Wallpaper I made

Discussion in 'The Artist's Corner' started by OneLove22, Jan 13, 2011.

  1. #1 OneLove22, Jan 13, 2011
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  2. #2 HCL, Jan 13, 2011
    Diggin it... did you use brushes or c4d renders (or something else) to make the designs behind him?

    EDIT: I'd also mess around with some lighting/blending because he's kind of hidden by a layer of darkness, if that makes sense.
     
  3. #3 OneLove22, Jan 16, 2011

    I used brushes. The darkness is a burn I put; also have a flare near the bottom overlaying. But I could change all that around.
     
  4. #4 Monteepython, Jan 16, 2011
    Hey man, would you be interested in designing a sig like that for me?

    Instead of red/orange could you do blue background, and then a nice pot leaf instead of the bball player?

    If no thats cool. but I'd love it if you could mate
     
  5. #5 HCL, Jan 19, 2011
    How come people always assume these topics open up requests?...

    Either way, I would def. take away the burn from him. One technique I like using for effects is...

    1) Duplicate layer
    2) On the bottom layer, go to Image>Desaturate and then go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and set it around 2-3
    3) Set the top layer to overlay/hardlight/softlight (hardlight is usually best)
    4) On the top layer, do a sharpen one or two times

    You can add stuff to that to fit the style you're doing, but it really is a universal technique most of the time.
     
  6. #6 fresk, Jan 19, 2011
    hey there its not a professional but i think your tips must be useful.
     
  7. #7 OneLove22, Jan 19, 2011

    Thanks for the tips man they're appreciated... this is the reason I post things like this on forums, for critiquing. I have used methods similar to that before. This time was I was just messing around with the burn on the jersey and darker areas because I was trying to make my dark areas darker to give more contrast to the lighter areas. I havn't done too many large pieces like this and am trying to improve.
     
  8. #8 HCL, Jan 20, 2011
    Yeah man, that's why I post, but I don't think there are many at GC that are 'fluent' in Photoshop :p

    I'm also not the best at LPs, but they are fun to do every once and awhile. I used to be REALLY into Photoshop, but haven't really been "into" it for about two years now. You can see from my sig that I still work with it, although not as much as I should/want.
     
  9. #9 OneLove22, Jan 20, 2011

    yeah same I used to do a lot of sigs years ago... but kind of stopped for a while and just now doing a couple things here and there. I prolly made my sig I have now 4-5 years ago haha.
     

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