Like Léger or Other Artist

I'm hoping to find at least three (hopefully four) works of "digital art" in Edmodo before Thanksgiving. I know the computers are giving you problems, but you can come to the Mac Lab during your Studies - or any other time - to complete your work. My main goal for you is that you learn to be creative, appreciate art and digital art, use your imagination and learn Photoshop.

Another easy exercise that will help you review some of the techniques you already learned is imitating Léger's work in Photoshop. You can check some of his paintings in Google and try to imitate them, using different shapes, downloading images from the internet, etc. To do this exercise I suggest that you create different transparent layers, to put your images and shapes in these layers. Remember: you can change the order of layers (you can also name them, to make it easier to find your images. Change the color of some of these shapes, enlarge them or shrink them, etc. You can also check the Adobe Photoshop book for help. Get creative!

This is my digital art creation that I came up with after checking Léger's work - "Joseph Fernand Henri Léger was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of cubism which he gradually modified into a more figurative, populist style." They are exhibiting some of his work at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (click link).

I'm hoping to be back in school next week. Thanks for your understanding!

Like Magritte or Like Other "Cool" Artists

I showed you today how to use a Custom Shape and a Vector Mask. Start by having one image on top of another (example: a picture of a sky and a picture of a sunset). Make sure the images are the same size (if not, use the Command-T feature). Then, select one of the Custom Shapes (you can add more by going to the small arrow on the upper right side of the window) and before you add the shape on the top layer, go to Layer > Vector Mask > Reveal All and see what happens. You can duplicate the image (Command-J), add blending options (like Drop Shadow or other) and create interesting digital art!

The idea now is to look at some of Magritte's work online and try to imitate some of his work; but if you prefer you can also imitate other artists. This is a painting a friend posted on Facebook and I find it very creative. You can try to imitate this one or others. Get creative!

You can also check: Mad Art (click the link) with some work by Megan Aroon Duncanson and others. Also: Mad Art 2. You can add some text to your work, if you wish, a small quote or an interesting word that means "something" to you.

You can create your very own digital art using different brushes (Brush Tool) and colors. Check: Natasha Wescoat for more ideas. Also Google her name and check her work. Check this video too: Cool Work to see how this photographer created the image below.