An Urban-Style Piece of Artwork
August 3rd, 2008 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Designing
While grunge has its origins in the 90’s, recently the style has been gaining in popularity once more. In this tutorial I will show you how to create a dirty, urban style image using both well known techniques as well as a few new ones.
Create a new file (File>New), having 1280×1024 px and 72 dpi.
Select then the Rectangle Tool (U) to represent the background of the picture we want to have. 
Set the next parameters on the made layer by making a click on this layer on the layers’ palette.
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay 
Gradient’s parameters: 
We have to find in Internet a photo of a DJ. 
Cut out his figure and put him on the main picture, applying for the DJ’s layer the next solution:
Filter>Filter gallery>Cutout 
Make a copy of the DJ layer, situating the copy lower than the first layer (on the layers’ palette). We should set for this new layer - copy the next shown parameters: Blending Options>Color Overlay 
Hide for a while the first layer belonging to the DJ. 
Next we should make visible the first layer of the DJ, applying for it the next indicated parameters:
Blending mode-Overlay
Blending Options>Outer Glow 
hiba
08.03.08
thx alott, i did ur style and it was really gooood not perfict like urs but reallly nice.
so thx alot and please keep it up ^^,
kevin
08.03.08
hey that blend mode with the color overlay and the dj (overlay) does not work…..???
Z
08.03.08
freaking amazing tutorial! I really found this very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to make it!
RoughDraft76
08.03.08
One of the most useful and awesome tutorials EVER!
Nick
08.03.08
Kevin I had the same problem but i changed all 3 layers to overlay and it worked.
Awesome effect man X
Harold
08.03.08
I am not quite sure what I just did but, you have to play with the selection/ image and inverse in the color range adjustment step. It turned up as a black burst, then when the color grad is applied it turns out. It was the only way I could get the free transform to act properly. Ill report back after I practice this step again. Thanks of rthe lesson I had been looking for this very technique.
Rubix
08.03.08
Great tutorial!
My ilustration: http://tonialmendros.es/images/toni-Urban.jpg
Bye!
Joe J
08.03.08
Brilliant thanks here is my attempt with a pic of my friend djing and I have 7.0 so couldnt use those lovely flower and swirls and had to impro I also tried one changing the color tones to blue and purple looked preatty neato aswell!
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs046.snc3/13347_350225920610_806665610_10148555_4327469_n.jpg
James
08.03.08
please dont ever make a tutorial again, worst tutorial ever, you dont explain anything, and just expect us to find all the tools and stuff, please quit