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Digital Character Design and Digital Painting [Paperback]

Don Seegmiller (Author)
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Character Design and Digital Painting is a beautifully illustrated, four-color book that teaches conventional artists how to enhance their skills and bridge the gap between traditional and digital art. For artists interested in transferring their skills to the computer for Web, game, commercial, or film production work, all of the details on how to make the transition are covered. All of the fundamentals of character design, from artistic design issues and character development to physical details of the character are explored. Using the techniques learned here, artists can create their own life-like or fantasy characters for a variety of games, movies, and other projects. Once the character has been designed and sketched, they’ll learn how to paint it digitally. Additionally, a variety of practical tutorials and exercises are used to illustrate how to apply traditional painting techniques with digital tools. Details on color theory and lighting are also covered! ! to ensure that the digital characters are the highest-quality paintings possible.

KEY FEATURES

* Presents a beautiful, full color guide to character design and computer art

* Focuses on learning artistic skills that can be applied to a variety of 2D and 3D programs, including Corel Painter, Adobe Photoshop, and a number of shareware programs (Real Draw, Photobrush, Gliftic, Z Brush) and Creative Labs Poser, and Corel Bryce

* Teaches how to combine traditional artistic values with today’s graphics software

* Includes a CD-ROM with the figures and files for the tutorials in the book, along with Quicktime movies of some of the material

About the Author

Don Seegmiller (Orem, UT) has been the art director of Saffire Corp., a major videogame developer, for the last five years. He is responsible for the quality of all the art produced at Saffire and his work has been featured in Spectrum 7, Design Graphics Magazine, and Step-by-Step Electronic Design in addition to The Painter 6 Wow book.
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For as long as people have been telling stories (and, eventually, writing books), they have verbally and with the written word created different characters to populate their fictional worlds. Read the first page
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Inspirational, instructional, just dynamite Mar 3 2004
Format:Paperback
Not only is this book excellent because of what you will learn from a master, but the physical book itself is of the highest quality, which of course is very important because you will no doubt turn to it repeatedly for guidance and inspiration. A beautifuly crafted book. The cd is most helpful. Enjoy!
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Open Letter of Appreciation Sep 16 2003
Format:Paperback
Dear Mr. Seegmiller:

I've long been an admirer of your fantastic creations. You kinda became who I wanted to grow up to be ;-), so when I found you had published a book, I ran to get a copy.

Just wanted to let you know that this is the first of hundreds of art books in my library that is everything I'd hoped, and much more. I've had some
art training (mostly with folks who were better artists than teachers) and have learned a lot from books, as well as lots of drawing and painting on my own. I've participated in numerous exhibitions and group shows. Never have I had the pleasure of "sitting" in the company of such a fine, generous, exacting and specific educator, who is also one of my most admired artists.

The quicktime movies, so unselfishly revealing of your methods and creative processes, would have been worth twice the cost of the book. I'm studying them on a frame-by-frame basis, and gaining so much insight into what was heretofore theory alone. A weekend seminar could easily be developed from any one of these.

So thanks mightily from a very enthusiastic student at a distance.

Regards,
Bob Goldberg

www.bobbogoldberg.com

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Art Appreciation for Wannabe Professionals Aug 3 2003
Format:Paperback
This one reads like a crash course in digital character painting as interpreted by a fine artist of obvious expertise. It uses Corel Painter 7 as the base tool and is aimed at intermediate users (says so on the back). The best things about this book are (a) an effective balance between fantasy and reality, image- and tutorial-wise, (b) all-color (four-color) pages, so you know 'exactly' what color you're supposed to pick and what shade you're required to get, and (c) QuickTime movies on the accompanying CD that show the author deftly turn a b&w sketch into a finished piece. (Neat). This book is more about ideas than trickery, techniques rather than formulae - so don't expect too much hand-holding or quick fix tips. It lays a good foundation early on and builds upon it - though I'd recommend being comfortable at least with some basic sketching as most tutorials begin with a pre-made pencil drawing and proceed thenceforth into painting. In the end, this book stands head-and-shoulders above the rest primarily due to its inspiration and reusability value for artists (both digital and fine). It's natural to feel a little overawed by the author's seemingly effortless mastery of the subject, but if you're in the market for a solid, articulate tome with real-world skills and advice, trust this one to deliver (and deliver quite well), for it does just that.
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Most recent customer reviews
FOR DIGITAL AND STUDIO ARTISTS BOTH
Once I bought Don Seegmiller's book, DIGITAL CHARACTER DESIGN AND PAINTING I've spent hours, no, days, with pencil and computer delving into this book. Read more
Published on Jun 24 2003 by Suzanna Lasker
Don Seegmiller Rocks my Face!
Unquestionably one of the best - if not only - books on digital painting out there. Seegmiller uncovers his own techniques using Painter 7 for painting. Read more
Published on Jun 23 2003 by Thomas A Carter
BUY THIS BOOK - No Regrets!
I am very picky and highly selective when it comes to purchasing books, and this book surpasses all of my expectations. Read more
Published on April 2 2003 by Sharvonique
One of the best books I own!!!
This is one of the best books I own on Digital Character Design and Painting. It has step by step examples and it's a complete guide to this type of art form. Mr. Read more
Published on Feb 22 2003
Freaking unbelievably super-awesome beyond comprehension
I've been looking for this exact book for five years. Had I known that it wasn't going to exist until 2003, I wouldn't've spent all that time looking. Read more
Published on Feb 22 2003 by "thespacepope"
Freaking unbelievably super-awesome beyond comprehension
I've been looking for this exact book for five years. Had I known that it wasn't going to exist until 2003, I wouldn't've spent all that time looking. Read more
Published on Feb 22 2003 by "thespacepope"
One of the best books I own
Don Seegmiller is definitely a master in Digital Character Creation and his book is brilliant. He takes you step by step through the art of creating characters, using color and... Read more
Published on Feb 21 2003 by William
Superb Character Design Book
This book is certainly one of the best digital character creation and design books I've seen. Don Seegmiller takes you step by step through the entire process of character design,... Read more
Published on Feb 21 2003 by William
Digital painting got to have book
I purchased this book to help me move from the canvas to the computer generated canvas. It has helped me master blending. Read more
Published on Feb 20 2003
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