Task 2: Introduction to Photoshop

Shortly after trying to draw myself on paper, I was introduced to the artistic side of Photoshop.

Whilst I have been acquainted with Photoshop in the past, I had never had the opportunity to use it to make artwork from the line art level, only manipulating images. If I was ever to create images, it was filling in colours with a mouse, which is of course difficult.

After brainstorming potential subject matters, I settled on a security guard. I looked at various style of security guard, playing games like Half-Life, Black Mesa (A Source Engine mod of Half-Life that changed the aesthetic enough to warrant researching) and Fallout New Vegas to name a few.

The two security armour sets shown above show roughly the same equipment, but both have different styles. The Black Mesa armour is representative of the general aesthetic, where they were anticipating an attack from military forces or alien life and thick plating would be needed to fend from attacks. The Fallout New Vegas armour has a thinner vest and hides the facial features and skin from view. This is more suited to the security staff of a casino, where there is a benefit to hiding facial features.

I took various aspects from all the armour sets and after plenty of trail and error with perspective and hands, created this: 

                                         

For a first attempt at a drawing in Photoshop, I think I did pretty well.