TAKE 10 CHALLENGE
Judged by designers Leta Sobierajski and Wade Jeffree
Create an original artwork from 10 predefined Adobe Stock images.
Represent the theme “ZESTY” in your art.
Represent the theme “ZESTY” in your art.
Judged by designers Leta Sobierajski and Wade Jeffree
Concept
Before looking to deeply into the details of each image provided, I thought about and mapped out what Zesty means. In the dictionary, Zesty is defined as “energetic and active”, or something like food that is “agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart.”
At first I thought of citrus fruits, juices, tropical, vibrant colours and movement and energy. That took me to thinking of other themes like Brazilian dance and Mermaids and finally Flamenco dance.
Research
Flamenco is Zesty – It’s passionate, very energetic. The dynamic flowing movements are punctuated with strong sharp poses.
Pinterest was my go to source to study shape, movement, poses and photographic treatments.
Sketching
Based on my references I did a number of thumbnails to work out the pose and a draft sketch to get basic shapes to trace in Photoshop with the pen tool.
Execution
To incorporate the images so they seamlessly fit together I went with paper craft look. Granted it was created purely in Photoshop, it would be nice to do it for real.
A few notes on achieving the looks of certain parts:
Skin
I made a repeat pattern out of the Adobe Stock photo “8989708” to create the skin.
I made a repeat pattern out of the Adobe Stock photo “8989708” to create the skin.
Hands & arms
Overlaid the mesh from Adobe Stock vector “133466172” on top of the skin texture to look like fish net gloves.
Overlaid the mesh from Adobe Stock vector “133466172” on top of the skin texture to look like fish net gloves.
Lips
A gradient map was used on the drop Adobe Stock image “131796320” to get moist red lips.
A gradient map was used on the drop Adobe Stock image “131796320” to get moist red lips.
Fan
Gradient map on Adobe Stock image “126591545” so the colour compliments the rest of the illustration.
Gradient map on Adobe Stock image “126591545” so the colour compliments the rest of the illustration.
Neckless
Started out as simple white pearls and I was going to use Adobe Stock image “77558730“ in the background but it just wasn’t working. I then realised I could use part of the rock as a gem for the neckless… perfect.
Started out as simple white pearls and I was going to use Adobe Stock image “77558730“ in the background but it just wasn’t working. I then realised I could use part of the rock as a gem for the neckless… perfect.
Paper
The pseudo paper texture was made with the same repeat pattern used for the skin.
The pseudo paper texture was made with the same repeat pattern used for the skin.
Layered effect was made with shadows, drop shadows and soft brushes were used for the shadows. The highlight edges with inner shadows.
Finishing
There was some colour adjustments to unify the overall colour palette. I’ve used a dark background colour to amplify those vivid colours. This meant that the dark hair was lost in it, so a soft round brush was used to make a faint spotlight to fix it. The use of a noise as a subtle grain finished it off.
There was some colour adjustments to unify the overall colour palette. I’ve used a dark background colour to amplify those vivid colours. This meant that the dark hair was lost in it, so a soft round brush was used to make a faint spotlight to fix it. The use of a noise as a subtle grain finished it off.
