- Covers illustration concepts beyond the Photoshop
program
- Tutorials focus on the professional user to give real-world
experience
- Shows you how to produce artwork you can be proud of and
include directly in your portfolio
- Deconstructs some of the most popular graphic styles
today
In this book, Matt Kloskowski walks you through some of the
most popular styles and techniques in professional Photoshop
design and illustration today. Through step-by-step tutorials and
in-depth explanations, he deconstructs those styles and
techniques.
Matt gives you insight, tips, and industry advice throughout
the entire process to help you step outside of Photoshop and
understand the big picture of illustration. Topics such as
photorealism, stylization, and retro and cartoon artwork are
discussed, and exercises lend real-world experience to help you
make the jump from Photoshop user to professional designer. This
book will also arm you with the necessary knowledge and tools to
build a graphic library of your own so you can quickly and
effectively create quality graphic designs and illustrations for
your clients.
If you are an aspiring designer looking to get into the
graphics industry, this book will enable you to create artwork
for your portfolio that demonstrates a range of in-demand
illustration styles. If you are already working with Photoshop
professionally, it will expand your repertoire of styles and help
you become a better designer.
What's the big idea?
friends of ED love pioneering. We also love how great ideas
evolve. Based on our Designer to Designer™ ethos, our aim
is to return the power of design and radical innovation to the
people who do it best: you. Believe in what you see. Create great
work. Whether you're pushing Flash or Photoshop every day
professionally, or just learning how to build your first website,
we make books for you: Every
Designer.