What does /ic/ think 3dTotal's Digital Painting Techniques

>>2741116
They're awful. Typical "how to" trash, won't teach you anything.

>>2741116
I've never seen them but if the cover is anything to go off of then you probably want to avoid it. Plus weren't they printed quite a while ago?

There are literally hundreds of amazing videos by top of the industry artists that you can get online. You will learn more from a video seeing it all happen with the guy actually talking instead of an awkward step-by-step.

>>2741116
I actually have said book, I got it one Christmas when I first started out. I remember flicking through it a lot as I was learning and there were a few technical tricks I learned here and there but nothing particularly noteworthy. There's practically no emphasis on fundamentals either. Its biggest selling point was some of the artists they had gotten to contribute.

>>2741260
>Its biggest selling point was some of the artists they had gotten to contribute.
Like who?

>>2741262
I think they had Ruan Jia once or twice.

>>2741260
>There's practically no emphasis on fundamentals either.
This. They're glorified tutorials.

It's basically "look what you can do in Photoshop". YouTube tutorials can show you in a better way than book can.

>>2741302
What channels have good tutorials for digital painting?

>>2741330
Other than ctrl+paint.