The Final Three - Execution and Craftsmanship

Tree on Fire

Visual Treatment

i) Art Movement: Cubism

ii) Reference Artist: Pablo Picasso

iii) Theme Chosen: Environmentalism

iv) Ideation and Concept: Forest destruction is the main concept of this artwork. The tree represents the forest whereas the fire represents the destruction. Trees are important to us and I hope this artwork can convey the awareness among the people to stop the destruction of forest. 

Cans

Visual Treatment

i) Art Movement: Cubism

ii) Reference Artist: Pablo Picasso

iii) Theme Chosen: Environmentalism

iv) Ideation and Concept: This artwork emphasize the recycling of cans rather than just throwing them around. 

Glass

Visual Treatment

i) Art Movement: Cubism

ii) Reference Artist: Pablo Picasso

iii) Theme Chosen: Environmentalism

iv) Ideation and Concept: This artwork emphasize the recycling of glass. 

Photoshop Process

~Tree on Fire~

- This is the original sketch.

- I used polygonal lasso tool to draw the shape of the fire so that I can fill the colour of fire. 

- Then I used gradient tool to choose the colour I wanted and filled up the selected area.

- After using the gradient tool.

- The steps were repeated for other parts of the fire.

- If I wanted to colour the branches, I just closed the layer of 'fire' and then used polygonal lasso tool to draw the shapes of the branches on a new layer.

- After filling up the colours of the branches and fire.

- There were still some pencil lines and 'holes' in the picture.

- I decided to filter the picture using 'palette knife'. (Filter>Artistic>Palette Knife)

- The pencil lines and 'holes' seem blurred out.

- But the branches appeared to stand out more than the fire. So I added the 'mosaic tiles' texture onto the picture. (Filter>Texture>Mosaic Tiles)

- After applied the 'mosaic tiles'.

- The complete artwork.

~Cans~

- The original sketch.

- Applied 'watercolor'. (Filter>Artistic>Watercolor)

- The result after applied the 'watercolor'.

- Then I added 'smudge stick'. (Filter>Artistic>Smudge Stick)

-Result after added the 'smudge stick'.

- The completed artwork.

~Glass~

- The original sketch.

- I used polygonal lasso tool to draw the shape.

- Then I used the gradient tool to choose the colour I wanted and filled up the selected area.

- I coloured the glass pieces first.

- Then I coloured the background using the same procedure.

- Using the same steps, I coloured the sides of the glass using darker colour than the colour on the front parts.

- Lastly just coloured the glass bottles.

- After filling up all the colours.

- I chose 'palette knife' again for my artwork.

- I then added 'water paper' to make my artwork brighter. (Filter>Sketch>Water Paper)

- The brighter and completed artwork.