Movie Poster_1

Link of the tutorial: http://designinstruct.com/digital-art/make-a-vintage-planetary-landscape-poster-in-photoshop/


The top one is my final copy.

I used the image with the stars as the background.

I used Curves tool and Hue/Saturation tool to darken the image and used Gradient tool to change the color.

Then, I used the badlands as the landscape, which is located on the bottom of the final copy.

It was the hardest part. I opened it and used the Pen tool with the Paths, trace around the landscape.

Then I chose Make selection, but it did not work.

So I just used other marquee tool and lasso tool to make round rocky shape.

Then, I added clouds above the rocky landscape.

I learned new adjustment tool, Levels. I set the eyedropper icon and lighten up the bright areas

and darken up the dark areas.

Also, I learned new tools, Select>Color Range tool. This tool was so good.

I selected Color Range tool and selected Eyedropper tool. As I clicked on the blue area and changed

the Fuziness options, I can selected only the clouds, not the blue areas.

It took a little time to delete the blue sky areas, but I learned how to use it, finally.

Then I created the planet. I  used Gaussian blur tool to give the stripes.

I learned Distort>Spherize tool. This tool make the planet really round.

I added many layer styles on my planet.

I learned Render> Lens Flare tool. It was very easy tool. I positioned the lens flare at the edge of the planet.

Finally, I added the text.

I added subtitles then I found Window> Snap. But I could not find it.

I just put the texts middle of the layer.

I learned more about Load selection when I used circle and mask out the texts.

I liked this poster!

Vintage Poster

The top left one is my final copy.

I learned "clouds" effect. I could highlight background to use clouds effects and eraser tool.

Placing the animal's head on my neck was easy.

However, it took a long time to make it fit right.

I also learned a Smart object tool. I added my animal's head layer and my body layer.

I also learned motion blur effect. I was little confused because I did not figure out which layer should I effect.

Then, I learned Sunburst Custom Shape.

I just opened shapes at my document, but it didn't work.

It was hard to find shapes. So it took a very long time to make my shape.

The hardest part was adding patterns to the original layer.

I used sponge tool and brush tool to make some areas of the pattern visible.

It was hard to command-click and make a selection of the particular layer.

Finally, I used burn tool on my papers.

It did not look pretty and my texts didn't turn out brown color although I changed the blending mode

to vivid light. So I changed the blending mode to overlay.

This was a long project. I learned a lot of new tools and more about layers selection.

Contrast Project

Text tutorial link:http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/3027/1/new-year-2009-ice-text-effect


The right one is my final image.

A girl's name is Mackenzie Christine Foy. She played "renesmee" in a movie, <Twilight>

I made several stamp copies of layer and changed the blend mode.

I also used adjustments layer to change skin color.

I used high pass effect twice.

I painted her face with brush tool but it was hard to highlight because her face was soooo white.

Then, I created the text effect.

It was easy to make background but I cut it off to paste under her face.

I followed the steps but I did not know how to change my layer at final.

I made 10 more layer copies so I was confused.

This girl was young so I think this image was not appropriate for grunge effect.

But I liked these highpass and blend effects and texts.

Grunge Portrait

The bottom one is my grunge portrait image.

First, I made stamp copy of the background and changed the layer to screen mode.

I made stamp copy again and change the blend mode to hard light.

Hard light mode made the layer really clear and vivid.

Then I painted the layer with brush tool.

I used black brush on the white layer, and used white brush on the black layer.

I used brush tool to highlight the forehead and cheeks.

Highlighting part was easy but it was confusing.

Because I did not know how this brush affected the final image later.

So I set the opacity down (30%~60%).

Also, I used high pass effect on my third layer.

It was hard to set best radius, so I just set average radius.

Then I added brightness/contrast and black&white effect.

I changed this effect carefully because it directly changed the man's skin color.

I painted the background and used white brush tool to highlight again.

Then I created new orange layer and sat opacity to 9%.

I used blur effect and changed the blend mode, too.

Finally, I used high pass effect again on my last layer and painted with white brush.


I used various layer mode effects and added adjustments to each layer.

I also painted the specific points to highlight the face.

Creating various effects was fun, but it was little confusing because of many stamp layers.

High Contrast Photo

The bottom one is my final copy.

I used lots of new effects to create a gritty, over processed photo.

First, I duplicated the background layer and applied the High Pass Filter.

This could sharpen only the edges of objects, so I set the radius to 30 pixels.

After High pass Filter, the image was little gray.

Then I changed the blend mode to hard light.

This mode was even greater degree than Overlay mode.

I duplicated the layer again and changed opacity to fine-tune the result.

Finally, I created the new layer with fill 50% gray and applied the Noise Filter.

The noise gave a grainy appearance to the image.


This was the short project. but I used various effects to my image.

iPod Style Silhouette_Edit

This is my iPod style silhouette copy.

First, I selected my body with quick selection tool.

I created color adjustment layer and I set the background color and my silhouette.

It was hard to click on the layer mask and create new, same layer. I didn't get it exactly.

I made the shadow with free transform tool and the gradient tool.

Then, I added iPod and  headphone wires with pen tool and brush tool.

It was hard to make clear line.

I searched other brushes on the internet and I added cloud brush under my feet.

Finally I set opacity and brush around my silhouette and shadow a little.

-Edit: I used gradient layer to fill my body.

Brush_painting.

This is my final copy.

I filled my background with the night sky.

I set foreground color and changed opacity to make the sky.

Also, I added lots of stars.

I looked for a star brush on the internet, but it was hard to find.

So I changed brush presets and saved a brush, then I loaded it to make stars.

I made ground using scattering brush.

This effect shows rough, soil, ground.

Also, I used scattering to make the line on the ground.

This is trace which the car was hissing on, or a person walked through.

Then I used grass brush. I used color dynamics.

I like the brush tool!

Text_choice

Link:http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/30970853/1/how-to-create-neon-illustration-happy-new-year-2012-photoshop-cs5

I used various blend tool and layer tool and brush tool.

I added several horizontal line using free transform tool and blending mode tool.

Also, I used new tool Curves tool to adjust the curve shape.

This is not my final copy-only half done.

Text_Transformation

This is my final copy.

First, I learned Paint Bucket tool. It changed all my primary layer.

I also learned brush tool and changed opacity and diameter.

Then, I typed my name and changed the parameters.

I copied my name letters and changed blending options.

This part was easy, but it took a very long time.

Because, I had to changed blending options each letter.

The hardest part was highlighting each letter using ellipse tool.

I pressed mouse click and clicked the mask layer botton but I didn't know how to highlight it.

I finally figured out how to highlight it. I added mask layer at my each letter and moved to ellipse layer.

Finally, I made bubbles.

I made about 6 bubbles. Making a bubble was easy, but it took a long time to change size, and made a copy.

I like my final copy!