Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting

This eBook will guide you through your first steps on the path to becoming an accomplished digital painter, from setting up your workstation and familiarizing yourself with the tools available, to making the most of the benefits of painting digitally. Others areas covered include the Photoshop techniques that are used by industry professionals around the world.

Platform: Photoshop
Chapter 1 - Introducing Photoshop's workspace, graphics tablets, screen calibration, color profiles and the Brush tool
Chapter 2 - Canvas settings, scanning drawings, swatches, color pickers, color theory, layers and custom brushes
Chapter 3 - Composition rules, sketching and perspective, understanding light and blocking-in
Chapter 4 - Coloring from grayscale, colors beyond blocking-in, blending methods and using photos
Chapter 5 - Photo textures, quick masks, using the Wand tool, Liquify filter uses, Layer Masks and painting
Chapter 6 - Finishing touches, filters, the Unsharpen Mask and saving your work