Final Image Preview
Inspired from
Demi Lovato by
Jeno Panganiban.
Start working by creating a new document (
Ctrl+N) in
Adobe Photoshop CS5 with the size
1280px by
1024px (
RGB color mode) at a resolution of
300 pixels/inch. Use the
Paint Bucket Tool (G) to fill with
white color the
new background layer.
Find a stock photo with a model represented on it, I used this
photo from
deviantart. I would like to thank the
author of this photo, or if you prefer, you can substitute similar image of your own.
Remove the background using your favorite tools like
Pen Tool (P),
Magic Wand Tool (W),
Magnetic Lasso (L) or even a simple
Filter>Extract and insert it on a
new layer in our main document.
Click on
Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the
Layers panel and select
Drop Shadow style for model’s layer.
We’ve got the next result:
Create a new layer and make a selection, applying the
Rectangular Marquee Tool (M). Place this layer under the girl’s one.
Select the
Soft Mechanical brush from
Brush Tool (B).
Use this brush to paint the top edges of the selection using
#E694FF color as shown .
Using the
Free Transform (Ctrl+T) command, let’s incline a little the line, the same way shown on the next picture.
Applying the same method, it’s possible to create the next line of the color
#E27FC4.
Insert the mask on each layer with line by choosing
Add layer mask on the bottom part of the
Layers panel and choose the
Soft Round brush of
black color.
Use this brush to paint in the mask to hide the lines’ edges.
Make copies of both layers containing the lines and choose the
Free Transform (Ctrl+T) command to turn over the copies’ layers, placing them as it is shown below. Place the layers under the girl’s layer.
Next step we’ll download set of
brushes for
Adobe Photoshop, named:
Splat Brushes.
Create a new layer and use the next brushes from
Splat Brushes set.
Add some brushstrokes with the next colors:
#DFA63D,
#5CC1AA,
#952941,
#A34057,
#3C7075. Place the layers with the brushes under the girl’s layer.
Create now a
new layer and fill it with
white color using the
Paint Bucket Tool (G). Choose the
Soft Round brush of black color and represent two spots.
Place this layer under the girl’s one.
Select for the layer with the brushes the next filter
Filter>Pixelate>Color Halftone.
We’ve got the next result:
Set the
Blending mode for this layer to
Darken.
Create a new layer again and use the
Paint Bucket Tool (G) to fill it with
#052C52 color.
Insert the mask on the layer by choosing
Add layer mask on the bottom part of the
Layers panel and use then
Filter>Render>Clouds.
Now we have to paint in the mask (where we’ve used
Filter>Render>Clouds) with
Soft Round brush of black color (set
Opacity to
20% in
Options bar) to hide the next zones the same way demonstrated below:
Let’s
create a new layer now and apply here the
Paint Bucket Tool (G) to fill the layer with
#101010 color.
Insert the mask on the layer by choosing
Add layer mask on the bottom part of the
Layers panel and use then
Filter>Render>Clouds.
Above the previous layer we have to create a new one. Select both layer in
Layers panel by pressing
CTRL button and then press
CTRL+E to
Merge Down. Insert on this layer the mask (
Add layer mask) and press
CTRL+I to
Inverse the color.
Using the
Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) represent a selection in the mask.
Right-click inside the selection and choose
Transform Selection to incline this area on the left side on 45 degrees. We have to represent three zones of the same kind inside of which we have to paint using
Soft Round brush of
white color to clean out the zones in the mask.
We’ve got the next result:
Now we have to paint in the mask containing three inclines lines with
Soft Round of
black color (
Opacity –
20%) to hide the edges of the lines the same way demonstrated next picture.
Make a copy of the last made layer and paint in the mask the lines, applying the same brush but using different value for
Opacity.
Set the
Blending mode for this layer to
Linear Light.
Make one more copy of the last made layer.
Create a new layer and represent here the next selection with the
Rectangular Marquee Tool (M). Incline the selection on 45 degrees too and fill this area with
black color, using in this case the
Paint Bucket Tool (G).
Set
Fill to
0% for this layer and click on
Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the
Layers panel and select
Inner Shadow.
Add
Inner Glow
We’ve got the next result:
Once released the image will be contained in one frame and the rest will be left empty.
