color formula monsters
due: tuesday november 2 (35 points)
We have one more week of October and the Spooky season. For this assignment, we are going to be creating little monster drawings using our color formulas! In class we started a new style of digital painting, we will use the same techniques to create our monsters. You can use the lasso tool, fill tool, bush, mixer brush and layer styles to complete your drawing.
You will be creating ONE little monster using ONE of the color themes. You can use the Adobe Color Wheel or Coolers Color Palette to help you select your colors. You can choose from the following color.
themes:
● Complementary
● Split Complementary
● Tradic
● Square
● Rectangle
● Analogous
Here is a resource to check out on how to start creating your character monster!
steps
open a 10x10 document
select a solid or MINIMALISTIC background (your character must be the main focus)
sketch out your character using the brush tool
Use any one of the techniques we’ve learned in class to paint your monster
use the layer styles to add depth into your drawing
what to turn in
finished little monster saved as a jpg
Rename as: Monster_yourinitials.jpg
Digital Apple Painting
due: Friday 10/29
Today we will look into a different, more traditional, way of painting digitally. Link on this assignment is a fantastic video that we will be breaking down in class piece by piece. There are only a couple new tools we will be learning about; the mixer brush, Layer Effects and Gaussian blur. These tools will take some time to practice and getting used too! So don’t get frustrated, just keep trying and you will get it!
The Mixer Brush: This tool allows you to blend colors and vary your wetness within a single brush stroke. The Mixer Brush tool uses two paint wells — a “reservoir” that deposits color (Adobe calls it paint) on the canvas and a “pickup” that receives, or picks up, color from the canvas (which can be an image or color you've applied).
Layer Effects: A layer style is one or more effects applied to a layer or layer group. You can apply one of the preset styles provided with Photoshop or create a custom style using the Layer Style dialog box.
Gaussian Blur Filter: You can use it to reduce noise, add an artistic blur effect, or create depth by blurring the background. The Gaussian effect results in a smooth blur that looks as if you are viewing the photograph through a translucent screen.
The objective for this project is to paint an apple using a reference image. I have provided an image for you, BUT you may choose a different one if you would like.
part 1
Start with a 10x10 document ( you will be using this document to house your reference picture and color swatches
Drop your reference image into your document
Create a new layer
Start with a small brush and create an outline of your apple and stem. You can choose to trace or freehand your outline
Use the eyedropper tool to sample the highlights, midtones and shadows in the apple and stem
Once you sample each color, make a swatch on your document to pull from for your painting
Select the mixer brush
practice using the brush on your swatches. See how it blends the colors together
create a new layer and start painting your apple using the mixer brush
Spend a good amount of time blending together your colors
THIS STEP WILL TAKE TIME
part 2
Once you have completed your apple shading to your liking using the mixer brush, you will need to add in more details!
Use your eraser brush and clean up around the edges of your apple
Create a new layer
Open up your brush tool
Click on the folder on the top tool bar
this will bring you to brush settings
look through the different brush settings to find one that resembles the apple specs
On your new layer paint on your speckles add a new layer style
the layer style button is at the bottom of the layers panel. This button has “fx” on it
Select drop shadow
play with the settings in the pop up menu
Try using different layer styles to add dimension to your drawing
Create a new layer for your apple’s shadow
use the brush tool and draw the shadow
when you are happy with your shadow, click the filter drop down menu at the top of your computer
Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur
What you will turn in:
Your 10x10 document with your color swatches, reference image and finished painting
please save as a jpg file
Rename: ApplePainting_YourInitials.jpg
flat landscape painting
due: friday 10/22 (30 points)
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS
Open a new PS document
10x15 (landscape)
Select a MONOCHROMATIC or ANALOGOUS color scheme
You can find inspiration using the Coolers color palette generator or Adobe color wheel
Copy your HEX codes into photoshop and create SWATCHES OF YOUR OWN
In the color picker window you have the option to “ADD TO SWATCHES”
Type in the name of your swatch
PS will then take you to you “LIBRARIES” where. you can group your colors together
To group your colors click on the folder in your library panel
after that you can drag your colors into the folder and use them at anytime!
Unlock your background layer, use the paint bucket tool to create your sky
re-lock again after you filled in the sky
CREATE A NEW LAYER
With the lasso tool start drawing mountains
You can start with the mountains in front first or with the mountains that are farther back. That is up to you. Remember, you will need to reorder so the proper layer is visible in the front
To finish your selection, you will need to draw across the edges on bottom of your document until you get back to the starting point
Select the paint bucket tool, select a different color from your palette, fill in your selection
REPEAT STEPS 5-7 UNTIL YOU ARE HAPPY WITH YOUR LANDSCAPE
SHADING
Create layer above the mountain you want to shade
Create clipping mask
Use the lasso tool to draw on your shading
use fill tool to color it in
CLOUDS
You guessed it… create new layer and use the lasso tool to draw your clouds
use the brush or fill tool to color in your clouds
Add in trees! here is a helpful resource on how to add in trees in PS 2021
new layer
Filter > Render > Tree
Select the tree you like and make any adjustments
In advanced options: select the correct color, check flat shading for leaves and branches
If you are happy with your settings click ok!
If you are still unhappy with the color of your tree (doesn’t match the hill color) you can use the fill tool and color match!
Transform the tree and resize as you please
ADD YOUR TREE AS A BRUSH PRESET
Turn off the visibility to ALL LAYERS EXCEPT your tree layer.
Navigate to the Edit Menu > Define Brush Preset
Name your brush
Stamp your tree to your hearts desire!
Add in anything else you’d like!
If you would like to take a look at a video tutorial CLICK HERE
what to turn in
Finished Flat Landscape as a jpg file
Rename: FlatLandscape_yourinitials.jpg
Screenshot of your layers
do not rename
mandalas
due: Monday 10/11 (25 points)
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS
YOU WILL BE DOING THIS 2 TIMES. THE FIRST ONE WE WILL CALL THE PRACTICE MANDALA.
1. OPEN A NEW PHOTOSHOP DOCUMENT (10" X 10").
2. FOR THE PRACTICE MANDALA, YOU MAY USE AN IMAGE FROM THE INTERNET, BUT FOR THE SECOND ONE YOU WILL USE AN IMAGE OF YOUR OWN (EITHER A PHOTO OR A PIECE OF ART_.
3. For my practice one, I am using a Falloween image from Photography last year
4. Using the polygonal lasso tool, you will select a pie piece of your image.
5. Then, when you get the marching ants, you will hit Command >C, which will copy the selection.
6. Click the new layer symbol on the bottom right. Hit command V to paste your selection into the new layer.Using the move tool and transform tool, you do the same thing as before, move it until it fits next to the other image.
7. On that new layer, Edit> Transform > Flip Horizontal. Using the move tool, move that image until it lines up with the first image. When you like how it looks, merge the layer with the first layer. While on that layer hit Command > E. Now you have one layer, hit command J to copy the layer.
8. Repeat this process until you have a quarter of the pie. You can merge the layers, then drag it in and copy. THEN, You go to Edit> Transform > Flip Vertical and drag it to the bottom of the left side. It may overlap but you can fit it to your piece.
9. Merge your layers again, drag and copy the one layer. Go to Edit> Transform > Flip Horizontal and fit your mandala so it is complete.
10. As you can see, the pattern is a bit messed up. I will problem solve to fix it.
11. Use the elliptical marquee tool to clean up your mandala. Once you have the marching ants around the edges of your Mandala, invert the selection. Then use your eraser tool to get rid of the access edges.
12.Finally, let’s make a nice background. To select you back ground go to the new fill and adjustment layer button on the bottom of your Layers panel. Select Gradient and choose the best match!
13. Save as a jpg and rename Mandala1_yourinitials.jpg
14. Repeat these steps for your second Mandala.
