Copyright law info and book recommendations

COPYRIGHT LAW BASICS

One of the professional practice-related issues we will talk about in this class is the question of copyright. Here's a good primer on the subject as it relates to visual art: http://www.arsny.com/basics.html


BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop, by Nykolai Aleksander

Advanced Painter Techniques, by Don Seegmiller

Bold Visions: The Digital Painting Bible, by Gary Tonge


Artist As Brand Workbook, by Greg Spalenka
(eBook format for Kindle, iPad, Nook, etc.)

Gnomon Library access and other resources

To view Gnomon Library instructional content using the BYU subscription, 1) login to my.byu.edu and 2) enter the Gnomon Library here: dbs.lib.byu.edu/gnomon.

Scott Robertson (DVD still)

Click on "Training" and use the Search function to find videos on your topic of interest. You will find more than 300 videos covering topics like perspective drawing, portrait, anatomy, color theory, composition, thumbnails, environment design, landscape, vehicles, characters, watercolor, 3D modeling, texturing, Photoshop, Painter, Maya, After Effects and much, much more. 

Also check out the Illustration Subject Guide on the HBLL web site for relevant information and links. Thanks to our Visual Arts Subject Librarian, Chris Ramsey, for helping provide these invaluable resources.

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