Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Open a new document in photoshop 600×445 px.
Find or use an image you already have of a face. I chose this one:
Place it in the photoshop document by copying and pasting. Place it wherever you see fit.
Go to Filter > Pixelate > Color Halftone…
Use the following settings:
Your image will look like this:
Select the ellipse tool from the tools palette.
Use the following settings:
Place an ellipse where you would like a speech bubble.
Right click in the ellipse and select fill path:
Use the following settings:
Select the pen tool from the tools palette.
Draw a triangle to show the origin of where the speech is coming from.
Right click on the layer and choose Blending Options.
Use the following settings:
Fill the background layer with black.
Go to Filter > Pixelate > Color Halftone…
Use the following settings:
Do this 2 times.
Your image will look like this:
Select the Text tool from the tools palette.
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Now write whatever text you would like directly over the speech bubble.
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Tags: comic, Lesson, Photoshop, Tutorial
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
Open an image you would like to put bubbles into in photoshop.
Duplicate the layer by pressing Command J.
Select the Circular Marquee tool from the tools palette.
Make a circle over the area you would like to create a bubble..
Go to Filter > Distort > Spherize…
Use the following settings:
Hit OK.
Create a new layer and name it Bubble.
Make the foreground color a light blue of your choice.
Select the gradient tool from the tools palette.
Use the following settings:
Use the gradient inside the circle selection to create a “bubble” effect.
Right click to bring up blending options, and select the stroke style. Use the following settings:
Repeat these steps in different areas to create more bubbles.
*Make sure when you “Spherize” that you are on the Image layer.
BEFORE: AFTER:
Tags: bubbles, Lesson, Photoshop, Tutorial
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Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Open an image of a woman in photoshop.
Go to Image > Adjustments > Desaturate
Now go to Adjustments > Posterize…
Use the following settings:
Now open a new document in photoshop the same size as your image.
Now select a fancy brush of your choosing. I used a large rose with chroma… standard in CS5. I chose different colors and sizes and scattered them around.
Now drag and drop your “woman” onto this document with the flowers.
Resize as needed.
Copy the background layer with the flowers by pressing Command J.
Create a new layer and place it in between the two flower layers and fill with white.
Now select the top layer with the black and white image.
Got to Image > Adjustments > Invert
Now go to Select > Color Range…
Choose white.
Now select the first Flower layer and press delete.
Hide the black and white image (keep it hidden) and you will see this:
Now select the eraser tool and use the Flower brush to erase a few parts on the white layer.
Now select your text tool. The font I chose was Porcelain. I just picked a color from the flowers and used that. I then went to the warp tool.
And used the following settings:
On the text layer, I used the following blending options:
This was the result:
Tags: Ad, logo, Watercolor
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