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| Creatures of the night! |
A Little Blogging...
Have you ever had a déjà vu? Where you do or experience something that you felt like you have already done or experienced before? Sometimes it makes you think to yourself “hey, I’ve dreamt of this before”. And in certain cases it makes you think “hey, I dreamt I thought to myself that I dreamt this happened before”. I just like to think that those are just dreams that came true.
Sometimes, like in this case, some dreams are better left a dream. Maybe that’s why nightmares don’t really come true. Imagine having nightmares of zombies and ghouls and having a déjà vu about it. YIKES!
Although, there was a time in my life when I thought ghouls and spirits and all these “dark” stuff was cool. I had collected Living Dead Dolls, tarot cards, ouiji boards and I thought goth was cool. Haha! Well this kinda depicts what I thought was cool then. Thank goodness I grew up!
Description
This image is created to achieve a gothic, dark, scary and deathly look. I chose to use a full moon as it is believed that during the full moon, many unexplainable incident takes place like werewolf and people going crazy. I also used a worn out and deserted monument as the background to create a deserted and haunted effect together with the fog. The bats are used to create a scary and deathly symbol and thorns in the foreground is used to create a gothic and dark feel. The girl i chose in this image creates a threatening and haunting feel like she is about to attack. I also gave her dark wings to represent demons and evilness. I also made her face half a skull to represent death. Although this image seems to be grueling and deathly, it is somehow a Twilight-like fantasy with vampires and such thus the title Even In Death
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| How is it done? |
The wings used in my images are digitally created by photoshop. To create wings, it is advisable to use a stylus and trackpad as each strand of fur on each feather are created separately in short strokes of brush. This is how it is done.
- The four colours used are as shown. You can use different tones of colour as well. Use a thin brush with colour #1 and create a shape of the wind you want to have.
- Using colour #3 with a soft edged brush, stroke the angle of the wing's feathers. Name this layer Wing Base
- with the opacity at 65%, using the same brush with colour #1, create strokes for the line you created for the shape of the wing
- with a smaller brush with colour #2 at 85% opacity, draw the angle of the feathers
- With same brush and opacity, use colour #4 and paint in the darker area of the wing
- using the Smudge tool set at 45% strength, choose the brush as shown and smudge the wing in small short strokes to soften the wing.
- Create a new layer called Wing Edge. Choose a small round brush with colour #1 and create strokes where you want the feathers to be.
- Create new layer called Inner Feathers. choose a tiny brush with colour #1 and draw the "stalk" of the feathers.
- On each feather "stalk", choose a micro brush and draw each strand of fur for the feather. you can use a wavy line or curved line for the fur. Relax while doing this. It's a major PAIN
- Using the Blur tool, soften the edges
- Go to Wing Edge layer and use a small brush with colour #1 and add in more strands of fur.
- Using the same smudge setting, pull the feather outwards
- Use a thinner brush and fill in the wing with more fur to make it look full. Merge all layers
- With the burn tool, set midtones at 30% and brush it over darker area of the wing
Now you have a wing. Go ahead and experiment with different colour and shape.
Picture i used to create the Death Scene