programming

This book is awesome... author teaches how to create a ton of really cool textures, not cheesey ones i've seen online. if you want a great place to start for games and mods, this is the book-- he even covers weapon skinning but wish there was more on character skins. Still a 5 though, all color and very good read.

Totally killer book- much better than most texturing books out there. the author is step by step and so far i love it, i am into game texturing but havent seen such cool texturing examples in any book. i love the fact its all color too and covers everything cool in games. nothing boring in this book, and is very informatve about designing the textures for popular 3d gamez

I just picked up this book at the GDC in March, and can't believe it! I finally found a cool texturing book loaded with awesome, full color tutorials. The book lives up to its name. For a short while I've been able to do some simple texturing for my game mods, but this one hits the spot perfectly since it showed me how to make my game objects look just like the ones form the hottest 3D game titles. I highly recommend this book if you want to know how to make game textures like the way the pros do it. I think if youre trying to get into game development as an artist this is the perfect starting point. I especially liked the medeival and RPG weapon skin chapters, as well as the sprite creating chapters. A++++!