The Complete Idiot's Guide to Computer Illustration

The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Computer Illustration explores the fundamentals behind creating fun and useful graphic illustrations with a computer. Readers will learn skills necessary to create bit map and vector drawings and bring them to life with graphic painting techniques. More advanced methods of filtering, layering and masking will also be taught through manipulating on-screen images. And finally, readers will also be shown how best to present their finished masterpiece through print, as published Web art or stored as an image file and sent as an attachment via e-mail!