Re Learning Photoshop Properly...

I have started to learn how you can use photoshop to render simple line drawings to start to create a believable final image. I Started with th eline drawing of a radio shown below, this was in adobe illustrator and then converted into a photshop document.

Basic 2d line drawing of a radio.

Then when in photoshop the areas to be filled were selected and placed on idividual layers for further/ easier editing and then filled using the bucket tool. Then layer effects including bevel/emboss and various shadows were added to create the illusion of a 3d object.

I also added a custom texture to the face using noise and motion blur tools, creating a brushed metal finish. I had to make sure that all the shadows and highlights were uniform and pionting in the same way

I then added the final touches and placed the radio in a one point perspective background. 

I blurred the image background so that the radio seemed more crisp and in focus, i also added a lot of midtone and shadow darkening under the radio to create depth

Overall time from start to finish approx 5-6 hours

Student

So yeah im a uni student now, highly doubted this day would come but yeah very happy, not too happy about the photo though being a uni and being quite clever and all that they seem to have made my head like an aliens and sqished the photo, explaining the weird angle ;)

The Start of Something

Product Design BA 
Writing this the third week into Uni life things have just got very very busy very quick and have 4 deadlines and projects as such for next week already. Thought i would start as i mean to go on and update this when i get chance to.

Shared Kitchen, the cleanest it has been since we moved in trust me, but apparently we get random visits off halls staff so we decided the large collection of plates, cutlery, food and 6 bin bags had to go just in case they dont appreciate the modern artwork that it clearly was.

This is our our 6th flatmate, Introduced himself to everyone clearly enough think his name was james, but to be completly honest he sucks a bit and doesnty really do a lot :)

The lovely view of the staff car park from my bedroom window

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