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Owen has worked for a number of commercial and professional studios in both traditional and computer graphics. Fascinated by textures, he presents this guide teaching digital artists how to explore and understand textures in the real world, to enhance the recreation of such textures in both digital and traditional methods. The initial chapters cover a number of visual basics--how to look and what to look at, color theory, and an examination of twelve well- known paintings putting theory into practice. The remaining chapters focus on how the digital artist uses this knowledge, by taking the reader through the steps of a specific visual project. The accompanying CD-ROM contains all the files needed to complete the exercises contained in the text.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Book Description
This book takes you outside the studio and walks you through the museum of life. This full color book combines traditional texture creation principles with digital texturing techniques to enhance your scenes and animations. In the first half of the book, you will learn about the history of textures in fine art and in the second half, how to apply these principles to your 2D and 3D digital scenes.


From the Publisher
If you are involved in the world of 3D in any way—or even if you're simply a student of art and design theory—please take a look at this book. It's an amazing piece of work, exploring the theory and practice of applying texturing maps and paint effects to models and scenes. Yet somehow that doesn't do the book justice, possibly because author Owen Demers grounds his discussion in such solid fundamental ground that the book comes off as equal parts museum catalog, art school text, and industry profile. Face it, most 3D students and professionals have limited skill sets in art theory; yet these people are expected to turn out ever-higher quality work to keep up with audience expectations. We're beyond the days of dancing gasoline pumps... the release of Final Fantasy signals a new benchmark for mass-audience expectations of realistic quality in 3D. Want to know how to do this stuff right? Check out [digital] Texturing & Painting. Each edition of the New Riders [digital] series addresses a distinct discipline: Character Animation; Lighting & Rendering; and now Texturing & Painting (editions on modeling, compositing, and more are in development). What makes Owen Demers such an expert? He's the guy behind the incredible surface texturing in Bingo, the proof-of-concept digital short made with Alias|Wavefront's Maya when it first released. I still remember people walking out of the theatre at SIGGRAPH shaking their heads in disbelief after seeing the hair, the pores on the skin of the characters... "How did they DO that?" Owen teaches you what you need to know before you fire up your software.


About the Author

Owen Demers has worked as an illustrator, graphic designer, 3D artist, and art director for a number of commercial and professional studios in both traditional and computer graphics. Among his many award-winning projects is the animated short Bingo, for which he was the lead texturer and lighting TD. He currently works as a 3D artist and art director in New York.

Christine Urszenyi, contributing author and editor, has worked as an architect, art director for film studios and furniture designer. She currently works as a writer in Toronto, Canada.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

If you work in 3D, you must have this book. More than a compendium of techniques for the texture professional, (digital) Texturing & Painting gets to the heart of being an artist in the digital realm. With this inspired guide, you'll learn to translate the enviroments you experience into an expressive, complete digital style: Study and describe materials and their textures in the real world. Avoid the seduction of technology as you explore the traditional techniques and artistry of painting masters thoughout the ages. Differentiate surfaces by their textural qualities, such as color, reflections, and wear and tear Build materials and textures through digital techniques combined with the use of traditional mediums Bring wireframes to life through detailand color Create vivid scenes and beautiful surfaces

SYNOPSIS

This book takes you outside the studio and walks you through the museum of life. This full color book combines traditional texture creation principles with digital texturing techniques to enhance your scenes and animations. In the first half of the book, you will learn about the history of textures in fine art and in the second half, how to apply these principles to your 2D and 3D digital scenes.

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