Render. Los fundamentos de la luz, la sombra y la reflectividad

by Scott Robertson, Tomas Bertling

Siguiendo la estela de su éxito conjunto Dibujo. Cómo crear objetos y entornos con imaginación , Scott Robertson y Thomas Bertling comparten los conocimientos, técnicas y habilidades que cualquier artista necesita desarrollar para dar un paso más con sus dibujos y transmitir sus ideas con mayor claridad y precisión. La representación es la siguiente habilidad que hay que trabajar después de aprender a dibujar y, aquí, los lectores de todos los niveles artísticos encontrarán herramientas y consejos útiles para representar distintas formas, superficies, materiales y conceptos. En un momento en el que es tan fácil recrear texturas y volúmenes con programas de renderización en 3D, los autores apuestan por aprovechar las herramientas digitales, pero sin olvidar los fundamentos de la luz, las sombras y la reflectividad. Por eso, a través de sencillas lecciones paso a paso magníficamente ilustradas, ayudan al lector a mejorar su comprensión visual del mundo y a poner en práctica técnicas que le permitirán representarlo con un resultado más realista. El libro , dividido en dos bloques, plantea numerosos ejercicios y ofrece material complementario para descargar o ver online.

Genres: Art, Drawing, Nonfiction, Design, Reference, Art Design, Education

272 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 2012

Reviews

[Natik · Rating 5 out of 5]

This looks like the only mass market book on the subject so it's also the best! The section on curved reflections, the Fresnel effect, and general shading are pretty rigorous (though the shading needs more rigor). Unfortunately it's geared toward digital artists so they speak of various photoshop effects instead of paint pigments. The second half of the book is basically random stock photos for some reason.

If you want to teach yourself the subject, I'd pair this book with "Presentation Techniques" by Dick Powell, which is really for industrial designers but it has extra info on reflectivity. I'd also look up the website "huevaluechroma.com" by David Briggs, which has the shading info with a proper level of rigor (although also unfortunately biased towards digital artists)

[Shaz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very in depth book on how to make forms look 3D and how to render different materials and reflection. I would recommend this to beginners even if it is a bit complex because it will give you some info on the "science" of drawing/painting and demystify things a bit for you.

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is actually not available. The book I read was called How to Render the Fundamentals of Light, Shadow and Reflectivity. I believe it is a later edition of the book above. It's fabulous. It really gives information that I haven't seen elsewhere. It goes beyond the usual highlight, core shadow, reflected light, etc. And it talks about passive highights and reflections and how to know/understand where to place them, how to plot cast shadows in perspective, etc. And it then deals with rendering those things on various surfaces such as chrome or matte, metallic, scratched, etc. This is done with great and thorough refinement and really makes it possible to understand e.g. the Fresnel effect and what happens to reflections on concave surface, etc. It's quite technical. It was a hard read for me. And it's 260+ pages. But I persisted and it's totally worth it. It's geared to very highend realism for vehicles and space and monster illustrations--and much of the info is for digital rendering. But the info is incredibly useful for any kind of illustration IMO. I'm glad I read it. And I will keep it by my work table. And I'm thankful to have such a book so packed with real information. Very excellent.

[Lucas · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is the bible for people wanting to up their digital painting/ rendering abilities. Ive improved so so much just from a quick pass through first read. Gonna start going over it again and coming through it soon.

[Megangoldberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

The space between us feels like a promise waiting to be fulfilled. Shall we make it happen, one delicious moment at a time?

[Isaac Andres · Rating 4 out of 5]

in depth book about values and many forms of rendering. I recommend have a basic form of form, volume and Perspective before reading it for anyone starting their art journey!

[Dooz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book. However, you won't get far without the knowledge from the author's previous "How to Draw" book. You'll need to have a solid grasp of the fundamentals before tackling this bad boy.

[J-P Nihtinen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must have