Painter X Creativity. Digital Artist's Handbook

315 Pages·2007·77.73 MB·English

by  Jeremy Sutton (Auth.)

Painter X Creativity
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Painter X Creativity
Digital Artist’s
Handbook
Jeremy Sutton
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Sutton, Jeremy.
Painter x creativity: digital artists handbook/Jeremy Sutton.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-80929-8 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Digital art—Technique. I. Title.
N7433.8.S862 2007
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For my Mum, Margaret Ruth Sutton—thanks for your artistic inspiration and loving support—and
in memory of my Dad, Maurice Sutton, who lives on in my heart and soul.
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Contents
Foreword xi
Introduction xiii
Acknowledgments xvi
1
Preparing 1

Seven Principles 2
Materials List 9
Minimum Computer System Requirements 9
Set Up Your Wacom Tablet 13
Prepare Your Computer 21
Optimize Painter X 27
The Painter X Interface 33
2
Exploring Brushes 55

Visual Glossary 56
Fearless Exploration! 75
Custom Variants 77
Painting Projects 88
3
Texture and Pattern 93

Painter-centric Defi nitions 95
Paper Textures in Painter 96
Pattern Pizzazz! 113
4
Design and Composition 125

Observation and Decisions 128
Design 128
Composition 133
Draw a Still Life 146
Paint a Self-Portrait 148
5
Painting from a Photograph 151

Why Paint from a Photograph? 153
Ways to Paint from a Photograph 156
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Principles of Painting from Photos in Painter 157
An Expressive Approach to Painting 158
Prepare the Source Image 158
Create a “Muck Up” Underpainting 174
Selectively Reveal the Subject 176
Further Develop the Painting 178
Generating Variations 183
6
Going for it with Color 201

About Color 203
Still Life Exercise 210
Expressing Tone Through Color 214
Wild Color! 216
Ideas for Experimentation 218
7
Collage Portraiture 223

What is a Collage Portrait? 226
Acquire Source Images 227
Choose Foundation, Secondary and Subsidiary Images 227
Prepare for Action 229
Create a Working Image Template 230
Add Subsidiary Image Using Select, Copy and Paste 231
Resize and Rotate Layer Using Free Transform Effect 232
Control Layer Visibility with Layer Masks 234
Group, Collapse and Lock Layers 236
Experiment with Composite Methods and Layer Opacity 236
Periodically Flatten and Paint 237
Create a Paper Texture Template 238
Paint Texture into a Layer 241
Paint with Liquid Metal 242
Add Painted Border 243
Add Physical Media to the Print 244
Gallery 245
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Replay 255

Scripts: The Modern Day Music Roll 256
Powerful Tools for Working with Process 256
Recording a Script 257
Replaying a Script 261
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CONTENTS
Generating a Frame Stack from a Script 266
Generating a QuickTime Movie from a Frame Stack 270
Generating Numbered Files from a Frame Stack 272
Using Background Scripts as a Last Resort Rescue 273
Appendices
I Project Checklists 277
II Troubleshooting 279
III Keyboard Shortcuts 284
Index 285
Author Biography 291
Contributors 293
Order form 295
Copyright license page 296
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