The secrets on how to make artwork of the Sam/Jack ship family thread

[hlndncr]

Beautiful Oma!

I took this:



And this:



And made this:

[bailey1ak]

Usually just lurk, but that turned out so amazing hlndncr, that I had to say so.

[Oma-1]

Wooo, great job with the manip The best ones are the ones that you can't tell aren't real....I can't tell it isn't real! And I looked real hard to seen which bits of which pic you'd used Awesome!

*throws virtual green*

[hlndncr]

Usually just lurk, but that turned out so amazing hlndncr, that I had to say so.

Wooo, great job with the manip The best ones are the ones that you can't tell aren't real....I can't tell it isn't real! And I looked real hard to seen which bits of which pic you'd used Awesome!

*throws virtual green*

Thanks! I was really pleased.

Now I need to use it in a sig so I can enjoy it popping up in my sig rotation from time to time.

[Valerie_Jackson]

Oh wow Val, what a find, that's excellent! I'd love to get my hands on some of those textures and brushes. You could always try asking the person who's LJ you found it on for a tut. In the meantime, I'm feeling the urge to open PS and have a go! If I get anything like it i'll let you know how.

I sent her a message, now I'm just waiting to see if she responds.

Not quite like the Bones one, but I still like it

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...-you-to-me.jpg

Ooh, it purty. @.@
...would you be willing to make me a tut of the awesome?

[Oma-1]

Tut for this as requested by Val.

Spoiler:

I played around lots with layer order, so I can't remember each step. I'll just let you know what each layer is in the finished pic. The main thing really is just learning how to use the different layer types to blend your textures into the pic anyway

Caps

1. 2. 3. 4.

Textures

1. 2. 3.

4. 5.


Layer 1. Texture 1, resize and desaturate.

Layer 2. Cap 1, resize, desaturate, set to 20% opacity. Use a large feather brush to blend in.

Layer 3. Texture 2, set to Lighten 100%.

Layer 4. Duplicate layer 2, set to Screen 100%.

Layer 5. Cap 2, desaturate. Adjustment Layer: Levels, move the white slider to the left to around 100. Use the magic wand to delete the white. Then re-size and blur slightly. Set to Soft Light 100%.

Layer 6. Cut out a piece of the music place in top right quarter. Desaturate, set to lighten 100%. Adjustment Layer: Levels, move the grey slider in the middle to the left set to around 2.6. Erase the edges using a large feather brush. (This was actually the last layer I did after I decided I wanted to put notes behind the text )

Layer 7. Texture 3, set to Lighten 100%. Resize and place with the white strip on the right just showing.

Layer 8. Cap 3, cut and resize to required size. Sharpen.

Layer 9. Duplicate Layer 8, set to Screen 50%.

Layer 10. Duplicate Layer 9, set to Hard Light 100%.

Layer 11. Duplicate Layer 8 again. Flip horizontally, re-size slightly smaller, desaturate, set to Soft Light 100%, sharpen.

Layer 12. Duplicate Layer 8 once more. Resize smaller, set to Multiply 100%.

Layer 13. Duplicate Layer 12. Set to Hard Light 100%. You'll need to use the square selection tool to cut out the corner of layers 8, 9 and 10 from underneath. If you cut slightly bigger you'll get the line effect around the two edges.

Layer 14. This is just a white grunge border brush across the pic level with the bottom of layer 13. I can't remember where I got it from though, I've had it for years.

Layer 15. Texture 5, re-size, place in top left quarter, set to Lighten 100%. Use large feather brush to erase the parts you don't want.

Layer 16. Cap 4, just the eye section, resize, desaturate, set to Hard Light 100%, erase the light part on the right with large feather brush, leaving the fence texture over the top of the icons.

Text: Top Line - ES Splendid, Middle Line - Century Gothic (I think that one's a standard font), Bottom Line - Jane Austen and Aubrey. All have Outer Glow, colour 737362 set at Normal, 66%, size 4.

[iiradned]

Beautiful Oma!

I took this:

http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af243/hlndncr/th_222_outofmind_03.jpg

And this:

http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af243/hlndncr/th_222_outofmind_04.jpg

And made this:

http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/...t/OoMManip.jpg

Beautiful manip there.

[Sarai]

That header is scrumptious Oma, definitely going to have a go at that tonight, thanks for posting the tut!

And great manip hlndncr!!

[Valerie_Jackson]

Thanks Oma. Gonna go try that now.

...wait, didn't someone request a tut for this sig a while back?

Sorry I never got to it, do you still want it? (Sorry, forgot who requested it)

[hlndncr]

Thanks Oma. Gonna go try that now.

...wait, didn't someone request a tut for this sig a while back?
http://i939.photobucket.com/albums/a.../BabyBBSig.png
Sorry I never got to it, do you still want it? (Sorry, forgot who requested it)

I didn't request it, but I'd love to have it.

[Valerie_Jackson]

OK.

Tut requested by... I don't know. :|

Spoiler:

OK, I started by opening up a new file, 425x180, then I capped and resized these pics, (1. and 2.), placed them next to each other. (no cutting anything out, just putting them where they aren't covering each other)
I then used my favorite brush to smudge everything around them, going side to side.
Then I added this texture to it, smudged (this time going up and down) then set to screen.
New layer, fill with white, set to overlay, duplicate layer. Set second layer to 56.1 opacity.
New layer, fill with black, set to overlay, duplicate this layer.
Now for the text, I used curlyJoe for Baby, and Night.. and I cannot for the life of me find the other font I used, sorry. :\
Add borders to the fonts, (set to overlay and blur for plainish text border) and voila, you're done.

There, so easy caveman could do it.

[hlndncr]

OK, it never would have occurred to me to smudge the texture like that. You guys come up with so many clever ideas.

[Fan-e-Gate]

Beautiful Oma!

I took this:

http://s1012.photobucket.com/albums/...tofmind_03.jpg

And this:

http://s1012.photobucket.com/albums/...tofmind_04.jpg

And made this:

http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/...t/OoMManip.jpg

Very nice. I wouldn't have know that last one was a manip if you didn't tell me.

[Treknik]

*delurks*

Great manip hlndncr! Nicely done. Makes the scene feel more intimate . . . like that is even possible, the way they are practically joined as one.

*goes back to lurkdom*

[LadyGalaxyJ]

Jumble - Lovely boobling! I love your last sigs.

Oma - Wow! Beautiful header! And thanks for the tut.

Hlndcnr - Oma's right. You can't tell it isn't real! (If I didn't know the episode so well, I'd fall for it. ;D) Awesome work!


First challenge entry:

I realised it's not 700x200. It's 600x180. :/ My usual sig size. Didn't think before doing it. Tried making it bigger but it doesn't come out as good. (IMHO) If you prefer to have the banners all the same size, I'll obliged and resize it. No problem.



That's what being sick does. I didn't go to my last class of the day, came home early and had time to do artwork. (But I HATE being that sick, so MEH. )

Second banner will be done this weekend probably.