Abstract art wallpaper
April 1st, 2008 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Designing
In this tutorial you’ll see how to create blue abstract wallpaper for your desktop. Also, these techniques in Adobe Photoshop CS3 are suitable as design elements used in web design, printing design, etc.
Start working by creating a new file (File>New), having 1600×1200 px and 72 dpi.
Then select the Rectangle Tool (U) to draw the background of the picture we want to get. 
Choose the next shown parameters for the first made layer by making a mouse click on the processed layer on the layers’ palette.
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay 
Gradient’s parameters: 
Use the same tool to represent the main basis for the picture’s elements which will be adjusted later: 
The layer’s parameters: Fill 0%
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay 
Gradient’s parameters: 
Using the Free Transform selection, we must narrow down by vertical position the same layer till getting 30 degrees. 
Create a new layer. Mark it out, so mark the previous layer and press CTRL+E. Next we shall rotate the canvas (Image>Rotate Canvas>90 CW) and only after that the Free Transform option will be used for situating the layer on the central part of the picture. 
The same layer should get the next option: Filter>Distort>Shear 
Noor Nawaz
18/11/2009
There following things that i couldn’t understand:
1. Why did you draw the rectangle tool?
2. When I created the same color combinations as shown in 4th picture and tried to rotate the canvas 90 cw it was completely changing from your work outs
What are your instructions for me in your above problems.
Thanks
visitor
12/08/2010
how do you get to the Gradient’s parameters? I can’t seem to find it on photoshop
BTW good tutorial
sss
12/08/2010
your instruction “Create a new layer. Mark it out, so mark the previous layer and press CTRL+E” doesnt make sence to an amiture. I cant seem to distort the picture
Alexa
19/08/2010
I don’t understand what you mean by “mark it out” either. I was wondering if you could tell me what you mean by that.
Rocio
25/08/2010
no puedo distorionar la imagen no encuentro donde sea
Anonym
06/09/2010
Your explanation is awful …
aika
12/09/2010
what a nice design, so please teach me more..:) thanks
Stars and glitter
12/09/2010
This is really hard to follow along with. Better explanations, please.
D J Vaishnav
03/12/2010
on chich layer pen tool is used, I dont gate glow on the spines drow by pen tool but I gate glow on the distorted layer please specify which layer is selected for the use of pen tool
uragonjake
30/01/2011
thank you for this abstract 3d background..i use this in my designing..thank you so much
Nicki
03/03/2011
What I did for the ‘mark it out’ part was change the layer into a smart object and then rasterized it. The rest went pretty well from there.
jay
23/03/2011
nikki sounds hot
anonymus
23/03/2011
where do u put the thigs in gradient overlay at by manosa
Visitor3/23/11
24/03/2011
When he/she says press CTRL+E it merges the layer down.
CalGor
19/04/2011
This tutorial was rather hard to follow, I understood most of it though some of it was difficult to understand what it was saying. The product came out well and though this tutorial was indeed helpful, there needs to be more detail in the explanation.
dani
30/04/2011
Use the Free Transform option to change the bitmap layer as the next picture indicates it:
HOWWWWWWW?????:SSSSSSSSSSSSS
Mahdi
13/05/2011
Dani
first you should use perspective option and then make your object little bigger.
ReDevil
08/09/2011
nice result!
but Not a clear tutorial for beginners, many things are not explained well.