Creating art for a UGC site.Posted by admin on July 30th, 2008
Since I started designing I have been leaning more towards illustrating the images used. However, today, I decided that I would use an actual photo and see what I could come up with. I’ve been stuck trying to figure out what the look and feel of SnapMyLife should be for months now. Ideas have come and gone. It is tricky designing much of anything when the product revolves around UGC, so I finally bit the bullet and just went for something fun.
This girl is just having fun, no more no less. Ideally these would be the types of things people would send into the site, we encourage people to go out and try to capture the most interesting part of their day. It’s all about expressing yourself through your camera phone and having a good time while doing so.
The effects I used in Photoshop are nothing new to the avid users but I like to think that they have blended together fairly seemlessly. Also the creation of custom brushes is one of the most important skills to learn as a photoshop user…and I just started doing it. A lifesaver.
I’d love to hear some feedback on this one.