This tutorial mainly explains how to use special Photoshop brushes, smudge tools, gradient fill adjustment layers and other tools to create beautiful artistic photos.
Original image.
1. Use brushes to modify
First use cutout to cut out the beauty, and then put it on a new layer above.
Then create a blank layer between the background and the two deducted layers, use the Odysee_Brushes_by_Axeraider70.abr brush, and select the following shape.
Start drawing.
Then create a layer on top of the extracted image and use the Green_Lotus_Brushes_by_Axeraider70.abr brush below to draw.
Set the brush color to #c6eaf9, the effect is as follows.
We use the provided downloaded brushes to create a few layers and describe the effect you like.
2. Adjustment of smear tools and layer modes
Using the Smudge Tool, select the brush shape.
Press F5 to open the brush panel and set it as follows.
Duplicate the layer of the extracted image, and then use the smudge tool to smear on the edges of the character. The effect is as follows.
Set the layer mode to Color Dodge, the effect is as follows.
Duplicate the layer again, keeping the edge effect of the paint, and then set the layer mode to Soft Light, the effect is as follows.
3. Gradient fill adjustment layer to modify the picture
First create a Curves adjustment layer with the following settings.
The effect is as follows.
The first effect. Setting up a Gradient Fill adjustment layer can achieve different effects.
Set the layer mode to Overlay and the opacity to 70%.
The second effect. Fill the adjustment layer with the following gradient.
Set the layer mode to Multiply and the opacity to 70%.
The third effect. Fill the adjustment layer with the following gradient.
Set the layer mode to Soft Light and the opacity to 60%.
