Gang,
It’s been a while since I made a Photoshop tutorial. Now, here it is. A “dreamy portrait” and how to make it. Fast, simple and easy.
This is the original photo of my friend Suzana. She was using her mobile when this picture was taken and I wanted to create more “dreamy” look. So I sat down by my Photoshop and created another image of Suzana.
This our final image:
And here is what we begun with:
So after importing an image into the Photoshop go to:
1. Layer->New Adjustment Layer->Levels
2. Select Level Presets
3. Select Lighten Shadows
4. Play with the histogram until you get the desired look
5. Now, add new white colored layer above the image. Copy the layer containing the photo and place it above the white colored layer you just created.
6. Add a layer mask to the layer containing the photo by clicking the layer mask icon.
7. Use the brush tool (F5) 
to “erase” the parts you don’t want to have on the image.
8. You can adjust the brush size, opacity and flow to make the “cleaning” easier and faster. Make sure that the “foreground color” is black. You can clear the background on this stage like I did.
9. Now, select “Outer glow” option from the layer effects (double click on Layer)
10. Select the color which is the closest to the background photo color…
11. Now, at this stage I wanted to expand the canvas of the image and get more space on the left side.
Select Image->Canvas Size and expand the width of the photo to the left.
12. Now select the lower layer…
13. … and stretch it to the left.
14. From the Filter menu select Filter->Blur->Gaussian Blur in order to blur this stretched layer.
15. Create a new Layer group above the blurred background
16. Load the Bokeh Photoshop brushes (they are a part of Sweet Love Valentine’s Pack), enlarge the spacing and re-size the brush (this may vary according to the image size) and enlarge brush spacing
17. Change the Shape dynamics (this may vary according to the image size)
18. Change the Scattering option (this may vary according to the image size)
19. Move the brush over the image, it will randomly add bokeh circles
20. From the Filter menu choose Filter->Blur->Gaussian Blur in order to blur the circles
21. Create new layer above the current layer
22. Use the same brush, but this time will work with smaller size
23. Again, from the Filter menu choose Filter->Blur->Gaussian Blur in order to blur the image, but less than the layer below
24. Again, add another layer (3rd one)
25. Now add more, even smaller bokeh brushes
26. Leave the 3rd layer as it is.
27. Now select the Layer group which contains those three layers with bokeh brushes
28. And change the layer mode to the “Color Dodge”
29. And voila! Here is our Dreamy Portrait Image
I hope you liked this tutorial and
While I’m creating new brushes, vectors, wallpapers or tutorials, feel free to visit Graphics-Illustrations.Com Shop for some totally cool Photoshop brushes, Vector Art, Scrap book kits, RF Images, and loads of other designers toolss, or join us at GreenBulbGang.Com!
Have fun creating!
Silvia
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Gang, as you know, Photoshop brushes can be used in a huge variety of ways. They are mostly used by
- graphic designers,
- scrap books enthusiasts and professionals alike,
- photographers for their photo books …
- even fashion and textile designers contacted me to tell me how much they appreciated my brushes in their works
- not to mention how we even decorated a Mercedes Smart car once
But, I don’t think I ever demonstrated how Photoshop brushes can be used to make cool 3D graphics.
And I don’t need to.
Simply because Graphic.Fabulog made a great tutorial on how to make col 3D graphics and he used my Photoshop brushes Swirls and Circles
So, here is the link to tutorial ->
And here is the link to brushes used in the tutorial ->
I liked the graphic he made a lot and I hope you will like it too (and tutorial naturally).
xoxoxo
Silvia
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Gang,
Few days ago, I introduced a brand new, hot and a totally very nice Photoshop brushes set Photo masks Grunge Squares (4).
And, the very same day I made a promise. I solemnly promised to issue a LITE (read FREE) edition of this, genuinely, PREMIUM Photoshop brushes set!
As I promised – Wednesday is here and Free Lite Edition of this cool Photo Masks Grunge Squares Digital Stamps is here as well!
Four out of the twenty five brushes is what everyone gets for free.
And here they are:
These are perfect for photos of 2×2 / 3,2×2,2 inches @300dpi. Print ready, of course. So, this is not just for web.
| Preview Photo Masks – Grunge Squares FREE LITE Photoshop brushes set (4) |
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You can use them commercially if you want, just do not sell or distribute them.
By the way, I noticed, there are quite a few guys out there who collect free brushes or stamps like these, then bundle them into some hybrid sets and offer for download on their sites. Now, how lame is that?!
Anyways, majority is normal people who just use my free brushes to create great stuff.
Oh! Did I not mention? Commercial use is perfectly OK! Moreover, I am always happy to hear about your businesses success especially if my brushes were involved in any way. Ever since I started creating brushes and offering them on my blog, I’ve heard about are so many different ways of using brushes in your business that it is – amazing.
Try them out and if you like them, you can buy the PREMIUM set:
Photo Masks – Grunge Squares
Photoshop brushes set (25+25+25) + 25 PNGs
The set includes 25 brushes in three different sizes (from huge ones for printing purposes to small ones for web purposes), so you can use them to frame your photos in the following dimensions:
- 2×3 and 2×2 inches
- 4,5×3,1 and 3,1×3,1 inches
- 3,8×5,7 and 4×4 inches
In addition, set includes 25 transparent PNG files for 5,8×4 inches and 4×4 inches photos.
| Preview Photo Masks – Grunge Squares Photoshop brushes set here |
| Get the Photo Masks – Grunge Squares Photoshop brushes set (25+25+25) + 25 PNGs for $9.99 only |
And that is not all, this set is also available as a BONUS!
What do I mean?
Well, if you buy 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET (which is a unprecedented offer by itself already as it comes with a great value and loads of bonuses), so, where was I, oh Yes! If you buy 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET by this Friday (10th of September), you will get Photo Masks – Grunge Squares Photoshop brushes set (25+25+25) + 25 PNGs for FREE!
Guys, I’m kinda feelin’ blue today ….
So now, at the end of this post, I want to share with you – something beautiful… no comments necessary. Just lay back and listen (you can close your eyes either, it’s the music that counts).
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Ladies and gentleman,
It is my great pleasure, on this beautiful day, to present you with a brand new, steamy and hot Photoshop brushes set:
Photo Masks – Grunge Square
(25+25+25) + 25 PNGs
The set i
ncludes 25 brushes in three different sizes (from huge ones for printing purposes to small ones for web purposes), so you can use them to frame your photos in the following dimensions:
- 2×3 and 2×2 inches
- 4,5×3,1 and 3,1×3,1 inches
- 3,8×5,7 and 4×4 inches
In addition, set includes 25 transparent PNG files for 5,8×4 inches and 4×4 inches photos.
As all of my sets, these are compatible with Adobe Photoshop (up to latest version), Photoshop Elements (up to latest version), PaintShopPro (up to latest version), Paint.NET (up to latest version and, of course, for the .png’s, you can use them in any decent image or photo editing software in the Universe :)
Oh! Did I not mention? Commercial use is perfectly OK! Moreover, I am always happy to hear about your businesses success especially if my brushes were involved in any way. Ever since I started creating brushes and offering them on my blog, I’ve heard about are so many different ways of using brushes in your business that it is – amazing.
This set is, along to loads of other great sets, available in my little shop of wonders at: http://shop.graphics-illustrations.com/cart.
And that is not all, this set is also available as a BONUS! What do I mean? Well, if you buy 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET (which is a unprecedented offer by itself already as it comes with a great value and loads of bonuses), so, where was I, oh Yes! If you buy 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET by this Friday (10th of September), you will get this set for FREE!
And if you were wondering about the FREE LITE DOWNLOAD of this set, no worries!
It will be available to all GBG members as of this Wednesday and it will include several brushes from this set.
That’s why it’s worth to be a GBG member (Join us now)!
| Preview Photo Masks – Grunge Squares Photoshop brushes set here |
| Get the Photo Masks – Grunge Squares Photoshop brushes set and PNG files here |
Video Tutorials on how to use Photoshop brushes and PNG files as photo masks:
- How to Use Photoshop brushes as photo masks in Adobe Photoshop
- Using Photoshop brushes and PNG files in Photoshop Elements
You can see the Photo Masks – Grunge Squares in action above the header of this post and down below:
OK Gang! That’s it for now! Stay well, love and hug each other, have fun creating stuff and we’ll speak soon as I’m coming with some more new stuff this week!
Love,
Silvia
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Gang,
We started the last minute dispatch of the March 2009 Edition Green Bulb Gang eZine.
As always, in this issue too, we bring you a little something Learn, something to Enjoy & something to Gain.
1. LEARN
In March 2009 for GBG members we prepared a new video tutorial “Creating Scatter brush in Adobe Illustrator” So, if you are not familiar with these techniques just follow it through and learn something new.
2. ENJOY
As always, we bring some fresh, exclusive and FREE downloads for GBG members and that’s you guys! In this issue we bring:
– FREE Photoshop Brushes set – Funny Bunnies (7+7) [ PREVIEW HERE ]
– FREE Easter Background Download: 2400×2400 pix (8×8 inch, 300 dpi) [ PREVIEW HERE ]
3. GAIN
Of course, as a Green Bulb Gang member you can always gain. This time we prepared a GBG SPECIAL OFFER: Illustrator Vector Set: Spring Birds (65) Special Discount for GBG members only!
Only cool stuff, as always!
So, if you are not the member now is the time to join our GBG HERE –>
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Hi Gang,
Many of you asked me about coloring brushes in Adobe Illustrator.
Well, I know, I promised to make a video tutorial long time ago, but there is so much to do and so little time :)
Anyways, finally, it is here. Video tutorial on coloring the brushes.
Before watching it, please make sure that you have your Illustrator ready and the brushes window open (F5).
Basically, what I’m doing here is the following:
- First I load my Adobe Illustrator brushes from Vector Floral Shapes set (30). As soon as the desired brush is clicked on – it appears on the brushes window.
- Double click on the brush to open a dialog box. “Colorization method” has to be set to “Tints”.
- Rest is self explanatory, just make the shape and select the color with the color picker
Enjoy the movie and let me know if you think I should add more details.
Have fun creating!
Silvia
P.S.
Of course, even if you are not interested in getting 800+ HiRes Pro Photoshop brushes for 1/2 the price (which is barely possible); you certainly don’t want to miss the Vectors and Illustrations department in my little shop :)
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I received a lot of questions about using my Photoshop brushes in Photoshop Elements.
Here is a short video (129 seconds) to show you how to use my (and any other) Photoshop brushes in Photoshop Elements:
- Loading brushes
- Decorating a family photo
So, here is what’s going on on video:
- Select Brush tool (Shortcut “B”)
- Expand Brushes palette
- Go to “Load brushes”
- Browse to the directory with brushes and select “Swirls butterflies PREMIUM set” -> Load
- Select one of the brushes
- Make sure Hue Jitter is 100% (that is if you want color to vary)
- Adjust the size of each of the butterflies by pressing [ (to decrease) or ] (to increase)
- Place butterflies around the image
This is just a small intro to answer some of your questions related to compatibility of Photoshop brushes with Elements. This video was done in Elements 6.0
If you were just thinking about getting Photoshop Elements for PC:
Adobe Photoshop Elements for Windows
If you were just thinking about getting Photoshop Elements for Mac:
Adobe Photoshop Elements for Mac
If you would like to get great, big and huge discounts on my brushes Click here (time limited offer) ->
If you’re designer looking for more images like the one used in this video please refer to iStockphoto.
Love,
Silvia
P.S.
Eh, and don’t forget to check out my latest Photoshop brushes Catalog – Summer 2008 Edition ->
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Gals’n'Gays,
Many of you used the opportunity to get the Grunge Love Scrapbook Set for free by buying my latest Photoshop brush Floral Shapes (the offer is still on the table :). Therefore, many of you got a hold on scrapbook kit for the first time and I receive many questions on how to use that kit.
That is why I decided to prepare a tutorial for all of you who are scrapbooking beginners, I’m gonna make a scrapbook dedicated to my sister Nina who I love very much.
So, here is the step-by-step tutorial on usage of the scrapbooking kit Grunge Love!
1. Start Photoshop and open one of the background files provided in „Scrapbook Page Kit: Grunge Love”. In this tutorial I used “bgr4.jpg”.
2. Choose the photos you want to use in this scrapbook page. Since I am dedicated this scrapbook to my sister, I used her photo (these funny photos are taken with fish eye lens.)
3. Drag and drop this photo to a layer above the background and open one of the frames (“png” files – transparent). Drag and drop the frame (in this case “frame01.png” from Scrapbook Page Kit: Grunge Love) to the layer above the photo. Align it and scale so that it fits.
4. If you want to work with corners separately, select the one you want to move with “Rectangular Marquee Tool” and move it around, or cut out the photo to fit the frame. (Tip: using simple Rectangular Marquee Tool or Polygonal Lasso Tool surround the frame corner and, while holding Ctrl key, press arrow keys up and down. Now the corner is selected. :))
5. Add another photo and add another frame. Now, you can rotate the photo and the corners (all layers) together (except for the background, you don’t want to rotate background). So, select the layers with photos and corners by holding the “Ctrl” key (Press Ctrl, hold it down and click on layers one by one until all layers are selected). Now press Ctrl+T for Free Transform and rotate the selected layers for, say, 15 degrees. Hit Enter once you’re done.
6. Now you can use one or two (or more) heart symbols. I went for heart with wings. Rotate them for 15 degree too.
7. Open the “loveLetters.png” file (also from Scrapbook Page Kit: Grunge Love) and add letters at the layer above.
8. Add one symbol in the background (just above the background layer), for example you can choose “heartTransparent.png” (from the same Scrapbook Page Kit). Use layer blend modes and select “Multiply”…
9. That’s it!
As you can see it’s quite simple. Everything you need is included in the kit (except for the photo of my sister :))
So, if you still haven’t, you can still get this kit for free when you purchase Photoshop Brushes – Floral Shapes ($9.99). Or you can get Grunge Love Scrapbook Kit individually for $4.99.
Have fun creating!
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NOTICE:
This package is quite heavy – 44Mb. This is because all images are in highest resolution 12″x12″ at 300dpi for those of you who want to print it in a professional way. I’m saying this because the download might take long especially for those of you who don’t have high-speed broadband Internet connection.
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Guys, I know many of you use Paint Shop Pro.
To be honest, back in the ’90 or ’91 at the times when I was just starting to discover the magic of graphics on PC, my first bitmap editing program was Corel… Photo Paint I think was the name.
Only later on I moved over to Photoshop, but I missed some of it’s features for a long time after.
So, for those of you who would like to use beautiful and the coolest Photoshop brushes ever in Paint Shop Pro, here is the tutorial on how to convert Photoshop Brushes to Paint Shop Pro Brushes ->
I hope you’ll enjoy it!
Darijan
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The most important shortcuts when working with Photoshop brushes are the one to select Brush tool on the main Toolbar - "B", to get the Brushes Toolbar on the screen - "F5", to decrease the brush size "[", to increase the brush size "]", to select next brush on brushes palette "." and to select previous brush on brushes palette ",".
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Hi Gang! It’s been a while and I feel totally bad about not writing for so long (5 days!). And many things have happened in the meantime.
We had technical issues with our WordPress blog, then we upgraded it to the latest 2.5 version, then we had some more technical issues – BUT it is all resolved now!!!! (Thank you Nickola from Siteground! You’ve been a great help and support in a tough times!)
So, we’re up and running again and it is my great pleasure to introduce our first guest writer:
Lauren from Creative Curio
Lauren has been in the graphic design industry since 2003 and currently runs Creative Curio, a graphic design focused blog. Scrapbooking has been her hobby since around the same time, and she loves this no-pressure creative outlet. Therefore, she didn’t think twice when we asked her if she would like to write about scrapbooking.
So, if you’d like to find out how was the scrapbook image above done check out Scrapboking tutorial: Children in Spring –> by Lauren from Creative Curio.
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OK. So for those of you who want to do everything by yourself, here is the tutorial, or should I say – a recipe!
So what we need is:
1. A brand new image sized 400 x 425 pixels (of course, you can make it any size you want)
2. Rockwell font (This one has to be bought, but I recommend dafont.com as a great resource for free fonts so if you don’t have it and don’t want to buy, you can take the one you like from there.)
3. Butterflies Swirls. Those can be bought too, set of 20 for $9,99 or downloaded for free, set of 5.
Now, many of you have asked how to get free version of butterflies. Here is how:
1. Subscribe to my super-dooper newsletter (where I only write about cool stuff!) Subscribe by clicking here –>!
2. You will receive the link to the freebies (43 free sets of Photoshop brushes, Butterfiles are among them)
3. Click on the link (or image with the Butterflies brushes) and – voila, just download them.
(OK, I’d prefer if you buy it. If you can’t afford, drop me a mail.)
So, we’re ready to start.
It all starts with a gradient from blue to black as shown here:
Then well add a elegant glowing line with few sparkles. Line was done with a pen tool. Then, when in a new layer, select Brush tool and select simple good old fashioned Photoshop default brush like this:
Now select Pen tool, position it above the path, right-click the mouse select stroke subpath, make sure Brush is selected as well as Simulate pressure, you can now hide the path with Ctrl+H and – Voila! Nice! In’nit?
Add a few dots using really small brush add some outer glow, here are the settings:
And this is the result:
Now, let’s add text and butterflies and after a bit of playing with the same effects that we used for sparkles and the stroke we get:
And finally, I wanted to add some more color to the graphics:
As you can see this was done by adding two more layers, each of them partially filled with Gradient tool and blending set to color. These layers are positioned above the background and the stroke and below the butterflies and text.
And voila! Here it is! Our new creation:
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Hello everyone and Happy Easter!
For today I have prepared another tutorial on how to create your own brush.
This time it is about creating fractal Photoshop brushes.
I am sure many of you will like this kind of graphics:
But, if you are a beginner you probably assume that it’s extremely difficult, first, create your own custom brush and then create such graphic with it.
Well, it’s not! And I intend to show you how to do it in this tutorial.
So, for starters, to follow this tutorial you will need to have CorelDRAW! or Adobe Illustrator or some other software that does vector graphics. First, we will create a shape in CorelDRAW!, then export it to .EPS file, import to Photoshop and make a brush out of it. And that’s it!
So, let’s start CorelDRAW! and make a nice curved line using Bezier Tool:
Then, duplicate this line by dragging it and right-clicking the mouse on a new location:
Then select both line and go to Effects->Blend, Apply (you can leave all settings as they are)
Modify and adjust the shape by selecting various curves from top or bottom line and moving it around until you are happy with the shape.
I must say, I was quite happy with this one :)
So, basically, our work here at CorelDRAW! is over. Now, when I think, maybe I should have used Illustrator, but let’s leave it for another occasion.
The last thing that is to be done here in CorelDRAW! is to export that shape in to .eps file. Go to File->Export-> On the pull down menu select “.eps”, give it some name, leave “Selected only” switched on and click Export:
Click ok and save it.
Now, let’s move onto Photoshop. Here I used Photoshop CS3 but you can use any version from Photoshop 7.0 onward.
In Photoshop go to File->New, Give it dimensions 2500px by 2500px (that is the largest brush size you can get) at 300px (it has to be big so that it can be used for large format printing as well, not just web).
Now, go to File -> Place, browse to our .eps file and place it into this new Photoshop file. Make sure to stretch it before hitting enter so that it is stretched from end to end like this:
Fine! We’re getting there, bare with me just a few more minutes :)
As you have probably noticed the .eps we placed onto our new Photoshop file is not really black as it should be. This can cause this brush to appear transparent when used in the future and therefore we need to make sure that our future brush is really black. Therefore, make sure you selected the layer with our shape and go to Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Curves and to the following:
Now, our future brush will be black!
So, after this we are ready to finish and create our first, custom made, Photoshop brush. Go to Edit -> Define Brush Preset and give it a name:
It will automatically appear as the last one on your present brushes list.
That’s it! Voila! Congratulations! You just made your own brush! Now, if you want to save it as an independent .abr file you will need to delete all brushes from your brushes list because otherwise your .abr (brush file) will contain all brushes from the list. So, after you deleted all other brushes except for the one you just created
Now, you just go to save brushes, give it a name and save it to:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS3\Presets\Brushes
And, now that’s really the end.
Now with a little playing with brush settings and Filter -> Render -> Lens Flare in no time you can create image like the one on the top of this post.
Look, in case you don’t want to go through all this and think that the trouble of creating some 29 fractal brushes is worth $9,99 - I’ll be much obliged if you go and buy the whole 29 Fractal Brushes Set.
Brushes are ready to download in two editions:
Lite edition: Fractals – set of 3 Photoshop brushes
Sorry, 5 days subscription free download offer expired. However, you can still get those! Join GBG and enjoy this free Photoshop brushes set + more than 1500 other free downloads. Please read about our free download policy and join our GBG for more free downloads. Thanks!
Premium edition: Fractals – set of 29 Photoshop brushes (Photoshop CS3, CS4, CS5… and all newer versions compatible)
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This tutorial will show you how to create, fast and simple, but effective, winter scene in Photoshop. Use it for your own postcard, greeting card or scrapbook page.
1. Create a new document 6”x4” and color the background using Linear Gradient Tool with light blue (cyan) to white like this:
2. To make hills landscape use the Elliptical Marquee Tool and make some ellipses on a new layer holding down the “Shift” button like this:
3. Fill the hills shape with the same linear gradient fill you used for the background. Copy the “hills” layer and flip the layer horizontally. Now, lower the upper “hills” layer a bit. Reduce the opacity of the hills in the background (lower „hills“ layer) to 50%
4. It should look like this:
5. Add some white thick brush strokes in the blue area and
6. use the Blur Tool (50) to create the clouds effect.
7. It should look like this:
8. Now we need some trees? Yes. Use Polygonal Lasso Tool and create triangle as shown on the following screen shot.
9. Then, press Shift key and while holding it down make another two triangles and the trunk as presented on the following screen shots.
10. Now it’s time to fill the trees with some color. For that purpose we will use the gradient that we used earlier in this tutorial. Convert the tree to a Smart Object – later you can duplicate it and change it’s size without loosing it’s quality.
11. When done with trees, merge all layers that contain trees and copy it.
12. Duplicate the trees layer. Drag one of them between two layers with hills. Flip that layer horizontally (that hill is already flipped so the tress will match).
13. Now we need some snowflakes. A perfect opportunity to use my “Snowy skies” Photoshop brush. Let’s make it white.
14. set the snowflakes layer opacity to 50%.
15. Simple winter scene in Photoshop is done!
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Few Simple Samples
© Photographer: bsilvia | Agency: Dreamstime.com
© Photographer: bsilvia | Agency: Dreamstime.com
© Photographer: bsilvia | Agency: Dreamstime.com
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I assume that you worked on your swirls creation technique with a little help of my previous tutorial (How to draw swirls illustrations in Adobe Illustrator, Part One).
Now, let’s make a little case study. To make a Swirl Illustrations that looks like the one in the header of graphics-illustrations blog, we need:
- Swirls symbols set, Adobe Illustrator
- Ink Splatter symobls set, Adobe Illustrator
- Classic artist brush set or Classic Artist brush symbols set
- Adobe Illustrator Floral Brushes set
Determine the size and shape of the blank space. We will now use simple quadrant shape.
Create a new layer bellow. Use the simple artist brush symbol below the layer that contains the quadrant to create an “outline”
Again, create a new layer. Now add some ink splatters around, on that layer.
Add some swirls on the layer above the layer that contains ink splatters (but bellow the layer with the shape and layer with it’s outline)
Add some more swirls, and also add some swirls on the new layer on the top.
In the end, add some stars… and that’s it.
© Photographer: Bsilvia | Agency: Dreamstime.com
If you’re wondering how to colorize the symbols or even change their shapes: select all symbols and use the “Break Link to Symbol” – now you can manipulate shapes and colors until the dawn breaks or until you’re happy with the results – whatever comes first
:)
Hugs!
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I received several inquiries on how to draw a swirls illustration. Swirls illustration does not require extensive knowledge, only a little practice and a visit of a “Muse”.
One of the problems that beginners face when entering the world of adobe illustrator is proper positioning of the vector control points.
For starters, my advice is to make a circle (use Elipse tool+Shift combination). Select the circle using “Direct SelectionTool”, four basic points and vector controllers (red extension lines).
Draw using “Pencil tool” and practice making various swirls. This is just for practice, we are not making any swirls there, but it is important to play with handles here and try to create some shape for the practice purposes.
Play with “Pencil Tool Preferences”, see how they affect the drawing.
Now, take it to the next step and make a simple “swirl” shape. Something like this:
Then make it’s inner (or outer) outline following the existing line. Connect outer and inner line in order to get closed shape: select two starting points and to Object -> Path -> Join. Do the same with two ending points. Reduce or add points using “Pen Tool” in order to fine tune the swirl shape.
Color the swirl and store it as a Brush or a Symbol. Make a small database of various shapes that will later be used for drawing Swirls Illustrations, like mine “Adobe Illustrator Swirls Symbols” – Subscribe to my newslwtter and download them for free
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31.07.2008.
And here is latest addition – another approach to creating swirls in Adobe Illustrator – Video:
Important notice:
In order to follow this video effectively please make sure that your mouse pointer is always close to “Pause” button, as you will need to press Pause a lot in order to follow this exercise effectively, i.e. by taking the same actions on your computer.
Thank you Rachid for allowing me to use your music for this video!
Love,
S :)
P.S.: You can buy Swirls Illustrations for your graphic designs for $1!
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Well, yes – I’m using CorelDraw and Illustrator. I’m using CorelDraw since 1992. and sometimes, working in CorelDraw it’s a little bit easier for me.
Step 1
Draw something that looks like a wing (using Bezier Tool)
Step 2
Draw 2 circles, one on the top of the other
Step 3
Use “back minus front” option from “Shaping” menu
Step 4
Using “weld” option from “Shape” menu, weld copied wing and created shape.
Step 5
Add scroll (help: how to draw a scroll) for orientation, so you can add more elements around. Draw one big “grungy” circle as displayed.
Step 6
Add few “branches” and stain drips (help: how to create grungy vector brushes in Illustrator).
Step 7
Draw few elements inside the emblem: animals, flowers, branches, people… anything
Step 8
Finally add some ink splatters around the emblem (help: how to create grungy vector brushes in Illustrator)
Add one big dotted circle in background (help: how to create popart circle in Photoshop) and colorize the emblem.
And, if you need this illustration but don’t feel like going through all this, get it for only 1$!
© Photographer: Bsilvia | Agency: Dreamstime.com
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