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The playoffs are in full effect and I felt like making some colorful designs of two of the league’s best…while they are currently sidelined due to injury. 
I am a huge fan of the television series Breaking Bad, and I was trying to find a new wallpaper for my Playstation or Desktop. I looked around and found some really interesting art created by fans, and I wanted to do something similar to this particular design. I liked the bright color scheme and the cartoon style concept. I created the following two using Photoshop and Illustrator. I’m still in the process of making a couple more for some of the other main characters.
One night, I just had the urge to do something with nature as the subject. I found this desert like color scheme online and really like the feeling. To me, the shape resembled a tree, and the colors somewhat seemed sepia tone. I immediately thought of Africa. I decided to use some filtering in Photoshop to change up the style and mesh together the colors a little more. I than used some tribal tattoo designs (roots, lion, zebra, elephant, giraffe) and masked them within the design. I then added a layer beneath the design and used some brown and yellows to make the animals look like they were parts of the tree. Later, I added some leaves with the handy paintbrush tool in Photoshop; plus, some other plant life on the ground and within the design. I filtered the picture a couple different ways (wind, cutout, water paint) and added some blurring to mix it all together.
Corey Van Zandt 