How to Draw and Paint with Your Computer

Written for those artists who may be familiar with the use of traditional art media but who wish to learn how to use computers to create digital art, this book explains everything clearly and in layman's terms, using step-by-step how-to illustrations and visual techniques.

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This book shows how you don't have to be able to draw a straight line to be a computer artist! A comprehensive, practical handbook to help you to create art with a computer using step-by-step techniques. Many art and graphic design students are currently being taught how to illustrate and paint with a computer, but an increasing number of more 'traditional' artists are also using computers to create art digitally. How to Draw and Paint with Your Computer is specifically written for those artists -- amateur or professional -- who may be familiar with the use of traditional art media but who wish to learn how to use computers to create digital art. Most software manuals are written in a totally inaccessible way, whereas this book explains everything clearly and in layman's terms, using step-by-step how-to illustrations and visual techniques. * Covers a full range of artistic techniques, including painting and drawing, and shows how to produce similar results with computer software. * Build your own digital studio by learning which hardware and software are needed and how to use them. * Discover how to transform your on-screen artwork into fine art prints.