Category: Illustration

A collection of my illustrations

Expanding the area of a texture

Hello and welcome to this tutorial on how to increase the area of a texture in Photoshop. If you’re a graphic designer or digital artist, you know that a quality texture is essential for creating high-quality designs. In this tutorial, I’ll be showing you how to expand the area of a texture. We’ll be using… Continue reading Expanding the area of a texture

Creating Seamless Texture in Adobe Photoshop

Hello and welcome to this tutorial! In this tutorial, we will be exploring how to use Adobe Photoshop to create seamless repeating textures. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced practitioner, this demo will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to turn almost any texture into a seamless pattern. Throughout the video,… Continue reading Creating Seamless Texture in Adobe Photoshop

Cover for the Program of BYU-Idaho Christmas Concert

I have had a great time working on this project. The image that I am showing here is for the cover of the concert program but I am also creating images for projection in a massive way as background for the concert at the BYU-Idaho center. The concert explores traditional christmas music with other music… Continue reading Cover for the Program of BYU-Idaho Christmas Concert

Tutorial: Basic Repeating Pattern

Repeating pattern from Scott Franson on Vimeo. This Tutorial shows how to create a basic repeating pattern. Choose a pattern size and create a new document. (The resolution matters. My default is 3×3 inches at 300 pixels per inch) Draw in the center of the defined area. It is important to avoid the edges. Filter… Continue reading Tutorial: Basic Repeating Pattern

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Tutorial | Basic Color Harmony

Harmony in a Color Pallet from Scott Franson on Vimeo. This Tutorial shows one way to use Adobe Photoshop to create color harmony. Mixing a bit of one color into the other colors in your pallet will give the colors a family resemblance. (A pressure sensitive tablet required) Change the background color swatch to the… Continue reading Tutorial | Basic Color Harmony

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diModule | Overlapping texture with scale

Overlapping texture with scale | Changing the scale of the texture assigned to a brush creates visual color mixing. 1. Add a texture to the brush. Notice that the texture assigned to the brush can be scaled. 2. This image shows two colors painted using the same scale. Notice that the texture of the top… Continue reading diModule | Overlapping texture with scale

diModule | Adding texture to a brush

Adding texture to a brush | This process simulates how a textures surface such as canvas or gesso influence the texture. Applying a texture to the brush 1. add a texture [diModule | Creating texture] 2. open the brushes pallet| Menu Bar > Window > Brushes 3. select texture options | Brushes Pallet > Textures… Continue reading diModule | Adding texture to a brush

Painting No.012811

Coming up with an idea is always a challenge and this was no exception. I knew that I wanted to use the technique of painting a series of acrylic paintings in black, scanning them with backlight, and then coloring them in Photoshop, but I couldn’t make up my mind what to paint.

Painting No.012711

Painting No.012711 by Scott E Franson | size: 5×7 | media: digital In my quest to discover new options and possibilities in digital art creation, I am always exploring the question of, “What if?” The exploration today has led me to some interesting surfaces created with acrylic paint and a texture made with ink and… Continue reading Painting No.012711

Attic Bottles

There is always a box of glass bottles left as an inheritance for posterity. They are kind of cool and seem to have some value and so the very dusty bottles are passed on from one attic to the next…and the next… This image is made with three photoshop layers. Each layer was drawn in… Continue reading Attic Bottles

Time goes fast when your having fun

I have been working on this for the last several hours looking forward to posting to illustrationfriday.com for the word “double”. Apparently last week went faster than expected and so here is a new but late unbook. Click the image to enlarge. Introducing Siamese Socks: A Double Knit Twins Mystery. The knitting in this image… Continue reading Time goes fast when your having fun

Calico cammmel

This painting was done as an experiment in a workshop that I went to last week. As everyone should know three humps are for crossing longer deserts. This camel should be spelled cammmel. The workshop was with Kevin Hawkes at the Writing and Illustration for Young Readers Conference in Sandy, Utah. As always it was… Continue reading Calico cammmel

IF: contagious

Warning from the Center of Disease Control. Forget about the Swine Flue, several swine in Iowa have contracted People Pox. The disease is highly contagious and can be fatal. Symptoms include breaking out in red spots and giving off body oder that smells like frying bacon on a Saturday morning at your Grandma’s house.

Tutorial: Digital Cut Paper

Tutorial: Digital Cut Paper from Scott E Franson on Vimeo. This is a basic tutorial to create a cut paper effect using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. This is a basic tutorial to create a cut paper effect using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. I am sorry, The video ends abruptly. I am trying to work out… Continue reading Tutorial: Digital Cut Paper

class

This is the beginning of a new Digital Illustration class. I hope to see great work and progress this semester. Please feel free to make comments on the students work over the semester. They want to be better illustrators at the conclusion of the class.