Digital Painting tricks and techniques

Digital Painting tricks and techniques

by Gary Tonge

Gary Tonge has produced an excellent book which is for beginners, intermediate, and professionals alike. Each example given is explained with reference to photoshop and 3D imagery (when used), as well as neatly explained processes and emphasis on the importance of reference material. What most of the examples do not show is every stage from beginning to end so the reader does have to fill in the blanks. We can forgive him for this as the book would be three to four times as big.

The main topics are covered from chapter to chapter and cover colour, perspective, lighting, and many more which are broken down into beginner, intermediate, and professional. Anyone with a good grounding in photoshop will take these in their stride and be confident in understanding what they are reading.

If you are wishing to gain hints and tips from a leading British concept artist then this is certainly an essential buy, the inspiration alone from the artwork on show is enough to add this to your collection. Added to the explanation and views of the artist it becomes an essential tool for digital art and I can see myself using this book for reference again and again. Although one thing I will say that it doesn't do is talk about characters or the human body in any great detail instead focusing on the overall picture and making the reader think more about what they want from the piece they are about to create. I've certainly learned a lot from this book and the way I look at my art has changed for the better (or so I hope).

Another book by this artist is Bold Visions which gives more information and inspiration to the reader.

You can find this book at  Amazon