Surreal art of everyday life by Philip Mckay

It was in 1996 when Philip Mckay entered the world of digital art. He never took it serious, he was just learning about layer masks, smart objects, masking and the 3d side of photoshop. Over the months he was getting more experience with photoshop and he was creating his own artwork.

 

“I was just trial and error and i still had a lot of learning to do. i was reading more about creating digital art and buying magazines and asking for advice on photoshop forums”.

 

All ideas come from his own imagination and listening to music also plays a big part to get ideas. He is a massive fan of Pink Floyd and listening to their music inspires him with ideas and scenes that build up in his head.

 

“It was a a lengthy process having to learn like this with no education at all of learning photoshop or graphic design, everything i learned was self taught. My experience was improving all the time”.

 

It was about 2004 when he first started to create digital art. He never had any direction as to what style of art he wanted to create. He was creating art just for the fun of it and not taking it serious. As the years went by he had more experience in creating art and learning the 3d application of photoshop. He uses a lot of 3 dimensional shapes and objects in his work.

 

 

 

 

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