Click on these cool pages of design by McFaul and read about his design process. They are personal projects of Saints of the Month. To see more inside pages of this eye candy and cool tutorial-filled book pop on over to Complete Digital Illustration on Amazon.
I love them and this book:
Complete Digital Illustration:
A Master Class in Image-Making
By
Lawrence Zeegen
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.
Lawrence Zeegen is an illustrator, educator, and writer. He is the Academic Programme Leader of Communication and Media Arts at the University of Brighton, and is the author of Rotovision's successful What is Illustration? He lives in Brighton, UK.
Question:
What is your favorite "tool" in what software?
Mine:
I use "adjust levels" all the time. It is my favorite way to fix my photos in Photoshop. (OK I have been known to use the paint brush tool to fix a little this or that on some of those photos of me taken in that not so friendly big indoor fluorescent lighting!)
Leave your answer in the comments and you are entered to win a free book!
Actually I am saving up for Photoshop. Right now I just use Picasa.
Posted by: Judy | March 17, 2010 at 03:16 AM
This looks like a good book, I was just mentioning how I'd like to work on my digital art skills.
Posted by: Tammy | March 17, 2010 at 06:37 AM
I would love to get back to creating art with Photoshop. For now I use Illustrator for beadwork illustrations and I love the align tools to get everything evened out.
Posted by: Janel | March 17, 2010 at 11:00 AM
oh yes I love the align tool too!
Posted by: stef | March 17, 2010 at 02:46 PM