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).

Create An Urban-Style Piece of Artwork in Photoshop CS3

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.

Create An Urban-Style Piece of Artwork in Photoshop CS3

Select on this stage the Custom Shape Tool (U) to represent several rays of white color, placed lower than the DJ’s layers.

Create An Urban-Style Piece of Artwork in Photoshop CS3 

Create An Urban-Style Piece of Artwork in Photoshop CS3

Set the next demonstrated parameters for the layer containing the rays: Fill 33%
Blending mode-Color Dodge


Create An Urban-Style Piece of Artwork in Photoshop CS3

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.

Create An Urban-Style Piece of Artwork in Photoshop CS3 

Create An Urban-Style Piece of Artwork in Photoshop CS3

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 An Urban-Style Piece of Artwork in Photoshop CS3

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 An Urban-Style Piece of Artwork in Photoshop CS3 

Create An Urban-Style Piece of Artwork in Photoshop CS3

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.

Create An Urban-Style Piece of Artwork in Photoshop CS3 

Create An Urban-Style Piece of Artwork in Photoshop CS3

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  • 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.