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Inspirational Wallpaper


Step 1

Create a 1900x1200 page and fill black. Get the marquee tool and create a section like below:

Marquee Tool

Step 2

Add new layer and fill in the rectangle in grey, Go to Edit>Define Brush Preset and save.

Define Brush

Step 3

Select the brush and goto the new brush you have just defined, now press F5 and fill in what i have below.

Editing Brush

Step 4

Now lets start the tutorial, draw a few rectangles on the page and then go to Layer>Layer Style>Drop Shadow. Use Color Burn for the Blend Mode, 80% Opacity, 120° Angle, 5px Distance, and 10px Size

Do this 2 more times and you should have something like this.

Adding Shapes

Step 5

Resize image by pressing Ctrl and T at the same time, do as shown below.

Stretching Shapes

Step 6

Merge all 3 shape layers by highlighting all 3, right click and merge layers. Goto Filter>Blur>Motion Blur. Use 90° for the angle and 155 pixels for the distance.

Adding Motion Blur

Step 7

On the shapes layer click Ctrl and T and right click and click on warp. Get it as close to what i have below.

Warping Shape

Step 8

Click Here and download image and place above all layers like below, you will have to resize image to fit. Now get the pen tool and trace round the image so that its just the hand with no background.

Adding Image

Step 9

Now it is starting to look ok but we need to a little more yet to get a nice wallpaper/Poster. Add a little more colour Click the shapes layer and go to Layer>New Fill Layer>Gradient. Change the angle to 90%, and scale to 80% and use what ever gradient you like ive used the rainbow and altered it slightly. After that just change the Blend Mode to Overlay.

Adding Overlay

Step 10

Click on shape layer and press Ctrl and T turn it round and right click and goto distort and distort it untill you get an image like below.

Distorting Shape

Step 11

Create a new layer, fill in black and goto Filter>Render>Lens Flare, use 100% for the brightness and the 50-300mm zoom for the Lens Type. Set it just below the centre of the screen. set the layer mode to screen and goto Image>Adjustments>Levels and set it to Levels to 60, 1, 255.

Adding Lense Flare

Step 12

Add a new layer and fill it black. Goto Filter>Texture>Grain, Intensity to 66 and the Contrast to 60,  change the layer Blend Mode to Soft Light and 60%

Final Step

Click here and download image. Place image over top of every layer and goto Image>Adjustments>Invert, now set the layer Mode to Overlay and the Opacity to 15%. Create new layer goto filter/render/clouds and colout in a little with the gradient tool and set the layer as soft light and 50%. Add company name and all is done.

Inspirational Wallpaper Tutorial: Final Result



Author's URL: UBL Designes
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