CREATIVE PHOTOSHOP

Welcome to the world of art and imagination. Derek Lea, one of the world?s top 100 digital artists, shows how to use Photoshop in extraordinary ways to transform the mundane into incredible images. His work is a unique combination of original photography, traditional illustration, and digital art. If you are a digital artist, illustrator, cartoonist, graphic artist or designer who is familiar with Photoshop, but want to push the program to the limit, this book is for you. Lea combines the inspirational with the practical, showcasing a wide range of artistic styles from graffiti and pop art, to Bosch and Art Nouveau. Discover how to get professional results from the paint features within Photoshop and try features such as sculpting and layering. Explore texture, with spray paint effects and scanned elements or age faces and objects. Use stencil tags and comic book coloring techniques. Bring 3D art to life by using Photoshop and Poser together. Also maximize your creativity AND efficiency with invaluable information on working between Photoshop and Illustrator. This book/CD package provides clear, step-by-step tutorials that break away from the standard instruction book mould and make it easy to emulate Lea?s techniques in your own work. With all the images from the book to play with, you can start creating stunning artwork immediately!