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Illustrations with Photoshop: A Designer's Notebook

Translated by William�Rodarmor
First Edition December 2004
Pages: 96
ISBN 10: 0-596-00859-7 | ISBN 13: 9780596008598

Book description

Nine world-renowned French artists share their innovative digital designs with graphic artists, photographers, computer graphics designers--all creators of images, whether still or animated. From advertising to children's book illustration, science fiction to settings for graphic novels and role-playing games, the groundbreaking Photoshop creations within will give you the inspiration--as well as the technical know-how--to create digital illustrations that are limited only by your imagination.
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World-renowned French artists share their exciting and innovative digital creations in Illustrations with Photoshop: A Designer's Notebook, a first-time English translation of the cutting-edge French work. The images in this book will energize image professionals, graphic artists, photographers, computer graphics designers--all creators of images, whether still or animated--and will forever change the way you see and perform your design work. Photoshop is best known among photographers as a photographic image manipulation tool; it is used largely for retouching and photomontage. But Photoshop is also a powerful and highly sophisticated tool for creating quality digital drawings and artwork. Artists, like the ones showcased within, use it to realize their unique vision through illustration. In this lavish, full-color collection, nine French graphic artists--well-known professionals from a vibrant culture with a reputation for taking creative risks and producing incomparable graphics and art--are turned loose with Photoshop. Ranging from advertising to children's book illustration, science fiction to settings for graphic novels and role-playing games, their groundbreaking creations will inspire you to see your industry anew, appreciate graphic design from a changed perspective, and revitalize your work. Representing the very finest of French creation in the world of graphic design and digital imaging, this notebook leads you into the heart of each author's artistic approach, guiding you through the inception and making of nine unparalleled works of art that spring from widely varying sources of inspiration. But you'll come away with more than ideas and inspiration--you'll find detailed, step-by-step information on making Photoshop do anything and everything you want to accomplish your ideal digital illustration. Unlike any other available, this visually stunning book will give you the creative license and technical know-how you need to create one-of-a-kind digital illustrations with Photoshop that are limited only by your imagination.

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"A collection of extraordinary artwork produced by nine world-class graphic artists. The works, which were produced exclusively with Adobe Photoshop, provide a rare insight into how professionals use the extensive set of Photoshop tools to create stunning works of art. The book is beautifully designed and printed in full color."
-- Michael Kleper, The Kleper Report on Digital Publishing

"The work in this book is absolutely amazing and is an inspiration. Even if you were to use just one or two techniques described within it is well worth the price of the book.
--Adam Harkleroad, DesginerToday.com, April 2005

"All in all, Illustrations with Photoshop is exactly what it promises: a Designer's Notebook, filled with tips, tricks, and techniques but perhaps even more importantly with inspiration. The compelling images designed by the artists collected in this book not only demonstrate the time-consuming process associated with any artistic creation, whether designed in part on a computer or not; they also reflect the fact that with effort and patience people can indeed utilize Photoshop to make compelling artwork on their own."
--Bill Wallo, Blogcritics.org, April 2005

"I found the book to be informative and educational, yet not too techie, geeky or in-depth to stunt the readers creativity...The design of the book alone is an exercise in creative page layout so graphic designers will find inspiration in this as a bonus!..I can see many, many hours of creativity awaiting me thanks to the inspiration I gained from this fun and informative read. Check it out if you are a traditional illustrator or a wanna-be. The book is high quality, and for the money it is chock full of ideas, suggestions, how-tos and just plain ol' cool ideas."
--Temple Stark, Blogcritics.org, March 2005

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