An Urban-Style Piece of Artwork
August 3rd, 2008 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Designing
Make three copies of the layer containing the red patch. Apply also the Free Transform selection for the copies’ layers to change their sizes and the positions on the picture. Change also the color of the copies. The copies’ layers should be situated lower than the DJ’s layers (on the layers’ palette). 
Make one more copy of the red patch’s layer from the right bottom corner. Select after that the Free Transform option to place the copy on the left bottom corner. 
Select on this stage the Custom Shape Tool (U) to represent several rays of white color, placed lower than the DJ’s layers. 
Set the next demonstrated parameters for the layer containing the rays: Fill 33%
Blending mode-Color Dodge 
Make a mouse click on Add a Mask option on the same layer from the bottom part of the layer’s palette. Select then the Gradient Tool (G) to dark out the lowest half of the rays. 
Make another copy of the layer containing the red patch from the right bottom corner of the picture. Select the Free Transform option to place the copy on the left top corner. 
Create now a new layer that must be placed upper than the rays’ layer, but lower than the DJ’s layers.
Download out of Internet a set of ready to use brushes for Adobe Photoshop, named: Swirls_And_Flowers_Brushes_PS_by_Coby17.
On the new layer we shall apply the brushes of white color. 
Create one more new layer (Create new layer), using on it the Brush Tool (B) out of the above mentioned brushes’ set. The brushes have the white color too. 
hiba
08/09/2009
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
20/09/2009
hey that blend mode with the color overlay and the dj (overlay) does not work…..???
Z
27/09/2009
freaking amazing tutorial! I really found this very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to make it!
RoughDraft76
26/10/2009
One of the most useful and awesome tutorials EVER!
Nick
29/10/2009
Kevin I had the same problem but i changed all 3 layers to overlay and it worked.
Awesome effect man X
Harold
21/11/2009
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
23/11/2009
Great tutorial!
My ilustration: http://tonialmendros.es/images/toni-Urban.jpg
Bye!
Joe J
24/11/2009
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
13/01/2010
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
Ben
09/02/2010
Dude. Amazing tutorial. I’m glad you’ve made the amazing seem so simple.
Ali
07/03/2010
Wow…
Great….
Thanks for this lovely post….
Simple and beautiful ….
Thanks…
Weston
14/03/2010
Worst tutiroal EVER! I dont know where anything is. I need help.
ajkfd
31/03/2010
i don’t have any of the shapes you do
lorenz
19/04/2010
nc tut. i’ve learned something new. ty
car
10/05/2010
Great tutorial. Used the technique for a poster. Thanks.
bob marley
29/05/2010
realy coollllll, man!!!!
thx for free tut.
dunia4you
06/08/2010
intersting
vainatey
23/08/2010
very nic tut, i like it
soris
28/09/2010
buenisimo!
Pavel
07/10/2010
Thank you very much! Love this, and learned something new.
p.s. to all those who comment this tutorial is crap go get a life and get off photoshop this is one of the easiest tutorials to follow i’ve seen in a while.
Rehman Textile
23/10/2010
woooow… great piece of work! v.use ful info
Jimmy
25/11/2010
This is really nice and looks awesome
the instructions werent as detailed as i hoped BUT it actually made me get to know photoshop better cos i had to search around to fins some of the stuff
Ryean
30/11/2010
okies… i know i’ma probably get fussed at about this question… but where is blending options? i have cs5 and i see nothing like that >.<
Ryean
30/11/2010
NEVER MIND! lol
white
08/12/2010
good effect
priyanka
13/02/2011
Nice tute.. Very creative..
Vocal
16/03/2011
Aghh. I don’t have those shapes. I suppose I could just do a gradient and distort it to get the same effect, though.
Pradyumn
22/03/2011
nice tutorial loved it
Devante
13/04/2011
this is a beautiful peice of work. im so happy i saw this. i dont know how to thank for this. im telling all my friends. and we are going to all do it together :’)
ye22512345
13/05/2011
Aghh I don`t have those shapes.I suppose I could just do a gradient and distort it to get the same effect though.
But it`s relly good at my tut job. Thanks a lot.:)
Ryan Jijon M
18/05/2011
Best Regards I have a problem is this: in my photoshop filter I have not cut where I can find?
I can you please help?
thanks!!
please
jake
24/05/2011
u r hot
Anon
01/07/2011
Anyone having trouble with the flower and swirls brushes here is another link I found!
http://myphotoshopbrushes.com/brushes/id/114
The link on this tutorial has a .rar file download that won’t upload for me in CS5. The link I provided downloads as a .zip. You then double click on it and it creates a .abr file which I then can open through photoshop.
heshomoney
02/08/2011
Great Tutorialit’s awesome and the making of the Speaker is the major work in this tutorial…Thumps Up
It really helped me
moy
16/08/2011
can’t see the first image…
xXxCo0ki3xXx
10/11/2011
I’m new with Photoshop and I’m having trouble with the “Color Range” step where you have to click “Free Transform”. I do that, but it won’t let me move the black burst. Can someone please precisely explain to me how to do this?
will
06/01/2012
Birlliant tutorial, Easy to follow and end product looks great, wish all tutorials were this easy to follow
Keep it up