Monday 21 October 2013

Photoshop Thumbnail (1)

First Photoshop Thumbnail

This is my first attempt of a digitally painted thumbnail on photoshop. The composition was loosely inspired by thumbnails '12' and '14' where the main focus of the scene is a form of extraterrestrial architecture found by the arctic expedition. In this thumbnail I'm still getting the hang of digital tonal use and haven't found my specific technique in painting but after some more tries I think I should have my own individual style.


After some thought I figured I will probably stick with this composition as one of my final three thumbnail ideas although I'd have to do extra research on the details found on arctic mountains and probably adjust the angle to make the scene appear more sophisticated.

4 comments:

  1. Hey Ashley,

    This is looking good. But you might want to be careful with the figures you have somewhere in between the foreground and mid ground. The tonal value for that is too dark and if you want them to be in the distance, the tonal value should be somewhere in mid grey! :)

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    1. Thank you, I get what you mean. Will definitely remember that for next time :)

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  2. Following up on what Ayunie said - if you want some good examples of atmospheric perspective, see if you can find James Gurney's "Colour and Light" (Page 176) in the college library

    Also, a cool effect I thought you might like - http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/mountain-shadows.html

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    1. I will check for the James Gurney book in the library tomorrow and WOW to the two photos in the link. I will definitely attempt that effect of the sky on my thumbnails, thanks! :)

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