by-step techniques demonstrated that cover genres including illustration, fine art photography, concept art, comic book illustration,manga illustration, concept design, and fine art.This incredible resource provides inspiration and practical advice for artists and aspiring artists alike.