Spring is here, should we change our desktop wallpaper? Today we will learn how to use Photoshop to create an I love spring abstract style wallpaper. This article uses some basic operations of Photoshop, but due to space limitations, it can only roughly explain the operation steps. Therefore, I hope that you have mastered the basic knowledge of Photoshop and can perform operations such as free transformation, copying layers, and painting with brushes.
Let’s take a look at the final effect first.
This article takes the Chinese version of Photoshop CS2 as an example. Other versions of Photoshop may have slightly different operations. The specific steps are as follows.
1. Start the Chinese version of Photoshop CS2, press Ctrl+N to open the "New" dialog box, set the document size to 1440x900 pixels, the resolution to 72 pixels/inch, and then click the "OK" button. Select the "Rectangle Tool" in the toolbox (or press the shortcut key U), press the button "Shape Layer" in the option bar, and then draw a rectangle on the canvas with the same size as the canvas, as shown in Figure 1. The gradient effect will be introduced later.
Figure 1
Click the "Add Layer Style" button below the "Layer" panel, and then select the "Gradient Overlay" command from the pop-up menu to open the "Layer Style" dialog box and set the "Gradient Overlay" option as shown in Figure 2. .
Figure 2
The specific settings of the gradient color are shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3
2. Select the "Ellipse Tool" in the toolbox and still draw the shape layer. Draw a circle as shown in Figure 4 (hold down the Shift key while drawing to ensure it is a circle), and set its color to "5A89BB". In specific settings, you may need to turn off its gradient overlay style first. Color selection can be made in the options bar.
Figure 4
3. Then use the "Ellipse Tool" to draw a circle as shown in Figure 5, and set the color to "4D80B6".
Figure 5
4. Then use the "Ellipse Tool" to draw a circle as shown in Figure 6, and set the color to "4779B0".
Figure 6
5. Then use the "Ellipse Tool" to draw a circle as shown in Figure 7, and set the color to "5B89BA".
Figure 7
6. Then use the "Ellipse Tool" to draw a circle as shown in Figure 8, and set the color to "4F80B7".
Figure 8
7. Select the "Custom Shape Tool" in the toolbox, click the downward arrow to the right of "Shape" in the upper option bar, click the small right arrow in the pop-up window, and select "All" from the pop-up menu. , select "Append" when the dialog box appears, and then select "Female Symbol" from the list of shapes as shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9
8. Set the foreground color to 4273AC, and then draw a female symbol on top of the circle drawn above. Press Ctrl+T to rotate the female symbol, and use the "Direct Selection Tool" to select all anchor points of the inner circle in the female symbol, press Ctrl+T to perform free transformation, and appropriately reduce the inner circle to obtain the result shown in Figure 10 shall prevail.
Figure 10
9. Now draw a ring as shown in Figure 11 on top of the circle, and set the color to 5184BA. When drawing, use the "Ellipse Tool" to draw the outer edges first, then hold down the Alt key and draw a circle inside. This will cut off the middle part to form a ring.
Figure 11
The results are shown in Figure 12.
10. Next, select the custom shape "Male Symbol", the method is the same as step 7, as shown in Figure 13.
Figure 13
11. Draw a male symbol and set the color to 3D6DA7. Select the "Direct Selection Tool" in the toolbox, and use the same method as step 8 to appropriately reduce the inner circle in the symbol, so as to obtain the result as shown in Figure 14. Here's a spin on the male symbol as well.
Figure 14
12. Draw another ring and set the color to 4D7FB6, as shown in Figure 15.
Figure 15
The result after the drawing is completed is shown in Figure 16.
Figure 16
13. Now we create a new layer, then select a brush and carefully draw the parts where the rings meet as shown in Figure 17 using two colors, which are the color of the ring in the first symbol and The color of the first symbol, the color values are 5082B8 and 4071A9. In short, our goal is to show the transition of colors and connect the two symbols together.
Figure 17
14. For convenience, we will next group all the layers that make up the mixed graphics into a group. Duplicate the newly obtained group 18 times, then move and freely transform each copy until you get the effect shown in Figure 18.
Figure 18
15. Place the 18th copy of the layer as shown in Figure 19 and change its color.
Figure 19
The color values are shown in Figure 20 and Figure 21.
Figure 20
Figure 21
16. Select a medium size brush, set the color to 2D158B, and draw the shape shown in Figure 22.
Figure 22
17. Hold down the Alt key and click once between the layer where the shape is drawn above and the red element layer to create a clipping mask. The result is as shown in Figure 23.
Figure 23
18. Perform the same operation on the blue symbol, set the foreground color to FE1308, then use a brush to draw the shape shown in Figure 24 in the middle of the symbol circle, and then draw a transition color block with a color value of FE9900 (i.e. orange that).
Figure 24
While holding down the Alt key, click between the drawn shape layer and the blue symbol layer to create a clipping mask. The result is as shown in Figure 25.
Figure 25
19. Change the color of the ring located above the symbol, as shown in Figure 26. Don't forget to place the layer into the correct position.
Figure 26
20. Then use a brush to draw a transition color with a color value of FE1308, as shown in Figure 27.
Figure 27
21. Apply the layer style shown in Figure 28 to the 18th layer copy.
Figure 28
The result after applying projection is shown in Figure 29.
Figure 29
In this way we get the final effect as shown in Figure 30.
Figure 30