The color palette and creativity of this tutorial are really nice. Simply use the surfer girl material and create a very outstanding effect through a series of color combinations and adding decorative effects. The production process is not much, but the author's details and local decorations are great and worth learning.
Original picture
final effect
1. Select a picture of a surfer girl. Since the contrast of the picture is not strong enough, we can adjust the color levels. The parameters are as shown in the figure below:
2. Now we need to add a sunlight ray effect to the character: you can choose some radial brushes or shapes and pull out a circular shape on the picture, as shown in the picture below:
3. In order to make the shape of this ray not too monotonous, we create some 3D effects and adjust the ray to be consistent with the angle of the surfer sliding down the wave: press Ctrl+T, right-click the mouse - Distort, drag the transform ruler to adjust the ray path , see the effect below:
4. Use a large soft-angle brush to erase the edges of the ray to create an illusory ray effect. Also erase the ray on the character in the center of the ray.
5. Finally, set the layer mode of the ray to Soft Light. As shown below:
6. Add rolled floral decorations. Choose from your collection of Photoshop flourishes, draw a medium-sized shape, or use one of the tutorials provided. Note that since this is a shape, you can resize it arbitrarily without distortion.
7. Do you still remember the method you used to create the ray angle? Repeat the process this time: press Ctrl+T-Distort and drag the transform ruler to create an angle that matches the ray perfectly.
8. If you use the floral shape provided in the tutorial, I recommend adding a floral shape to make the pattern more coordinated. Once done, adjust the two floral shape layers and use an eraser to erase the floral shape part of the girl's body. This will create an illusion shape on the girl's back. Still, I recommend leaving a line on the girl, which will give the picture a more professional look.
9. Add outer glow to the floral decoration. The specific parameters are shown in the figure below:
10. Create a new layer on the top of the layer, and use a large soft-angle brush to draw several lines of different colors, as shown in the following picture:
