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Saturday, 10 December 2005 |
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Abstract Eye
This tutorial with guide you through how to make a a lightning abstract effect using Photoshops default Filters. The results are different everytime you do it so your result will not be the same as mine: (Click for larger versions) |
| 1. | Open Photoshop and create a new document. I'm using 800x800 |
| 2. | Make the Background Black |
| 4. | Create a small black circle the size you want the main area to be. |
| 5. | Create a new layer and create a smaller circle by 2px with a feather of 5px using a dark grey |
| 6. | Create another circle smaller than the last with no feather and fill this with a gradient or solid colour of your choice |
| 7. | Make another circle on a new layer this time smaller than the last circle again, but fill it with a gradient from top to bottom with white to transparent. |
| 8. | Apply a gauissian blur to this circle of 2px |
| 9. | Move this circle so it just touches the top of the previous circle. |
| 10. | Create a new layer and fill with white |
| 11. | Then go to Filter » Render » Fibers: Variance: 8px Strength: 54px |
| 12. | Ctrl + Click the coloured circle then go to Select » Inverse and press Delete |
| 13. | Change the layer style to Luminosity and the opacity20% to |
| 14. | At this point you should have something that looks like this: 
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| 15. | Select all the layers excluding the background layer and merge together. You should now have 2 layers, the layer with the circle and the background. |
| 16. | Now select the Smudge Tool (R): Brush Width: 15px-20px Hardness: 100% Mode: normal Strength: 90% |
| 17. | Now smudge the circle to your desired effect. |
| 18. | Once you are complete with smuding duplicate the layer |
| 19. | Then go to Edit » Transform » Flip Horizontally |
| 20. | Set the blending mode of the duplicated layer to pin light, then press Ctrl + Alt + U |
| 21. | Check the colorize box and select the colour you want. |
| 22. | Do the same for the original layer |
| 23. | Ctrl + Click the duplicated layer and create a new layer above the duplicated layer |
| 24. | Using the gradient tool create a gradient from bottom to top of white to transparent. |
| 25. | Apply a gauissian blur or 3px |
| 26. | Create a new layer and fill this with white |
| 27. | Go to Filter » Render » Fibers and use the same settings as before |
| 28. | Duplicate the layer and set the opacity of the duplicated layer to 50% and flip on the horizontal axis |
| 29. | Merge these two layers and change the blending mode to Multiply and the opacity to 40% |
| 30. | Go to Filter » Sketch » Chrome and use the settings of 10 and 10 |
| 31. | Create a new layer and fill with white, go to Filter » Render » fibers with the same settings as before then Filter » Render » Difference Clouds 5 or so times |
| 32. | Ctrl + Click the layer that has the pin light blending mode and set a feather of 20px |
| 33. | Go to Select » Inverse and delete. |
| 34. | Change the blending mode to Screen and the opacity20% to |
| 35. | Get an image of an eye and put it on and select the blending mode luminosity and the opacity to 75% |
| 36. | Ctrl + Click the eye and set a feather of 20px |
| 37. | Delete this from the layer we made previously. |
| 38. | Create a new layer and go to Filter » Render » Clouds followed by Filter » Render » Difference Clouds around 15 times |
| 39. | Change the blending mode to lighten and the opacity50% to |
| 40. | Press Ctl + Alt + U and colourize it to a similar colour which you used before |
| 41. | Play about with different settings and see what you can come up with. |
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