In this tutorial I will show you how to create a mystery photo
manipulation using Photoshop brushes, different blend modes, and more.
Let’s get started!
Final Image Preview
For the beginning
create a new file (
File>New) having
1920×1200px/72ppi. Then take the
Paint Bucket Tool (G) and fill the new background layer with the next demonstrated color.
Select the
Brush Tool (B) set the
Opacity to
20% in
Options Bar
Let’s put some brushstrokes on a new layer, the same way demonstrated below:
… and more on a new layer again…
Set for this layer
Blend Mode to
Color Dodge:
That’s the result you should get:
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:
Remove the background using your favorite tools like
Pen Tool (P),
Magic Wand Tool (W),
Magnetic Lasso (L) or even a simple
Filter>Extract.
Create a new layer and insert here several dots with the brush, changing their sizes with the button
[ or
]. The color’s code in this case is
#BA93B3
… and more of white color:
Take now the
Ellipse Tool (U) and make a circle:
Set
Fill to
0% for this layer:
Next select the
Layer Style. Make a double click on the left mouse’s button on this layer on the
layers’ panel and set the
Gradient Overlay as shown:
We’ve got a kind of half – transparent circle:
Copy them out (
Ctrl+J) and put them arbitrary on the layer, using the
Move Tool (V)
Create a new layer and represent on it a kind of luminescence around the girl. The brush’s settings are demonstrated below.
Opacity 10%.
Next insert the adjustment layer
Create new fill or adjustment layer > Curves:
Set it:
This way, our work became more contrasting and saturated.
Make one more circle using
Ellipse Tool (U):
Set the
Fill to
0% and
Opacity to
70% for its layer:
Next select the
Layer Style. Make a double click on the left mouse’s button on this layer on the layers’ panel and set the
Inner Shadow as shown:
Add
Inner Glow:
Set
Bevel and Emboss:
Add
Satin:
We’ve got a soap bubble:
Make a copy of it and try to distort it, using the
Ctrl+T shortcut, have a right click on it and choose out of the list the
Warp option:
It’s the result you should get on this stage:
On a new layer we’ll represent several lines with the brush:
Smudge them out, applying the
Smudge Tool (R) with the
Strength on
50%.
Set for this layer
Blend Mode to
Overlay:
Make a copy of this layer:
Choose on a new layer a brush of white color,
Opacity of
10%.
We’ll represent the fog on the picture:
Set for this layer
Blend Mode to
Overlay:
It’s the result we’ve got:
On a
new layer we’ll represent more dots using
Brush Tool (B) of the color
#EC008C.
… approximately like on the picture:
… and insert several white ones:
Make a copy of the layer containing white dots and select then
Filter>Blur>Motion Blur.
We’ve got the dynamics effect for the dots:
The final result!
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