Brushed gradient transmission tutorial

 

 

brushed gradient transmission tutorial

by Ladyjai3Creations
Febuary 2015

supplies
tube with close up

i am using the beautiful art of Jonathan Earl Bowser
you can buy this and his other gorgeous artwork at CDO

please do not use his art without a license

filters

VM extravaganza- transmission

photo effex- scanlines

 

font for my name is King Arthur

 

a few brushes-i used some wordart brushes

you can use any brushes you would like
this is your creation, be creative

 

 

 

ok lets go

1. open a new image 600 x 250

2. pick a light and darker color from your tube and make a gradient

3. flood fill your image with that gradient, vm extravaganza- transmission (default)

4. c&p your tube and place on left side, duplicate, image mirror

5. merge down, DS 2 -2 50 7 in your palette set this layer to luminance legacy, opacity 85

6. take your selection tool, draw out a rectangle ,(see my tag for reference)

7. new raster layer flood fill with your gradient, with it still selected, new raster layer,selections

 modify, select selection borders. check outside, both sides and set border at 3

8. new raster layer, flood fill with your lighter color, adjust add remove noise uniform and monochrome checked, 35% add inner bevel (bevel 2 width 12 everything else at default)

9. select none, now we are going to add our brushes. new raster layer, paint brush tool and add whatever brushes you want to. i used text brushes but this is up to you

10.after you add your brushes, add DS, then merge down

11.now you can add your close up tube and place in the center. i resized mine a little (70%)

12.when youre happy with it, then add DS.

13.make sure you are on your top layer, new raster layer,select all, flood fill with your light color, select all selections modify, contract by 4, hit delete on keyboard

14.add noise and inner bevel with same settings as before

15.select none. merge all flatten, add your copyrights and tag line, save as jpg.

 

 

 

thats it! youre done. i hope you have enjoyed my tutorial. i would love to see your results. you can send them to me and ill showcase them here. thanks for trying my tutorial

 

 

here are the fab results my friend Diana of Greek Kisses blog

 

 

 

 

great results Diana, thanks for my tag, I love it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

here is another example using a different tube

 

I used the beautiful artwork of

 



© Alehandra Vanhek

 

which you can purchase over at

 

PFD

 

 

 

 

Ladyjai3Creations

Febuary 2015