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JD Jarvis and I have recently published a digital art book that is both a
'why-to' as well as a 'how-to' book. 17 artists are featured with their
journals on their thinking in developing an image based on 3 seed images
provided to each of the artists. (The artists include Helen Golden, Renata
Spiazzi, Ileana Frometa Grillo, Mel Strawn, Michael Wright, Bruce Wands,
Ken Keller, Ursula Freer, Stephen Burns, John Labadie, Margie Beth
Labadie, Myriam Lozada, Judy Mandolf, Dolores Kaufman, Bjoern Daempfling,
Bruce Shortz).


http://www.dpandi.com/digitalnews/digitalnews.html

Here is an excerpt from the press release:

PRESS RELEASE:
DISCOVER HOW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IS ENHANCING ART

New Book Combines a How-To Guide with Practical Discussion and Rich Imagery

7/27/05 - (7/27/05) Thomson Course Technology, the worldwide leader in
computer education products and services and part of The Thomson
Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC), today announces the release of Going
Digital: The Practice and Vision of Digital Artists. Going Digital
examines the process of digital art creation--the history behind its
evolution as well as the visionary work of artists themselves. Seventeen
artists were asked to take three, simple seed photographs and use them
creatively to make their own works of digital art. The book both showcases
the artwork created by these cutting-edge artists as well as examines the
creative process.

The evolution of the digital art medium offers artists a revolutionary set
of tools with which to express their work. Regardless of the approach you
take toward art, the discussion and use of these new tools and the fresh
vision of the artists featured provide clear insight into the rapidly
developing field of digital art.

Robert Bersson, author of Responding to Art, writes: "Joe Nalven and JD
Jarvis' intriguing book furthers our understanding and appreciation of
this youngest art form. It starts with the unusual condition of artists
working from the same images, thereby requiring us to attend closely to
their artistic process and personal vision. Seeing their digital art
unfold and then critically responding to it requires some fresh thinking
for those unfamiliar with the divergent ways of making digital art, but it
is a journey well worth taking."