Wow, thank you so much! I read your whole post very carefully, and I feel soooo enlightened and empowered right now! Excellent explanations and helpful illustrations. I'm not sure if I'll be able to recreate your steps, but I will definitely try with some small design of mine! I know I have to start with digital art, however it's easier said than done. But you made it seem doable! Your tutorial is great, I'm looking forward to see more of your educational posts! And your art is simply mind-blowing, I've visited your website and tumblr, I'm sooo inspired right now. I'm so glad I've found you through @slothicorn on Discord. I think I've found myself a new mentor ;) Geez I'm under some very strong impression... haha!
Thanks again and take care,
Klaudia
Mass Respect for the pen tool work! I use the pen tool all the time in my work and never thought to use it to make such expressive line work. Thanks for bring my attention to this.
Thanks for putting this together. My Photoshop is pretty old, like 2007 maybe, and I've never really learned how to use it properly, but just reading this I learned a few tricks to try next time I'm on there. The old PS is on my old iMac g4, and the screen has become pretty dim there.
I do have a question! You may be the one who knows what I'm talking about: back in the 1990s some friends and I did an experiment using a blacklight, LSD, and some UV paints, and discovered, by accident, a distinct 3D effect under the lights with particular colors. The blue appeared as the foreground, the green in the mid range, while orange seemed to be the most distant. With those colors acting as measures of depth to the eye, I was able to create some striking 3D designs on a black poster board. Since then, I haven't been able to reproduce the effect without all of the ingredients listed above, yet I still tend to adhere to that formula of depth that I saw that night in the fluorescent paints overlaying one another on a black background in my art.
My question: was I just tripping, or is there something to the way our eye perceives distance based on color in your ultraviolet artwork?
Ahh interesting. I am familiar with this effect though I don't understand the exact cause for it beyond the cake that you baked:) Perhaps I do have a bit of insight from a digital perspective. I have looked at my own work on a computer screen with some nice 3D glasses. To my surprise, white recedes and black comes forward. I wasn't cognitively engaged with this fact until I saw through the glasses, in fact I thought it was the opposite. White always seemed to push forward but it isn't how it actually functions. After seeing this effect, I noticed that many great artists, especially concept artists in the entertainment industries, use this trick to create great depth. You will see it over and over again in digital paintings, specifically environment paintings. A big bright sky with elements fading into light atmosphere and bold, blocky dark colors in the foreground. There must be something happening in the rods and cones of the eyeball that can be enhanced with the appropriate mixture. Its like our eyesight is tuned to perceive depth at its greatest degree under a sky lit by sun as we peer out of a forest.
Wow those are some sick designs! Cthulu is so amazing, love the way the Mandala and the tentacly organic part are meant to be together. Followed :)
Right on Adam. I have followed your work for sometime through Facebook. Thanks for the compliments. Keep up the good work.
I'm not used to everyone having different alias names on here anymore, I have come across a few where we are connected on FB lol
Thanks so much for this! Awesome seeing all of your steps!
Sure thing. Please Resteem if you don't mind. Its hard to get these out in front of people's attention. Thank you for commenting.
OMG, i have to thank @ashleykalila for helping me find your art. it's truly incredible.
Much love and respect. Most happy to be a part of your circles. Much more to come:)
I appreciate this being in text and not in video.
Yeah. I figured it would be a lot easier to follow if I broke it down. Combined with the process video I hope its pretty comprehensive. Thanks Poet.
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Muchas Gracias.
Wow, thank you so much! I read your whole post very carefully, and I feel soooo enlightened and empowered right now! Excellent explanations and helpful illustrations. I'm not sure if I'll be able to recreate your steps, but I will definitely try with some small design of mine! I know I have to start with digital art, however it's easier said than done. But you made it seem doable! Your tutorial is great, I'm looking forward to see more of your educational posts! And your art is simply mind-blowing, I've visited your website and tumblr, I'm sooo inspired right now. I'm so glad I've found you through @slothicorn on Discord. I think I've found myself a new mentor ;) Geez I'm under some very strong impression... haha!
Thanks again and take care,
Klaudia
Alright!! @shinyforest. Great to know I contributed to your expression. Thanks for the great feedback. Feel free to ask me for help anytime.
Mass Respect for the pen tool work! I use the pen tool all the time in my work and never thought to use it to make such expressive line work. Thanks for bring my attention to this.
Hey! Awesome. Glad the post has come in handy for someone with experience. Great to know. Thank you and happy to help.
Thanks for putting this together. My Photoshop is pretty old, like 2007 maybe, and I've never really learned how to use it properly, but just reading this I learned a few tricks to try next time I'm on there. The old PS is on my old iMac g4, and the screen has become pretty dim there.
Yeah, there isn't much here that can't be done on early versions. Glad you picked up a tip or two. If you ever have any questions feel free to ask.
I do have a question! You may be the one who knows what I'm talking about: back in the 1990s some friends and I did an experiment using a blacklight, LSD, and some UV paints, and discovered, by accident, a distinct 3D effect under the lights with particular colors. The blue appeared as the foreground, the green in the mid range, while orange seemed to be the most distant. With those colors acting as measures of depth to the eye, I was able to create some striking 3D designs on a black poster board. Since then, I haven't been able to reproduce the effect without all of the ingredients listed above, yet I still tend to adhere to that formula of depth that I saw that night in the fluorescent paints overlaying one another on a black background in my art.
My question: was I just tripping, or is there something to the way our eye perceives distance based on color in your ultraviolet artwork?
Ahh interesting. I am familiar with this effect though I don't understand the exact cause for it beyond the cake that you baked:) Perhaps I do have a bit of insight from a digital perspective. I have looked at my own work on a computer screen with some nice 3D glasses. To my surprise, white recedes and black comes forward. I wasn't cognitively engaged with this fact until I saw through the glasses, in fact I thought it was the opposite. White always seemed to push forward but it isn't how it actually functions. After seeing this effect, I noticed that many great artists, especially concept artists in the entertainment industries, use this trick to create great depth. You will see it over and over again in digital paintings, specifically environment paintings. A big bright sky with elements fading into light atmosphere and bold, blocky dark colors in the foreground. There must be something happening in the rods and cones of the eyeball that can be enhanced with the appropriate mixture. Its like our eyesight is tuned to perceive depth at its greatest degree under a sky lit by sun as we peer out of a forest.
Not my paintings, just pointing out the use of the technique
I made a post recently on that effect, I actually learned it in college, to use value and intensity as a gauge of distance: https://steemit.com/art/@therealpaul/a-simple-trick-creating-distance-and-depth-in-landscape-art-by-using-the-colors-themselves
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Love all of the process breakdown. I've been meaning to try CorelDraw. You make it look easy.