Photographer and artist Gary Greene has assembled a collection of reference photographs that has something for every artist. As reflected in the title, this book has a useful mixture of photos subdivided into the three categories; Reflections, Textures and Backgrounds. Here is a sampling

Linnea Dayton and Cristen Gillespie have beautifully color illustrated this book throughout and have packed it to the brim with great information for Photoshop users at all levels.

Based on user input from the Poser community, this book answers the most common questions and the tutorials will show you the secrets of 3D character design.

This book by Scott Kelby and Felix Nelson has a little something for everyone from the novice to the professional. Especially for the novice, each tip is fully illustrated with complete and easy to follow instructions

LightWave is one of the industry standards for professional and amateur 3D digital artists. Kelly L. Murdock teaches the basics of the workspace and tools.

The Inside LightWave books have constantly been the most comprehensive books written on LightWave 3D by NewTek, Inc. This new release covers version 9 and the author Dan Ablan has done a great job again.

The author teaches his personal, unique illustration techniques for Adobe Macromedia Flash 8. He shows Flash to be a powerful vector-based illustration software for optimized photorealistic illustrations, animations and programming.

This book, by Uwe Steinmueller and Juergen Gulbins, is written for the digital artist who wants to produce fine artwork on the new and improved inkjet printers.

The second edition of this very popular book about mastering 3D lighting and rendering is updated to reflect advancements in techniques and technology for digital 3D software.

Digital Art Masters by 3DTotal showcases 3D and 2D artists. Each 3D artist discusses modeling, texturing, lighting, rendering and post production and the 2D artists discuss composition, tone, color and painting techniques.