d'artiste: Digital Painting - Digital Artists Master Class

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Artists Robert Chang, Linda Bergkvist, John Wallin and Philip Straub. Ballistic Publishing, 2004. d'artiste: Digital Painting showcases the work and technical skills of: Linda Bergkvist, John Wallin, Philip Straub and Robert Chang. Each Master Artist presents their digital painting techniques through a series of tutorials - using Painter and Photoshop - starting with the original concept and stepping through the painting process to completion.

The book is broken into four sections based around each Master Artist. The Artists' sections include a personal gallery, the artist's work and thoughts in their own words, a 20-page tutorial section, and an invited artist gallery featuring over 20 digital paintings from some of the most talented digital artists in the world.

Featuring step-by-step techniques including Face painting, Telling a Story, Stream of Consciousness painting, Using the Block Model Technique, Color/Shape/Form painting, Two for One painting, Formal Portrait painting, Rendering and Hair painting. 192 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (220mm x 297mm) ISBN: 0975096559 and ISBN-13: 9780975096550

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d'artiste: Digital Painting 2 - Digital Artists Master Class

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Daniel Wade (Editor). Ballistic Publishing, 2008. Digital Painting 2 is the sixth book in the d'artiste Digital Artists Master Class series. It features the artwork and techniques of Master Artists: Daniel Dociu, Melanie Delon, Don Seegmiller and Marta Dahlig. In addition to painting techniques, Digital Painting 2 shows each artist's overall approach from sketch to finished painting. The book also features a hugely talented invited artist gallery chosen personally by the Master Artists. 208 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (225mm x 305mm) (ISBN-13: 9781921002571)

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Elemental 2: The World's Best Autodesk Art
Various digital artists, foreword by Carol Bartz and Carl Bass. Ballistic Publishing, 2006. ELEMENTAL books showcase the world's best digital artwork created with Autodesk software. The first edition was released two years ago and has received critical acclaim around the world. Elemental 2 is packed with exciting imagery from Autodesk customers working in the fields of visual effects, animation, game development, architectural and design visualization.

Produced in Partnership with Autodesk Elemental 2 was created in partnership with Autodesk and includes a foreword by Carol Bartz, CEO and Carl Bass, COO of Autodesk, Inc., and special guest advisory board member, Maurice Conti, Creative Director for Autodesk. Each image is individually processed to ensure that the transfer from the computer monitor to print is of the highest quality possible. 192 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (229mm x 305mm) ISBN: 1921002247 and ISBN-13: 9781921002243

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Essence: The Face

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Artists: Paul Fedor, Peter Levius, Hong Suck Suh, Matt Hartle, Mark Snoswell, Steven Stahlberg. Ballistic Publishing, 2007. This is the first book in the new 'Creative ESSENCE Series'. Designed for artists with a mid-to-advanced understanding of 3D character creation, the book starts with the photo shoot of model Monika and draws on the methods of six professionals to create a digital model from beginning to end.

Working as a team each artist develops a piece of the 3D character puzzle to show you how lifelike characters are created in a production environment. The Face encompasses reference photography, modeling, UV mapping, texturing and rendering, to create a digital double that would be at home in a next-gen game or HD movie. 160 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (220mm x 297mm) ISBN: 1921002360

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Essence: The Face DVD
Various. Ballistic Publishing, 2008. Complementing the book is this excellent DVD which includes a comprehensive set of models, textures, photographs, software and tools that allow you to immediately develop your skills based on the techniques outlined in the book.

The DVD includes:Monika Models in 0.5K, 2K and 9K resolutions;

2K base head meshes for Monika and a generic human;

A set of nine morph targets for varying ages, sex and ethnicity;

the Monika head model with the Poor Man's SSS skin shader network as described in Paul Fedor's 'Under the Skin' chapter;

Two UV mapshighly optimized for the entire head, offering high-quality renders for detailed texture;

Ultra High-res (4K) baked textures as developed in the book;

Comprehensive set of ultra high-res (4K) photographs divided into no-makeup and makeup sets as shot by 3D.SK;

DirectX shader toolset as shown in the book, including Photo merge direct shader tools presented as a 3DS Max file for demo purposes and able to be configured to any 3D application supporting DirectX shaders.

There are also Demonstration versions of FaceGen (Singular Inversions); ShaderFX (Lumonix); and FX Composer (nVidia).

The shader tools are screen shaders only. There are no equivalent renderable shaders provided. As the HLSL (High Level Shader Language) does not support the 'Save Texture Pane to File' functions, baked textures can only be preserved by screen capture. This DVD is best bought in conjunction with the book 'ESSENCE: The Face'. Hard Cover Full Colour (ISBN-13: 9781921002465)

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Exposé 2: Finest Digital Art in the Known Universe
Daniel & M Wade. Ballistic Publishing, 2005. Due to the phenomenal popularity of Exposé 2 the book is now into its second edition print run. The new editions features the brilliant cover image 'Earl Bird' by Hungarian artist and Exposé Master Award winner Peter Fendrik. This is the second edition of the industry's most recognized annual art book celebrating the creative talents of digital artists worldwide.

Exposé 1 set extremely high standards in production quality and featured artists, and won critical acclaim and numerous awards. Exposé 2 capitalizes on the phenomenal global success of its predecessor and features more of the finest digital artwork the world has ever seen. 192 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (220mm x 297mm) ISBN: 0975096591 and ISBN-13: 9780975096598

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Exposé 3: Finest Digital Art in the Known Universe
Over 180 digital artists. Ballistic Publishing, 2005. Exposé 3 is the third edition of the industry's best art book celebrating the creative talents of digital artists worldwide and sets the bar even higher for quality of entries and awards across existing and new categories. To accommodate the additional award winning entries, Ballistic Publishing has added sixteen extra pages.

This volume features the work of 181 artists from 37 countries covering the fields of 3D, digital illustration, architectural visualization, games, television and feature film. The Exposé 3 AWARDS celebrate the highest artistic and technical excellence in a diverse range of categories and styles. In most categories Exposé 3 honors 3D and 2D (illustration) entries separately. Master (gold) and Excellence (silver) were awarded in the following categories: Character in Repose; Character in Action; Creature in Repose (new); Robotic/Cyborg (new); Architectural; Environment; Fantasy; Abstract & Design; Surreal (new); Humorous; Transport; Cityscapes (new). 208 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (220mm x 297mm) ISBN: 192100214X and ISBN-13: 9781921002144

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Exposé 5: Finest Digital Art in the Known Universe
Over 210 digital artists. Ballistic Publishing, 2007. The flagship title of award-winning publisher Ballistic Publishing has become an institution in the digital art world. Exposé 5 boasts a raft of new artwork including that of 108 unpublished artists drawn from a pool of over 4,500 entries.

Judged by an international team of industry leaders, this year's edition features 298 examples of the world's best digital art prepared by 218 artists from 45 countries. 224 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (220mm x 297mm) (ISBN-13: 9781921002397)

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Exotique 3: The World's Most Beautiful CG Characters
Daniel Wade, Editor. Ballistic Publishing, 2007. Experience a completely new collection of the world's most beautiful digital characters. EXOTIQUE 3 brings together the world's most beautiful CG characters in genres ranging from science fiction, fantasy, anime, to photo-realism and stylised realism.

Featuring 292 artworks by 197 artists in 45 countries and printed to the high standards that Ballistic Publishing is renowned for, you'll be both inspired and impressed by the original character art showcased here. 192 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (220mm x 297mm) (ISBN-13: 9781921002458)

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Exotique 4: The World's Most Beautiful CG Characters
Daniel Wade, Editor. Ballistic Publishing, 2008. In its fourth edition, EXOTIQUE 4 firmly establishes itself as the benchmark for CG character art featuring the work of artists from 45 countries (a record for the EXOTIQUE series).

EXOTIQUE 4 includes more art from China, Korea, Indonesia, and Singapore showcasing a broader range of styles and cultures. The work of 215 highly-talented artists fill EXOTIQUE 4 with 322 pieces of inspiring character art in genres from science fiction, fantasy, and anime, to photorealism and stylized realism.

EXOTIQUE 4 also packs an additional 30 pieces of artwork into 16 more pages than the previous edition. 208 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (220mm x 297mm) (ISBN-13: 9781921002540)

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Painter: The World's Finest Painter Art
Editors: Daniel Wade, Paul Hellard, foreword John Derry. Ballistic Publishing, 2005. Painter™ showcases the world's finest digital artwork using Corel's® natural media painting program - Painter - with 209 works by 135 artists across diverse categories such as Portraits, Concept Art, Fantasy, Editorial Illustration and Abstract art. The PAINTER Awards are selected by an industry renowned panel of Painter artists.

This inaugural book was created in partnership with Corel. In addition to the exquisite imagery presented by artists using the Painter software, Painter includes a foreword by John Derry, one of the original authors of the Painter software!

These amazing works of digitally painted art are presented the following categories: Character in Repose; Character in Action; Portraits; Concept Art; Fantasy; Editorial Illustration; Humorous; Environment; Wildlife; Still Life; Transport; Abstract & Surreal.

A panel of leading digital artists from the Painter community was responsible for judging the high quality artwork submitted for Painter. 192 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (220mm x 297mm) ISBN: 1921002182 and ISBN-13: 9781921002182

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Ultimate: Klara Medkova - 2 DVD Set
Ballistic Publishing, 2008. The Klara Medkova Ultimate dual-DVD set, created in conjunction with 3D.SK, delivers 16-megapixel, royalty-free character reference for film and game development, life drawing and texture reference. Each photograph is shot at the highest quality in the best lighting conditions to produce a 16-megapixel image with extraordinary detail.

300 shots, clothed, and semi-clothed in both reference and action poses all tagged and categorised, on two DVDs will improve your work flow by having what you need at hand, when you need it.

300 high-resolution photos (clothed and semi-clothed in hundreds of poses); Royalty-free; Exceptional 16-megapixel resolution; RAW and TIFF versions of every image, with easy-to-use navigation with keyword search and simple browser interface. Full Colour (ISBN-13: 9781921002472)

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Ultimate: Denisa - 2 DVD Set
Ballistic Publishing, 2008. Created in conjunction with 3D.SK, The Ultimate DVD series delivers the world's highest quality photo reference for digital artists.

In this latest set of royalty-free photos - which can be used for film and game development, life drawing and texture reference - our model Denisa poses for reference shots at all angles including nude and costumed poses.

These 300 hi-res reference photos are available in both RAW and TIFF versions of every image. Full Colour (ISBN-13: 9781921002489)

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