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Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop: Characters

Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop: Characters

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Beginner’s Guide to Digital Painting: Characters is a comprehensive guide for artists wishing to create convincing and detailed characters. It features established artists such as Charlie Bowater (concept artist at Atomhawk) and Derek Stenning (freelance concept artist and illustrator, with clients including Marvel Entertainment and Nintendo) who share their industry experiences by covering such aspects as posing characters, choosing the correct costumes, conveying emotions, and creating suitable moods. Comprehensive step-by-step instructions – including a quick tips section that covers how to paint elements that are integral to character design – make this an invaluable resource for those looking to learn new skills, as well as those pursuing the next level.

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Following on from the highly successful Beginner’s Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop, this latest title explores the popular techniques used in character design.

Beginner’s Guide to Digital Painting: Characters is a comprehensive guide for artists wishing to create convincing and detailed characters. It features established artists such as Charlie Bowater (concept artist at Atomhawk) and Derek Stenning (freelance concept artist and illustrator, with clients including Marvel Entertainment and Nintendo) who share their industry experiences by covering such aspects as posing characters, choosing the correct costumes, conveying emotions, and creating suitable moods. Comprehensive step-by-step instructions – including a quick tips section that covers how to paint elements that are integral to character design – make this an invaluable resource for those looking to learn new skills, as well as those pursuing the next level.

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Softback 224 pages
Dimensions: 210mm x 297mm
Paper quality: Full-color premium paper pages
ISBN: 978-1-909414-14-3

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Contents and contributors

Introduction

Getting started
Setting up your canvas
Overcoming a blank canvas
Setting up your brushes
Setting up your color swatches

Establishing your character
Form and anatomy
Character types
Composition and positioning
Storytelling and moods

Character generation
Body type and skin
Designing and painting the face
Painting hair
Designing a costume
Pose and background

Creative workflows
Desert man
Sci-fi female
Medieval jester
Merchant trader

Quick tips
Hair
Skin
Ears and eyes
Nose and mouth/lips
Fur and clothing materials
Accessories

Breakdown gallery

Glossary

Meet the artists

Index

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Endorsements

“These tutorials not only provide interesting exercises for the beginner to help build a strong foundation for drawing and painting, but also provide important insights into the mindset of a concept artist. Very useful and inspiring!”
Lois Van Baarle (aka Loish)
Digital concept artist & animator | loish.net

“This title is an invaluable resource for both aspiring artists, as well as the more experienced. Filled to the brim with sophisticated, but still easy-to-follow material, with a lot of practical tips. It is a fabulous learning source for everyone seeking improvement in this field.”
Marta Dahlig
Freelance digital artist | dahlig.deviantart.com

“This title serves as an amazing inspirational material for aspiring digital artists, but it can also be a refreshing collection of references for professionals who want to add more skills to their set!”
Will Murai
Illustrator and concept artist | willmurai.com

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Ana Marta
Easy and simple book to help in your creative process

I bought this book as a 'training' manual to help me develop my skills in photoshop.It's easy enough to follow the instructions given, helpful tips and seeing how professional artists work was amazing.The only advice I would give is to buy the ' The Beginner's guide to Photoshop' just to get used to the lingo used and to become familiar with the tools.

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Rodney
Great introduction

This is a great introduction to the world of digital painting and 2D character design. It does a very good job of progressing from the very simple to the very complex. Wherever your skill-level currently is, you should get a good amount of benefit from this book. From designing a very simple character to the very thorough, thoughtful process demonstrated by Derek Stenning, this is a great start for anyone looking to get their feet wet or improve their existing 2D character design chops. Highly recommended.

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Patrick
Very good

This product was brief, to the point, and efficient with the instruction on how to get started with characters in photoshop. Content was easy to understand and pick up.

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Daniela
Perfect for begginers, valuable for intermediate.

I totally recommend this book to anyone who is new to the Photoshop world and has an ambition to create new characters. Nicely written - step by step - with a lot of usefull tips for anyone who is looking for a clear instructions. It gives you a freedom to create on your own, on the other hand you have all the knowledge you need to have. Great illustrations, wide range of styles. Even if you are a intermediate user it gives you deeper information about your process, different techniques and approach to your art. Helpful in so many ways. :) I am greatful I found it! Thanks.

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Dan
An amazing book!

Good for beginners and intermediates alike, this is full of tips and tricks, as well as a great foundation for character designing.

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