Digital Art Revolution: Creating Fine Art with Photoshop
There’s no question that applications like Photoshop have changed the art world forever. Master digital artists already use these tools to create masterpieces that stretch the limits of the imagination—but you don’t have to be a master to create your own digital art.
Whether you’re a beginner who’s never picked up a pen or paintbrush, or a traditional artist who wants to explore everything a digital canvas might inspire, digital artist and arts educator Scott Ligon guides you a
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Review by David L. Deutsch for Digital Art Revolution: Creating Fine Art with Photoshop
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Okay, so here’s the deal: I have absolutely no artistic talent. Seriously, none. I can’t even put a stick figure on paper with straight lines. However, all that might change. This new book, “Digital Art Revolution,” has inspired me to start dabbling in the fascinating field of digital art.
What is digital art? From what I can gather, the author views it as another tool to artistic expressiveness, like a paint brush or a canvas. Digital art is not just about making web designs (although it certainly is that, to some extent.) Rather, digital art is anything you want it to be. It is a medium that is only limited by what you can imagine.
This book gets you on the path to thinking, acting and being a digital artist, a place where a simple scanned picture can turn into an artistic masterpiece. Like any new art medium, critics will probably call digital art low-brow, mindless nonsense. This book frees us from such snobbery and invites us to embark on an artistic journey that is only limited by our imagination.
If you have ever seen any of the author’s digital art pieces, you’d quickly see the potential for digital art as a legitimate medium for the finest of fine arts. Digital art allows for a wonderful form of expressiveness that traditional mediums simply cannot touch. For instance, with digital art, you can take an ordinary photograph of a celebrity and turn it into a wild fantasy world with digitally-added nude fairies and a blazing inferno background. Or you can take a picture of fruit and flowers and digitally alter it to create a seascape that serves as a microcosm for the Universe. Or you can turn a photo of an old shoe into a branded logo for your firm. Or whatever you want.
This groundbreaking book is both practical and enjoyable to read, a real mix of engagement and how-to. I don’t know of any book like it on the market, as it appeals to newbies like myself and experienced digital artists who are seeking new creative avenues to express themselves. And who knows: it might even make an artist out of me some day!
Review by Robert W. Sherrill for Digital Art Revolution: Creating Fine Art with Photoshop
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After 50 pages Mr. Ligon has provided more information than I have found in most PS and other software program books in my 30+ years with Mac’s and PC’s. He is concise and answers all of the logical questions without deviating and getting caught up on useless minutia or unneeded detail. It’s really good. I’m looking forward to the parts about doing my own creating.
Review by Ken Hopson for Digital Art Revolution: Creating Fine Art with Photoshop
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Excellent presentation of concept and application for Adobe Photoshop, covering all angles with clear instruction, screenshots and a medley of contributing artists. Hats off to Mr. Ligon for compiling an illuminating Photoshop tutorial worthy of both your coffee table or the reference shelf next to your computer.
Review by Bob Aldrich for Digital Art Revolution: Creating Fine Art with Photoshop
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I originally got this book with the sole intention of picking up some new tricks using Adobe Photoshop. After reading the book, I not only learned a lot of useful Photoshop techniques, but because of the author’s great ability to educate and instruct, was also introduced into appreciating art. The author was able to educate me on some basic art concepts and instruction. Beauase of this, it now takes my photographs to a new level. I now view a lot of my Photoshop enhanced photographs as a very creative form of art. I also have a new level of respect for other “Photoshopped” pieces as artwork. This book is a great work of instruction in Photoshop techniques as well as introducing an appreciation of art in the “digital revolution”. Great book!
Review by Master of Cats for Digital Art Revolution: Creating Fine Art with Photoshop
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This is absolutely NOT like any other Photoshop book! It’s got a lot of technique in it, but also a very unique and useful “world view” bunch writing on how to hone yourself as an artist. Whereas most books are simply on the mechanics of the software, this covers that, but also covers using the software as a tool to actually create.
MWD