Designing College Rock Band illustration
February 24th, 2009 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Photo Editing
Make a copy of the layer containing the effect we’ve used for the text’s layer and place this copy above the text’s layer (Rock band). 

Insert now the set of drums, cutting them out preliminary (I used this picture from SXC. I would like to thank the author of this picture): 
Make a copy of the layer with the drums, placing the copy lower than the previous drums’ layer (on the layers’ panel). Using the Free Transform option, change a little the copy’s sizes: 
The layer’s parameters: Fill 0%, Blending Options>Gradient Overlay 
Gradient’s parameters: 

Insert now the guitar (I used this picture from SXC. I would like to thank the author of this picture.): 
Make a copy of the guitar’s layer, placing it also lower than the previous guitar’s layer. Displace a little the copy’s layer, applying the Free Transform option. 
The layer’s parameters: Fill 0%, Blending Options>Gradient Overlay 
Gradient’s parameters: 

Next we need to change a little the color nuance of the guitar as for it to be appropriate with the general picture’s color nuance. In this case we click on the bottom part of the layers’ panel on Create new fill or adjustment layer>Hue/Saturation 

Make a mouse click on the same layer on the bottom part of the layers’ panel on Add a Mask selection and use there the standard brush of black color to clean out the zone demonstrated below: 

Press Alt button and make a mouse click between the effect’s layers and the guitar’s layers on the layers’ panel: 

The final result!
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Mike
11/05/2010
Haha…neat trick with the free transform tool for making the photo look like an old torn peice of paper. Now I know how to use layer masks. Useful tool for some other projects! I think I’m going to use this tutorial to enter this poster contest out where I live.
If anyone else is interested, you can check it out here:
http://targheemusic.com/?page_id=138
hope to see a few other members in the competition!
Tuny
04/08/2010
I real like this tutorial,you make the whole process look so easy.I’m a huge fan of ur site.