Ok first of all i want to try and clarify where i am coming from and why i think that these things are important. Nothing I am arguing here is new information, especially if you actually have an informed idea of how colour works. Instead the question I'm asking is how can we teach colour better to painters and artist, and…
This a great overview of Lighting, mainly for film, but still applies to general CG work. A great overview of lighting, shadows, composition and general lighting techniques. [ame="https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Lighting-Rendering-2nd-Edition/dp/0321316312/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338223437&sr=8-1"]Amazon.com: Digital…
For those of you who are interested in anatomy, I love this book in addition to, or maybe even more than, all the artistic anatomy books I've gone through. Tons of illustrations (everything relevant labeled as well) to help make sense of things.…
Ive been listening to Liam Keegan's mixes for the past couple months or so. He has these end of month podcasts that are about an hour each, so its good to just set those (3 of them i think) to play while i work. http://liamkeegan.podomatic.com/entry/eg/2011-04-23T13_38_19-07_00
James Gurney's book on the matter is among the best I've come across [ame]http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311451339&sr=8-1[/ame] It's basically a compilation put together of all the great info he posts on his fantastic blog (http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/)…
Not sure if you're still looking, but the book is: Stories of Dragons (Young Reading (Series 1)) (Young Reading (Series 1)) by Christopher Rawson et al. Link: http://amzn.com/0746080743 I loved this book as a child and spent about 2 years looking for it. Best - Damian
I'm finally finished. There are some things I would like to tweak and add, but for now I'm calling it done. Any comments and crits are welcome as always. High Res Here [SKETCHFAB]07769dfcd55b42bf9b7e149d427a780f[/SKETCHFAB] mmrashad: Looks pretty good, but its a lot of brown. your scene could use some other colors to add a…
I think these four stand out as not as great looking as the other stuff you've got on display, I think it doesn't matter so much the amount of stuff you have in your portfolio, if you've made a hundred models it would be enough to post the three best ones imo. To post the lesser good looking ones might be distracting and…
Its wildly out of proportion and has no hands, fix those and get some really good anatomical reference. This is ok [ame="https://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Artist-Sarah-Simblet/dp/078948045X"]Anatomy for the Artist: Sarah Simblet, John Davis: 0635517080452: Amazon.com: Books[/ame] you can get better sources, google loomis,…