Blank

UKNOWHO · February 25, 2017, 6:14am

Hi guys I would like to share with you a new project of mine called Blank which you can buy as a physical print online here: https://society6.com/product/blank286807_print#s6-6641867p4a1v45 I used Photoshop for the bulk of the work but Blender played a significant role, and I haven’t seen it used this way yet so I thought I might share with you the creation of this piece.

As I mentioned, I used a mixture of photography, Blender, and Photoshop. The sky is a picture that I took, but for the hand I used Blender. Here is how I did it:

Firstly, I downloaded a hand model off of blendswap http://www.blendswap.com/blends/view/81285

I placed the camera in the front view and set it to orthographic with a scale of .290

UKNOWHO · February 25, 2017, 6:18am

Next, I used the decimate modifier to get the lowpoly look

Then (after applying the modifier) I setup a simple wireframe shader

I set the render resolution to match that of my sky photograph, I used 500 samples because I noticed that I would get broken lines when going lower. Also, very important, make sure that the “Transparent” box is selected in the film tab.

UKNOWHO · February 25, 2017, 6:23am

Here is what the final hand looks like

Next, I pasted the hand over my photograph in photoshop

Then, using the magic wand tool, erase all of the black of the hand

UKNOWHO · February 25, 2017, 6:25am

Then, with the hand layer selected, I used the magic wand tool to select different faces of the hand

Then, I duplicated the sky layer and used my magic wand selection as a mask

After unlinking the duplicate sky layer from its mask, I moved the sky layer at random

UKNOWHO · February 25, 2017, 6:29am

Kept on repeating that until I got this

And after some color grading in lightroom I ended with this final picture. Thank you for viewing! Also, if you like this you can purchase it as a print in my shop (for the next two days there is free international shipping) https://society6.com/product/blank286807_print#s6-6641867p4a1v45 I’d love your feedback on this piece, Cheers!

tjindy · February 25, 2017, 2:28pm

Reminds me oldschool polish poster arts. For me - awesome.

UKNOWHO · February 26, 2017, 11:27am

Thank you!