This Photoshop tutorial, you will learn how to use a layer blending
modes, and cut and paste techniques to create a photo manipulation.
Combine your creativity with these Photoshop techniques to create your
own photo manipulation artworks.
Final Image
Step 1:
First of all, create a new document. Mine is 1100px wide x 1100px
high. Now our first task is to create a nice abstract background. To do
this we'll draw a radial gradient down using these two colors: #46701a
to #000000.
Step 2:
Copy the background layer. Name it bg2. Change the layer blending mode to color dodge.
Step 3:
Take a new layer. Name it "clouds". Change the foreground color to
black and background color to white. Go to Filters-render-clouds.
Step 4:
Now go to Filters-Distort-Waves.
Number off generators: 5
Wavelength: Min. 93, Max. 256
Amplitude: Min. 1, Max. 75
Scale: horiz. 100%, Vert. 100%
Step 5:
Change the layer blending mode to Overlay. It will look something like this.
Step 6:
Take a new layer and paint it using brush tool, as shown below.
Step 7:
Change the layer blending mode to Color.
Step 8:
Place the "Venice mask" image on the new layer. Go to filter-distort-wave.
Step 9:
Change the layer blending mode to "Soft light"
Step 10:
Place the ballerina on a new layer. Name it "ballerina".
Go to Layer-Layer style-Outer glow.
Step 11:
Make wings from "Venice mask". Call this layer "wings".
Step 12:
Place the wings behind ballerina. Go to Layer-Layer style-Outer glow.
Change the layer blending mode of the "wings" layer to luminosity.
Step 13:
Ctrl+click the "wings" layer. This will select the wings. Hide the
"wings" layer. Take a new layer, name it "wings color". Fill the
selected area with #8e8d20.
Step 14:
Place "wings color" layer behind the "wings" layer.
Step 15:
Cut out the mask from "Venice mask". Place it on the ballerina's
eyes. Change the layer blending mode to luminosity. Name this layers
"eye-mask"
Step 16:
Ctrl+click the "eye-mask" layer. Hide the "eye-mask" layer
Take a new layer name it "eye-mask color". Fill the selected area with #8fee57. Change the layer blending mode to linear burn.
Step 17
Place "eye-mask color" layer behind "eye-mask" layer.
Step 18:
Make ornaments for ballerina using the decoration in Venice mask
Step 19:
Make necklace, armlet and anklets
Step 20:
Merge all the layers. DONE
I hope you liked it
