Create a Grunge Skateboarding Illustration

February 18th, 2009 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Photo Editing

Rasterize the layer, containing the skateboarder. Create a new layer above the layer belonging to the skateboarder and then press CTRL button to mark out the necessary layers and then press CTRL+E. Make the skateboarder’s layer of black and white color (CTRL+SHIFT+U) and select for the layer the next option: Image>Adjustments>Levels

Create a Grunge Skateboarding Illustration in Photoshop CS4

Create a Grunge Skateboarding Illustration in Photoshop CS4

Select also Filter>Filter Gallery>Artistic>Cutout

Create a Grunge Skateboarding Illustration in Photoshop CS4

Create a Grunge Skateboarding Illustration in Photoshop CS4

…and also Blending mode-Darker Color
Blending Options>Stroke

Create a Grunge Skateboarding Illustration in Photoshop CS4

Create a Grunge Skateboarding Illustration in Photoshop CS4

Create again a new layer (Create new layer) and select the brushes out of the set Scratchygrunge_drowningheart_stock to represent the roughness and the cracks, choosing this color for the brush - #222222

Create a Grunge Skateboarding Illustration in Photoshop CS4

Create a Grunge Skateboarding Illustration in Photoshop CS4

Set the next parameters for the layer containing the brushes: Blending Options>Drop Shadow

Create a Grunge Skateboarding Illustration in Photoshop CS4

Create a Grunge Skateboarding Illustration in Photoshop CS4

On the next new layer (Create new layer) try to dark out the picture’s edges, applying the standard Brush Tool (B) and the Opacity of 20%. The brush’s color is black.

Create a Grunge Skateboarding Illustration in Photoshop CS4

Create a Grunge Skateboarding Illustration in Photoshop CS4

Next we’ll represent new layers by turn and give a kind of colored nuance to the picture. Select a standard brush, choosing for each layer the Opacity option separately, mentioned above but of a bigger diameter. The first nuance’s layer has yellow color and the Opacity of 5%

Create a Grunge Skateboarding Illustration in Photoshop CS4

The layer’s parameters: Blending mode-Color

Create a Grunge Skateboarding Illustration in Photoshop CS4

The second layer has white color. Opacity 10%

Create a Grunge Skateboarding Illustration in Photoshop CS4

The layer’s parameters: Blending mode-Overlay

Create a Grunge Skateboarding Illustration in Photoshop CS4

The last layer has orange color. Opacity of 7%

Create a Grunge Skateboarding Illustration in Photoshop CS4

The layer’s parameters: Fill 76%, Blending mode- Color Dodge

Create a Grunge Skateboarding Illustration in Photoshop CS4

Finished!

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  • Grateful

    06/11/2009

    Thank you so much for these wonderful tutorials, i love graphic arts but unfortunately i am from poor country not able to go to the school for this.

  • car-carlos

    23/12/2009

    cuando pones cambiar modo de fusión a lineal Dodge no pasa nada no odtengo el mismo resultado que mostras vos….

  • Cesar

    24/02/2010

    Cool, esto es justo lo que estaba buscandoo, muchas gracias por este super tutorial. thank’s