this was my first project on Behance
Challenge #1
Use Skew on text
The emphasis being on subtle changes that change the text appearance. For the background version of the text, which is simply enlarged, I added both a gradient of three colours and a little texture.
![a creative treatment of daily creative challenge for the cover image](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/0b927b87-e227-4f76-90b7-33fea8d8a2ee/7b67b6bd-59bb-45af-88de-a5a5dcea2a0c_rw_1920.jpg?h=22e3320666d4c588bfe33b29b5993c03)
Challenge #2
Create a mood board for Summer
Sitting here on a windy, wet day in June, my mood board challenge became a reminder of Summer days here at home. A mug of tea is always close by...
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/0b927b87-e227-4f76-90b7-33fea8d8a2ee/4df7f4f9-6349-4d89-a028-e9ce5c414641_rw_1920.jpg?h=72be4aa2054b6680ac0b05644f2ff187)
Challenge #3
Design a monogram for a postcard
The letters are converted to shapes; this meant I could edit the path of the "b" to remove the serif at the top, and keep it aligned with the j. Duplicating the b and masking it meant I could restrict the Blend Mode (Saturation) so that it affected only the overlapping area with the j.
![lowercase letters "jb" as monogram, in red/orange on a chalkboard background](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/0b927b87-e227-4f76-90b7-33fea8d8a2ee/5589b3a4-5b8a-4f62-93b5-021e12766df2_rw_1200.jpg?h=1ab8238b62244d4c4f6d310e7ad9fe43)
"Eh up duck!" is a friendly greeting I've grown up with. I decided to play a little more, and added a Gradient Map to the text, using the red and yellow. The background has a distressed texture, at a low opacity; I love texture. And then one final bit of experimentation; the monogram has a Drop Shadow in white, with full opacity, and I scrolled through the Contour options to get a faux, chalked outline.
Challenge #4
Create a technicolour postcard
My result isn't particularly lurid, but I liked the combination of pink tones with the blue push pin. I drew the pin with the Shape Tool and added gradients, some texture and the shadow of the hole.
![an aerial view of houses in a residential street in duotone pink colours, with a big blue push pin to mark the spot and text added saying wish you were here](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/0b927b87-e227-4f76-90b7-33fea8d8a2ee/0d14c7e6-01aa-4197-a43a-42932967776f_rw_1200.jpg?h=a046cdb25601828dbf7f16c8a275c7bf)
Challenge #5
Make a collage
The signpost is from Winter Hill, and when masking I had the idea to add a third yellow arrow and have it pointing to the moon. Why not, eh? The moon photograph is from chuttersnap-pE8WW245aik at Unsplash.
![a signpost with 3 directions, one to the moon, which is large in the background](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/0b927b87-e227-4f76-90b7-33fea8d8a2ee/b713f788-4b61-4488-a1cd-218f9f84ba2d_rw_1200.jpg?h=06e4562372fcfb6694e2cbe7a17a378d)
Challenge #6
Double Exposure
I used a self-portrait for the silhouette. The village is in Cornwall, and I masked the signpost from Land's End to blend in too.
![photo superimposed on my face silhouette, as a postcard with the text summer on my mind](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/0b927b87-e227-4f76-90b7-33fea8d8a2ee/937ca80e-71cd-4c00-b45e-35af97854ffc_rw_1920.jpg?h=32da19375f2dbb2e71ad6d88e9c23c82)
Challenge #7
Make some marbling
Using Liquify to emulate marbling. The original photos is of red geraniums in terracotta pots against a white wall with a small blue brick area.
![a marbled background pattern with you're on my mind text added](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/0b927b87-e227-4f76-90b7-33fea8d8a2ee/59e56436-4e45-4811-b6f5-99b66b29304b_rw_1920.jpg?h=1a3ee695a401802f92d60e1e8aac8009)
Challenge #8
Displacement Maps
The first map is from a paper texture I made years ago, and gave the text all the fuzzy edges. For the slight, overall wave of all the text, I quickly drew my own map, very detailed and professional, ahem.... To fill the postcard I repeated the text with various shades of orange to red and tested Blend Modes to find a look I liked.
![eh up duck text repeated down the page in reds and oranges on a black background, the text has fuzzy edges](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/0b927b87-e227-4f76-90b7-33fea8d8a2ee/9b4a198f-a005-4150-ae64-b41ca58ba458_rw_1920.jpg?h=df230b139f0c4591d8489ab9f846b3c3)
Here are my Displacement Maps...
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/0b927b87-e227-4f76-90b7-33fea8d8a2ee/444cc5ca-f510-4695-9b3f-4409f5b8dabb_rw_1920.jpg?h=d5c80b92e8bf91a255c3a940655acbd4)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/0b927b87-e227-4f76-90b7-33fea8d8a2ee/befce4a3-01b0-4d92-bb9c-7be8c9436e64_rw_1920.jpg?h=a045f9f70598ac052e2ee60d709edab0)
Challenge #9
Use an Action
And who wouldn't when they're as good as this! The Action, not the subject...
This fantastic Action is called Toon Artist by Nuwan Panditha and I had great fun playing with the colours once the action was finished. I am so impressed with the detail, all the layers, all the options - I've never seen an action quite this detailed.
You know, I think it even manages to make me look artistic!
![me, jane bradbury, altered with a photoshop action to give me a retro spiral background, paint splatters, and a realistic drawing feel, with lots of black linework](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/0b927b87-e227-4f76-90b7-33fea8d8a2ee/90e99be1-1110-4807-ada6-af9332cd21a4_rw_1200.jpg?h=808c7bb58fb9a76495c15b5d24296d79)
This Daily Creative Challenge took place 9-19 June 2020.