If you like anecdotes and chit-chat in your lessons, then this will be good for you.If you're literally just starting out, this book will be helpful.I would be hesitant to recommend this book for intermediate users.Her process will help give a foundation for succesful texturing, but this book will not get you there all by itself.Her personal site has free PDFs on texturing as well as samples of her own work, so you can get an idea of her writing style and her own texturing abilities before you decide whether to buy this book. A quick Google search will give you her personal website. Amazon policy forbids me to list the exact url.