Wallpaper Basics

Ever want to make a kick *** wallpaper like the pros do? Well here I'm going to tell you how to make wall papers like

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or some of AK's! This will teach the novice wall paper designer the basics to designing and laying out a wallpaper!

Step one create a new document with the following settings:

Now grab your gradient tool and draw a line going to the right starting in the middle of the white.

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You should get the following:

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If the circle is not around the size as mine, undo it and draw a longer line. It should be roughly about that size. This will be explained in a moment.

Now, you'll need a C4d or other 3d render for this tutorial. If you do not have one here is one:

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Once this is done ctrl+click the layer with the render on it and copy it to the wall paper. adjust it to the center of the circle. Press shift+ctrl+u to desaturate it.

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Now comes the fun part! Download the starry brushes from the main portion of akpro.net, its under brushes! Load the brushes and we'll begin the star brushing! Make a new layer (SHIFT+CTRL+N) and set your foreground color to white. (Press d then x!) Brush LIGHTLY around the render! (I used the 385 one!)

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Now to create a vocal point! Select the 549 star as your brush.

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In the middle of the render you'll notice a point where everything comes together. Brush ONCE there! (Make sure your foreground is white!) Now select the brush next to it thats 211. Press d and brush in the middle of your white star.

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We're starting to get there huh? Near the bottem right you'll see a brush set to 153. Grab this one and brush with white a few times around the render at random. This will give it a good effect.

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Now its starting to turn out. Lets add some tech brushes. You can go download some off deviantart. I'll use wurklash brushes.

Make a new layer. Add them as you see fit, and don't go to crazy. Think about how you place them.

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I'm sure you get the idea. Heres what I have so far:

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Now to add the text. Grab a pixel font, I'm using serious2b, and add the text somewhere where it isn't to noticable, but is readable. I placed mine in the top left.

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Now to finish this baby up. In the bottem left you'll see a symbol that looks like a ying yang thing, and select color balance.

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Play around with the sliders until you get a color you like. Set the sliders for each radio button. I chose to mess around til I got a nice bluish cyan color.

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And congratulations! Your done! If you liked this tutorial, be sure to register!

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