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- Herausgeber: Packt Publishing
- Kategorie: Fachliteratur
- Sprache: Englisch
Sketchbook Pro is a professional grade painting app that is easy to use and which helps you create digital art that looks like paintings created using ink and color. Using Sketchbook Pro, you can transform your digital art into true masterpieces that resemble work done using traditional mediums.
SketchBook Pro Digital Painting Essentials will show you how to transform your digital art into true masterpieces. This book will guide you through the many tools and options available in Sketchbook Pro such as the symmetry tool, layer editor, and blend modes to create images that look as though they were done by hand using traditional tools and mediums. This unique book offers inspiration with hands-on techniques and gives you an insight into a professional artist's mind.
Starting with an overview of the program, this book will help you customize and set your preferences to help you produce the best possible images for use on the Web or for print. You will be able to look over the author's shoulder as he demonstrates the use of the tools to create artwork that looks like it was painted or inked. This book will then show you how you can draw basic illustrations and then how to create acrylic paintings. You will also learn about file saving options; which ones are best for what you intend to do with the artwork. The book will also show you how to export the images you've created to other software and will give you tips and tricks that will help you make the most out of Sketchbook Pro. SketchBook Pro Digital Painting Essentials will give you an extensive overview complete with supporting imagery of how each piece of art was made, and by the end of this book, you will have created multiple drawings using Sketchbook Pro.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2013
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SketchBook Pro Digital Painting Essentials
SketchBook Pro Digital Painting Essentials
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First published: October 2013
Production Reference: 1181013
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Cover Image by Gil Robles (<[email protected]>)
Credits
Authors
Gil Robles
Reviewers
Ricky Mujica
Angel Acevedo .Jr
Acquisition Editor
Mary Nadar
Taron Pereira
Commissioning Editor
Govindan K.
Technical Editors
Iram Malik
Arwa Manasawala
Shali Sasidharan
Copy Editors
Alisha Aranha
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Project Coordinator
Aboli Ambardekar
Proofreader
Katherine Tarr
Indexer
Rekha Nair
Production Coordinator
Kyle Albuquerque
Cover Work
Kyle Albuquerque
About the Author
Gil Robles is an artist/illustrator living in New York City. His clients have included Bloomberg Market Magazine and the Review and Herald Publishing. His watercolors have been sold to private collectors.
Although Gil's training as an artist has been in traditional media, he has spent a great deal of time exploring digital media. Currently, he enjoys using SketchBook Pro for his paintings and illustrations and for leisure. Gil has posted many demonstration and instructional videos on his YouTube channel, grobles63.
I would like to especially thank my wife, Karen, who took the time to go over everything I had written to make sure that what I wrote down was exactly what I meant to say.
I would also like to thank my mentor, Irwin Greenberg, who passed away a few years ago. "Greeny" taught painting at the High School of Art and Design in NYC. Without his guidance, I would never have gone on to finish high school and go to college. He was, and still is, a source of inspiration for many former students who took his classes in high school and at the School of Visual Arts, as well as at the Art Students League, all in NYC.
About the Reviewers
Ricky Mujica is a New York City-born illustrator and alumni of the High School of Art and Design, Parsons School of Design, and Parsons in Paris. He specializes in book cover illustration using digital media, and fine art using traditional media.
He started his illustration career in 1983 using traditional oil paints and made his first digital illustrations in 1997. He has hundreds of illustrations to his credit and has collaborated on the beta testing and creation of several user manuals for projects involving specialized, industry-specific CG software packages, such as TopoGun retopology software.
His clients include: Harper Collins, Harlequin Books, Bantam, Dell, Little Brown Books, New York Times, Daily New, Ebony Magazine, US Tennis, 7-UP, Scholastic Books, and others.
He has been included in the Society of Illustrators' annual shows on several occasions and has won several awards, including "Best in Show" at the New York City Art Expo.
I would like to thank Gil Robles for writing this terrific book and Packt Publishing for giving me the opportunity to review it.
Angel Acevedo .Jr is a Designer/Sculptor who currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Originally from New York City, he developed an interest in the arts at an early age. While in college, he began to pursue his interest in sculpture and special makeup effects, which later on lead him into the film industry. Currently, he is enjoying his work as a Graphic and Web Designer and, when not busy doing work for others, he enjoys working with various forms of digital media, such as SketchBook Pro, Adobe CS6, Pixologic Zbrush, and Maya to improve his skills.
He has worked as a Graphic and Web Designer for publishing companies in New York and non-profit organizations in Albany, New York.
I would like to thank the author Gil Robles for giving me the opportunity to take part in the publication of this book. It's been a pleasure seeing his generosity in contributing his knowledge and skills to inspire many upcoming artists interested in the wonderful world of digital art. It is my hope that readers will come away with a feeling of empowerment and inspiration after reading this book and enjoy working with SketchBook Pro.
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Preface
Imagine having all your painting and drawing tools in one handy kit. All of your brushes, paints, markers, rulers, and so on in one easy-access paint box. SketchBook Pro is that kit, packed with tools, brushes, and different media options. It is an intuitive program that allows the user to create professional artwork that mimics the look of traditional drawing and painting mediums.
What this book covers
Chapter 1, An Arsenal of Tools, gives an overview of the tools available in SketchBook Pro.
Chapter 2, Setting Your Preferences and Customization, discusses the customization of the software for optimal performance and ease of use. It also discusses the Do-It-Yourself Brush tool feature in SketchBook Pro.
Chapter 3, Creating an Image using Pen, Ink, and Color, focuses on the tools used to create a pen and ink drawing and how to color it. There will also be a demonstration on importing and coloring a scanned drawing.
Chapter 4, Creating a Painting,shows two demonstrations: first, a digital oil sketch demonstration and then a demonstration on painting a figure with the background fully rendered.
Chapter 5, File Saving Options
