Drawing shortcuts : developing quick drawing skills using today's technology /
Leggitt, Jim.
Drawing shortcuts : developing quick drawing skills using today's technology / Developing quick drawing skills using today's technology Jim Leggitt. - 2nd ed. - Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2010. - xi, 251 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 x 28 cm.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Traditional drawing types -- Drawing composition -- Traditional drawing tools -- Traditional coloring tools -- Traditional entourage drawing -- Digital drawing tools -- Tradigital drawing -- Drawing gallery.
The updated edition of a contemporary approach to merging traditional hand drawing methods with 2–dimensional and 3–dimensional digital visualization tools.
Jim Leggitt?s Drawing Shortcuts shows how communicating with hand drawings combined with digital technology can be ingeniously simple, and this new edition makes an already popular technique even better. Completely expanded with new chapters and a wealth of supporting images, this Second Edition presents practical techniques for improving drawing efficiency and effectiveness by combining traditional hand drawing methods with the latest digital technology, including 3–D modeling with SketchUp. This book?s step–by–step approach will sharpen and streamline your techniques whether you draw for pleasure, school or your design profession.
Easy–to–follow instructions cover every aspect from the basics of drawing?such as composition, color, shading, hatching, and perspective?up to the most current technologies
Incorporates Google SketchUp, Google Earth, computer generated renderings, digital scanners and printers
Features new visuals from accomplished drawing experts
Special new ?Gallery? section highlights the creative process with step–by–step examples of drawings
Complete coverage of the ?Overlay and Trace Method,? ?Simple Composite Method,? ?Advanced Composite Method,? and ?Digital Hybrid Drawings?
New matrices show alternative drawing techniques for specific visual effects such as Linework and Shading, Selecting the Right Views, Perspectives and Paraline Drawings, Drawing Detail, Camera Lenses, and Drawing Tools
Generously enriched with detailed process drawings, examples, and more than 500 full–color images, Drawing Shortcuts, Second Edition will have you creating top–quality drawings faster and more effectively.
9780470435489 (cloth) 0470435488 (cloth)
2009041802
Drawing--Technique.
Digital art--Technique.
Architectural drawing--Technique.
NC730 / .L44 2010
720.2840285 / L.J.D
Drawing shortcuts : developing quick drawing skills using today's technology / Developing quick drawing skills using today's technology Jim Leggitt. - 2nd ed. - Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2010. - xi, 251 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 x 28 cm.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Traditional drawing types -- Drawing composition -- Traditional drawing tools -- Traditional coloring tools -- Traditional entourage drawing -- Digital drawing tools -- Tradigital drawing -- Drawing gallery.
The updated edition of a contemporary approach to merging traditional hand drawing methods with 2–dimensional and 3–dimensional digital visualization tools.
Jim Leggitt?s Drawing Shortcuts shows how communicating with hand drawings combined with digital technology can be ingeniously simple, and this new edition makes an already popular technique even better. Completely expanded with new chapters and a wealth of supporting images, this Second Edition presents practical techniques for improving drawing efficiency and effectiveness by combining traditional hand drawing methods with the latest digital technology, including 3–D modeling with SketchUp. This book?s step–by–step approach will sharpen and streamline your techniques whether you draw for pleasure, school or your design profession.
Easy–to–follow instructions cover every aspect from the basics of drawing?such as composition, color, shading, hatching, and perspective?up to the most current technologies
Incorporates Google SketchUp, Google Earth, computer generated renderings, digital scanners and printers
Features new visuals from accomplished drawing experts
Special new ?Gallery? section highlights the creative process with step–by–step examples of drawings
Complete coverage of the ?Overlay and Trace Method,? ?Simple Composite Method,? ?Advanced Composite Method,? and ?Digital Hybrid Drawings?
New matrices show alternative drawing techniques for specific visual effects such as Linework and Shading, Selecting the Right Views, Perspectives and Paraline Drawings, Drawing Detail, Camera Lenses, and Drawing Tools
Generously enriched with detailed process drawings, examples, and more than 500 full–color images, Drawing Shortcuts, Second Edition will have you creating top–quality drawings faster and more effectively.
9780470435489 (cloth) 0470435488 (cloth)
2009041802
Drawing--Technique.
Digital art--Technique.
Architectural drawing--Technique.
NC730 / .L44 2010
720.2840285 / L.J.D