Cosmic Gem

It's been a while since I posted last, over a month now! That's a long while ever since I started posting at least once a month, but don't worry, I haven't gone anywhere. I'm still making art, and while I would like to make more character or realistic art, it takes a long time to make, and I don't have that kind of time very often unfortunately. Thankfully abstract art is very therapeutic and quick to make, and so without further delay, I give you Cosmic Gem.

I got inspiration on the color scheme from the new Daughtry album cover that came out this last September titled Dearly Beloved. You can check out the album art here. I made my smooth background using the classic Gaussian Blur, Dents, and Radial Blur with both a dark purple and darker pink. I then flattened the image, copied the image, unflattened it, and pasted it in a new layer. I then applied Polar Inversion, and Radial Extruder (as you probably could have pointed out if you've been a regular since 2017) to get the design in the middle.

I then thought it needed a bit of a lighter blue, kind of like the album cover, to make things pop a bit. I applied a flame on the top using Frosted Glass, Gaussian Blur, and Dents, and used the Lasso Select option to remove a bit of the part I didn't want. I played a bit around with layer blend modes, and you have the image how you see it now. It was a longer process than usual since it took a while to make it look right, but I love how it turned out.

Hope you enjoyed it as well, and I'll see you here again soon.