Cowabunga
Fall 2025
Adobe Photoshop
In total, I used about 6 images (4 within creating my pattern and 2 for the composite.) I’d say my inspiration for this project was my love for skateboarding and wanting to bring a sort of crazy Jack*ss element to life. I’m also a cat dad so i used a few cat photos within my pattern (W cat dad :p) and chose a specific gradient map color I felt popped.
“Whale” by Ludo Raedts. CC0. Flickr. August 8, 2016. https://www.flickr.com/photos/99668998@N00/28889850972/
“A man flying through the air while riding a skateboard” by Pixabay. CC0. Picryl. 2016. https://picryl.com/media/skate-skateboarden-skateboarding-people-61cbc0
“Ginger Tabby Cat Walking on Cobblestone Pathway” by Roman Biernacki. CC0. Pexel. June 29, 2025. https://www.pexels.com/photo/ginger-tabby-cat-walking-on-cobblestone-pathway-32789739/
“Two cats playing with each other in a field” by Pixabay. CC0. Picryl. 2016. https://picryl.com/media/cat-red-mackerel-tabby-kitten-animals-06f3cb
“Orange cat showing her sharp teeth while yawning” by Ivan Radic. CC BY 2.0. Flickr. may 13, 2014. https://www.flickr.com/photos/26344495@N05/13992841827
“An orange cat walking on a sidewalk next to a body of water” by Pixabay. CC0. Picryl. 2016. https://picryl.com/media/cat-orange-animal-animals-8f32e8
Nice work, the heavily tiled pattern is a nice aesthetic for the text, and the font choice and positioning work well with the composition, it fits the overall motion of what was already there with the skateboarder and whale, and is a nice mirror to the more detailed water texture. Great title.