Photoshop Creative No. 149

This issue, discover exciting new ways to apply Photoshop’s blend modes. We look at various tricks that will speed up certain photo-editing techniques, as well as steps to create incredible styles, like out-of-bounds art and double-exposure images. Prepare to be amazed – turn to p18 and create your best-ever art today! This issue is also packed full of step-by-step tutorials on combining photos and sketches, drawing with the Pen tool, retouching images, and mastering layers and masks. There is an advanced guide on taking typography effects even further, an Elements section that includes tips on mastering negative space, and a whole lot more. Don’t forget to download the tutorial files from this issue’s FileSilo and follow along, or practise the techniques on your own images. And make sure you show…

Mockups Create a T-shirt design and show it off on one of these mockups Creative pack Use these 27 snowflakes as icons, textures or simple illustrations Tutorial files The assets and start photos you need to follow our tutorials On the FileSilo this issue… • 1 font by Codex Store worth $100 • 68 actions by ArtPlanet and SparkleStock worth $16 • 46 textures by FH&L and Jennifer Lauren worth $34 • 32 brushes by SparkleStock worth $4 • A creative pack of 27 snowflakes by SunnyArt Shop worth $11 • 10 mockups by Go Media worth $37 • Plus all the files to follow the tutorials! Log in to www.filesilo.co.uk/photoshopcreative Register to get instant access to this pack of must-have creative resources, how-to videos and tutorial assets FileSil The…

There’s nothing more inspiring than surfing the internet and seeing what other artists are creating, and we encourage you to do so. Here are some of our favourite pictures that caught our attention recently, from some of the world’s most exciting artists and designers. Martina Naldi martina-naldi.tumblr.com I made this illustration in Photoshop CS6 and with a Wacom Intuos Pro tablet. I wanted to replicate the textures of the ocean, so I used two or three custom brushes in order to create this effect. Anton Fadeev www.artstation.com/ artist/shant For this landscape, I created a few new brushes to paint the strange shapes of the rocks. I also tried a new way of drawing to better control the colour palette at any stage of creation. This is one of a series…

Lisa Fotios www.photoshopcreative. co.uk/user/Lisa90 Image of the issue To create this I used stock images from various websites, and for the underwater part, I combined three water and sea pictures and blended them together. I then changed the opacity and colour of the rock to give the illusion that it is underwater. David Pavlik www.photoshopcreative. co.uk/user/da505 I started this image with the idea of creating something around sadness. It took me two days to complete this artwork, and it was composed of 92 layers. I used a lot of stock images in order to put this image together. Corine Spring www.photoshopcreative.co.uk/user/SpringDA This picture was inspired by French artist Mr Xerty and is comprised of stock images. Lighting effects were used on the headlights of the car, and textures were used…

We challenged you with these In Issue 147, we challenged you to get creative with these four images. You were allowed to use any or all of the pictures, and whatever other resources you chose. Here’s what you created. Challenge entries The best entries and overall challenge winner 1 Michael McLoughlin Teapot Faced Fairy I used all four images for this image. The teapot was converted into a house, with the clocks from the building image used too. The girl image was used inside the teapot. 2 Emma Littlefair Sunday Afternoon Colour I particularly liked the start image of the colour splodges and I used this as my inspiration. Turning the lady into a pencil drawing, I incorporated the splodges into the image and used a brush to add in…

ABOUT THE STUDIO Graphéine www.grapheine.com @grapheine Graphéine is a graphic design advice agency founded in 2002 by like-minded and lively designers from various professional walks of life, all addicted to image. Graphéine primarily focuses on brand creation, visual identity, publishing, signage and web design. Finding a strong, iconic but relatively uncomplicated visual identity is something that many companies strive for. Simplicity connects with a wider audience, but it’s not as easy to create as you may think. Founded in the 2000s, Graphéine studio – which consists of graduate designers designing logotypes, publishing documents and animation – approaches projects with a minimal philosophy. Led by Mathias Rabiot and Jérémie Fesson, the two creative directors of the agency, the studio focuses mainly on creation and consultancy in brand identity, and its work…