Chapter 01-Custom Brushes
ORGANIC CUSTOM BRUSHES FROM INK. WATER AND SALT EXPERIMENTS 12
BRIAN RECKTENWALD
HOW TO CREATE BRUSHES FROM ANIMAL TEXTURES 16
CARLOS CABRERA
CUSTOM BRUSHES 20
DAARKEN
CREATING CUSTOM BRUSHES TO SAVE TIME 26
MARC BRUNET
CUSTOM BRUSHES FOR SKIN 30
MELANIE DELON
CREATING A BRUSH FROM SCRATCH IN PHOTOSHOP 34
MIKE CORRIERO
Chapter 02 - Speed Painting
TORNADO MOVING TOWARDS FARMHOUSE 40
CARLOS CABRERA
STEAM-POWERED MECHANICAL DESTROYER 44
DANIEL LJUNGGREN
ALIEN HOT AIR BALLOONS 48
EMRAH ELMASLI
FOREST FIRE 50
LEVENTE PETERFFY
SHIP HIT BY TORPEDO 54
LEVENTE PETERFFY
ALIEN HOT AIR BALLOONS 58
NATHANIEL WEST
ONCE A THRIVING CITY, NOW DESERTED AND TAKEN OVER BY VEGETATION 62
SERG SOULEIMAN
Chapter 03-Matte Painting
THE MAKING OF "RENAISSANCE" 68
MARCO BAURIEDEL
THE MAKING OF "FINDING UNKNOWN KADATH"74
SERGEY MUSIN
SEASON CHANGE: A WINTER SCENE MATTE PAINTING 78
TIBERIUS VIRIS
PYROTECHNICS: FIRE AND SMOKE 84
TIBERIUS VIRIS
MATTE PAINTING TIPS AND TRICKS 88
TIBERIUS VIRIS
Chapter 04-Creatures
THE MAKING OF "BIRD CATCHER" 94
MATT DIXON
CREATURE CONCEPT DESIGN 100
MIKE CORRIERO
CREATURE DESIGN FOR LOW ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS 112
PASCAL RAIMBAULT
PAINTING FUR 118
RICHARD TILBURY
PAINTING ANIMAL EYES 122
STEPHANIE R. LOFTIS
chapter 05- Humans
HOW TO PAINT BLONDE AND RED HAIR 128
ANNE POGODA
HOW TO PAINT LUSCIOUS LIPS 132
ANNE POGODA
MALE PORTRAIT 136
DAARKEN
PAINTING REALISTIC SKIN 144
EMRAH ELMASLI
THE HUMAN FACE 148
NYKOLAI ALEKSANDER
PAINTING THE HUMAN EYE 160
RICHARD TILBURY
chapter 06- Environments
SANDSTORM
CARLOS CABRERA 166
TWISTER
CARLOS CABRERA 170
RAINSTORM
CARLOS CABRERA 137
SNOWSTORM
CARLOS CABRERA 178
HEAT WAVES
CARLOS CABRERA 182
OTHER RAINY DAY PAINTING A CITYSCAPE
DAARKEN 186
PAINTING A WATER SURFACE/WAVES
RICHARD TILBURY 192
chapter 07 - Sci-fi & Fantasy
PAINTING ARMOR: EUROPEAN KNIGHT
DAARKEN 198
PLANETS AND STARFIELDS
CHEE MING WONG 204
THE MAKING OF "PIER DUTY"
GRAVEN TUNG 218
Chapter 08 - Complete Projects
THE MAKING OF "FUNFAIR" 226
DANIELA UHLIG
CREATING A 2D IMAGE FROM SCRATCH 232
DAVID REVOY
THE MAKING OF "KEEP A SHARP EYE" 240
RON CRABB
The Gallery 248