This tutorial will show you how to create a clean looking web layout for your portfolio.
Create a new file (
File>New) with
766x750 px and
72 dpi. Next use the
Paint Bucket Tool (G) to paint the new layer with this shown color -
#0F1715
Find in Internet a kind of pattern, like this one:
Edit>Define Pattern. Create a new layer and select this option
Edit>Fill, to insert the pattern on our main picture.
Make a mouse click on the same layer on Add a Mask option that may be found on the lowest part of the layers’ panel. Next choose the
Brush Tool (B) and
Opacity of
20% of black color to clean out the upper part of the picture.
Select for this layer these parameters:
Blending mode-Soft Light
The
Rectangle Tool (U) is helpful in drawing a thin stripe on the lowest part of the picture. The element’s color is
#0F1715
Using the same instrument, it’s possible to represent the menu’s panel, reserved for the site’s header.
Apply the next parameters by making a mouse click on the layer we work with on the layers’ panel.
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay
Gradient’s parameters:
Use the
Rounded Rectangle Tool (U) with a
radius of
10 px to draw on the menu’s panel a button. Next stage we should hold on
Alt button while using the
Rectangle Tool (U) and cut out the unnecessary elements.