Over time, your symmetrical white mandala lines against their black background may become too dense to make sense of. This is where the many color capabilities in Photoshop CC come into play. For our purposes, the best way to apply colors is to create a couple of dynamic gradient layers, giving you color, contrast, beauty, and a work of mandala art to be proud of.
- Hey gang, this is Deke McClelland,…welcome to Deke's Techniques.…Today, we're going to take that black-and-white mandala pattern…that we created last week, which is not only very tiny,…but it's also kind of hard to differentiate…what's going on, and we're going to render it…in full beautiful living color,…so that it blows everybody's mind, and that's correct,…by the way, everybody is singular.…Everybody you meet, every single day, is singular.…And now back to my artwork.…Here, let me show you exactly how it works.…
All right, here's that mandala pattern…that I created last week, and here's another variation…that I'll be using instead because I like it better…and finally, we have the ultimate, full-color…version of the artwork.…So you can start with any file you like,…including one that you created on your own,…and then, just to simplify things, I'm going to turn off…the more dots layer, up here at the top…of the Layers Panel, and then I'll click…on the mandala Layer to select it.…Now I want to fill this layer with a Gradient,…
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1/13/2011Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
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