Custom Brush

Danielle
“Yuu x Mika Brush Scene”
Made in Photoshop CC
March 22, 2016

Technical
To make this, I took the picture of chibi Yuu and Mika (Seraph of the End) from here: http://41.media.tumblr.com/ddf1773070974937aa513ffda474742c/tumblr_nmypxvCWde1ranzwvo1_1280.png.
I then selected it and went to Edit > Define Brush Preset. I then saved it as YuuxMika. Next I opened the brush menu and clicked on brush preset manager. I clicked on the brush I had created and selected save. That's how I created the brush. I then played around with different brushes to create this scene.

Idea or Concept
I didn't really have any ideas at first, I just wanted to play around. I then found a brush that looked like grass and made some grass. I then painted the background blue. I then placed my Yuu x Mika brush so it looks like they're standing at the top of a hill or farther away in a field. Then I found a leaf brush and made it look like fall. It's not prefect but it was fun.

Influences
No artist influenced me.

Composition
I feel that the colourful scene keeps your eyes moving and the black and white brush stands out even more.

Motivation
I created this for fun after learning how to make a custom brush. With more time I would paint any remaining white spots blue so the whole sky is blue.

Facebook Profile Cover

Danielle
“Facebook Profile Cover”
Made in ­­­Photoshop CC
Mar 8, 2016

Technical
For this project, I used all my own original pictures and preset brushes in Photoshop. I took the mandalas I had created during the mandala project and made it look like they were hanging from strings. I did that by using the Single Column Marquee Tool and selecting just that, a single column. I then painted it white with the brush tool. For the background, I used a preset leaf brush and left many different coloured leaves everywhere. I then experimented with the smudge tool and created the multi-coloured background I have. I also added shadows to the mandalas and a small stroke around them so they stand out a bit more.

Idea or Concept
At first I had no idea what to do since I had to use only my original pictures, nothing copyrighted from the internet. I then remembered how I had created multiple mandalas and came up with this.

Influences
I did not have any influences for this piece.

Composition
I feel that the background merges together nicely and doesn't attract too much attention away from the mandalas. For the mandalas, I feel like I placed light one's together with a dark one in the middle, and vice versa. This helps keep the eye moving around the piece.

Motivation
Beyond fulfilling the requirements for this assignment, I wanted to make something cool that I thought of, not something I went searching on the internet for. Of course I'm sure I've seen stuff like this, but this time, I thought of doing it. I wanted to see if my idea of the mandalas hanging from above would look good, and I think it does. I'm surprised how well it turned out as I honestly did not expect it to work. With additional time I would have experimented with more things to see if I could make it even more creative and interesting or see if I could create something else.

Low Key Crystal

Danielle

“Low Key Crystal”

Made in ­­­Photoshop CC

March 1st, 2016

  

Technical

To practice I took a picture of a pug and followed the steps I was given. After practicing, I took a photo of my own dog Crystal, a Jug (Jack Russel and a Pug mix). I then used a channel mixer to make it monochrome then made a levels layer and played around with the darks and lights I ended up creating the above picture.

Idea or Concept

I really only wanted to complete the tutorial. I tried to make the picture as dark as I could without losing the light in Crystal's eyes.

Influences

No artist influenced me during this piece.

Composition

With this piece, I feel that the eyes explore the lighter parts first before moving around the dark/black. I like how as dark as it is, there is enough lighter parts that you can see an outline and make out that it is a dog.

Motivation

Beyond fulfilling the assignment, I wanted to see if I could create a dark/low key picture like this without it bugging me (I like dark colours/black but not so much it covers the picture). The above picture is as dark as I could go without having second thoughts. I really like how the lights around Crystal's head create an outline and make her stand out a bit more. With additional time I would have played around with the levels a bit more.