Digital Art: Painting with Pixels

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Twenty-First Century Books, 2007 M12 15 - 120 pages
Describes how digital art is used in magazines, books, television, movies, games, the history of the art form, and its future.
 

Contents

Is It Art?
4
The Archaeology of Digital Art
12
CADComputerAided Drawing
30
A Palette of Pixels
38
The Graphic Arts
58
3D Modeling
70
Animation
80
Motion Picture Special Effects
88
Careers in Digital Art
98
Glossary
108
Source NotesSelected Bibliography
112
For Further Information
113
Index
116
Photo AcknowledgmentsAbout the Author
120
Back Cover
122
Copyright

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About the author (2007)

Ron Miller has worked as a freelance writer and illustrator for more than 30 years. Many of his illustrations appear in magazines like Astronomy and Scientific American. He has also worked on motion pictures and created postage stamps. (One of his stamps is attached to a spacecraft headed for the planet Pluto!) He has also written short stories and novels and has even created a comic book.

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