Sketchbook Pro Digital Painting Essentials [Paperback]

Explore the styles and capabilities of Sketchbook Pro with this excellent guide to the essentials of digital painting. In no time, youll be bringing your own unique creativity to the virtual easel or drawing pad.

Overview

• Discover tricks and techniques that will help you make the most out of Sketchbook Pro
• Packed with practical examples that help you create expressive sketches ranging from cartoons to portraits
• A step-by-step guide packed with supporting imagery

In Detail

Sketchbook Pro is a professional grade painting app that is easy to use and which helps you create digital art that looks like paintings created using ink and color. Using Sketchbook Pro, you can transform your digital art into true masterpieces that resemble work done using traditional mediums.

Sketchbook Pro Digital Painting Essentials will show you how to transform your digital art into true masterpieces. This book will guide you through the many tools and options available in Sketchbook Pro such as the symmetry tool, layer editor, and blend modes to create images that look as though they were done by hand using traditional tools and mediums. This unique book offers inspiration with hands-on techniques and gives you an insight into a professional artist's mind.

Starting with an overview of the program, this book will help you customize and set your preferences to help you produce the best possible images for use on the Web or for print. You will be able to look over the author's shoulder as he demonstrates the use of the tools to create artwork that looks like it was painted or inked. This book will then show you how you can draw basic illustrations and then how to create acrylic paintings. You will also learn about file saving options; which ones are best for what you intend to do with the artwork. The book will also show you how to export the images you've created to other software and will give you tilÃÝ