Class project 17 – Decay in Photoshop
Overview
Daniel Scott
Founder of Bring Your Own Laptop & Chief Instructor
instructorI discovered the world of design as an art student when I stumbled upon a lab full of green & blue iMac G3’s. My initial curiosity around using the computer to create ‘art’ developed into a full-blown passion, eventually leading me to become a digital designer and founder of Bring Your Own Laptop.
Sharing and teaching are a huge part of who I am. As a certified Adobe instructor, I've had the honor of winning multiple Adobe teaching awards at their annual MAX conference. I see Bring Your Own Laptop as the supportive community I wished for when I was first starting out and intimidated by design. Through teaching, I hope to bring others along for the ride and empower my students to bring their stories, labors of love, and art into the world.
True to my Kiwi roots, I've lived in many places, and currently, I reside in Ireland with my wife and kids.
All right, it is class project time. In your 12 Visual Styles folder there's the Class Project folder, then there's Decay A, B, and C. Some cool examples, mask them out, blow them up. You can use the brushes that I've given you in the exercise files, but if those aren't working for you, and you go off and you find some other brushes, let me know which ones you use when you share your examples. Either in the assignments here, the comments, or on social media. Show me what you've done to these three. Or, be cool if you used your own image, or even just a different image from unsplash.com. They've got some great images that you can use commercially, used for your portfolio, and if you did use a different brush, let me know where you got them from, so that we can share with other people.
I hope you enjoy this exercise. It can be a little frustrating if you don't get it right. Remember, start again, unless more is more, but make sure you share your results. All right, happy exploiting.