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Hi, my name is Adrien Donot, I’m 28 years old,
I’ve been passionate about technology and digital arts since I was a kid.
It all began when I was 7. I really admired my
dad’s pencil drawings…
He’s a sheet metal shaper.
One night, my mom came home with a computer unlike any other…
It was one of the very first Macs that ran the first version of Photoshop.
It’s at that moment that technology & digital art became a huge part of my life.
Most people know me as “Pulssart”.
Pulssart was born on the day I was introduced to Photoshop. He fully embodies design,
technology, and digital art.
I have quite an unusual education and professional background.
I studied Science and Mechanics,
while pursuing my passion for art by taking art classes.
After having gotten my BTS (Higher Technician Certificate), I decided to change
my focus to whole-heartedly pursue an education in
multimedia communications and advertising.
The experience I gained through school quickly got me ahead as a professional.
I’ve worked for companies as a graphic designer,
and have been an Art Director for an agency and a creative studio.
Eventually, I decided to freelance and use “Pulssart” as my alias.
This allowed me to work with top international brands and to have complete freedom.
I decided to go on a trip to China in 2007,
and I often refer to it as “the journey that started it all”.
To be honest, that journey stirred a lot of emotions. The culture,
traditions, people, smells,
tastes and colors I experienced there
really changed the way I see and understand things.
It left me feeling like something was missing from my life:
sharing.
This is where Apple comes in. Macs have been
in my DNA since my childhood, so
I applied to be a part of their team as a trainer.
Chinese and Japanese art are my biggest influences.
Photography,
paintings from the Renaissance,
certain artistic styles such as Rococo, the Romantic movement,
native art, and even figurative art, are amongst many types that inspire me a lot.
Blogs and websites such as Artskills, AmkaShop and Fubiz
allow me to keep up with new trends, which is very important.
But, my biggest source of inspiration comes from technology itself.
I always have my Lumix on me - everywhere I go!
I take pictures everywhere around Paris…
In parks, at home, on my daily commute, when I’m out with friends, when I’m travelling somewhere new.
It’s totally a habit and part of my every day. Taking photos all the time
enables me to be on constant lookout for unique esthetics.
I chose the “street art” theme for this project.
I approached it with a slightly different perspective.
I put myself into the shoes of a sketch artist
while embodying a sense of
summertime and the outdoors,
as if I was creating art in a field, on a wooden table.
I started by finding a wood texture to act as a table,
and then superimposed a few sheets with a paper texture.
There are always Asian influences in my work,
so I chose to incorporate it in the background and in the signature.
I gave the background a dynamic look by using the eraser and the brush.
I chose a moving subject in the form of a Polaroid
to make the image more chaotic.
I used a layer of tree branch shadow to highlight the fact that
the artist is working outdoors
To do that, I took the tree branch and embedded it in black
with the « Multiply » blending mode.
Then, I applied a Gaussian blur on the tree branch
and reduced the opacity to give the illusion that it’s projecting on to the scene.
Then, I started with the main subject, which I deconstructed to resemble
a trace with very thin brushes, and
then I recomposed it with the stamp tool.
I reused the stamp tool and scrawled all over
the layer masks of each body part,
to convey a sketch effect.
I added a pencil effect on the hands
by using the Glowing edges effect in Photoshop.
And then I partially restructured the face.
Once I was done deconstructing and recomposing,
I installed a few sketch layers with the pencil effect.
I used various particle brushes that you can find on the internet
to give the design a dirtier
and more manual look.
I added the character’s hand with his brush,
then made various color corrections,
and played around with sharpening, constrast, and saturation.
These are all indispensable in giving the image a unified look.
It was a real pleasure to share a piece of my life,
a few of my techniques, and my vision for the TEN Collection project with everyone.
My last piece of advice
is to never be afraid to express your creativity
and to never give up.
The more you share, the more you’re given.
Thank you to the Ten Collection for choosing me to be a part of this project.