Class Project 09 - Peeling Sky
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 homework time. What I'd like you to do is, using the technique we did when we peeled back the sky in the last video, I want you to open up these two files. We've used the clouds before, but this new one called '03' by Kea Mowat, open those up, and I'd like you to do the same thing, but I want to peel back this sky revealing the clouds.
So let's check the Class Projects file, it's this one here, '49'. Open those two files, transform them like we did. Remember, we'll have to rename the background, otherwise it won't work. Bend it away, and yes, use the Burn Tool, if you want to, you don't have to. It looks pretty good without it, but bend it around and maybe add some subtle burning just to make it look like it's cast.
You can go Full Monty, and go super cast shadow on it, I don't mind. Then share it with me, I'd love to see what you make. On to the next video.