A Work in Progress: Night Thoughts



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Night Thoughts
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poetry art


step 1 of 17

Make heart shape in Illustrator, standard shape with inner opening.

Creation of Night Thoughts: Step 1

step 2 of 17

Delete inner path, filled entirely with red now.

Creation of Night Thoughts: Step 2

step 3 of 17

3D Bevel/Extrude.

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Painting done with mixer brush to blend better.

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Render clouds, warp.

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Adjust bevel to corner of 'room'.

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Warp floor to curved edge. (Used perspective first.)

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step 8 of 17

Paint some shadow.

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step 9 of 17

Rectangle marquee, fill with pattern, add noise, smudge out fringe with tablet. The scarf represents the life-path - beyond the heart, and connecting the skull and ship.

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step 10 of 17

Wave distort.

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Hue-Sat adjustment.

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Black fill, noise, levels adjustment to make stars.

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Northern Lights set to Screen to show it's there, but adjusted back to Color for final image.

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Skull style adjustment.

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Exposure adjustment on window - distorted via perspective. Decided to remove the arcane circle around the heart and the second ship.

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Additional paint, lighten, clip to window.

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Type layer styles. Low opacity white paint behind both paragraphs for better clarity.

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Final result

Creation of Night Thoughts: Final Result

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