Digital Painting Techniques: Volume 2 offers a large selection of tutorials and tips from some of the best digital artists in the industry today, covering a variety of popular subjects and techniques.

Ideal for those studying courses that are introducing digital painting as a valuable medium, Digital Painting Techniques: Volume 2 provides another thrilling opportunity to learn from some of the most accomplished and skilled digital artists from around the world, including top industry professionals Jason Seiler, Jesse Van Dijk, Chee Ming Wong and Carlos Cabrera.

The second volume in this up-and-coming series covers a wide variety of themes and topics to inspire any digital artist, whether beginner or veteran.  It brings together step-by-step and project based tutorials, with each one providing a logical and professional approach to creating a digital painting of the highest standard.  Topics include:

•    Characters
•    Science fiction
•    Fantasy
•    Vehicles
•    Speed painting
•    Custom brushes
•    Painting from a 3d base
•    Complete projects

Digital Painting Techniques: Volume 2 can be browsed for inspiration, or followed in a comprehensive step-by-step approach, making it an excellent learning tool to accompany digital art classes.

With additional features, including a gallery of stunning artwork and links to free, downloadable content, such as custom brushes, Digital Painting Techniques: Volume 2 contains a wealth of inspiration and advice, providing a complete guide to this growing subject.

Contributing artists for this book include:

Dr. Chee Ming Wong: Dr. Wong is both a visual imaginer and director of Opus Artz Ltd, and has over ten years of creative visualization and industrial design experience, working with a diverse range of game and animation developers worldwide. His projects have included The Edge of Twilight, External Environmental Art Consultant on Bioshock 2, and Senior Concept Artist and Visual Lead for the MMO Infinity: The Quest For Earth.

Jason Seiler: Jason has had the pleasure of painting for many magazines, such as TIME and MAD. He’s also worked on films for Universal Pictures, and more. He teaches a course on caricature illustration for Schoolism.com, and has published two books of his art: Caricature the Art of Jason Seiler, and the coffee-table book, SEILER 2008-2009, featuring many of his humorous portraits and illustrations. Jason has also produced an instructional DVD entitled, Sketching with Jason Seiler. 

Jesse Van Dijk: Jesse is a concept artist and production designer from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with over four years of industry experience. Immediately after receiving his Master’s degree in Industrial Design at the Delft University of Technology, he went to work in the games industry and now works for Guerrilla Games. Jesse has also done freelance work for major Hollywood film studios and international book publishers.