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.

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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  • spr0sse

    19/08/2009

    omg..this is hilarious!

  • Bubbles

    28/09/2009

    Are the photos on these webpages (Dance of the Dandelion is the one in question) copyrighted?

  • Nounou88

    26/10/2009

    I’ts wonderful, I love it!
    I hope that I’ll be as creative!

  • S

    27/06/2010

    What is the name of the first brush used to create the dandelions – where the tutorial goes through the brush settings?

    Can anyone post a link to where it could be found or at least the name/title of the brush?

    Thank-you.

    S