超强国外ps教程create beautiful birds and flowers.doc

CREATE BEAUTIFUL BIRDS AND FLOWERS Written by Thomas Phinney 13 September 2010 In this tutorial I m going to show you how to create beautiful birds and flowers using just a simple source image We ll transform the picture of a dome provided by pxleyes for a contest named Valencia This tutorial will give you the idea that simple pics with the help of Photoshop can be transformed into beautiful pieces of Art We ll be working with Polygonal Lasso Tool Dodge and Burn Filter Liquify Warp Image Adjustments Copying and pasting Let s get started Step 1 Open a new document 950 X 950 px Resolution 100 Fill the background with color 000000 Open your swatches palette Window Swatches Pick some browns reds dark greens gray blue and ochres With a 200 px size soft brush and opacity of 50 start spraying all around the frame Use different colors at some spots Name new layer Background Step 2 This is the image provided by pxleyes that we are going to be working with Click over the image with the right side of your mouse Save Image As Give the file this name Dome Save it in a safe place where you can have access to it as we ll use it Step 3 Use the Polygonal Lasso Tool L to make a selection all around the dome Copy Ctrl C and Paste Ctrl V your selection Step 4 Name new layer Head Edit Transform Flip Horizontal We ll be making the head of a bird with this shape Make other copy of layer Head name it Head Copy Step 5 We ll transform the shape of the dome into the head of a bird Use Filter Liquify Warp Brush size 100 Presure of 50 Try to make the shape as I did Shown in image Step 6 Make a copy of layer Head Copy Name new layer Head Copy 2 Edit Transform Flip Horizontal Layer Head Copy 2 only Edit Transform Rotate 180 Place and merge the two layers together Name new layer Body This will be the body of our bird Step 7 Merge down layers Head and Body Name new layer Bird We ll transform this shape into a beautiful bird Step 8 How the head is smudged Use the Smudge Tool R Spatter 24 px soft brush Opacity of 50 Start smudging the head by making kind of half circles strokes as shown in image Birds have soft and fluffy feathers You can go back and smudge again if necessary Step 9 If you follow the direction of the arrows while smudging you should have something like this Remember that smudging is easy it is the process of blending colors to give a look of softness As I mentioned before if you have trouble smudging go back and start smudging again at the end you ll be happy with the result Do not smudge the beak area yet Step 10 Follow the shape of the bird s body to smudge all of this area The arrows shown in image show you the direction of your strokes Step 11 Here is the head and the body of the bird As you can see the smudging gave the bird s body a fluffy and soft look We will work on the tail fathers next Step 12 Use The Polygonal Lasso Tool L Make a selection of the shown area Copy Ctrl C and Paste Ctrl V selection Name new layer Tail Feather Step 13 Place layer Tail Feather below layer Bird Step 14 Smudge the feather the same way you did with the bird s body Leave some white lines visible Make two more copies of layer Tail Feather With layer Feather Tail selected place the pointer over the object feather click and hold Alt drag the object to the right side and you ll have a copy of a feather Do it again Do not name new layers drag them down to layer Tail Feather and name the new layer Feathers Step 15 Our bird is almost ready Merge down layer Feathers to layer Bird Name new layer Bird The head the body and the feathers are in place we ll continue working on our bird Step 16 Use the Burn Tool O to burn the areas shown with arrows Use a 100 px soft brush and exposure of 50 You can darken the areas around the area where the eye is going to be Use the Smudge Tool R and smudge the beak just a little Step 17 The eye Open a new layer name it Eye Use the Elliptical Marquee Tool M Hold Shift and make a circular selection Fill it it white Use a dark brown color to give a little shade at the bottom Use a 75 Opacity With a hard brush make a black dot on top of it Do the same for a highlight but for this instead of black use white color Place the eye on top of the bird Step 18 Make a copy of layer Bird With layer Bird selected place the pointer over the bird hold Alt and click hold and drag it to the right to make a copy of the layer Use the Transform Tool Ctrl T to make the new layer smaller Use the Eraser Tool E to erase part of the tail Name new layer Bird 1 Step 19 We ll now create the branches Use the Polygonal Lasso Tool L Make a selection of the area shown in image Copy Ctrl C and Paste Ctrl V selection Name new layer Branch Step 20 Look at the image below It shows you the way to make a branch Use the Transform Tool Ctrl T to enlarge layer Branch Use Filter Liquify Warp Brush size 200 Pressure 50 Make a shape as I did You can make a shape of your own as you know branches are different and easy to make Step 21 Darkening the branch Use Image Adjustments Curves Input 100 Output 35 Use the Dodge O and Burn O Tools With a 27 size soft brush do the dodging and burning Use a exposure of 50 for burning and 25 for dodging Dodge the top area of the branch and burn the bottom Step 22 Make several copies of layer Branch The reason I do not ask you how many branches you can copy it is because I would like you to use your own imagination here Trees have branches everywhere I am guiding you to show you how to make them Use the Filter Liquify Warp tool to make the branches a little different Use the Transform Tool Ctrl T to make smaller branches like twigs When you are happy with it merge all the copies of layer Branch you must have bring them down to merge with layer Branch and leave the name of layer Branch Step 23 Smudge the areas where two branches overlap Do more dodging and smudging if you think it is needed Coloring the branch Image Adjustments Hue and Saturation Hue 50 Saturation 30 Lightness 20 To darken the branch Image Adjustments Curves Input 65 Output 45 Step 24 Your branch should look like this Step 25 Make two more copies of layer Branch Do not name the new layers Place them below layer Branch Blur the new layers just a little not much It ll give the impression of being out of focus Place the new branches as shown in image You can place your branches as you think they look nice in your work I am just giving you an idea After you are happy merge the copies of layer Branch down to layer Branch itself Name new layer Branches Step 26 You should have something like this Step 27 Use the Polygonal Lasso Tool L to make a selection of the area shown in image We ll make some leaves from this shape Copy Ctrl C and Paste Ctrl V selection Name new layer Leaf We ll make several copies of this layer as we ll need some leaves for the twigs Step 28 To colorize the leaf Image Adjustments Hue and Saturation Hue 100 Saturation 25 Lightness 51 Here I go again If you have a better idea of how to make your own leaf and coloring do it do not hesitate I ll be happy to know that you have learned something from looking at our tutorials Step 29 Making several copies of layer Leaf With layer selected place the pointer over your leaf hold Alt click and drag the leaf to the right you ll have a copy of layer Leaf This copy will come with many other layers names Leaf Copy 1 2 3 4 etc Do not worry about that do not name layers Start placing your leaves over the branches I am giving you an idea how to place them you can make your branches look better Blur a little the leaves places over blurred branches Step 30 Here you have your branches and leaves put together Merge down all layers with Leaf Copies on it Name new layer Leaves Step 31 Place your birds on top of the branches Step 32 We ll start making the flower Make of copy of layer Dome Copy 1 It will give you a new layer Dome Copy 2 Edit Flip Horizontal layer Dome Copy 2 Edit Transform Rotate 180 Join the two layers together Merge layers down to form one layer name it Flower We ll make a flower with this shape Step 33 The next two steps are VERY IMPORTANT to start making the flower I do not want to confuse you by writing again what is aready written over the image Just follow the instructions and make your flower as pretty as you can You will use the transform tool to make the rotations Be careful when you place the Rotation point the one that is at the middle of the Transform Tool Ctrl T Good luck Step 34 READ this step CAREFULLY as you did before As I told you it is important where you place the Rotation point and the distance between a petal and the next Merge down layers with Flower Copy 1 2 3 4 etc name new layer Flower Step 35 Use the Dodge Tool O to give some highlights