Visual Storytelling with Color and Light: Mastering Gouache

Visual Storytelling with Color and Light

Mastering Gouache
 
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Publisher: CRC Press
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ISBN13:9780415720649
ISBN10:0415720648
Binding:Hardback
No. of pages:264 pages
Size:203x254 mm
Language:English
Illustrations: 234 Illustrations, color
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Short description:

Visual Storytelling with Color and Light offers behind-the-scenes secrets of gouache. With insider information on best gouache practices, Photoshop enhancements, and developing a signature style, this new guide has everything you need.

Long description:

Though digital technology will continue to advance the way art is created, traditional mediums and techniques will remain fundamental to creating art. This holds true for gouache, (opaque watercolor}, acrylic, and many other mediums. Traditional mediums have had a hand in the creation of some of the most stunning backgrounds in animation, and a favorite of top illustrators for decades. Michael Humphries? Visual Storytelling provides step-by-step techniques that will help readers better understand color theory, composition and lighting, both traditionally and digitally. Visual Storytelling illustrates and analyzes numerous Disney visual development and animation background paintings that provide the reader a greater insight as to how these paintings were created, and how they were instrumental in the creation of the worlds most successful and beautiful animated movies. Through analysis and demonstrations, Visual Storytelling features the Disney studios traditional approach and Photoshop techniques that will give readers a well-rounded view of today?s digital and traditional practices.


 


Key Features


  • Teaches and demonstrates the critical components in creating stunning visual development and concept artwork, and art direction for entertainment.


  • Provides art students and professionals that mainly work with computer animation, techniques that will enhance their artwork and portfolio.



  • Offers demos in gouache and acrylic, as well as Photoshop sessions, giving the readers a better sense of how to create and prepare their artwork for the animation, film and entertainment industry.



  • Contains beautiful, yet practical imagery that gives the reader not only technical guidance, but


  • valuable information to the animation industry as well as artistic inspiration.
  • Table of Contents:

    Dedication and Acknowledgments


    Foreword


    Chapter 1: Introduction: A Little Background


    Chapter 2: Professional Applications: Art Direction and Visual Development


    Chapter 3: Elements of Design: Understanding Basic Principles


    Chapter 4: Values First: Lighting the Scene


    Chapter 5: Materials and Methods


    Chapter 6: The Focal Point: Creating the Stage


    Chapter 7: Atmosphere: Setting the Mood with Color and Light


    Chapter 8: Creating Style: Designing "The Look"


    Chapter 9: Taking it Outside: Plein-air gouache demos


    Chapter 10: Playing the Field: Creating Art for Prints and Licensing



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