Assignment 3: hand painted shield

Inspiration pic:

I like things that are mystic and shiny so I decided to make a shield with swirly shapes. I like to make my own shapes rather than use pre-made brushes because I am an avid digital painter. I wanted it to look like it came from outer space. I liked the glowy blue areas in the shield I used for reference, so I tried to incorporate that into my shield’s colors.

I used a lot of different brushes, the gradients, and the blur and sharpen filters. I also enjoy making use of the color adjustment tools — curves, levels, color adjustment, gradient map, etc etc. The different layer blending modes and layer clipping are also extremely useful as they enable you to do a lot of different things with the colors.