Dance of the Dandelion

March 17th, 2009 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Drawing Techniques

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.



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.



The brush’s color is #FC00FC:



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



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



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



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



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



…and the color #FF45D0 (Opacity 50%)



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



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



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:



Gradient’s parameters:





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

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