Are you introducing yourself to the world of digital design and photo manipulation? If so, it is highly recommended that you seek to outline your knowledge and technique through different sources: Video tutorials, forums, friends and books. Yes, books you have read well. Consuming all kinds of works that deal with these topics can help you a lot.
Depending on the degree of professionalism and perfection you want to achieve, you should create your own library on the subject. Foundations and origins of the different branches and of the different supports, application manuals ... Anything goes.
On this occasion I would like to present you a work called: 500 digital illustration tips, tricks, and techniques from Promopress publishing house. This is an unusual book for two reasons. This jewel manages to provide us with very useful knowledge and information but without doing it in a heavy way. It is nothing like the endless technical manuals that seem to complicate the learning process instead of facilitating it. I think that sometimes a simple, fluent reading with several illustrative images can contribute much more than a series of technicalities and formalities. Especially if we are entering this world and we are looking for an applicable and practical material, it is highly recommended. (And no, this is not an advertising strategy, I have read it).
What is the book really about? Obviously digital illustration. But its methodology is very dynamic, starting from the fundamentals of illustration and dedicating entire chapters to the most used applications in this area: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash for 2D illustration, cinema 4D and 3Ds Max. It also contains sections that follow the format of a common tutorial, indicating the steps to follow with a lot of graphic material included and advice on file formats and document settings, special effects ...
The book can be purchased in various stores both in digital format and in classic format.
I hope you enjoy reading! And of course, if you have any similar or interesting work to share with us, leave us a commentary.
It is interesting how I can do to acquire it