Alright, this is the second of the PROJECTS threads (I'm hiding this first, you can have it if you ask ). I'm sure few of you aware of the TECHNIQUES threads, well this is an extension to allow you to not only learn the tools but how to use them.
The point of these is not so much to learn how to do a given effect, but to allow you to stretch your mind and learn how it all "comes together". I'll be taking a project and walking you through it. Where necessary I'll point to tutorials on the web, tutorials I've done or TECHNIQUES threads so that it doesn't become too huge. The goal, after all, is for those who are already familiar to extend their expertise by doing a "task".
If you are following this, consider it homework to come up with your own similar (but not identical) design. Mine will simply be an example of one way of going about what the PROJECT is.
Your second PROJECT is to create a Grunge piece which evokes emotion. Sure, we could all simply make "a grunge piece", but the Grunge style itself is meant to evoke emotion.
I am EXPECTING people to post their images so that we can work on them together.
This will take a while, so please don't post between instances, until I'm done.
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Okay, our first step, and that which will really define how the piece plays out, is to figure out:
1. The dimensions
2. The primary colour/feel
I'm going to go with a longer image, since I'm sick of square ones, and I'm going to go with something dark. I'm really going to try and create something which is darkly emotional, since that's how I feel. Something which at one instance shocks you and makes you go "ewww", and at the other makes you want to look deeper. We'll see how I do, shall we?
For dimensions I've chosen 300 x 1200, filled in black (72dpi since this is for the web). I'm using Photoshop. Sorry to those who are following along, I'll only be detailing what I'm doing in PS6, so other apps and other verisions will need to suffer (this'll be long enough as it is).
First off I need to find a picture. To be honest, I only go 3 places for pictures:
www.intuitivmedia.net
www.deviantart.com (stock photos)
www.google.com
I'm looking for a full-body shot of a man looking dejected. I tried intuitivmedia, but they didn't have much, DA was being slow, so I went off to Google and did an image search for "man standing". About 7 pages in I found the perfect image:
It's a striking image, because it's a real picture of 4 guys just before they were gassed in Nazi Germany. The emotion I'm going for is palpable even at this early stage.
After dragging it into my image, we have this:
Obviously, I want the length of this guy's body to basically fill the screen, so I resize the image to something like this:
Next, I want to remove a lot of the superfluous stuff around our main character, so I use a layer mask, so that I don't lose any of the original image, should I need it later.
I've painted away some of the useless stuff, and here is what I have now:
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Next phase, I'll keep working the image, start adding grunge elements, pick a colour, etc
The point of these is not so much to learn how to do a given effect, but to allow you to stretch your mind and learn how it all "comes together". I'll be taking a project and walking you through it. Where necessary I'll point to tutorials on the web, tutorials I've done or TECHNIQUES threads so that it doesn't become too huge. The goal, after all, is for those who are already familiar to extend their expertise by doing a "task".
If you are following this, consider it homework to come up with your own similar (but not identical) design. Mine will simply be an example of one way of going about what the PROJECT is.
Your second PROJECT is to create a Grunge piece which evokes emotion. Sure, we could all simply make "a grunge piece", but the Grunge style itself is meant to evoke emotion.
I am EXPECTING people to post their images so that we can work on them together.
This will take a while, so please don't post between instances, until I'm done.
____________________________________
Okay, our first step, and that which will really define how the piece plays out, is to figure out:
1. The dimensions
2. The primary colour/feel
I'm going to go with a longer image, since I'm sick of square ones, and I'm going to go with something dark. I'm really going to try and create something which is darkly emotional, since that's how I feel. Something which at one instance shocks you and makes you go "ewww", and at the other makes you want to look deeper. We'll see how I do, shall we?
For dimensions I've chosen 300 x 1200, filled in black (72dpi since this is for the web). I'm using Photoshop. Sorry to those who are following along, I'll only be detailing what I'm doing in PS6, so other apps and other verisions will need to suffer (this'll be long enough as it is).
First off I need to find a picture. To be honest, I only go 3 places for pictures:
www.intuitivmedia.net
www.deviantart.com (stock photos)
www.google.com
I'm looking for a full-body shot of a man looking dejected. I tried intuitivmedia, but they didn't have much, DA was being slow, so I went off to Google and did an image search for "man standing". About 7 pages in I found the perfect image:
It's a striking image, because it's a real picture of 4 guys just before they were gassed in Nazi Germany. The emotion I'm going for is palpable even at this early stage.
After dragging it into my image, we have this:
Obviously, I want the length of this guy's body to basically fill the screen, so I resize the image to something like this:
Next, I want to remove a lot of the superfluous stuff around our main character, so I use a layer mask, so that I don't lose any of the original image, should I need it later.
I've painted away some of the useless stuff, and here is what I have now:
___________________________
Next phase, I'll keep working the image, start adding grunge elements, pick a colour, etc