With Digital Mayhem 3D Landscape Techniques: Where Inspiration and Digital Art Meet from Focal Press the secrets to creating stunning landscapes are at your fingertips with Digital Mayhem 3D Landscapes 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 artist's 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.
Landscape Basics
- Intro
- Software choices
- Composition
- Render camera lenses
- Depth of field
- Lighting
- Close up
- Black and white
Landscape Masters at Work
- Intro
- Mountains: Best of x3, tutorial
- Seascapes: Best of x3 , tutorial
- Rivers and lakes: Best of x3, tutorial
- Waterfalls: Best of x3, tutorial
- Desert scenes: Best of x3, tutorial
- Woodlands: Best of x3, tutorial
- Historical: Best of x3, tutorial
- People in the landscape: Best of x3, tutorial
- Seasons: Best of x3, tutorial
- Weather effects: Best of x3, tutorial
- Industrial landscapes: Best of x3, tutorial
- Science fiction: Best of x3), tutorial
- Fantasy: Best of x3, tutorial
Post-Production
- Intro
- Color and contrast enhancements
- Sharpening
- Adding ambiance
- Film filters and aging
- Framing
- Sizing for print and web
- Color profiles - RGB/CMYK
End Matter
- Glossary
- Appendix for sources
- Acknowledgments