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Dance of the Dandelion

Create amazing and colorful desktop wallpaper with Dandelion.

Let’s start working by creating a new file (File>New) of 1920×1200 px and 72 dpi. Here we’ll apply the Paint Bucket Tool (G) to give the file black color.

Create amazing and colorful desktop wallpaper with dandelion in Photoshop CS4

Next we’ll use a standard brush on a new layer (Create new layer) to represent by turn several colored spots that will represent the background of our main picture.

Create amazing and colorful desktop wallpaper with dandelion in Photoshop CS4

The brush’s color is #FC00FC:

Create amazing and colorful desktop wallpaper with dandelion in Photoshop CS4

Next color applied should be #ED1C24 (Opacity 30%):

Create amazing and colorful desktop wallpaper with dandelion in Photoshop CS4

Now it’s time for the color #FFFF00 (Opacity 30%):

Create amazing and colorful desktop wallpaper with dandelion in Photoshop CS4

The next applied color is #EE2DFF (Opacity 30%):

Create amazing and colorful desktop wallpaper with dandelion in Photoshop CS4

The color used now is #FFFF00 (Opacity 30%):

Create amazing and colorful desktop wallpaper with dandelion in Photoshop CS4

Insert a spot of the color #FFF798 (Opacity 30%)

Create amazing and colorful desktop wallpaper with dandelion in Photoshop CS4

…and the color #FF45D0 (Opacity 50%)

Create amazing and colorful desktop wallpaper with dandelion in Photoshop CS4

Next the background gets richer with the color #FF00FF (Opacity 50%):

Create amazing and colorful desktop wallpaper with dandelion in Photoshop CS4

Using the Pen Tool (P) and the Convert Point Tool, try to represent a wave of color:

Create amazing and colorful desktop wallpaper with dandelion in Photoshop CS4

Select the next indicated parameters for the made layer by making a mouse click on this layer on the layers’ palette. Fill 0%, Blending Options>Gradient Overlay:

Create amazing and colorful desktop wallpaper with dandelion in Photoshop CS4

Gradient’s parameters:

Create amazing and colorful desktop wallpaper with dandelion in Photoshop CS4

Create amazing and colorful desktop wallpaper with dandelion in Photoshop CS4

Using the same tool, try to insert several layers of different colors:

Create amazing and colorful desktop wallpaper with dandelion in Photoshop CS4

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