Sport Layout

I will start this layout with a blank document with the following sizes: 760x770 pixels.

I will place a image from my personal stock photo collection:

Then I will download the following set of brushes stars flower brushes and I will load this set of brushes in photoshop.

I will create a new layer ( to create a new layer you can press in the same time on (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N).

With Brush Tool:

and with the following brush. I will add some details with this great brush:

I will grab Eraser Tool and with a soft round brush selected.

I will delete the edges of the sun rays.

After that I will use another brush from the same package.

and on a new layer I will add another details.

With Rectangle Tool I will create a navigation bar:

I will create the following layer style with the following proprieties:

Drop Shadow

Inner Shadow

Inner Glow

Gradient Overlay

And this is my final navigation bar:

With Line Tool I will create a 1 pixel vertical line. I will place this line right above the navigation bar:

Now you have to right click on the line layer in your layer palette, then choose Rasterize.

With Erazer Tool selected, and with a smooth round brush, please delete the top part and the bottom part of the line:

I will duplicate this layer several times, and I will place it like in the following image:

Note: To duplicate a layer you have to select the layer first in your layer palette, then you can press on Ctrl+J.

With Rectangle Tool I will create another shape with the following color #f1f1f:

I will rasterize this shape too by right clicking on the layer, and choose rasterize shape:

With Eraser Tool I will delete one more time some parts of the shape. I will use one more time a smooth round brush:

and this is my result:

I will download one more time a set of great brushes from Blue abstract brushes and from this set I will choose the following brush.

Note: set your foreground color to #cdcccc.

This is my brush ( on a new layer of course ):

I will create another rectangle with Rectangle Tool:

Rasterize this shape, then with a smooth round brush and with eraser tool selected, you can delete some parts of the rectangle.

I will create some dotted lines with Horizontal Type Tool:

I will write some dots (.........).

As you see I have a few lines on my layout. There are done the same with Horizontal Type Tool.

After that I will create a new layer (press Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N) and with the Brush Tool, and the following brush selected.

I will add some details to my layout. You can use different layers for each detail you add on this layout.

With Rectangle Tool and the following color #dcdcdc I will create a rectangle and I will place this rectangle like in the following image.

With Brush Tool and the following brush selected. I will add a splat on this rectangle (do not forget to create another layer).

I will download a great set of people custom shapes from People shapes - Silhouette shapes. I will load this set of custom shapes in photoshop, and I will select the following custom shape.

With a black color #000000 I will place the shape like in the following image.

I will select a different shape:

and I will place it on the left side:

Then with Type tool I will add alone some text. Please use different fonts, and at the end you will have something like mine.