Digital Art Studio: Techniques for Combining Inkjet Printing with Traditional Art Materials

by Bonny Lhotka, Dorothy Simpson Krause, Karin Schminke, et al.

Book Overview

Utilizing the combined experience of three traditional artists turned digital imaging pioneers, "Digital Art Studio" champions combining traditional art techniques with digital media. From their... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823013421
• ISBN13: 9780823013425
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.6" x 10.5"

Customer Reviews

Digital art with a human touch

I bought this book a few weeks ago and my copy is already dog-eared from multiple reads. As far as I know, this is the only book that tackles digital printmaking from an artist's perspective. Sure, there are countless books on digital prints for photographers, but this one is for the printmaker, the collage-artist, the painter and sculptor: someone who likes to get his/her hands in the muck. The authors do a wonderful job explaining sometimes complex techniques and the variety of applications and possibilities presented are truly inspiring. Excellent resource!

Digital Art Studio

For anyone, especially printmakers, attempting to deal with technology and combining technological with traditional processes; like etching , lithography, etc., the book "Digital Art Studio"by Karin Schminke, Dorothy Simpson Krause and Bonnie Lhotka is a comprehensive masterpiece. Explanations are thorough and understandable and beautifully illustrated with masterful works of art by the three authors. Perhaps best of all there is an excellent index, glossary, and resources section listing specific companies, addresses, phone numbers and websites for finding materials. It is in my opinion, one of the very best books of it's kind that I have ever seen in a long career as a printmaker.

Bringing Art Making to the Home

Just as inkjet printers brought photographers out of the darkroom and into their homes, the techniques in this book do the same for artists, photographers, and creative people alike. The wealth of knowledge and experience that these women share is invaluable to artists who don't have the means or methods to create such beautiful works of art. The book is easy to read and full of wonderful color images and step by step instructions. Every creative person should have this book on his or her shelf!

Take your images to a new level!

Summary: Take the humble inkjet printer and create stunning works of art! "Digital Art Studio" is that peek into an artist's studio who is creating true art . .not just stylized photo prints. It's like working shoulder-to shoulder with an experienced printmaker who shows you all their secrets and tricks - even the experiments that didn't work . .and why! When you're done you'll be making prints on any substrate. I've been searching the web for a source book like this and I can guarantee you there's nothing out there like it! I'd give it six stars if I could. (Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with the publisher or authors in any way)

Digital output for multimedia artists

I just received my copy in the mail and I'm overwhelmed with the outstanding imagery and techniques that the three artists of Digital Atelier offer in this book by Karin Schminke, Dorothy Simpson Krause and Bonny Lhotka. These are the three artists of Digital Atelier, and their website is mindblowing (www.digitalatelier.com). Don't forget to check the links to the individual artist websites. They started with professional, expensive inkjet printers through corporate sponsorships and grants, and it took ten years since the time these artists started experimenting and exhibiting for the technology to catch up with consumer inkjet printers.This book is process oriented and is recommended for intermediate to advanced mixed-media artists and photographers who want to explore digital artmaking. They show you how to use your inkjet printer, albeit more expensive and professional models, to print on practically any material: fabrics, plastics, metals, papers, etc.  The past few weeks, I've been studying the techniques and I've ordered the InkAid product so I can create my own substrates for the low-end desktop printer, the Epson C84 with Durabright inks.  InkAid is a special precoat and it was developed by the Digital Atelier artists (www.inkaid.com).  I've been able to create interesting prints with my printer that neither the artists nor InkAid support - but I'm happy to report that they've both been very responsive and helpful with my questions.You'll still need to know the basics of digital design and composition, but if you ever wanted to make your artwork explode onto textures, layers, collage and 3-D surfaces - this book is it. This is a process-oriented book so you will still have to develop your own digital imagery, compose the layers, and prepare the surfaces before you can print. You will need to have some experience with image editing techniques such as Photoshop, and how to scan, capture or upload images to your computer. This book is concerned with output - and intimate knowledge with the capabilities of your desktop and wide- or large-format printers is necessary. This is not a quick artmaking process. Precoating to prepare various materials for printing on requires time to dry the layers but the effort is worth it.You will learn various image transfer and "emulsion" transfer (similar to Polaroid) techniques as well as some unusual printmaking and layering ideas: gelatin transfers, frescos, digital overprinting and underprinting, and collage. There's a whole chapter on transferring or printing images onto fabrics for both wearable and non-wearable art. The three artists offer numerous options to pursue and don't promise that their techniques will do everything. Amazingly, they do offer a lot. You can also work on your printed images with traditional art media - such as pastels, colored pencils, acrylics, even encaustics, but those techniques are not detailed too much. This book assumes you have your own expertise but it offers more possibi