The final work is Marguerite Sauvage's "By the Swimming Pool," an image that conjures up a retro, somewhat Art Deco feel; bright, sunny, and oh-so-tropical. Sauvage went through a series of rough sketches before finally settling on the final base composition. Here again, we see an artist developing a personal technique rather than following some sort of standardized format:

I always draw my roughs in blue, using the kind of Col-Erase pencil often used by animators. It's a habit I picked up when I was drawing comic books and working on video games, and I kept it because I like the surface texture it produces.

All in all, Illustrations with Photoshop is exactly what it promises: a Designer's Notebook, filled with tips, tricks, and techniques but perhaps even more importantly with inspiration. The compelling images designed by the artists collected in this book not only demonstrate the time-consuming process associated with any artistic creation, whether designed in part on a computer or not; they also reflect the fact that with effort and patience people can indeed utilize Photoshop to make compelling artwork on their own.

Also: read Yensid's review of this title.