How to Create an Epic Portal Scene in Photoshop. Preview of Final Results Create A Surreal Portal Scene with Powerful Lighting Effect Resources Background – intano-stockSky – MorguefileCliff – PhotoxpressMan – sxc.huLight – sxc.hu Step 1 Create a new document and fill it with any color you like. I use white color and the size of 1000×1000 px. Open background stock. Here is result after dragging: Name this layer as “land” or whatever you want. Step 2 There is a part of sky on the left edge I want to edit as I don’t think it looks very realistic. Right click this selection, choose Layer via Copy and we have a copied part into a new layer. Click the button of Add layer mask at the bottom of Layer Pallete then use soft black brush to blend copied part with background: Step 3 Press Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+N to make a new layer. Hold the Alt key to click on the source then spot over the birds. Step 4 Open sky stock. Add layer mask to clear the bottom of sky. 11 Hypnotic GIFs By A Master Of The Art Form.
Last week, on the occasion of its 25th birthday, we commented on the GIF as an art form. This week, we talked with GIF extraordinaire/designer Matthew DiVito about the medium, and what it’s like to get 20,000 notes on an animation that took around an hour to complete. DiVito, who works under the nom de gif mr.div, is one of many designers using social Internet sites like Tumblr to casually broadcast their work to an audience of thousands.
Divito, who graduated from Emerson College in 2008, works in Boston as a freelance graphic designer. But in his free time, like just about every other young creative, he spends time on Tumblr, posting photos of his cat and experimenting with time-lapse video. In early 2011, he started making GIFs to test his Cinema 4D skills, and posting them to his Tumblr. The GIFs were originally a way for DiVito, who wants to transition into game design, to practice his animation skills. Making a Superhero Movie Teaser Poster. In this tutorial I will give you an example of how to create a movie teaser poster. It will show you how to draw a mask for your character using the pen tool , blend modes and textures. Also, I will be talking about usage of color for your environment, how to make your images sharper and I will give some tips on how to add more detail to your work.
Preview Step 1 Start out with a dark canvas #080808 of 1600×2300 pixels (300dpi). I like to work on a high resolution so you keep your images sharper, more flexible and optimal for printing purposes if needed. Step 2 To make the background a little more interesting and give it some “body” I used this free stained paper texture. Step 3 Add the Nebula image in a new layer on top of the texture, flip it and use Hue Saturation (192, 26, 0). Step 4 Next up is adding the horizon image. Step 5 Pentool out the woman stock and place it on the nebula. Step 6 Use your pentool to draw the shape on the cheek of the woman.
Step 7 Let’s add some more detail. Step 8. 10 Excellent Photoshop Tutorials to Boost Your Drawing Skills. 10 Excellent Photoshop Tutorials to Boost Your Drawing Skills In my opinion, drawing effect has always been a vital part of Photoshop. The various tools and filters available in Photoshop provides designers pretty much endless possibility of creating realistic drawing effect. The good thing is to create those effect is not that difficult and everyone can do it – providing you put in some effort practicing :) In this post, I will showcase you 10 excellent Photoshop Tutorials that I think can give you a boost to your drawing skills. I have personally tried out them in the past and I think the quality of them are quite good, and should give you lot of tips and tricks into the Photoshop drawing world. For your convenience, I categorise those tutorials into three difficulty levels: Here goes the list, enjoy!
Beginner How to Draw Badge Buttons in Photoshop In this tutorial I’ll be showing you how to create your own shiny buttons that you can stick different pictures on.Source: psdcore.com Advanced. 50 Creative Photoshop Text Effects. Create a Magic Crystal Ball. February 12th, 2009 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Photo Editing In this tutorial we will learn how to create some cool effects, really easy and simple to do it.
We will create an Magic Crystal Ball on the hands. Let’s create a new file (File>New) of 1280×1024 px and 72 dpi, applying there the Paint Bucket Tool (G) to give it black color. Next we’ll download a set of brushes for Adobe Photoshop, named: Brushset_VI_by_mystcART and Vector_Flower_Brushes_by_Yasny_chan. Create a new layer and use here the brushes that we have to represent an ornament. Click several times more to repeat the same ornament: Select then the Brush Tool (B) (Opacity 50%) to dark out the picture’s borders, applying black color. Find in Internet a picture having represented on it the human hands. Cut them out and insert the element on our picture: Make a mouse click on the bottom part of the layers’ panel on the selection Create new fill or adjustment layer>Hue/Saturation Blending Options>Inner Glow Post Pages: 1 2. Abstract Lines Background. Home » Textures » Abstract Lines Background Skill level: Time Required: 0 hrs 15 mins Step 1: Let's start out by creating a new file.
I used a 550x900 pixels canvas set at 72dpi, and I filled my background with a black color. Step 2: Create a new layer set and name it 'Abstract Lines'. Step 3: Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur, apply the settings below to the paint line layer. Step 4: Under Layer Style(Layer > Layer Style) add an Inner Shadow and Gradient Overlay blending options to your motioned paint layer.
Step 5: Duplicate the motioned paint layer without any layer styles attached. Step 6: Once again duplicate the motioned paint layer without any layer styles. Step 7: Duplicate the 'Abstract Line' layer set and merge it by going to Layer > Merge Layer Set. Step 8: Now duplicate the lightened layer from the last step by 3 to 4 times and position this designs all over the canvas. Step 9: Add a marquee selection around your canvas and go to Edit > Copy Merged.
Step 10: Results: By John Conanan. Luminescent Lines. Written by RossJune 17, 2008 Here we will create some thin flowing lines that look as if they emit light. This technique is fairly simple and is a great way to create an abstract wallpaper or looks good integrated into another image. This tutorial will mainly explore the brush engine and you will also learn how to create custom brushes and use them effectively, combined with some interesting layer styles.
Tutorial Files If you are a PSD PRO member then download the PSD file and much more by going here. Final Image This tutorial will show you how to create an image similar to this: Step 1 Start by creating a new document, here I used 1024x768px and 72dpi. Step 2 Now hold Ctrl and click on the layer with this curve in it, in the layers panel, this should make a selection around the line. Step 3 Create a new layer to hold our lines. Step 4 Now we will make the lines glow so right click on this layer in the layers panel then select blending options. Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Similar Tutorials: Design a Vista Styled Wallpaper. Today we'll create a wallpaper in Vista style. A black background will be filled with stylish gradients decorated with blue and green abstract curved shapes. The techniques used in this tutorial are scalable. It's easy to turn the final design into different sizes to fit various monitors.
Let's learn how to do it. Editor's Note: This tutorial was originally published in the Czech language at Grafika Online. Final Image Preview Before we get started, let's take a look at the image we'll be creating. Step 1 Start a new screen sized document in Photoshop. Step 2 To make the background less expressive, turn the Opacity down. Step 3 Merge the layers together (Ctrl + E). Step 4 To make it more expressive in some places continue drawing radial gradients from white to transparent.
Step 5 Turn its opacity to a hardly remarkable level. Step 6 Well, there is never enough white to transparent gradients, right? Step 7 Just don't forget to turn the opacity down wisely. Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Step 13. Photoshop Tutorials. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create an emotional scene using photo-manipulation skills. You’ll learn how to play with color, blend using adjustment layers and brush, add texture, work with lighting effect and more. Read More In this tutorial I’ll show you how to paint a woman portrait from scratch. You’ll learn some basic rules to form your painting, the tips to paint effectively, how to use brush and take care of the details.
A graphic tablet is highly recommended for this tutorial. Read More Get ready to create an epic battle between a sea creature and a courageous pirate girl. Read More When was the last time you went to an airport? Read More Today we’re going to be taking a look at a few basic techniques to get you started using Photoshop’s blending options to give you some very nice looking results fairly quickly! Photoshop Tutorials Tutorials and Articles. How to Create an Epic Portal Scene in Photoshop.