CGI: The Art of the 3D Computer-Generated Image. Peter Weishar (1st Edn H/B)

 CGI: The Art of the 3D Computr-Generated Image by Peter Weishar.

Since 3D computer images emerged in the popular culture a mere two decades ago, the art of the computer-generated image (CGI) has become one of the most astounding and transformative applications of digital technology, famously making possible the creatrion of fictitious worlds and make-believe characters that are so realistic they fool the eye and the mind. CGI: THE ART OF THE COMPUTER-GENERASTED IMAGE is the first comprehensive collection of three-dimensional CGI images from the most renowned film studios, animation and special-effects houses, and independent digital artists working today.

It is also the first book to present these images as art. The tools that CGI artists use are so sophisticated that it would be easy to believe that computers "make" this art, but nothing is further from the truth. As with all art techniques, it is the artist who wields the tools that determines the quality of the work.

This comprehensive view of CGI today, presented by Peter Weishar, Professor and Dean of the School of Film and Digital Media, savannah College of Art and Design, contains spectacular images from Acdemy Award-winning films, blockbuster games, hit television series, and commercials Included are STAR WARS: EPISODE I and II, THE HULK, TOY STORY, FINDING NEMO, THE LORD OF THE RINGS< and SHREK, as well as relatively unknown jewels from studio-made short films. Importantly, this volum also showcases gallery-quality 3D computer-generated artwork that pushes the technical and creative limits of the medium. The international selection of fine artists includes some of the most influential individuals in ther field with work ranging from detailed scientific visualizations to painterly still lives and surrealistic abstractions.

After fueling the most exciting revolution in film since the introduction of color, CGI is here to stay. Just as live-action movies blossomed 100 years ago, to become the characteristic artform of the twentieth century, CGI - as celebrated in this colorful book - will be the art that speaks for the twenty-first century

Approximately 250 plates in full color.

This FIRST EDITION American Hardback published in 2004 by Harry H. Abrams Inc ($35.00 r.r.p.) - IN AS-NEW condition.