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Title: Painter 8 Creativity: Digital Artist's Handbook by Jeremy Sutton ISBN: 0-240-80511-9 Publisher: Focal Press Pub. Date: 22 August, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: What a Way to Learn!!
Comment: I am so excited that I picked up this book! It is VERY user friendly. I have been able to just follow the simple steps and it WORKS.
It seems that the author has thought long and hard about the "heart" that goes into the art as well as the detailed technical explanations of the program. I think anyone will become a better artist just from the lessons that are in the book.
It's simple,easy and detailed. It has total cross platform instructions which will help me in the the work that I do.
Rating: 2
Summary: Good for Beginners, But Not the Best
Comment: There's nothing particularly wrong with this book, but it's just not the best on the shelf. As a "power user" of Photoshop and Painter, I make my living at computer illustration. As a teacher of pixel based applications, I am asked what books work and which ones aren't quite as good. I keep my library full of "how-to" books on all types of graphics applications, gleaning what I can from all sources.
This is a decent book for people who aren't going to be totally immersed - dabblers. It is a bit difficult to navigate, with small pictures and lots of text. (I really like books that lay open on their own as I work with the application in real time.) In classes I'm interested in hands on, visual examples accompanied with the building blocks of what makes an application tick. I want the meat of 1) the purpose of the app 2) the structure of the app and 3) the tools of the app. I want it on a comprehesive scale with professional examples I can work into my own art style, bringing me efficiently to a place where I am running the application more than the application is running me.
The greatest strength of the book is to make one -feel- like one can overcome Painter's very tough learning curve, but it's greatest weakness is that it's doesn't truly equip the reader beyond just the mere basics. Mr. Sutton's engaging personality comes through for a fun read. Still, while I might feel great, I want my art to be better and my confusion abated. For some students the emotional confidence is vitally important, and for those people this is a decent place to start, but to really get one's teeth into the application there are better titles available.
Two stars may be a bit harsh for the book for the casual Painter user, but heck, I also gave Paul McCartney's "Live in the USA" DVD 2 stars. Tough customer?
Rating: 3
Summary: Good but not what I was looking for
Comment: This book is great for certain excercises, but it is not what I was looking for. This book is great for those interested in expressive or moderately abstract work through painter. However if you are interested in a more realistic style this book is not what you are looking for. For example, the author talks briefly about how colors interact in natural environments and natural color theory, but spends a whole chapter on using colors in abstract methods. That is fine and dandy unless you wanted something to help you learn how to take advantage of things like Painter 8's mixer pallate to create accurate colors to life. Similarly, each chapter touches briefly on skills of observation etc but focuses on abstraction. For what I am looking for, the book has some good material, but has been a dissapointment overall. If you are looking to find your niche in creativity and style this book is for you. If you feel you have found your area of interest and that is not in abstraction than this book is not for you.
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Title: The Painter 8 Wow! Book by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis ISBN: 0321200071 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 17 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Secrets of Award-Winning Digital Artists: Creative Techniques and Insights for Photoshop, Painter and More by Jeremy Sutton, Daryl Wise, Peter Max ISBN: 0764536915 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Corel Painter 8: Fast & Easy (Fast & Easy) by Eric Grebler ISBN: 1592001491 Publisher: Premier Press Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Digital Character Design and Painting by Don Seegmiller ISBN: 1584502320 Publisher: Charles River Media Pub. Date: 23 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Getting Started with Corel Painter 8 by Lynda Weinman, Tanya Staples, Cher Threinen-Pendarvis ISBN: 1930727542 Publisher: Corel & Lynda.com Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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