Laptop Skin Design~ Japanese culture

Design a laptop skin

My laptop skin's concept is about Japanese culture. I chose Japan to be my topic because I like Japan very much. ^u^


 Start with the sun and Apple logo

This idea came from Japanese flag and I created a layer mask (Apple logo) on it.

 
Add images and background color

 I searched some Japanese landscape images online and I placed those images in my working file. Also I chose yellow to be the background color.

Change the color of images and add contrast 

In this step, I used adjustment layers to change the images color (more yellow on images) and contrast because I want to create old style on those images.


























Created rough edge and add effects 

I used pen tool to create the rough edge for the laptop skin and I added a blur effect on it.


 Add adjustments 

In this stage, I adjusted the red and created a dark edge around it.


 Add Text

Then, I added "Japan" using type tool and created some layer style around it.

 
My Final Laptop Skin

Finally, I used several brushes to created those effected. This is my final laptop skin. ^u^

My Ocean Poster and Process

Last week's topic on Illustration Friday is "Ocean" and these are my poster's thumbnails. I love reading, so I come up these ideas with my interest.


 
Here are 2 poster's thumbnails I did and both of them are about ocean.

My ideas came from:

   
National Geographic Magazines

These magazines are very old, but mostly I can find a lot of ideas from them. The Ocean poster's ideas are also come from National Geographic Magazines.


 
 Fish images from National Geographic

This salmon images are from the article in the magazine.


Process in Photoshop:


 First step to create my ocean poster

This is my first step to create my ocean poster. I chose one of my thumbnails and placed it in to Photoshop.


 
 Rough Sketch 

 I created a new layer and made a draft sketch using brush tool.

 
 Line "Drawing" 

After I drew the rough sketch, I started my line "drawing" using pen tool and type tool in Photoshop.


Start the color stage 

In this stage, I started to color my line drawing and I used a brush to create the effect on the book's cover.

 
 Still during the color process 

I chose red, orange and yellow to be the colors of the fish.


Book's cover on the poster 

I created a wood fish to be the decoration on the book's cover.


Finish color stage 

I chose blue-green to be my poster's background color because It looks like the sea.


 My Final Ocean Poster

 Finally, I used a brush to create some effect (bubbles) on the background. This is my poster.

^u^