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Playing with the grunge look and blending modes. Wanted to get a trashy look i think i succeeded!
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Don't know what i was doing here but it needs to be lightened up a bit.
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Trying to draw and paint a portrait in photoshop from scratch without a photo is quite hard!! Just learning how to use brushes and make new ones etc
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Ahhh the wonders of the pen tool.. vector style illustration of my friend eating a muffin. I like the look of the lenses of her sunglasses it's quite cool to play with light and opacity on such a flat image.
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Trying to make people look dead. I also changed the colour of my dress from mint green to red red reddddd. It would help if i wasn't smiling but never mind..
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Find this tutorial
here its very simple and teaches you how to make basic brushes.
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Never used the background eraser tool before, it gives quite a cool effect just on its own
Comic tutorial. Seen this so many times I didn't learn much from it except the halftone look but its just something fun.