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DIGITAL MAYHEM: 3D LANDSCAPE TECHNIQUES

The secrets to creating stunning landscapes are at your fingertips with Digital Mayhem 3D Landscape Techniques. Compiled by Duncan Evans, launch Editor of 3D Artist magazine, Digital Mayhem features a variety of beautiful art from some of the finest digital artists working today.

Inspiration and technique meet here as you learn how to create every type of landscape from harsh desert savannahs to icy tundra. Using a blend of showcase images, step-by-step and long-form tutorials, you will be guided through the featured artists process so you can incorporate their techniques and workflow into your own projects. Not just another button-pushing manual or coffee table book, Digital Mayhem will help develop your critical eye for composition, choice of camera lens, lighting, rendering and post production, allowing you to work more intuitively. With insight from some of the best digital artists in the world, Digital Mayhem will have you creating your own masterpiece in no time!

Unique coverage of a variety of software allows you to hone your skills across different platforms.

Illustrious and colourful artwork coupled with artist insight will both inspire and inform your creative decisions.

Comprehensive companion website offers additional resources for you to further expand your skillset.

Duncan Evans is a journalist, author and photographer with a passion for 3D. He is thefounder and former editor of 3D Artist magazine, a leading UK magazine dedicated to the art of 3D and the talented people who make it, from enthusiasts to Hollywood studios.In addition to his work at 3D Artist, Duncan has had a varied career as the Editor of The Official PaintShop Pro and Digital Photo User magazines, as well as being the authorof over a dozen how-to-do books and developing short-form and digital content for the digital art community.

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Digital mayhem 3D landscape techniques : where inspiration, techniques, and digital art meet / edited by Duncan Evans. pages cm

1. Landscape photography. 2. Computer animation. 3. Photography--Digital techniques. I. Evans, Duncan.

TR660.D54 2013

777.7--dc23
2013017794

ISBN: 9780240525983 (pbk)
ISBN: 9780240526065 (ebk)

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DIGITAL MAYHEM: 3D LANDSCAPE TECHNIQUES

WHERE INSPIRATION, TECHNIQUES AND DIGITAL ART MEET

EDITED BY DUNCAN EVANS

DEDICATED TO JOAN HUNTER, EVEN THOUGH SHE ISNT HERE TO READ THIS, FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT, ALL THOSE YEARS AGO.

INTRODUCTION

Introduction

Software choices
Make the right choice

Composition
Arranging elements perfectly

Render camera lenses
Effects of focal lengths

Depth-of-field
Blurring the background

Lighting models
Go for speed or accuracy

Close-up work
When to focus on detail

Black and white styles
Strip out the colour

Introduction

Guineveres Folly
John Robertson

Ibon de Plan Lake
Frdric Bec

Colourful Winter
Britta Jacobs

Mountain of Trees
Chris Palmer

Tutorial: Swiss Ride
Drea Horvath

Drifting 2
Terry M. Allitt

Anno 1712
Sylvain Chevallier

Tutorial: Jonah
Paul Nicholls

Cottage by The Dales
Dominic Davison

Mystic Lake
Jonny Allen

Dovedale
Gill Brooks

Autumns Redemption
Vladimir Chopine

Tutorial: Departure
Daniel Seebacher

Marshes
Martin Geupel

Deep Canyon
Sean Flynn

H2O
Daniel Respaud

Tutorial: The Waterhole
Po Andersson

So Close
Shane Perry

Cum Sarcinulis
Wolfgang Keim

Tutorial: Malaysia Dream
Iliya Atanasov

Mist Forest
Vasil Kirov

Pyrenean Cottage
Massimo Verona

Elven Village
Michel Rondberg

Tutorial: Riverside Forest in Winter
Britta Jacobs

Villa Storingavika
Dmitry Leonovich

Dalian Library
Shane Dale

Tutorial: Villa S
Juan Carlos Ramos Figueroa

Fenna Land
Jonathan Krijgsman

Landmark
Barry Marshall

Sun and Pony
Viktor Alexandrovich Buchynskiy

Tutorial: Under the Bridge
Ognian Bonev

Lovely Autumn
Aref Razavi

Odessas Old Yard
Max Levit

100 Years On
Andy Walsh

Tutorial: Fantasy Mosque
Gurmukh Bhasin

Wild Forest
Daniel Respaud

Neon City
Dennis Kaya Iversholt

Tutorial: Heading South
Olivier Vernay-Kim

Towns Whisper
Jing Wu

Abandoned Bel Air
Jochem Aarts

Tutorial: Abandoned Gas Station
Eugenio Garcia Villarreal

The Valley of Gaia
Sebastien Hue

The Time Machine
Dmitriy Filippov

Future City Parasitic
Liang Bo Long

On Da Bus
Shane Perry

Tutorial: Final Approach
Shaun J. Williams

Steam Mage Tower
Andrey Serebryakov

The Huntsman
Melissa Krauss

Gnome House
Raphael Baldini

Dragon Cave
Richard Homola

Tutorial: The Last Sentinel
Chris Lomaka

Introduction

Framing the image
With Anna Marynenko

Colour profiles
With Peter Ang