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[BLEND] BHM; not for the weak
Topic Started: Mar 1 2009, 02:31 AM (688 Views)
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[BLEND] Black History Month Tut
By Ren

Made For: Photoshop
Images: mask Illy1 Tiger woman1 Soul woman astro woman3
Made In: Cs4


STEP 1

Create a new canvas 800 x 800 pxls
White background

Select a hard brush size 4 color black

That will determine how thick the line that we’re going to draw is, also you could use the line tool but I’m kinda on a mission to get people to use the pen tool more so yea.

Select the pen tool and split the canvas diagonally / draw a line to cut the canvas in two on an angle.

Right click >> Stroke path

Ensure that simulate brush pressure isn’t selected

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That line will determine how the images will flow on the canvas.



STEP 2
Now we’re going to get the image of the mask and drag it to the line.

The mask was done by outlining the mask in this picture and filling the selection with black. (start making your own resources guys)

So after you’ve dragged it to the line that’s that- we’re going to add text

Select black and with font Arial Narrow about size 14

Select “toggle the Character” Icon (step 2 in the image below)
when the window appears select the icon shown below in step 3 and select -100 so that the letter spacing is nonexistent.

(the opposite will space the letters out)


Moving on, it’s time to angle it and sit it on the line but to prevent the edges from getting jagged and distorted convert it to a shape.


Right Click on the Text Layer >> Select Convert to Shape


Now you can angle it and drag it to sit on the line.
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You should now have something like this



STEP 3
Now to add some drama to this we’re going to get Illy1 which I snagged from behance.net

Simply drag it to the bottom right corner of the page and get your polygon tool

We want to give the effect that a burst of light is coming from the midst of the right half of the design wherever the line cuts the design (based on how you set it on the canvas) one half should have a burst of light while the other should be normal.

To prevent the left half of illy from being erased use the polygon tool to select the part of illy that’s on the right side. (see below)

After you have the marching ants

Get a brush size 484px and click once in the center of the design

See if you’re with me
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So we now have something like this



Time to add one of the main focus points of the piece, the large B this as well as ‘H’ was done by angling and playing with the form controls.

Type ‘B’ (caps) Arial BLACK size 72

Make sure that “show transform controls” is selected on your options bar.
when the guides appear click the center control i have no clue what it’s called but it’s circled in green below, when you click that the transform controls should appear in place of the options bar.

When you’ve finished angling you can either click the tick mark at the far right or press enter.

BACK TO THE B

When the transform controls appear go to width [w] and put a subtraction sign before the number 100 so that it flips the B horizontally.
Press enter

Convert to Shape so we can angle and let it hang from the line like a flag on a pole.

Right Click Layer B >> Convert To Shape

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You should now have something like this



On to the H

Type the Letter H size 48 Arial Black color Black

Convert to shape

Right Click Layer H>> Convert to Shape

Somewhat Tricky part, by holding down the ctrl button on your keyboard you can click and angle each corner until it seems as though the H is flying off the page when you’re through press enter.
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STEP 4

The easy part Drag Tiger to the canvas and set to lighten.

Position the picture so that the tiger seems to be in the B but we still get the glow of the sky in the H and a bit in the mask

I couldn’t find the original pic so I just took the one from the psd. So get woman1 and desaturate her

SHIFT CTRL U

Or

Image >> Adjustments>> Desaturate

Position her in the midst of the burst of light that we had made earlier on the right side of the canvas and set her to DARKEN

You should have something like this


Make a Merged Copy

CTRL A >> SHIFT CTRL C>> CTRL V

Select All>> Edit >> Copy Merged>> Edit>> Paste

Inverse color

CTRL I


Then Desaturate to even it out
SHIFT CTRL U

Now you should have something like this




STEP 5

If you want you can make a duplicate just for backup or you can just put a mask on the layer and with a black soft brush erase gently. This will give you a misty glow and the night sky feel of the original piece.

Get your polygon tool and just draw random triangular shapes along the line deleting as you go along use this as reference

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If the cuts are too sharp undo and use a soft brush to gently erase the selection.



STEP 6

Get Soul drag it to your canvas this is for the image of a woman in the letter H.

You can choose from the various sets in the image which woman you’d like to use but I used the one at the top left of the two panel scan.

Drag and position Soul so that she seems to be in the letter H then set to Lighten Erase where necessary (until she only seems to be in the letter H)

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CTRL CLICK on the thumbnail of letter H so that marching ants outline the letter SHIFT CTRL I to inverse select then go back to the layer with SOUL and  hit delete


CHECK IF YOU’RE WITH MIO
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STEP 7

Use your pen tool to outline the main images B mask and H

When you’ve finished drawing one line hold down ctrl then click that will allow you to draw another path when you’ve finished

Select a hard brush size 4 color white

Go back to your pen tool

Create a New Layer

Right Click >> Stroke path

To get the faded look you can simply use a soft eraser and with a lower opacity or flow erase along the lines.

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CTRL J will duplicate the layer you can then drag that so that you have 2 lines running parallel


BLAST!!

OH ok so I forgot a step so we’re going to have to switch this up a bit ;/

Go back to the mask layer ctrl J duplicate the layer then drag that layer to the top of your layer window. It will look black again but that doesn’t matter

Get woman astro and drag it to the canvas making sure that it’s above the mask layer

HOLD DOWN ALT

Then move your cursor to the line between layer woman astro and layer mask

THEN CLICK

The picture of the woman should now be in the mask- move her around until she’s peering out at us.

Also you should see a mini arrow pointing downwards

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STEP 8

Get woman3 and drag her to the canvas. Just like we did illy we’re going to cut her in half diagonally. So drag her to the canvas

Desaturate her

SHIFT CTRL U

Set to DARKEN

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STEP 9

Coloring
Layer>> New Adjustment Layer >> Selective Coloring

Neutrals
Cyan +48
Magenta +9
Yellow -13
Black -3
Absolute checked

Blacks
Yellow -4
Black +3
Absolute checked

Finally Finished
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kinda rushed it so tell me if there are any glitches in it
 
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thanksz . time for me
to translate this bad boy !
 
Criss
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AWWW DIDNT KNO YOU MADE THE TUTORIAL FOR THIS.
I HAVE TO TRY THIS.
 
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lol translate away
and yea i did it yesterday evening. I'm working on a tut for the gaspard blend now ingrid over by rcr asked for it... NS is closinig soon
 
Criss
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YEA I SEEN WHEN THEY ASKED FOR IT IN YOUR GALL.
THAT WILL BE A NICE TUTORIAL.

&& I TOLD YOU MY GRAPHICS ARE NOT GOOD.
NOBODY EVEN REQUESTED TO LEARN ONE OF MINE.
I GUESS THEY ARE NOT WHAT CAN I SAY.
ALL ADVENTURES AND STUFF. OH WELL. IMMA
JUST CONT. TO DO WHAT I DO.

&& ARE YOU DOIN ANOTHER WORKSHOP??
 
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i decided imma use
some pics of my own.
imma follow this
tutorial though =]
 
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i did a Kanye West Heartless theme.
 
RENERZ
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OMFG that's sikkkk!!!
awww i'm soo proud!!!
 
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Mar 1 2009, 04:40 PM
YEA I SEEN WHEN THEY ASKED FOR IT IN YOUR GALL.
THAT WILL BE A NICE TUTORIAL.

&& I TOLD YOU MY GRAPHICS ARE NOT GOOD.
NOBODY EVEN REQUESTED TO LEARN ONE OF MINE.
I GUESS THEY ARE NOT WHAT CAN I SAY.
ALL ADVENTURES AND STUFF. OH WELL. IMMA
JUST CONT. TO DO WHAT I DO.

&& ARE YOU DOIN ANOTHER WORKSHOP??

well that's probably my fault i didnt really state this time around that they could request from other galls. :/ you're graphics are good tho, especially ur colorizes and displacements
 
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Mar 1 2009, 07:50 PM
OMFG that's sikkkk!!!
awww i'm soo proud!!!

thanksz i tried ...
 
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THAT IS NICE.
I COULDNT ADD MY OWN PICTURES I WOULDNT KNOW WHERE TO PLACE THEM.
 
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I was having a lil color problem when I pasted the done product on psp but here they go............

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I got the color back

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o142/ro...2007/Itre1m.png

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o142/ro...l2007/Itre1.png ;)
 
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:wub: great job rob
 
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Thankz Ren!
 
Criss
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this is mine.
im thinkin about makin a chris brown one.

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smexy =] i wanna see the chris one when you finish yup
 
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LOL OK. IM GOIN TO WORK ON IT A LIL LATER.
 
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i need some more tutorials.
i mean i like learning new
things but putting them in
my kind of style. also where
do you find the patterns.
[ like the black one in this blend ]
i try searching but i don't find any.
 
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i just google vectors and save them
-behance.net has alot - i go there every time i make something
-vector portal 2
 
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