This manual covers "Digital Alchemy: Printmaking techniques for fine art, photography, and mixed media" by Bonny Pierce Lhotka, published on December 20, 2010. This guide explores innovative methods for transforming inkjet prints into artistic creations across diverse materials such as metal, wood, fabric, stone, and plastic. It is designed for photographers and digital artists seeking to expand their creative capabilities and achieve unique print results.
The manual provides step-by-step instructions for over a dozen projects, detailing techniques for transferring and printing images onto surfaces not typically compatible with standard inkjet printers. It includes methods for direct printing on metal, simulating high-end printer outputs with desktop equipment, and utilizing specialized coatings for various materials. Additionally, an accompanying DVD-ROM offers over 60 minutes of video demonstrations, illustrating key processes and techniques for achieving remarkable digital prints.
In Digital Alchemy, acclaimed printmaker Bonny Pierce Lhotka shows how to turn your standard inkjet printer into a seemingly magical instrument capable of transforming your printed images into true works of art. Using plenty of visuals and straightforward terms, Lhotka walks you step-by-step through over a dozen projects. Forget printing on boring old paper, in Digital Alchemy, you’ll learn how to transfer and print images to a variety of surfaces including metal, wood, fabric, stone, and plastic using the techniques Lhotka’s spent years developing.
If you’re a photographer looking for new ways to personalize your work or a digital artist who’s ready to take your work to the next level, you’ll find all of the tools, techniques, and inspiration you need in this book. Lhotka’s enthusiasm for experimenting with unusual printing materials and processes has led her to create new and amazing transfer techniques, including one that resembles a Polaroid™ transfer on steroids. She also shows you how to make prints using unexpected, everyday materials such as hand sanitizer and gelatin. You’ll even learn direct printing, the technique for sending your custom substrate through your printer almost as if it were paper.
In Digital Alchemy, you’ll learn how to:
- Transfer images to metal, wood, plastic, and other materials that will not feed through an inkjet printer
- Print directly on metal for a fraction of the cost of using a print service
- Simulate a print from an expensive UV flatbed printer using an inexpensive desktop printer
- Use carrier sheets and paintable precoats to print on almost any surface
- Achieve near-lithographic quality digital prints with transfer processes to uncoated fine art paper
In addition to the tutorials in the book, you can watch Lhotka in action on the included DVD-ROM, which has over 60 minutes of video footage where you’ll learn how to perform an alcohol gel transfer, transfer an image to a wooden surface, use your inkjet printer to achieve remarkable prints, and more. Simply insert the DVD-ROM into your computer's DVD drive. Note, this DVD-ROM will not work in TV DVD players.
Author: Lhotka, Bonny Pierce
Publisher: New Riders
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: Digital Alchemy: Printmaking techniques for fine art, photography, and mixed media
Pages: 00319 (Encrypted EPUB) / 00321 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2010-12-20
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780321732996
Category: Computers : Computer Graphics
Category: Computers : Digital Media - Desktop Publishing
In Digital Alchemy, acclaimed printmaker Bonny Pierce Lhotka shows how to turn your standard inkjet printer into a seemingly magical instrument capable of transforming your printed images into true works of art. Using plenty of visuals and straightforward terms, Lhotka walks you step-by-step through over a dozen projects. Forget printing on boring old paper, in Digital Alchemy, you’ll learn how to transfer and print images to a variety of surfaces including metal, wood, fabric, stone, and plastic using the techniques Lhotka’s spent years developing.
If you’re a photographer looking for new ways to personalize your work or a digital artist who’s ready to take your work to the next level, you’ll find all of the tools, techniques, and inspiration you need in this book. Lhotka’s enthusiasm for experimenting with unusual printing materials and processes has led her to create new and amazing transfer techniques, including one that resembles a Polaroid™ transfer on steroids. She also shows you how to make prints using unexpected, everyday materials such as hand sanitizer and gelatin. You’ll even learn direct printing, the technique for sending your custom substrate through your printer almost as if it were paper.
In Digital Alchemy, you’ll learn how to:
- Transfer images to metal, wood, plastic, and other materials that will not feed through an inkjet printer
- Print directly on metal for a fraction of the cost of using a print service
- Simulate a print from an expensive UV flatbed printer using an inexpensive desktop printer
- Use carrier sheets and paintable precoats to print on almost any surface
- Achieve near-lithographic quality digital prints with transfer processes to uncoated fine art paper
In addition to the tutorials in the book, you can watch Lhotka in action on the included DVD-ROM, which has over 60 minutes of video footage where you’ll learn how to perform an alcohol gel transfer, transfer an image to a wooden surface, use your inkjet printer to achieve remarkable prints, and more. Simply insert the DVD-ROM into your computer's DVD drive. Note, this DVD-ROM will not work in TV DVD players.
Author: Lhotka, Bonny Pierce
Publisher: New Riders
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: Digital Alchemy: Printmaking techniques for fine art, photography, and mixed media
Pages: 00319 (Encrypted EPUB) / 00321 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2010-12-20
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780321732996
Category: Computers : Computer Graphics
Category: Computers : Digital Media - Desktop Publishing
