Digital Wallpaper Effect

Today i will show you how to create a nice effect perfect for wallpapers or for photo portfolio websites.

Open a new document ( please use the same values )

Select the Pencil Tool. Change your brush to : Hard Square 2 Pixels brush

Zoom your transparent document to 800 %

Then with your pencil tool start draw something like me:

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Then go to Edit > Define Pattern..

Choose a name for your pattern and press OK

Now open a new image ( i have used a vista wallpaper )

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Create a new layer ( press Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N )

Select Paint Bucket Tool and select the pattern

Then press one time on your wallpaper. You will notice that your wallpaper will be divided into many rectangles

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Select your Pencil Tool one more time and with the same color of your pattern try to delete some of your image rectangles

This is my result

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Then you can add more details. Select Magic Wand Tool and press one time one the black part ( see next image )

This is the result

Then go to Select > Modify > Expand ( expand by 3 pixels )

This is the result

Create a new layer ( press Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N )

Then go to Edit > Stroke and use the following settings

Now press on Ctrl+D to deselect and change the Blending mode to Overlay

Then you can add alone some text and you are ready. This is my final result

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I hope you like this tutorial.