In this paper we describe models of damaged materials within the constitutive framework of finite, multiplicative elasto-plasticity. The anisotropic damage is characterized by a second order invertible tensor, F d − the damage deformation tensor, whose existence is related to an undamaged (fictitious) stress free configuration. The existence of the damage deformation tensor leads to a modified multiplicative decomposition of the deformation gradient F = F e F d F p , where the plastic part of deformation F p can only affect the undamaged material structure. The behavior of the material is elastic and dependent on the damage deformation tensor F d , and we adopt the concepts of damage surface and yield surface to describe the irreversible behaviour by the appropriate evolution equations.