ABSTRACT

If you are a digital artist, illustrator, cartoonist, graphic artist, designer, or serious hobbyist looking for new and interesting ways to use Photoshop, this is the book for you! You already know how to use Photoshop as an image editing tool; now, challenge yourself and discover the more artistic aspects of the program with one of the world's best teachers by your side.

In addition to four brand new chapters on real world projects, this new edition of award-winning digital artist Derek Lea's bestselling Creative Photoshop contains several brand new features such as "What you'll learn in this chapter” summaries, so you can quickly find projects using the specific tools you'd like to focus on, and supplementary information at the end of each chapter, containing useful resources and additional gallery images to provide further study and inspiration. As you work through Derek's fantastic artistic methods, be sure to visit www.creativephotoshopthebook.com for more information, including the project files for each chapter, available for download for you to work with, a reader forum, and more.

part One|132 pages

Drawing and Painting

chapter Chapter 1|18 pages

Painting in Photoshop

chapter Chapter 2|20 pages

Creating Characters with Shape Layers

chapter Chapter 3|14 pages

Graffiti Spray Paint Art

chapter Chapter 4|12 pages

Creating Stencil Art

chapter Chapter 5|17 pages

Tracing Photographs

chapter Chapter 6|17 pages

Illustrating from Sketches

chapter Chapter 7|15 pages

Retro Art Effects

chapter Chapter 8|17 pages

Coloring Comic Art

part Two|56 pages

Unconventional Methods

chapter Chapter 9|20 pages

Antique Effects

chapter Chapter 10|20 pages

Photocopier Meets Photoshop

chapter Chapter 11|14 pages

Urban Lowbrow Art

part Three|106 pages

Real World Photoshop

chapter Chapter 12|28 pages

Sketch and Dry Brush Effects

chapter Chapter 13|26 pages

Simulated Screen-Printing

chapter Chapter 14|22 pages

Real World Collage

chapter Chapter 15|28 pages

In and Out of Photoshop

part Four|112 pages

Illustrative Photography

chapter Chapter 16|28 pages

Creature Architecture

chapter Chapter 17|30 pages

The Third Dimension

chapter Chapter 18|20 pages

Aging Effects

chapter Chapter 19|29 pages

Representational Surrealism

chapter Chapter 20|3 pages

The Cover Challenge