Lava Practice VD-S05

In this weeks Visual Design lesson we were playing with layer styles to get a lava effect. We started by drawing lava cracks on a black background. We did this with a yellow, hard, round brush. Then we applied inner and outer glows to the layer we had drawn on. This made it look very much more like lava. To top it off we added a texture.

Then we applied this technique to a pre-existing image to practice for our homework, making a lava monster. We were given an image of a clay rock monster model and we had to use this technique on it to make a lava monster. I also added a gradient map to make the colours blend with the rock better.

Life Drawing S05

This session of life drawing was similar to the last. We did do something different though. We did some normal sketches to start as normal.

This week we cover a large area in charcoal and drew the model using an eraser. We did two drawings in this style and I really like the effect these have.

Like the last session we did the animation style sketches again.

We also used some different media this week. I used felt tip and biro again.

Lava Creature

So first off for this project I collected images into a mood board as normal.

Then I created some sketches/roughs to get my ideas down quickly.

So I decided to pick the first guy, top left, but I did like the worm dude a lot.

So this is my final concept. At first I started with a silhouette but quickly decided I wouldn't be able to make a very believable rocky surface so I found an image of some rocks and chopped it up to use on my monster. Then I went round the guy adding in lava cracks with an inner and outer glow on the layer style. The lava lake was made using the same layer style. Then came the background image and texture images for the lava cracks. I also generated some clouds and added a mask to them to make them blend in. To top it all off I added a gradient map which just made all the colours better. Ta Da! :D