Digital Artists’ Handbook
Whether you’re a classical painter, photographer, videographer or a purely digital artist, at some point you will very likely encounter the digital world of computers to enhance, manipulate or reproduce your work. Although many commercial software products are available, at all levels of price and performance, there’s also a whole world of free, open-source software for use by artists. The Digital Artists’ Handbook is your guide to the tools and methods of real-life digital artists.
From the site:
The Digital Artists Handbook is an up to date, reliable and accessible source of information that introduces you to different tools, resources and ways of working related to digital art.
The goal of the Handbook is to be a signpost, a source of practical information and content that bridges the gap between new users and the platforms and resources that are available, but not always very accessible. The Handbook will be slowly filled with articles written by invited artists and specialists, talking about their tools and ways of working. Some articles are introductions to tools, others are descriptions of methodologies, concepts and technologies.
When discussing software, the focus of this Handbook is on Free/Libre Open Source Software. The Handbook aims to give artists information about the available tools but also about the practicalities related to Free Software and Open Content, such as collaborative development and licenses. All this to facilitate exchange between artists, to take away some of the fears when it comes to open content licenses, sharing code, and to give a perspective on various ways of working and collaborating.
The handbook can be read online and a PDF version can be downloaded for printing or reading offline.
- Peter
Landscape & Nature Photography
