Self portrait, 18th

Self portrait from life done the night of my 18th for kicks, hopefully you can get something from this vid :) Don't forget to watch in HD

Music by the amazing Flashbulb
Higher resolution pic here!

http://miles-johnston.deviantart.com/art/18th-201717814

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• digital
• painting
• miles
• johnston
• art
• life
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[shaheemie]

I was watching this a second time and realized in the beginning you were adding a few layers then merging them, repeat process. Then part of the way through who had a ton of layers! What is the reason behind all of these layers?

[Milesjart]

@shaheemie Basically I'm too lazy to correctly use the lasso tool, but you can get a similar effect of hard and soft edges by creating a new layer, laying down some brush strokes and soft erasing portions of them. It's just a sort of personal habit I have for laying out tons of gradients over each other quickly, though I tend to let it get out of hand a little hence the ridiculous layer count. I hope that helps :)

[naannajansson]

wow !

[juntistik]

I've noticed you're running Windows Vista. Artists and designers have a hard-on for Macs because they believe its a better system to do art with. Would you prefer a Mac if you could afford it or does it not matter to you? Also, is this done with wacom?

[Bhansith]

You have amazing talent. For years I've tried to paint in Photoshop and I have never succeeded in it, so I switched to Corel Painter. However, upon seeing your work and watching your video it has made me want to give Photoshop another try. Truly inspirational! :)

[Vigilandus]

Miles you tha man. Respect. Never stop expanding your comfort zone.

[gloggz]

What are the name of the songs playing?

[Samuelthemule]

awesome miles!

[jeszterII]

Hahaha. I liked the pink flames from the eyes, the pirate beard and patch. But seriously man? I look at the first page of your forum, and then at the last page of your forum, and then I watch this. It is incredibly inspirational. In three years you became prodigious in all forms of art. I hope you realize how good you are. Your stuff isn't "crap" or "shit." All of it is fuckin tour de force. Thanks for putting this up, for inspiration.