Visual Alchemy: The Fine Art of Digital Montage

"Like many artists, Catherine McIntyre created traditional art for decades before going digital. Despite the medium or specific tools used, the decision-making processes for working with both traditional and digital art are quite often the same. These working methods are the subject of this book. As an aesthetic guide to composition, color, texture, and all of the other means of communication that an artist has at their disposal, Visual Alchemy explores the creative process of using these tools to express an artistic vision digitally. The techniques it explains are those of the artist, rather than the computer operator, and will apply to any digital program and to any medium"--

Autorentext

Catherine McIntyre is a digital artist living and working in rural Scotland. From a traditional illustration background, she now uses Photoshop alongside collage and montage techniques. Thematically, McIntyre works with still life and nude subjects to explore the light and dark of life. She often develops something new from the old and incorporates found objects and drawings with photography to create textured and layered visual meditations. Her work has been published in books and magazines worldwide and is in private and public collections in the UK, US and Europe. Her work may be viewed online:

www.facebook.com/CatherineMcIntyreDigitalArtist#

www.behance.net/cmci

Klappentext

Catherine McIntyre, like many fine artists, created traditional art for decades before encountering the versatility of digital imaging technology. Free of her Rotring pens and scalpel, she now uses Photoshop to create her montages. Visual Alchemy explores McIntyre's sources of inspiration as well as her methods, offering an aesthetic guide to composition, color, texture and all of the other means of communication that artists have at their disposal. While these concepts and techniques make use of Photoshop, they will apply to any digital imaging program and indeed to any medium, whether traditional or digital. Featuring McIntyre's own art as well as that of artists around the globe, Visual Alchemy is an invitation to discover the artistic possibilities of picture making through digital montage.

Inhalt

Introduction. Themes. Beauty and idea. Influences. Inspiration. Subjects. Collecting source material. Method. Composition. Color. Texture. Tone. Inversions. Distortions. Developing your image. The Finished image. Frequently asked questions. Further looking and reading. Contributing artists.