Making of Journey Across the Desertby Daniel Romanovsky, Canada Web: www.formlanguage.net


For the most part I used two of the standard brushes that come with Photoshop, one is a solid gauche-like brush with a softer age, I use it lay in all my tones, and the other is a chalk-like brush which is great for adding texture.


Here I wanted to show how you can use a series of large sweeping curves in your composition to lead your viewer’s eye to the main area of interest. Notice how the skeleton, the landscape, the clouds and even the birds are all pointing to the rider.




Another compositional device to draw attention to the focal point of the image is the use of color accents. I placed a daub of red color next to its complimentary which is green, it is a subtle effect, but an effective one nonetheless.

The finishing touches included adding some bone texture to the foreground part of the skeleton, some vultures in the sky that I imagine are accompanying our guy on his journey and the moon in the background to give the scene more of a fantastic feel.


I hope that you enjoyed reading this article and that the insights that I provided will help you in your future artistic endeavors. To see more of my artwork visit my website www.formlanguage.net. Thank you for taking interest in my creative process.

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