You gotta love Japanese Ad Culture. Their ads are so obnoxious but they work. So today I will be showing you how to create one.

Open a new document at 1000×750. Set the fill to black. Double click the Background layer to make it layer zero. Then Open the blending options and choose Gradient Overlay. Set your starting color to #81230e, your middle color to #c11424, and your ending color to #451c28.

Next Make a new layer and draw out 9 Rectangular selections and fill them with White. Then go to Filter > Distort > Polar Coordinate and select Rectangular To Polar and hit OK. Set the layer to overlay.

Next we are going to use the Bubble brush we made on the previous tutorial. Make a new layer. Using the pen tool draw out three line of different lengths in a star burst fashion. Then select your brush set the size to 30 pixels and open the dynamics pallette. Check the Shape Dynamic Box and set the Size Jitter to 100%. Then Go to the Scattering and set the Scatter to 900% and the Count to 1. Finally Select Other Dynamics and set the Opacity to 50%. Reselect your pen tool and right click the stroke the paths. Next go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set the radius to 2 and hit OK. Finally set the layer blend to Color Dodge and the Fill to 50%

With your pen tool still selected go to Edit > Transform > Rotate Path and Rotate the path clockwise 90° and hit Enter. Follow the sames steps as above but do not add a gaussian blur. Set the layer fill to 100% and the blend to Overlay

In the last tutorial I showed you how you to make round bubbles this time using the same technique as before we need to make a square set. Once you have made your square block brush grab your Custom Shape tool and select the shapely heart that comes with Photo Shop. Then Draw it Out in the Right Upper side of the Document. Then go to your brushes and select the block you just made. Set your Foreground to Black. Then use the same dynamics as you did before. Make a new layer. Select the pen tool and stroke the path. Next go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set the radius to 2 and hit OK. Finally set the layer blend to Soft Light and the Fill to 50%

Make a New layer then go to the Paths Palette and CTRL+Click the Work Path Layer to make a selection. Then go back to your layer palette and fill the selection with black. Then go back to the path pallette and highlight the work path. Using the pen tool stroke the path again.

Since Namie Amuro is the face of Coke Zero in Japan Search for a large photo of her I found a nice Dominatrix photo of her and it is easy to Google. Once you have her image cut her from the original background and we are going to add some blending options. We are going to add an inner shadow with an opacity of 70%, distance of 0, and size of 16.

Now using the pen tool try and emulate the coke wave across the bottom of the document. Make a new layer and fill your wave with white.

Next make a new layer. Then make some tendrils growing off the wave and add some small circles for effect.

Now search for the Japanese Slogan for Coke Zero. There is a really good version of it if you Google it. Cut the white text from the black background and add it to our document. Scale it down to 60% and rotate the text 45° Counter Clockwise.

Now using the pen tool try and emulate the coke wave again this time in the heart. Make a new layer and fill your wave with white.

Next do a search for a large Coke Zero bottle. Cut the bottle from it’s background and add it to our document. Next scale is down to fit between the tendrils under the black heart. Then CTRL+Click the coke bottle layer to make a selection. Make a new layer and fill the selection with white. Set the layer fill to 0% and add a drop shadow. Set the drop shadow opacity to 75% with a distance of 0 and a size of 6. Hide the Coke Bottle Layer for now.

Now grab your Text Tool and type out “Wild Health” make the font MyriadPro SemiBold at 82 pixels centered and add a break between wild and health.

Unhide the Coke Bottle Layer and move it to the top.

Using the Pen tool select the plastic between the cap and the Coke liquid and. Go to your Work Path and CTRL+Click to make a selection. Cut the plastic section to a new layer. Set the layer to Hard Light and you are done. What did you come up with?

Today I will be showing you how to create an underwater Wallpaper for your iPhone.

Start by opening a New Document at 240×480. Double click the background layer to make it layer 0. Then right click the layer to open the blending Options. Next Select Gradient Overlay and set the start color to #00003a nad the end color to #00000d.

Now drag out some guides 5px from the edge on the Right, Left, Top, and Bottom. Now using you Rectangle Marquee Tool and Make a Selection in those Guides. Fill the selection with black. Then Select Gradient Overlay and set the start color to #26a3ff nad the end color to #12438f.

Next we are gonig to add a whale shark sihloette to our wallpaper. I found a good one and you can download it here. Once you have is open it in Photoshop and drag it into our wallpaper. Now scale the image to 50%. Next grab your pen tool and make a selection of the shark. Make a new layer and fill the selection with #1d4480. Next go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur set the radius to 5.0 and hit OK.

Next open a new document at 45×45 with a transparent layer. Then make a circular selection leaving a few pixels from the edge on all sides. Fill the selection black. Set the fill opacity to 50%. Then right click the layer to open the blending options and select Stroke. Set the Stoke to inner and the color to Black. Finally go to Edit > Define Brush. Name the new brush bubble and close that document you will not need it again.

Now go back to the wallpaper we are working on and select the brush we just created. Now we are going to set some new Presets open the Brush Presets Palette. Select Shape Dynamics and set the Size Jitter to 100%. Then select Scattering and set the Scatter to 1000%. Finally select Other Dynamics and set Opacity Jitter to 50%. Change the forgoround color to White. Now that we have our dynamics set take the the brush from the top center to the bottom center Holding Shift Will make it a nice straight stroke. Next go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur set the radius to 5.0 and hit OK. Set the layer to Overlay.

Now using the jelly fish file here emulate it and make a brush the same way you did the bubble. Once you have it select the brush and add one to our wallpaper in a new layer. Set the fill to 70%, Then go to Blending Options and select Gradient Overlay. Set the start color to #319ac6 nad the end color to #4a04de.

Duplicate the jelly fish layer and go to Edit > Transform > Scale and change the scale to 50%. Then move it to the left slightly and down. Next go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur set the radius to 1.0 and hit OK.

Follow the same step as the Bubble step only this time go from bottom to top and do not add a Gaussian Blur.

Once again select your pentool and make three 45° angled rectangle selections of varied width. Make a new layer and fill the selection with white. Then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set the radius to 40 and hit OK. Set the layer Fill to 25%

Next Duplicate the second layer we created and drag it to the top of the layer pallete. Deselect the gradient overley and add an inner shadow. Set the distance to 0 and the size to 12.

And you are finished I hope you enjoyed This tutorial and have a great weekend.

So I got to playing The Legend Of Zelda: Link To The Past this week and it rekindled my love of old school RPG. There is one scene when you find the master sword in The Lost Woods. I always loved that part so I decided this weeks tutorial would be taking the concept art of the master sword and turn it into a piece of realistic art.

To begin I am going with my new native screen size of 1920×1080. You can use whatever screen size you like. Fill the document with #364143.

Then do a search for a nice large forest make sure there a no people in the picture. Add it to our document. Then hit CTRL+U check the colorize box. Using the base color as a reference adjust the hue and brightness to match.

Now we are going to add our first set of fog. There are some awesome fog brush set on deviantart I found a few there I used in this tutorial. Make a new layer Now using these three colors (#467170, #6c9696, and #425354) and using the fog brushes you found make a mixture of different colors and brush to get an out come like below:

Next we are are going to add our first set of light beams through the trees. Using your Pen tool Make three 45° angle selections of various widths. Then go to your Paths Palette and CTRL+Click your work path. Make another layer and fill the selection with #81a38a. Again using the pen tool remove some of the color from in front of the trees. Then go to Filter > Blur >Gaussian Blur and select a radius of 20 - 40 and hit OK. Finally set the layer fill to 50%.

Use the same steps as above create another light beam. Make another layer and fill the selection with #FFFFFF. Then go to Filter > Blur >Gaussian Blur and select a radius of 20 - 30 and hit OK. Finally set the layer fill to 80%.

Next we need to find a good photo of a knarled tree for our foreground. Once you have found one remove it from it’s back ground and add it to our document. Follow the same blending method as we used on the background forest.

Make a new layer. Using your pen tool make a shape like below and fill it with #355155. This will serve as a base for our marble monument.

Now again do a search for a highres stone texture. Once you have found one you like add it to the document. Then go to Edit > Transform > Perspective and move the top width to a third of the base. Next CTRL+Click you marblebaselayer to make a selection. Copy the stone texture in that selection. Set the new texture layer to Multiply.

Again Using your pen tool make a slection of the top. Using the selection you just made copy out the selection from the original stone texture. Then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian blur and give it about a 5 - 10 radius blur. Finally go to your blending options and add a coloroverlay. Set the Overlay to mode to color and the color to #87a5a3.

Now we are gonig to add out last Light Beam. Make a new layer and using you pen tool make a 45° selection like below. Fill the selection with white and use the same Gaussian Blur as on the others. Set the fill to 60%

Again do a search for a CG render of Link’s Master Sword. Then cut it from it background and add it to our document.

Make a new layer. Now we are going to make our midground fog. Using the same steps as on the first set of fog make this layer but this is only going to cover a part of the monument.

Now do a search for a nice rounded top stone tablet. If you find one you like but it has writing on it we can remove it or rather cover it using the clone tool. Once you have the one you like cut it from it’s back ground and add it to our document. Next using a soft eraser at 20% opacity remove a a bit of the bottom.

Make a new Layer. Using your pen tool make a rounded selection at the top of the tablet where it meets the sword. Fill the selection with black. Then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur use 10 - 20 and hit OK. Set the Layer Fill to 75%

Next CTRL+Click the sword layer to make a selection. Make a new layer and fill the selection with black. Then go to Edit > Transform > Perspective and angle Sharply to the left. Then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur use 10 - 20 and hit OK. Set the Layer Fill to 75%

Now we are going to add some text. I used “Angerthas Moria” ,which is a free font, but you can use any rune based font. Then using that font type out “Who so ever pulls this sword from this stone shall be king” (10 points if you know where that’s from). Then break the sentence into two line make the second longer then the first and center the entire phrase. Scale the text to fit on the stone. Now we are going to add a bevel and emboss. Go to your blending options and select Bevel and Emboss set your style to Outer Bevel, Technique to Soft Chisel, and your size to 2px and hit OK. Finally set the layer fill to 25%.

Now that we have most of the shadow and the text we need to finish the shadow from the sword. So again grab your pen tool and make an angled selection over the top left of the tablet. Make a new layer and fill the selection with black. Then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur use 10 - 20 and hit OK. Set the Layer Fill to 60%

Now make a selection of the stone tablet and make a new layer. Fill the selection with #203133. Then set the layer blend to Vivid Light and the fill to 50%

Now we are going to add a bit of light glare on the tablet. So again take your pen tool and make a 45° right angle jagged top and rounded bottom selection the width of the tablet. Fill the selection with white. Then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur use 10 - 20 and hit OK. Set the Layer Fill to 25%

Next make a new layer and CTRL+Click the Top Marble selection. Then using a soft brush with black as the color make two filled areas like below. Set the Layer Fill to 40%

Next find some good selections of ferns by doing a search on google the larger the image the better. Once you have 4 - 5 images cut out the ferns and add them to the document. Thens scale the ferns down and mke a blanket of them at the lower portion of the document. Merge the fern layers. Then hit CTRL+U check the colorize box. Using the fog layers as a reference adjust the hue and brightness to match. Then add a dropshadow. Set the blend to multiply, the opacity to 75%, the distance to 10, and the size to 30

Make a new layer. Now we are going to make our foreground fog. Using the same steps as on the other sets of fog make this layer but this is only going to cover a parts of the ferns.

Finally make a new layer and fill is with #121714. Then using your Eliptical Maruqee tool make a nice large oval. Then to Select > Modify > Feather. Then feather the selection 10 - 20 pixel and hit Ok. Next hit the delete key. Set the layer to 90% and you are finished.

There you have from arisit concept art:

To realistic render art:

Let me see what you come up with and I will post them here.

I have been looking forward to this game for the better part of two years. Final Fantasy XIII is set to revitalize the franchise with new graphics, better game play mechanics, and an epic story line unfolding within three version. So in anticipation of the newest installment I decided to create and stylish Wallpaper.

First things first find a good picture of our main Character I chose Lightning but pick whoever you like. I found a good image of her and you can DL her here.

Now Open a new document at around 1600×1200 depending on your resolution. Double click the background layer and change it to layer 0. Next we are going to add a nice gradient. Open your Blending Options and select Gradient Overlay. Then set the First Color to #000000 and the last color to #424142 make sure that from top to bottom it goes light to dark.

Now we are going to make a grate to go over the base. You can make a pattern but today I will explain the longer way since I like to have options. Take your one pixel vertical marque tool and make a selection. Open a new layer and fill the selection with Black. Next Duplicate the layer by either right clicking the the layer and choosing duplicate layer or simply hit CTRL+J. Next move the new layer over five pixels. Do this until you have covered the entire wallpaper then merge those layers. Then Go to Edit > Transform > Free Transform rotate the layer 45° and scale it so it covers the entire wallpaper at an angle.

Now we are going to add the a cross section. So download the cross section file here. Open it in photoshop and drop it in your wallpaper. Line up the top of the cross section at the 300px horizontal line like below:

Next set the layer fill to 60%. Now we are going to add an Inner Shadow and a Drop Shadow. Set the Inner Shadow opacity to 100% and the blend to Normal, set the distance to 0 and the distance to 60. Then select Drop Shadow and set the distance to 0 and the and the size to 20 and hit OK.

Using the vertical guides at 250 and 750 make a selection, make a new layer and fill it with white. Then CTRL+Click the Cross Section and delete the white space under the it.

Next Add the Final Fantasy XIII logo. You can find a good version of it by searching at google.

Using the same guides you used on the white bar drag out two more guides at 255 and 745 then make two selection within them so that you have two small selections. Make a new layer and fill them with black. Now Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur set the blur to 5 - 10 pixels and hit OK. Then add the same gradient overlay that we used on the base. Finally cut the excess under the cross section.

Next CTRL+Click the layer you just created to make a selection. Then select the grate layer and copy the selection to a new layer. Then move the layer to the top.

Next do a search for 3 screen shots of the game. And add them like below to the walpapper.

Merge the screen shots and add a Drop Shadow and an Inner Shadow. Set the drop shadow distance to 6 and the size to 7. Then set the inner shadow distance to 0 and the size to 40.

Now is time to add Lightning to our wallpaper. So open the file you downloaded at the beginning. Add her to the wallpaper and move her to the left like below:

Now we are going to blend her in a bit. We are going to add an inner glow and another drop shadow. Set the drop shadow opacity to 60%, the distance to 0, and the size to 20. Then in the inner glow section set the color to #000000, the blend to Normal, and the opacity to 75%.

Finally CTRL+Click the Lightning Layer to make a selection. Make a new Layer. Fill the selection with Black. The go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur set the blur to between 20 - 40 pixels and hit OK. Then move this layer to under the Cross Section layer and you are done!

And link your versions and I will post them here so all can see! As Always have fun!

I recently picked up Resident Evil 5 for my PS3. While I love the game I miss the Mansion an The Umbrella Corp. So Today we will be creating an omage to the old school games.

Open a New Document at 1600×1200 and fill it with black. Then open you blending option and Select Gradient Overlay Set the Starting color to #b1b1b1 and the ending color to #505050

Now we are going to create a new pattern. Open a new document that is 100×100 with a transparent background. Then Take your Eliptical Marquee Tool and make a circle selection in the center of the document that is 20×20. Hold Shift while you drag to make a near perfect circle. Once you have the selection fill it with #333333. Finally add an inner shadow Set the distance to 2, the choke to 0, and size to 1. Hit enter.

Once you have the first you need to duplicate the layer CTRL+J. Once you have the layer duplcated move the new circle to the left so there is a 4 pixel space between each. Then do the same this time on the right. Now take the middle and Left circle and duplicate those layers. This time move them above the original row with a 2 pixel space and center them them. Do the same to make the lower row. You should have something like below:

Using the Move Tool Drag out some guide to the center points of the circle in the top and bottom rows. Once you have those guides take your Rectangular Marquee Tool and Make a selection of the inner rectangle. Finally Go to Edit > Define Pattern and name it Mesh and hit OK. You can close that document now.

Now back to our main document make a new layer and fill it with black. Set the layer fill to 0%. Then go to the Blending Options and Select Pattern Overlay and choose the pattern we just made. Then Set the scale to 50% and hit OK.

Now back to our main document make a new layer and fill it with black. Set the layer fill to 0%. Then go to the Blending Options and Select Gradient Overlay and Choose Black to Transparent. Then reverse the gradient, set the Style to Radial, and the Scale to 125% and hit OK.

Using and older Resident Evil Arm wallpaper we are going to add some dramatic effect to our wallpaper. Either you can search for it on Google or right click and download it Here. Once you have the file downloaded open it in PhotoShop and Drag it into our wallpaper. Move the new layer under the radial gradient. Select your magic wand tool and select the black area and hit your delete Key. this will delete the excess black . Then CTRL+click the Arm layer and go to Select > Modify > Feather make the feather about 5 - 10 pixels and hit OK. Finally, cut the image to a new layer and delete the layer below it.

Use CTRL+J to duplicate the arm layer. Then go to Edit > Transform > Flip horizontal and line the new layer to the left side of the wallpaper.

Now we are going to add a Blood splatter under the left set of hands. The best blood brushes can be found at Deviant Art if you do not want to try and make your own. The Brush set I used you can download Here. Using “Blood 4″ make a new layer, set your Foreground color to #5b1a1a make the blood splatter. Set the Layer Blend to Overlay and move the layer under the left set of hands

Now we are going to create the Umbrella Logo. Using the Pen Tool. Make a Selection like below:

Once you have your selection make a new layer and fill the selection with black. Duplicate the layer and flip it horizontally. Make sure there is a 40 pixel space between the 2 point Hit CTRL+E to merge the layers. Again Duplicate the layer and go to Edit > Transform > Rotate 90° CW. Hit enter. Again merge the layers. Now set the layer fill to 0%. Go to the Blending Option and select Stroke Set the Size to 6 pixel, Position to Inside, and the Color to White.

Duplicate the layer Set the Fill to 100% and remove the stroke. Now make sure you Foreground and backgrond are set to White and Black Respectively. Then go to Filter > Render > Clouds and hit OK. Hit CTRL+F till you are happy with look.

Now To finish the Umbrella Logo we need to Duplicate the Stroke and Cloud Layers. Select both layers in the layer pallette, Right click and choose Duplicate layers. Once They are copied go to Edit > Transform > Rotate. Rotate the new layer 45° and hit enter. Now go to the second white stroke and change the color to red in the blending option. Finally Set your foreground and background to Red and Black. This Time Go to Filter > Render > Difference Clouds and Hit OK. Hit CTRL+F till you are happy with look.

Select All the Umbrella Layers and Hit CTRL+E to merge them. Then CTRL+Click to make a Selection. Make two new layers with the selection Fill one with White and the other with Black. Set the White layer fill to 10%. Then Move the Blacklayer under your Umbrella Logo. The go to you blending Options and select Drop Shadow. Set the distance to 0, The Spread to 25, and the Size to 45 and Hit OK.

Lastly download the Resident Evil font here. Using that font add the Phrase “Our Business Is Life Itself”. Set the Color to White and the Font size to 100. And you are Done!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you would like to share the version you created fill free to drop a link to it in the comments and I will add it to the User Submitted Section under the main Tutorial.

User Submitted

Today I will be showing you how to create a simple signature.

First things first find a good images of the subject you want to use. I chose Scarlett because she is breathe taking. Once you have your subject cut them from their original background.

Then Open a new document set the width to 500 and the height to 200. Make a new layer and fill it with black. Then go to your blending Options and select Gradient Overlay. And use the visual below to make the gradient from scratch or download it here.

Resulting in:

Make a new layer and set your foreground to Black and background to white. Then go to Filter > Render > Clouds and hit OK. Hit CTRL+F 4 - 6 time to get a good diverse shading. Finally set the fill to 70%.

Make a new layer and set your foreground to a Light Teal and background to a Dark Blue. Then go to Filter > Render > Difference Clouds and hit OK. Hit CTRL+F 8 times to get a good Range of colors. Finally set the Blend to color Dodge.

Now Move your subject into the signature and scale it down to fit.

Once again copy your subject into your signature only this time scale it down so the head fits in the signature. Then use your erase tool with an opacity of 20% blend the image so there are not harsh out lines. Set the Blend to Linear Burn.

Next Make a new layer and find a good star field image brush. I recommend Deviantart since there are some really good artist on the site that offer free downloads. We will use this set in the signature. Make a new layer and fill it with black. Then use the brush set to fill the layer with white stars. When you are satisfied with the look. Set the layer blend to Hard Light and the Fill to 20%.

Now create a new layer this time select Starfield5 form the freshly added brushes. Click one to add one set of stars. Next go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur set the radius to 2.2 - 3.0 and hit OK. Finally set the layer fill to 30%

Using the screenshot below make two angled selection with your pen tool. Make a new layer and fill the selection with black.

Next go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur set the radius to 20.0 - 25.0 and hit OK. Finally set the layer fill to 30%

Make a new layer. Grab your Rectangular Marquee Tool and draw a selection about 3 x 3. Fill The selection with white. Then Duplicate the layer CTRL+J and move the square up so there is a 2 pixel gab between each. Repeat this step 4 more times. Then select the first two you made and move them to the right and again leave a 2 pixel between the first column and the second. Finally Select all the square layer and merge them CTRL+E.

Then Duplicate the layer and go to Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal. Now move it to the left side of the signature.

Next grab your text tool and select “Busorama Md BT” as your font and 27pt as the font size and type out “Scarlett Johansson”. Then place her name between the techie boxes. And Your Done. Hope you enjoyed the tutorial.

For added substance you can add a quote from the actor or whatever your subject is like below. Again if you have your own version you created from this tutorial add it to the comments and I will post it here so everyone can see.

I decided this week I would do something a little different. I am going to show you how to create a realistic pupil. I have seen a lot of photoshop eye recently and they just did not seem very real.

Step 1) Open a New document 300×300 with a black back ground.

Step 2) Grab your eliptical Marquee Tool and Draw a perfact Circle within the document by holding Shift. Fill it with white.

Step 3) Set the fill to 0%. Open the blending option tool. We are going to add a Custom Gradient Overlay and an Inner Glow. Use the setting below.

You Should Have this:

Step 4) CTRL+Click the Base layer to make a selection. Open a new layer and fill it with White set the fill to 0%

Step 5) Open the blending option tool. We are going to add a Color Overlay and a Pattern Overlay. Use the setting below.

Resulting in:

Step 6) Make a New layer and grab your Gradient tool. Set your foreground to white and set the gradient to Foreground - Transparent. Draw a gradient from the top of the document to the middle.

Step 7) Go to Filter > Distort > Polar Cooridnates and check Rectangular to Polar. Hit Ok.

Step Again make a selection of your base layer. Now cut the polarized gradient out and delete the unused layer. Set the fill to 30%

You Should Have this:

Step 9) Make a New layer. Grab your Rectangular Marquee Tool and Select 1/3 of the selection going fron Top To bottom. Fill with a Dark Pruple color.

Step 10) Go to Filter > Stiylize > Wind. Set the wind to blow from the right and select wind. Hit okay. Hit CTRL+F to repeat it once.

Step 11) Go to Filter > Stiylize > Wind. Set the wind to blow from the right and select Blast. Hit okay. Now Rotate the layer Edit > Transform > Rotate 90° CW.

Step 12) Go to Filter > Distort > Polar Cooridnates and check Rectangular to Polar. Hit Ok. Set the Layer to Darken.

Resulting in:

Step 13) Make a new layer and grab your eliptical Marquee Tool and make an oval towards the top left of the inner eye. Fill it with white.

Step 14) Rotate the oval -25.1°. Duplicate the layer 3 time and shrink each to ( 75%, 50%, and 25%).

Step 15) Move the smallest ovals to the right bottom of the eye and place the 25% over the 50% oval slightly to the left. Do the exact oppisite to the 100% and 75% ovals.

Step 16) Merge the Oval layer together. CTRL+E. Then add a 3. Gqussian Blur to that layer Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur.

And Your done.

Today we are going to add realistic Tattoos to a person using the Warp Tool. Here is the before and after of this Technique.

To start download AssetMale here. This Image will serve as your base layer.

Next download Asset01 here and add it to your base image. This Dragon will be used as the Bicep Tattoo. Now Make a Selection of the white space. Right click to select similar.

Hit Delete to remove the white around the tattoo. Then scale the dragon down to fit over the Bicep. Next go to Edit > Transform > Warp. Now you will beable to warp the tattoo on the guys arm like below.

The Warp will look pixelated until you are happy with the shape. Hit enter to commit the warp. Now set the layers fill to 0%. Then open the blending Options and add a Color Overlay. Set the Mode to Darken Color and set the color to #090a34.

Next Make a Selection of the Tattoo.

Now that you have your selection go to the base layer and copy the selection to a new layer. Move the new layer above the Tattoo and set the mode to Multiply.

Now you have learned to make a realistic looking Tattoo. This next part is Optional but will give you more practice with the method.

Download Asset02 here. This will serve as the tattoo for the side.

Follow the same steps as we did with the Bicep Tattoo and you should have this.

Now you are done. Below is another example of the same technique on an female subject.

Please feel free to add links to your versions and I will Post them so everyone can see.

Today we are going to be making a Forest Fairy Wallpaper. Fairies or Faeries are these wonderful symbols of nature and harmony. I decided given the time of year it is this would be a perfect time.

Let’s begin. Start by clicking here and downloading a new image to create a brush with. With the LeafBrush.jpg saved to your machine. Open it in PhotoShop. Then go to Edit > Define Brush Preset… name the New Brush “Leaf”. Then close that file you will not be needing it any more.

Next save this file. Open the Forest.jpg file in PhotoShop.

Next download and open the CobbleStone.png here. Place the Cobble Stone into the Forest document. Place it just over the forest bed.

Next scale down the height to 40% and the width to 92%. You do this by going to Edit > Transform > Scale. Once you have scaled the Cobble Stone Go back to the Transform selection and select perspective. Then use what you think is best to make it look like it is part of the forest floor. Set the layer blend to “Lighter Color”

CTRL+Click on the CobbleStone layer to make a selection. Then select the base layer and using the Magic Wand tool copy the selection to a new layer. Then move the newly created layer just above the cobblestone and grab your eraser tool set the opacity to 20% and the hardness to 0. Erase from the center of the stone but leave a bit of the groundcover covering the stone. This way it gives it more of a feel like nature is reclaiming it. Set the layer to luminousity.

Once again CTRL+Click the CobbleStone layer. Make a new layer and fill the selection with black. Set the fill to 0%. Open your Blending options. We are going to add a Gradient Overlay. Once you have The Gradient Overlay option selected Change the Starting color to (#7D910F) and the Ending color to (#AEC31F). Set the opacity to 100% and hit OK.

Next select your Pen Tool and make a selection of the Forest floor around the outer edge of the coblestone using the base layer as a reference. Once you have a sufficient amout outlined with the pan tool. Select the Paths Palette and CTRL+Click the work Path layer to make a selection. Go back to your layer palette and make sure that the base forest layer is the active layer. Copy the select to a new layer. Finally move it above the Gradient overlay layer.

Make a new layer and grab your Pen Tool. What we are going to do now is Enhance the Sunlight beaming through the trees. Make your outline look like the image below:

With your selection made fill it with White. Then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur Set the Radius to 60.0 and Hit ok. Next Set the Layer Opacity to 10%.

Now we need to add our main focal point “The Fairy”. Download the fairy file here if you have not already. Place her in the main tutorial and place the tip of her boot in the center of the CobbleStone. Scale her down so she is not larger then life. Then we are going to add a few slight blending options so she looks like she fits better. Go into the layer blending Option and select “Drop Shadow”. Set the color to Black and the mode to multiply. Make the Opacity 20% and the Angle to 135. And Set the Distance and Size to 5. Then Select the “Inner Glow” and set the color to Black again. Make the opacity 10% and the size to 51.

Next CTRL+Click the Fairy layer to make a selection. Make a new layer and fill the selection with Black. Then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur Set the Radius to 30.0 and Hit ok. Next go to Edit > Transform > Rotate and rotate the object to a 50 degree angle. Now place the object shoe tip to shoe tip. Set the Layer Fill to 60%

This next step can be done one of two way. With both you need to make nice with your pen tool. I will explain the hard way then I will explain the way I did it. Ok. This next step we are going to change the color of the Fairy’s clothes. The long way is to use the pen tool and cut around only her clothing and Then make a selection and Copy the clothing into a new layer. Then adjust the hue to a greenish color. This is very time consuming and can get a little annoying if you do not like the pen tool. The way I did this was duplicate the fairy layer. Then hit CTRL+U and set the hue to -90. Then useing the pen tool cut out her body and leave the clothing. Finally set the Opacity to 60%.

Just as before when we enhanced the Sunbeam we are going to enhance the shadowing. Again Use the pen tool to make a selection like below:

Make a new layer and fill it with Black. Then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur Set the Radius to 80.0 and Hit ok. Then set the file to 30%

Next we need to enchance the brighter beams just like we did before. So grab your pen tool and make outline of all the smaller more focused light beams. Make a new layer and fill those selections with white. Then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur Set the Radius to 50.0 and Hit ok.

Remember the Leaf Brush you made now is when we are going to use it. Select your brush tool and make sure the leaf pattern is selected. Set the brush size to 50. Then we are going to change the brush dynamics. Select brush Dynamics then set Size Jitter to 100%, Minimum Diameter to 25%, and Angle Jitter to 30%. Next select Scattering. Set the Scatter to 148%. Lastly select Color Dynamics. Set the Hue Jitter to 20%, Saturation Jitter to 10%, The Brightness Jitter to 22%, and the Purity to -43% and hit Ok. Then select a nice redish brown color for your foreground. Then reselect the Pen Tool.

With the Pen Tool Selected make a swirling pattern around the fairy. When you have the pen line the way you like Right Click and choose “Stroke Path” Make sure simulate pressure is NOT selected and hit OK. Next CTRL+Click the Fairy layer to make a selection. Then erase some of the leaves so they look like they are swirling around her. Finally add a Slight Motion blur of between 2 -4 pixels. You should have something like below:

Duplicate the leaf layer and set the Opacity to 50% and the Layer Mode to linear Blur.

This next part is totally optional. I just think it adds to the scene. Search for some woodland creatures. I chose a Rabbit and a Tree frog.

The rabbit is what I will explain since I actually had to edit him a bit. First find a good large photo of a hare on google. Then using the Pen Tool Cut him from the back ground and place him in our wallpaper. Scale him down to look proportional to the rest of the image. Next select your Pen Tool and make a selection of the Forest floor around the bottom of the rabbit and delete that section from the hare. Then go into the blending option and select inner glow. Set the opacity to 40%, the color to Black, The mode to Normal, Finally set the distance to 5 and hit OK.

Make a New Layer. Now we are to the final Blending option. Select your bursh and choose the Size 45 Airbrush with 50% flow. Then use these 4 colors to fill the new layer with ( #1b82e6, #1fe5e1, #62e121, #e3e11b ). Once you have the new layer filled to your liking. CTRL+Click the Fairy again to make a Selection of her then ATL+Click the two leaf layer to remove them from the selection. Finally CTRL+Click the Rabbit layer to add his selection and hit Delete to remove the selections from the Color Fill layer. And Lastly set the layer Mode to Hue and the fill to 40%. And your Done. I hope you enjoy.

Please feel free to add links to your versions and I will Post them so everyone can see. ^.^

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Today we are going to make a KingdomHearts style Stain Glass Window. I am a big fan of stain glass art and this looked like it would be fun to recreate for a tutorial.

Create a new Document 875 x 875. Fill that document with white. Now we need to set up some guides so I will start with the horizontal guides first.
So here we go:

Shew, That’s a lot of guides but they are going to come in handy. Anyway, here is what the guides should look like.

Now we can start building the meat of the project. Make a New Layer Name is “Base.” Select your Eliptical Marquee Tool and Draw a selection using the outer most guides (Hold Shift to make a perfect circle). Fill the selection with white. Set the Fill to Zero. Now Open the Blending options and select Stroke. Set the stroke to 5 pixel size, Position Outside, and Color to Black.

Make a new layer and called “Outer Glass.” CTRL+Click on the Base layer to make a selection. Now grab your Eliptical Marquee Tool again and draw from 63×63 to 813×813. Now fill that selection with #8378a1. Keep the selection active. Next Set your foreground color to #8378a1 and your background color to #FFFFFF. Then go to Filter > Render > Clouds. Hit CTRL+F between 5 - 10 times for until you see a good range of shades. Final go to Filter > Pixelate > Crystalize. Set the cell size to 40.

Next we are going to make the secondary outline. Make a new layer and name it “Middle Border.” Select your Eliptical Marquee Tool and Draw a selection from 37×37 to 839×839. Fill the selection with white and set the fill to Zero. Set the Fill to Zero. Now Open the Blending options and select Stroke. Set the stroke to 3 pixel size, Position Outside, and Color to Black.

Make a new layer and called “Inner Border.” Now grab your Eliptical Marquee Tool again and draw from 63×63 to 813×813. Fill the selection with white and set the fill to Zero. Now Open the Blending options and select Stroke. Set the stroke to 5 pixel size, Position Outside, and Color to Black.

Make a new layer and called “Middle Glass.” CTRL+Click on the Base layer to make a selection. Now grab your Eliptical Marquee Tool again and draw from 146×146 to 730×730. Now fill that selection with #96c0d4. Keep the selection active. Next Set you foreground color to #96c0d4 and your background color to #FFFFFF. Then go to Filter > Render > Clouds. Hit CTRL+F between 5 - 10 times for until you see a good range of shades. Final go to Filter > Pixelate > Crystalize. Set the cell size to 50.

Next grab your Pen tool. Make a new layer. We are not going to name this one just yet. Now using the pen tool make a line from the top of the outer border to the bottom on the 278 horizontal guide. Next select you brush tool and set the width to 3 and hardness to 100. Now reselect your Pen tool and right click on the line and choose “Stroke Path.” Select Brush from the drop down menu and make sure simulate pressure is NOT selected. Hit ok. Now grab the magic wand tool and select the Middle Glass layer in the layer palette. Click the inside of the Middle Glass laye to make a selection of the inner white porttion. With that selection go back to the line layer and hit “Delete.”

Now Duplicate that layer by hitting CTRL+J. Then go to Edit > Transform > Rotate. Set the angle to 20 and hit OK. Do that Seven more times. Once you have all the lines made select all the line layers and hit CTRL+E to merge them. Rename the layer to Occulous.

Make a new layer and called “Center Outer Glass.” Grab your Eliptical Marquee Tool again and draw from 146×146 to 730×730. Now fill that selection with #a2afc1. Keep the selection active. Next Set you foreground color to #a2afc1 and your background color to #FFFFFF. Then go to Filter > Render > Clouds. Hit CTRL+F between 5 - 10 times for until you see a good range of shades. Final go to Filter > Pixelate > Crystalize. Set the cell size to 50. Open the Blending options and select Color Overlay, Set the Blend to Normal, color to White, and the Opacity to 30%. Finally select Stroke. Set the stroke to 5 pixel size, Position Outside, and Color to Black.

Make a new layer and called “Center Inner Glass.” Select your Eliptical Marquee Tool and Draw a selection from 192×192 to 683×683. Now fill that selection with #a2afc1. Next Set you foreground color to #a2afc1 and your background color to #FFFFFF. Then go to Filter > Render > Clouds. Hit CTRL+F between 5 - 10 times for until you see a good range of shades. Final go to Filter > Pixelate > Crystalize. Set the cell size to 50. Open the Blending options and select Stroke. Set the stroke to 5 pixel size, Position Outside, and Color to Black. Keep the selection active.

Make a new layer and call it “Fractil Glass.” With the selection still active grab your pen tool and start adding some Fractil lines. Any line outside the selection will not be fill so add as many as you like. Once you are satisfied with your lines. Right click on the line and choose “Stroke Path.” Select Brush from the drop down menu and make sure simulate pressure is NOT selected.

With the fractil glass layer still highlighted set the fill to 40%. Then Open the Blending Option select Outer Glow. Set the blend to Normal, Opacity to 75%, and the color as White.

CTRL+Click the “Center Inner Glass” and make a new Layer. Name is “Lens Flare.” Fill the selection with black then go to Filter > Render > Lens Flare select 105mm Prime Lens and the brightness to 145% and hit OK. Finally set the blend mode to Overlay.

Make a New layer and call it Iris Lens.” Select your Eliptical Marquee Tool and Draw a selection using the 145×414 guides (Hold Shift to make a perfect circle).Fill the selection with white. Set the Fill to Zero. Now Open the Blending options and select Stroke. Set the stroke to 3 pixel size, Position Outside, and Color to Black. Next Duplicate that layer and drag the new layer to 730×414. Turn off the blending option on the copied layer then select both layers in the palette and hit CTRL+E to merge the layers. Now like before we are going to duplicate and rotate this layer. Now Duplicate that layer by hitting CTRL+J. Then go to Edit > Transform > Rotate. Set the angle to 11 and hit OK. Do this 14 more times then Merge the layers and rename the layer IrisLens. Finally Set the Opacity to 75%

Next make a new Layer and name it “Dark Blossom”. Next right click here to download the Cherry Blossom asset. Open the CherryBlossom.jpg in PhotoShop and go to Edit > Define Brush Preset. Name it Cherry Blosson. Close that file and go back to the stain glass. Select the new brush we created and scale the brush to fit inside the “Iris Lens” circles. Set your foreground color to #e69d9d. Next add a Blossom to every other circle. Once you have them added set the layer fill to 40%

Make a new Layer named “Light Blossom”. Follow the same steps as on the Dark blossom only this time use the color #f0d4d5 and add them to the empty circles.

Again Make a new Layer and name it “Skull”. Now like before right click here to download the Skull asset. Follow the same steps as before to make a custom brush. Next set your foreground color to White and place a skull inbetween the lines of the occulous. Then rotate the so the teeth point to the center on the stain glass. Then duplicate the skull and flip it horizontally then vertically. Place it across from the first skull like we have done before. Merge the layers. Finally duplicate the layer Nine additional times and rotate each new layer 20%. Set the opacity of that newly merged layer to 60% and you should have this.

Now that we have the Large part of the stain glass created. We are going to move to the smaller part. Make a new layer and again select your elipticl marquee tool and draw a circle out using these guides: 278×20 to 600×340. Hold Shift to make a perfect circle. Now go to Select > Save Selection and name it “Small glass”. Once saved fill the selection with white. Now Open the Blending options and select Stroke. Set the stroke to 3 pixel size, Position Outside, and Color to Black.

Make a new layer and go to Select > Modify > Contract and contract 5 pixles. Again fill the selection with white. Make Blending options and select Stroke. Set the stroke to 2 pixel size, Position inside, and Color to Black. Finally make a new layer, call it “Center” and contract the selection 6 pixles. Again fill the selection with white. Set the Blending options and select Stroke. Set the stroke to 3 pixel size, Position inside, and Color to Black.

Next Make a new layer and reload the selection by going to Select > Load Selection and choose “Small glass”. Now fill the selection with #8378a1. Next Set you foreground color to #8378a1 and your background color to #FFFFFF. Then go to Filter > Render > Clouds. Hit CTRL+F between 5 - 10 times for until you see a good range of shades. Final go to Filter > Pixelate > Crystalize. Set the cell size to 40. Set the fill to 50% and the blend to Multiply.

CTRL+Click the “Center” layer to make a selection. Then make a new layer and fill the selection with #96c0d4. Keep the selection active. Next Set you foreground color to #96c0d4 and your background color to #FFFFFF. Then go to Filter > Render > Clouds. Hit CTRL+F between 5 - 10 times for until you see a good range of shades. Final go to Filter > Pixelate > Crystalize. Set the cell size to 50.

Now we are going to clear the current guides to use new ones. We are clearing the old ones for visability sake. To clear guides go to View > Clear guides. Here are the new guides we are going to use:

Once you have those guides draw our some news circles using the Eliptical Marquee Tool. Five in total like the Image below

Make a new layer and fill the selections with #8378a1. Next Set you foreground color to #8378a1 and your background color to #FFFFFF. Then go to Filter > Render > Clouds. Hit CTRL+F between 5 - 10 times for until you see a good range of shades. Final go to Filter > Pixelate > Crystalize. Set the cell size to 40. Open the Blending options and select Stroke. Set the stroke to 3 pixel size, Position Outside, and Color to Black.

Next google some character images from bleach and add them to the Small portrait sections. Make a new layer. Be sure to make only there faces the focus. Then using your pen tool cut the subject from their background. Then reselect the portrait layer and us it to cut a circle around the face. Finally add the Blending option Stroke. Set the stroke to 1 pixel size, Position Outside, and Color to Black.

Now find a good group photo of the main bleach Characters. Add them too the stain glass.

Now CTRL+Click the “Oute Glass” and Shift+CTRL+Click “Middle Glass” you make an outer ring selection. Next click the Quick Mask Took (Q) and use the pen tool to select out Ichigo’s Arm and wraps then delete the background.

Now grab the pen tool again and use it to cut out the background from the foreground characters. Like below:

We are at the next to last step. Open the blending options and add a Stroke. Set the stroke to 2 pixel size, Position Inside, and Color to Black.

Finally CRTL+Click the main Group and SHIFT+CTRL+Click the Smaller Headshots to make a selection. Make a new layer and fill the selection with white. Set the fill to 10% and you are finished. ^.^

Enjoy!