10/17/15 - Halloween Post 3 - Silhouettes and Colors

I wanted to stay focused on just the silhouettes this time, so I made the scene very simple: just a few gnarly branches overlaying each other.  I also solely used the polygonal lasso tool for all the details, which I think is a cool effect in its own right.  I'm starting out simple with these silhouettes (just branches and trees).  As I progress I'll try much more complex designs, to see how well they translate into this simpler form.

I then tested with colors to see the different moods they created.  I went as simple as possible and just created a solid color in the background that I continually changed.  Interesting enough, the different colors actually made me start to imagine different details outside the frame.  Some felt swampy to me, some felt like a forest of dead trees, some felt like toxic waste was lurking down below.  It was actually a really fun test to play around with.

Otherwise, this was an incredibly simple design to achieve and I'm really happy with how it turned out.  As always, click each image for higher resolution: