Posts made in December, 2009

After having made the Moon Eclipse for DeviantArt, I was asked to write this tutorial for a several times and I decided to give in and disclose the secret – how do I make the “sinking moon” effect. I tried to re-create that picture, yet naturally it did not turn to be identical… Hope you will not discover that it was disappointingly simple. Nonetheless, I must say that this tut is for more advanced users… anyway, today we will be making this masterpiece:

So lets get started.
You will need two waterscapes. I used this one for the the shore edge:

and this one for the primarily background image:

The image above is watermarked, if you wish to download the full resolution image, please go HERE

Next, select and copy the first picture, and paste it unto the canvas of the second one. Erase most of it, leaving only the shore’s edges, and set the opacity of this second layer to 89%.

Making the moon:
Make a new layer. Select the brush tool, #FFFFFF color, 135 px size, and apply one stamp in te middle of your canvas.

Select the eraser tool with sharp edge, and “cut” with eraser’s tool side, most of the circle, as shown on the picture below.

Now that your moon has just started to develop a shape, using the rectangular marquee tool, select the bottom of the moon and cut it, just like we did here:

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So, get started by creating a new canvas, 900*700px.
Make a new layer on your canvas and fill it with any wood-like pattern. If you have no wood patterns, download our PSD file.

Next, using the rectangular marquee tool, select a strap at the upper part of the template, lets say 140 or 170 pixel high. Make a new layer and fill your selection with any hue of brown.

Go to Layer >> Layer Styles >> Gradient and using #000000 … #FFFFFF … #000000 colours, apply the gradient effect with 28% opacity. Make sure to set the Fill of the layer itself to about 30% as well.

Next step. Using the rectangular marquee tool again, select a box under your previous layer, also from side to side, but about two times higher.

Make a new layer and set your primarily colour to #013814 and your secondary colour to #005e29. Using the Gradient tool, draw a line from the bottom to the top, so that the darker hue will be below.

While this layer is still selected, go to Layer >> Layer Styles >> Blending Options and apply the following settlings:
Stroke
Drop Shadow

This is how your canvas should look thus far.

Using the Rectangular Marquee tool, select a box at the left upper corner of your template, as shown on the picture below:

Make a new Layer, and switch to Gradient tool again, this time, using the same green hues as before, draw a line from top to the bottom, so that the darker green hue will be above. This will give the layout a better balance.

While the later is still selected, go to layer >> layer styles and apply the following settings (same as with the previous box).

Today, we will make this super glossy, extra cool and truly icy text effect…

This tutorial requires no skills or experience with Photoshop, all you need to do it set a particular style settings.

For a start, make a new canvas, 500*300, and fill it with ..

Select a typing tool and write a word inside. Be sure to use a thick font, we used one of the default Windows fonts called “Impact”.

Now go to Layer >> Layer Style >> Blending options, and apply the settings…

For the shadow colour, use #1b6baf