Digital Horror Painting Workshop - Softcover

Horror imagery has appeared in many and varied forms throughout its long history, from the whimsical American Gothic of Charles Addams to the erotic, biomechanical nightmares of HR Giger. Now, with the latest digital applications, artists are able to forge nightmare visions that are more realistic and more terrifying than ever. Digital Horror Painting Workshop demonstrates how to use these latest digital techniques to create artwork in a wide variety of horror styles. It employs detailed step-by-step tutorials, analysis of spectacular finished paintings, fascinating work-in-progress drawings and sketchbook pages from leading artists working at the forefront of illustration, comic book art, and computer game and movie production design. Each section offers a guide to the creative process, from inspiration and initial sketches to fully rendered horror scenes. Digital Horror Painting Workshop is a must-have for anyone wanting to create evocative horror paintings or for anyone who delights in the frisson of fear evoked by supernatural imagery at its very best.