This book is both instructional and inspirational. It features 50 full-color reproductions of the award-winning digital art from worldwide competitions, including Macworld, Seybold, and others, featuring some of the best artists in the international digital art community. The book's artwork was selected from thousands of entries by contest judges who are highly regarded in the digital art and computer graphics industry Each section includes one or more cutting-edge techniques that reveal the secrets behind the winning artwork. This book can be used an enjoyed for inspiration as well as for reference to scores of cutting-edge techniques for Photoshop, Painter and other leading graphic applications This book is equally useful for artists working on Macintosh and Windows platforms.