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Antonio Bay Case Study by Falcon White

AoiroStudio — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:59:29 +0000

It's always a great thing to see how a designer works, it's a great way to learn and also to progress with your own skills. Now I wanna share a case study from Ralf Krause aka Falcon White, who did this piece for Desktopography 2011. I hope you will enjoy it and free your mind on new knowledge.

To know more about Ralf Krause, you can check out his website at FalconWhite.com or check out his Behance.

In Ralf's Words

Like all the other elements, I cut out the main image.

Antonio Bay by Falcon White

For the hair I used a masked picture of a woman.

Antonio Bay by Falcon White

A cracked texture, some colour corrections and increased contrast came into play.

Antonio Bay by Falcon White

I opened a second document to build the background with 2-3 ocean pictures that where blended together by masks.

Antonio Bay by Falcon White

More rocks and a ship where added and on some spots I brushed some „Fog“ and turned the whole background to orange.

Antonio Bay by Falcon White

Time for a third document. There I placed the skull and the background scenery in front of a green coloured cloud layer and started to add some smoke behind the skull‘s hair.

Antonio Bay by Falcon White

Cut out pictures of a neck and a knight‘s armour completed the fog walker. Birds appeared in the back and the skull got a green coloured touch.

Antonio Bay by Falcon White

In this step some shadows where brushed and using Dodge and burn I increased the contrast. The palm leaves where placed and a little bit more fog moves in.

Antonio Bay by Falcon White

Time to place the parrot...

Antonio Bay by Falcon White

that went through dodge and burn. The skull also got a little bit more hair..well, actually it‘s feathers. Then I made everything darker and gave the whole wallpaper a more violet colour…

Antonio Bay by Falcon White

That changed in most spots into blue...

Antonio Bay by Falcon White

and ended up with a green color mood with flat black tones.

Antonio Bay by Falcon White

This wallpaper “Antonio Bay” was inspired by the movie “The Fog” – a true ‘80s classic by John Carpenter. By the way you’ll find a lot of great wallpapers on Desktopography.net initiated by Pete Harrison.

About the author

My name's François Hoang and my alias's Aoiro Studio. I am a self-taught freelance graphic designer from Montreal, Canada. I've been designing for the last 4 years and really have a huge passion for creative work that makes a difference in our world. If you wanna requests some posts; I can be found on Twitter or feel free to contact me.

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Desktopography 2011 Exhibition

paul0v2 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:08:04 +0000

Desktopography is a wallpaper exhibition that is released once a year. Every year the exhibition is more striking with artists from all over the globe creating amazing pieces of art to be displayed on your desktop. This year is no different, the exhibition is completely amazing!

Visit Desktopography and check out the facebook page

Here are just a fews pieces of the 2011 exhibition, to view the entire collection and download some wallpapers go to Desktopography.

Humanitys last hope

By Adam Spizak

Garden

By Lionel Charpentier

Silence

By Hassan Loukal

Antonio Bay

By Ralf | Falcon White

Desktopography 11

By José Paulo

Heavens nectar

By Mike Harrison

The Siphon

By Finnian MacManus

Ecotype

By Marcin Stryczek

About the author

Hi there! I'm Paulo Canabarro, 26 year old web designer - paulocanabarro.com I'm from Brazil currently living and working out of Providence RI, USA. I'm truly passionate about design of all kinds, finding and sharing inspiration here has become part of my life. If you like to know more about me or get in touch visit my website paulocanabarro.com Stock me at Twitter and Dribbble

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Desktopography 2010 Exhibition Release

aloa — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:36:54 +0000

I've never waited so eagerly for an art exhibition like I did for the 2010 version of Desktopography's annual design explosion. Just minutes after the release the site crashed due to massive traffic income. Well, if that isn't a good sign?

The newest annual exhibition is more colourful, more beautiful and more playful than ever, there to ease your desktop and bring fresh design on your computerdesks.

The site is running again and you can visit the exhibitions of the last 6 years on Desktopography.com. And make sure to follow their Facebook Page.

Whether it is the landscape of imagination or the splendid design work Desktopography 2010 is better than ever. Enjoy a fine selection of their newest joint, here:

The 2010 Desktopography Exhibition

About the author

Aloa is the moniker of the german/greek graphic designer/filmmaker & musician Alexis Papageorgiou. Im glad to share great artistic work with the readers on Abduzeedo. Contact me on aloa@abduzeedo.com or follow my Twitter and Facebook page

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Inspiration: Desktopography

aloa — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:28:37 +0000

We've shown you exhibition-sites like DepthCore, Phirebrush or Evoke. Here's a site that focus on Desktop Wallpapers. Desktopography publishes their 4th exhibition and a new album. Dont miss it.

Download their High-Resoltion-Wallpapers on their Website.

For more please visit Desktopography.net

For more please visit their website Desktopography.net