• Covers illustration concepts beyond the Photoshop program
• Tutorials focus on the professional user to give real-world experience
• Shows you how to produce artwork you can be proud of and include directly in your portfolio
• Deconstructs some of the most popular graphic styles today

In this book, Matt Kloskowski walks you through some of the most popular styles and techniques in professional Photoshop design and illustration today. Through step-by-step tutorials and in-depth explanations, he deconstructs those styles and techniques.

Matt gives you insight, tips, and industry advice throughout the entire process to help you step outside of Photoshop and understand the big picture of illustration. Topics such as photorealism, stylization, and retro and cartoon artwork are discussed, and exercises lend real-world experience to help you make the jump from Photoshop user to professional designer. This book will also arm you with the necessary knowledge and tools to build a graphic library of your own so you can quickly and effectively create quality graphic designs and illustrations for your clients.

If you are an aspiring designer looking to get into the graphics industry, this book will enable you to create artwork for your portfolio that demonstrates a range of in-demand illustration styles. If you are already working with Photoshop professionally, it will expand your repertoire of styles and help you become a better designer.

What's the big idea?
friends of ED love pioneering. We also love how great ideas evolve. Based on our Designer to Designer™ ethos, our aim is to return the power of design and radical innovation to the people who do it best: you. Believe in what you see. Create great work. Whether you're pushing Flash or Photoshop every day professionally, or just learning how to build your first website, we make books for you: Every Designer.