CGI: The Art of the Computer-Generated 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 book contains spectacular images from Academy 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 volume 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 their field with work ranging from detailed scientific visualizations to painterly still lives and surrealistic abstractions. Read Less