Book : Beginner’s Guide to Digital Paintings in Photoshop Elements

Today we invite you to discover another book from 3DTotal. Beginner’s Guide to Digital Paintings in Photoshop Elements is, as its name suggests, a publication for the amateur illustrators who want to learn how to use Photoshop Elements and also ameliorate their skills at the same time. Even if dozens of pages are dedicated to learning the basics of drawings, this book is more for people who already know at least a minimum how to draw and who wants to go digital.

And in this case, it perfectly reaches its goal. The first part will familiarize you with the software, not only with the parameters to create or resize a document but also with all the tools you’ll be able to use to make a digital work. Once the interface assimilated, the tools known and some keyboard shortcuts memorized, your real job begins! First the drawing basics (composition, lights, colors, perspective, etc) are explained with a lot of schemes. Then different digital paintings are explained from A to Z : a mountainous landscape, a dark cave, a cartoon character and many more. This part of the book is particularly interesting because the step by step is very detailed. We learn techniques and notably about the use and creation of brushes.

The next part focuses on “Quick tips”. There are 44 pages and each one explain a specific elements in five steps. How to draw water, fire, hairs or even dragon muscles? You’ll have the answers! The book ends with a lot of beautiful professional illustrations for your personal inspiration. To make it short, Beginner’s Guide to Digital Paintings in Photoshop Elements is a solid book for a small price ($34). The amateur painters jumping into the digital world will enjoy this one!