I began this design with a brush serving as an outline of the planet earth. I wanted to give it a realistic look, yet illuminating to the eye a bit, so I settled for a "earthy green" color as my overlay. I then added a bit of lightning, which I turned brown to give the earth a look that could be viewed as roots and a building block display of the crust and atmosphere within. Additionally, I wanted the background to contrast with the foreground which is how I came up with a few different geometric shaped patterns, all in different colors to add depth. I'm pleased with my execution in this piece as there are multiple reference points that the eye could attract to at first glance, making every part of the piece equally important.

I recently bought a psychedelic themed shirt, which influenced me to do a graphic similar to it. I began this project with a simple black and white bridge that offered up the rest of the white space at the time to be the main focal point. I placed a silhouette of a human to enforce this concept, as it led to simplicity in the front and mayhem in the back. I chose a bridge because it could separate the two different ideas and perspectives. I wanted to add skeletons in the background with a slightly larger black fill, so it could be easily viewed and chose a vibrant pink for the deepest park of the foreground to go along with it. I believe this is a cool design as skeletons are popping out near the bridge, but the emotions on the person's face is not shown, so the viewer has to infer how the individual is feeling.

Lastly, I found an image of headphones on the brush website and wanted to incorporate it into a street culture themed piece of art. I wanted an animal to take the place of the regular human being to give it a different outlook, so I ended up with this black and white graphic of a dog. I used multiple layer masks in order to change the color of the headphones, then duplicated the layer and flipped horizontally in order to get two headphones that would match up with the face of the dog, instead of only one on one side or a skewed set of headphones. There was also a bit of cleaning up to do in order for it to look visually appealing and accurate. For the background, I found a graffiti brush which looks very similar to the graffiti found downtown on walls. I chose a purple color overlay, as it doesn't have much emphasis on gaining the viewers eye because I simply wanted it in the background and nothing more, or less. Lastly, I used a previously generated brush to top off the piece with sharp edges to add to the concept of the typical street atmosphere.