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The Art of Loish - with signed bookplate

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This book features an exclusive bookplate signed by Loish and a free mini print.

The Art of Loish is the first published compendium of the works of digital artist and animator Lois Van Baarle, AKA Loish, offering inspiration, insight, and exclusive artwork. Featuring a wide range of Loish’s illustrations, the book shows her development from a hobbyist into a highly popular professional artist. Browse it as a coffee-table book or read through the tutorials to learn how to create digital paintings yourself.

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This book features an exclusive bookplate signed by Loish and a free mini print.

Successfully funded on Kickstarter in 2 hours, The Art of Loish is the first published compendium of the works of digital artist and animator Loish (aka Lois van Baarle), offering you inspiration, insight, and exclusive artwork. Featuring a wide range of Loish's illustrations, the book will show her development from someone who drew digitally as a hobby into a highly popular professional artist. The book includes a visual timeline of Loish's artistic journey with a selection of remakes of past works to demonstrate the evolution of her work. With expert tips you'll see Loish's creative process, from initial idea and sketch to finished piece. Browse the stunning range of finished digital paintings, never-before-seen artwork, rough sketches, studies, sketchbook pages, and client work as a coffee table book or read through the tutorials to learn how to create digital paintings yourself. This is a publication you won't want to miss which will leave you enlightened and motivated!

Hardback 152 pages
Dimensions: 255mm x 225mm
Paper quality: Full-color premium paper pages
ISBN: 978-1-909414-28-0

SKU: TAOL
Subjects covered: Cartoon, Digital painting, Sketching
Focus: 2D digital art
Skill level: Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate
Part of series: Art-of
Contents and Contributors

foreword

introduction

artistic journey

early artwork
early digital artwork
schoolwork & animation
remakes

behind the scenes

workspace
regular sketching
inspiration
getting started
first lines
choosing colors
painting process
client work
stylization
finishing up
final steps

digital painting

works in progress

sketches & studies

concept art & storyboards

trichrome

tutorials

making of blue lagoon
making of cafe presse

quick tips

choosing colors
sketching characters
digital painting
hair

thank you

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About the artist
Lois van Baarle, best known as Loish, is an internationally renowned digital artist and character designer based in the Netherlands. With an enchanting signature style and ability to produce characters with depth and narrative, her talents have been acknowledged by big-name clients worldwide, including LEGO, Guerrilla Games, Amazon, EA, and Coca-Cola. After the release of her first two art books, Loish discovered her passion for sharing and teaching to demystify the digital art process, and an appreciation of her content is reflected in her ever-growing loyal fanbase of over two million.
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