Friday, May 23, 2014

Magical Landscape/Beast


For this assignment, we were to create some sort of magical landscape or beast that was inspired by the film, "Beasts of the Southern Wild." I chose to use one of my old drawings of an animal from a video game, and layered on top of it a random, swirling pattern of colors. I then found a picture of a child throwing his arms in the air, and did the same process but with brighter colors. The background is made from a collection of filters and rendered clouds. After seeing someone else's example that included a child, I decided to incorporate a kid riding the beast. Overall I'm happy with the result, even if some of the colors are not as bold as I wished they were, and some pixels look rather rough.

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Paint Splatter


For this assignment, we were to follow a tutorial on NAPP that showed how to position a paint splatter digitally made image with a photo of a person, to create the effect of paint the two elements meshing realistically. I decided to go a slightly different route, by taking a picture of a bare tree, and using paint splatters to mimic leaves. I found three of these paint splatters online, and then warped and recolored them to be more appropriate for the tree. To have a few branches appear in front of the paint, I simply used a very small eraser along the branches, with the paint layer's opacity reduced. Overall, I'm happy with the result, though the light on some parts of the tree is somewhat of a nuisance.