Lava Monster Piece

Here was my final piece. Using textures well and effectively actually helps the sketch i was doing whcih improved my piece's final effect, it gradually got to the stage where i had to burn the brush lines to take away the idea of it looking like a drawing and more like a painting. That technique is harder than i assumed but gradually getting there as i work more and more on photoshop. Once i finished the sketching and adding the detail it was mainly now just making it stand out more, Adding the burn tool when needed, the dodge tool when needed as well as the clash of different shades to red and black to blend in with the image. Overall i enjoyed designing the piece and learning new ways to make my skills more effective.

What i found a bit of an issue of recent when doing some photoshop work is mainly just getting that great painting look from using the brush and pencil tool on photoshop. As i would of preferred the piece to look like it was not even done on photoshop for instance. Although that takes time of practise and experimenting, hopefully and eventually my creative side and technique exceeds my standard improving in to excellent designs.

After i then finished designing the basic outline and detail to help me finish off with the painting and texturing i then went over the lining with brush tool and the burn tool. Once i added the texture i then put it behind the layer of drawing and merged it together. As when  first used the texture it was not exactly looking realistic or very effective so i had to bring out the lines defining the body parts to sync it all together. Soon after i used the burn tool more to create a better effect with the texture using it to a better advantage. Then i realised using the burn tool a bit too much would darken parts of the piece. So to even things out i analysed that using the dodge tool would help retrieve the look i was going for. So i was then on to the next stage of the process.

After all it was a fairly self explanatory piece that i didnt get any errors or struggle too much with. However i realised while i was designing the piece that the lines were different shades of the texture so more or less it wasnt looking as effective as it should of as in it didnt really give that effect like it was a very realistic painting. However practise will increase my skills on making my pieces more effective.

    

For this assignment we was told to create a lava monster piece using our own imagination, this included using a lava type material/texture, to start of my piece first i needed to begin the deisgn of the monster, size and look. First i decided to begin with drawing the outline and getting a rough sketch that would help me get started. Soon after i then began to add the details of the features in the image. I didnt want to add the texture just yet as it would not show the detail to a an extent and take away the fundamental look of the piece I am initially trying to create.