Harley Davidson Motorcycle Wallpaper

June 5th, 2008 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Designing

This tutorial will show you the process of creating a colorful motorcycle walllpaper in Photoshop from scratch.

Start working by creating a new file (File>New) with 1280×1024 px and 72 dpi. Select after that the Paint Bucket Tool (G) to fill up the new file with black color.

Create Harley Davidson Motorcycle Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

Using the Custom Shape Tool (U), try to represent the rays coming out of the central part of the picture.

Create Harley Davidson Motorcycle Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

Mark out the inside figure’s points, applying the Convert Point Tool (press SHIFT button), press CTRL+E and then press Maintain aspect ratio, getting together them uniformly in the central point.

Create Harley Davidson Motorcycle Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

Set the next demonstrated parameter by making a mouse click on the processed layer on the Layers Palette. Opacity 70%, Fill 0%
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create Harley Davidson Motorcycle Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Harley Davidson Motorcycle Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

While adjusting the gradient’s window, it’s necessary to move the pointer diagonally to get the necessary opacity.

Create Harley Davidson Motorcycle Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3 

Create Harley Davidson Motorcycle Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

Download out of Internet a picture having a motorbike pictured on it.

Create Harley Davidson Motorcycle Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

Cut out the motorbike and insert it on the picture. Its placement may be corrected by selecting the Free Transform solution.

Create Harley Davidson Motorcycle Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

The layer’s parameters: Blending Options>Outer Glow

Create Harley Davidson Motorcycle Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

Blending Options>Inner Glow

Create Harley Davidson Motorcycle Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3


Create Harley Davidson Motorcycle Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

Make a copy of the layer containing the motorbike and create a new layer above the first one. Then we need to put together the new layer and the copy’s one (press Ctrl button to mark out the appropriate layers and press then Ctrl+E). Place the new layer we’ve got under the motorbike’s layer (on the layer’s palette). We need also to select the next options for the new layer: Filter>Blur>Motion blur

Create Harley Davidson Motorcycle Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

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  • hellsing

    13/12/2009

    Nice wallpaper and an easy to follow tutorial for the beginners like me, thanks! But that Harley on the photo is actually a Honda Valkyrie Rune (-;

  • khawar

    16/01/2010

    nice and easy to follow tutorlize
    thanx

  • Thomas

    12/05/2011

    Thanks. Very helpful. Never used Custom Shapes before.