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For this final step in the COVID-19 Poster was to add colour! The way I set up my previous file was so that all the greyscale values were on a separate layer then I went back into the PSD file, and created a new layer to have all my colour on this layer! I wanted to use some of the Wet Media brushes that I recently downloaded to give the overall look a more painterly feel. I wanted to use orange and blue because they're complimentary colours for each other and I tried to give the background a slight gradient feel that has an etching effect on it. Overall I enjoyed this project a lot hope we can all flatten the curve!

For this step in the assignment, I went ahead with a 5 by 5 dimension to make a perfect square! I started by getting my strongest thumbnail and building on that but adding the actual virus as a design element. I wanted to keep the drawing simple so it could still be effective and easily understood! I started by making a line layer which strictly just had line work on it of the main female than of the virus. After playing with the composition I created a new layer called shading and that is where I applied my grey tones.

For this next task, we were asked to create some thumbnails for the COVID-19 pandemic that is currently going on worldwide. This obviously is a very serious matter but I enjoyed creating these thumbnails. I wanted to focus on some main things that surround COVID-19. For each piece, I started with a 5 by 5 square in Photoshop, then proceed by starting with the linework and figuring out how I wanted each element of the design to be placed etc. After being content with all the linework I started a new layer and called it greyscale, this is where I added all the shading I wanted and highlights and colours all within the greyscale values. After that I created a details layer where I could play around more with different elements some were using a different brush such a pastel, or others consisted of using a lasso tool ad filling it with a colour. Final step with these thumbnails was typography. I tried to incorporate the type in a couple different ways. Some of them I tried to use type as a...