Haydn Russell's Digital Art Gallery

Overview: This image is inspired by a poster for a game called Fallout 4 . The intention of this image was to both create a composite to practice color matching and to learn how to use the light effect rendering filter. It took an estimated twenty minutes to complete as it was a fairly simple project. Process: The image is a simple composite of two images, the blast and the city. Both assets were found on free to use stock sites. First I masked the mushroom cloud so that it no longer had its original background. It was then placed on the city image and duplicated. The duplicate was then changed to a lighten blending mode and the opacity was brought down so that it was a little less harsh. Next, a mixing brush was used on the bottom of the blast so that it mixed with the city features below it. With the shape of the cloud done the next step was to add the light. Using filter>render>lighting effects.Using a pin light focused on the blast it added the spreading light effect that...

Overview: Shown here is my cover submission for the 2018-2019 edition of the Counter Clockwise literary art magazine. After the voting process, it was decided that this will be the back cover of the upcoming edition. Process: Creating this picture was a simple matter of modifying a previous creation of mine. The first step was to create a 8.5 by 11 canvas so it was the correctly formatted size for the magazine. Since the original image was a square, I created an layer behind it. This layer was then filled with a circular gradient using the color sampled from the sky of the other image. At this point that point I wanted to implement a clock, so I found a free to use asset and masked it so that only the clock face remained. I did a little spot healing on the clock to remove stains and then it was time to add text. This was done by typing 2018-2019 in a font to match the clock, rasterizing that text, and then masking it to reveal the clock hands. Finally I needed to find a creative wa...

Overview: The two images shown are a before (left) and after (right) of an exploration and practice I did using the brush tools in Photoshop. I completed this project independently before I created this blog in an attempt to learn the different tools available to me within the program. It is not my finest creation, but I believe that it displays the growth in my talent throughout the previous months.  Process: The process in the image above was done using only the brush tool, ripple filter, and multiple layers. While using the brush I held the Alt. key which allowed me select a color to paint with. I then went to each piece in the image and painted over them with the correct colors, adding layers so that I could paint roughly in certain places and simply hide the rough edges under the more refin ed pieces. One important lesson I learned in doing this assignment was how to use the brush settings. I used different brush hardnesses depending on what section I was painting, su...

Overview: The above image was created using multiple hues of a single color. It shows a unique image that is simplistic and different from anything I have created before. Due to the nature of the image the final project only took me about half an hour to complete.  Process: The image was created using only a few of the tools found within Photoshop 2018. The main tool was the lasso which was used to created the outline of each landscape. The foreground uses the original color, a dark red that was randomly selected. After outlining the foreground with the lasso it was then filled using the paint bucket tool. I then repeated the process on a layer placed below and filled it with a lighter hue of the foreground color. This was repeated until the general outline was finished. Next I rendered a tree in a separate document and used it to define a custom brush. Once done the tree could be placed anywhere in the image easily and in any color I wanted, providing more detail. To edit the s...

Overview: The above image was a new type of graphic exploration that I have never done before. It implements a free to use 3-D model and stock photos that were used as a part of this tutorial  by  Nemanja  Sekulic. This tutorial provided the general guidelines but the finer details of the project I left up to my own determination. This assignment took me around three hours to complete and allowed me to learn how to use the 3-D work space in Photoshop. Process: As mentioned before, the guidelines for the process and the assets for the project were part of a tutorial. The focus of the project was realistically panting the train in the image. To do this I opened the 3-D work space layout and proceeded to open the train file. Next the train layer was dragged to the book image and placed. With the two combined I then positioned the train using the movement tool until the wheels were above the horizon line (which darkened them in the 3-D landscape) and it ali...