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Here's a nifty method of "painting" in photoshop.
Start off with what ever pic floats yer boat.
Create a Pattern fill layer(Layer>New Fill Layer>Pattern...)preferably using a noise pattern(you can experiment). If you don't have , no prob, make your own as follows:
Create a new 100*100*72 dpi file filled w/ medium gray(R=125,G=125,B=125) and a noise filter(gaussian monochrome) at 15% applied. Select>All, Edit>Define Pattern...)
Then set the blend mode to overlay.
Next you make ground layer which will "act" as your canvas. Fill it with a white or any other neutral color of your choice. Then turn the visibility off on the layer.
Now we make the painting layer. You create a new layer and...nothing that's it no fills no nothing.
So we have 4 layers now:
1. Your original boat floatin pic.
2 A noised pattern fill layer set to overlay mode
3. A neutral color filled layer w/ visibility turned off
4 A completely empty layer
Your painting tool:
What you'll use here is the smudge tool. Here are the settings
Brush: Any of the natural media brushes work great so feel free to experiment
Mode: Normal
Strength: 100%
Make sure "use all layers" is on and "fingerpainting" is off.
Now stroke away. You'll find it a little tricky at first because the color is on the canvas and not your brush So you'll frquently find your colors "smushed together". Remember though you can erase any serious smushes with no effect ton the bottom 3 layers.
Turn on the the ground(white filled) layer everyonce in awhile to check your progress(don't forget to turn it off again
). You don't have to worry about filling all the gaps either , you can use the regular paintbrush to paint in highlights, contrasting colors etc. directly on the ground layer.
When you've got it to where you're happy we're now gonna give it some texture.
With your painting layer selected create a new layer, then make a merged copy (Ctrl-Shift-Alt-E) of you painting. Desaturate it and run the emboss filter with the Amount slider topped out and the height slider around 3-5. Finally change the blend mode to Overlay.
And there you have it. At hope some you out there get as much enjoyment out of this as I did the first time I did it. I've also included one of my first which happens to be the first Photo Art Challenge.
Cheers,
Etienne
Start off with what ever pic floats yer boat.
Create a Pattern fill layer(Layer>New Fill Layer>Pattern...)preferably using a noise pattern(you can experiment). If you don't have , no prob, make your own as follows:
Create a new 100*100*72 dpi file filled w/ medium gray(R=125,G=125,B=125) and a noise filter(gaussian monochrome) at 15% applied. Select>All, Edit>Define Pattern...)
Then set the blend mode to overlay.
Next you make ground layer which will "act" as your canvas. Fill it with a white or any other neutral color of your choice. Then turn the visibility off on the layer.
Now we make the painting layer. You create a new layer and...nothing that's it no fills no nothing.
So we have 4 layers now:
1. Your original boat floatin pic.
2 A noised pattern fill layer set to overlay mode
3. A neutral color filled layer w/ visibility turned off
4 A completely empty layer
Your painting tool:
What you'll use here is the smudge tool. Here are the settings
Brush: Any of the natural media brushes work great so feel free to experiment
Mode: Normal
Strength: 100%
Make sure "use all layers" is on and "fingerpainting" is off.
Now stroke away. You'll find it a little tricky at first because the color is on the canvas and not your brush So you'll frquently find your colors "smushed together". Remember though you can erase any serious smushes with no effect ton the bottom 3 layers.
Turn on the the ground(white filled) layer everyonce in awhile to check your progress(don't forget to turn it off again
). You don't have to worry about filling all the gaps either , you can use the regular paintbrush to paint in highlights, contrasting colors etc. directly on the ground layer.When you've got it to where you're happy we're now gonna give it some texture.
With your painting layer selected create a new layer, then make a merged copy (Ctrl-Shift-Alt-E) of you painting. Desaturate it and run the emboss filter with the Amount slider topped out and the height slider around 3-5. Finally change the blend mode to Overlay.
And there you have it. At hope some you out there get as much enjoyment out of this as I did the first time I did it. I've also included one of my first which happens to be the first Photo Art Challenge.
Cheers,
Etienne
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