Monday, December 13th, 2010
Open an image of a face in photoshop. I used Sandra Bullock.
Now open an image of grass.
Go back to the document of the face.
Create a new layer and name it painting.
Select a soft edge brush with black as the color.
Paint around the edges of the face.
Select the Face layer.
Go to Image > Adjustments > Curves…
Darken the image.
Now go to Image > Adjustments > Black & White..
Now go to Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast
Use the following settings:
You will have this:
Now go to your grass image.
Press Command A to select all.
Press Command C to copy.
Go back to your Face image.
Press Command V to paste.
Set the layer mode to Hard Light.
You will have this:
Select the eraser tool, and erase the areas you want to “pop”. Such as the eyes. Toggle with opacity of the eraser brush to get different effects.
Arrange your layers like this:
Set the opacity of the top layer to 45%.
You will have this:
Tags: changes in photoshop, CS5, Grassy face, overlay, painting, texture, Tutorial
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Open an image of a foggy/rainy window. I used this:
Create a new layer over this. Name it writing.
Now select the brush tool from the tools palette. Use the following settings:
Make sure you have your foreground color set to black.
Write what you wish on the writing layer.
Change the settings of your brush to this:
Zoom in and make some drips following the rain pattern.
Select the smudge tool.
Use the following settings:
Using the smudge tool, smudge along the lines of the drips, as well ad the writing.
Now set the blending mode on the writing layer to Soft Light.
You will have this:
Tags: blending modes, CS5, foggy, image effect, Photoshop, Tutorial, window writing, writing
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Open an image of an eye.
Feel free to adjust the curves, levels or hues or the image.
(I brought my levels down to 50, just to make it a little darker)
Create a new layer. Name it “design”.
Select your brush tool from the tools palette.
Choose a design brush you would like to use. I chose this (a fire design):
I chose #fc0505 for my color of the brush.
On your design layer, paint the design on.
Feel free to put a few designs in.
Select your eraser tool, and erase where the design overlaps on the skin.
Set the design layer to Multiply.
Press Command J to duplicate the design layer, and set that layer to Color Burn at 75% Opacity.
Repeat this process with however many designs you want to put in the eye.
Tags: CS5, eyeball, fun, image effect, manipulation, Photoshop
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