How to Make a Wet Web Scene in Photoshop

This tutorial will show how we can use several Photoshop techniques to create a beautiful image with realistic water droplets on a spider web.

Preview of Final Image

Step 01

Create a document of size 800×500 pixels. Place the image into your document similar to what I done below.

Step 02

Create a Levels Adjustment layer and key in the settings as 23, 0.72, 255.

Step 03

Create a Gradient Adjustment layer and use the settings as shown. The colors used in the gradient are #60B0D6 and #00FFAE.

Step 04

Select Brush tool and set the Diameter to 2px, Hard Round. Using white as foreground color, draw the basic shape of the web. The trick here is to hold down Shift key while drawing, so the lines will be straight.

Step 05

In cases where you need to create small curves, use the Pen tool. Draw the paths and stroke it with same Brush settings as earlier step.

Step 06

Once you are done with the drawings, set the Web layer to 40% in its Opacity.

Step 07

Let us move on to the Brushes Palette. Click on Brush Tip Shape, select Hard Round 9. Also, check on Spacing and set it to 200%.

Step 08

Select Shape Dynamics and set Size Jitter to 100%. Make Control to Off as well.

Step 09

Create a new layer above the web and name it as Droplets. Now comes the fun part. With the Brush settings you made earlier, draw along the web lines. You can find circles appearing in various sizes on the web.

Step 10

Right-click on the Droplets layer and choose Drop Shadow. Enter the settings as shown below.

Step 11

Check on Satin effect and enter the settings as shown below.

Step 12

Check on Bevel & Emboss effect and enter the settings as shown below.

Step 13

Check on Inner Glow effect and enter the settings as shown below.

Step 14

Check on Inner Shadow effect and enter the settings as shown below. Hit OK to close the Blending Options window.

Step 15

CTRL+left click on the Droplets layer to load selections around all the circles. Select the Web layer and create a Layer Mask with the selection.

Step 16

Finally set Blend Mode of the Droplets layer to Multiply and we are done! Hope you have enjoyed this post. Feel free to drop me a note anytime if you have any suggestions for the next tutorial!

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How to Create Amazing Light beam in Photoshop

In this tutorial I am assuming that the reader, you, has intermediate Photoshop skills and knows how to use the photoshop tools and where they are. Therefore I will not spoon feed you. You should know how to use the blur filters: Motion blur, Radial blur, and Gaussian Blur very comfortably.

This tutorial is not very hard at all and you should be able to make something like my beam if you follow the steps I took. Please remember that as you get better with Photoshop its more and more up to you to decide what looks better or worse.




Step: 1

Open a new document. Make it big enough. I used 2000x1500. Fill the background with black.

We are now going to make the main




Step: 2

Fill the rectangle with white on the new layer. Duplicate the layer and use Gaussian blur on it to give the original rectangle a little bit of a glow. Merge the layers.body of our beam. Make a new layer and Select a rectangle about 20px wide and 1000px tall.




Step: 3


Using the smudge tool with a "chalk" brush and a 14% strength make a water droplet shape out of the bottom of our rectangle.




Step: 4

Duplicate the layer. Increase the strength of the smudge tool to about 30% and make the droplet bigger.




Set the opacity of the new layer down to about 50%.




Step: 5


Use the Light Rays tutorial to make a whole bunch of light rays around our beam. Each on its own layer of course.



Step: 6

If some of the light rays don't fit in well you can use the liquefy tool to bend them a little. You should now have something like this.





Step: 7

Merge all the Light Rays onto one layer. Duplicate that layer a few times and add various blur effects. I used motion blur at 52 degrees and then on another copy of the light rays layer motion blur at -52 degrees. Then I added a layer of Gaussian blur to make the rays look like they are glowing.



Step: 8

We are now going to add some dust particles. Using the Dust Particles tutorial make dust around the rays.




Step: 9

Duplicate the dust layer a few times and add various blur settings. I used radial blur to give the beam the effect that it was moving really fast. And some Gaussian blur to give the dust a glow.





Step: 10

I didn't like the original beam body. I used a layer mask and a fuzzy brush to get rid of the stem and added a thinner one.



Step: 11

Merge everything.



Step: 12

Using the Color Balance tool add color to the beam.






That concludes this tutorial.

Using slightly different settings I made these beams as well:




So, this is it... you may try to create such light beam by yourself and have fun :-)



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Craete Hand Drawn Design in Photoshop

There are several ways to create hand drawn images — you can create it from scratch in Photoshop or you can scan an actual hand drawn sketch. Personally, I like to use a scanned drawing because you get a realistic drawing texture. Here is a quick tutorial to show you how to create a hand drawn design in Photoshop using the blending mode and alpha channel.

The Final outcome will be like followings:


Step 01

Create From Scratch in Photoshop
If you have a tablet, you can simply draw the sketch by using the brush tool.







Don’t Have a Tablet?

If you don’t have a tablet, you can create the artwork in Adobe Illustrator and then imitate a hand drawing effect in Photoshop.
First draw a vector illustration. Then import it in Photoshop. Use a grungy brush and gently erase select parts of the image. Use the Blur tool to create the smug effect.





Step 02

Scan It
The easiest way — scan the drawing and set the layer blending mode to Multiply.






Step 03

Invert Color
If you want to have a white color stroke instead of black — go to menu Image > Adjustments > Invert (or press shortcut Cmd+i) and then select Screen blending mode.





Step 04

Create Color Gradients
What if you want more than just a black or white stroke (ie. colors gradients)? Then you will have to extract the drawing from the white background. A simple way to do this is by using alpha channel.
• Copy (Cmd+C) the drawing.
• In the Channels palette, create a new channel. Then paste the drawing in the new channel.
• Invert (Cmd+i) the channel layer.






Step 05

Go back to the Layers palette, create a new layer. Go to menu Select > Load Selection. In the Load Selection prompt box, select Channel: "Alpha 1" (which is the name of the alpha channel I created earlier).





Shortcut Tip: the shortcut for loading a channel selection is Cmd + Opt + any number key (ie. 1, 2, 3).



Step 06

Fill Selection
With the channel selection loaded, you can fill it with any color.




Step 07

Using It In The Design
For the purpose of this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to incorporate your hand drawing on a female model.

First, cut out the model.




Step 08

Fill the background with some sort of light glowing gradients.



Step 09

Paste the drawing on top of the model. Lock the layer transparency. Play around with the color gradients.


Step 10

Duplicate the drawing in the background to add more details to the image and finally got the desired image:





Now try this technique on your image and have fun :-)


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How to Create the Face of a Greedy Monkey

This tutorial will help you create a simple illustration of a monkey face. It uses the Ellipse Tool, the Pen Tool, the Rectangle Tool, the Crystallize Tool or the Gradient Tool. For the the shadow effects you’ll use some classic effects like the Inner Glow or the Gaussian Blur.

This is what you'll be creating:


Step 01

Create a 700×700px document. Select the Ellipse Tool(L) and create a squeezed shape like the one shown in image #1. Create a copy of this shape, select it then hold Shift+Alt and resize it as shown in image #2. For the moment make this shape invisible(click on the eye icon from the Layers pallete). Reselect the Ellipse Tool(L) and create another squeezed shape as shown in image #3. Select the visible shapes, click on the Horizontal Align Center button from the Align pallete then click on the Unite button from the Pathfinder pallete. Select the resulting shape, pick the Direct Selection Tool(A), select the top anchor point (image #5) and move it a few pixels down (image #6). Next, pick the Cristallize Tool and click in the top area to get a simple hair effect. Finally, name this shape “Head”, fill it with R=157 G=110 B=33 and add the Inner Glow shown below.




Step 02

Turn on the visibility for the shape created in the previous step. Fill it with the color and the gradient shown in the image below. Create two copies of this shape. Select the second one and move it a few pixels down. Next, select both copies and click on the Minus Front button from the Pathfinder pallete. Fill the resulting shape with R=188 G=140 B=63.




Step 03

Now, let’s create the eyes. First the contour. Reselect the Ellipse Tool(L) and create a shape like the on eshown in image #1. Duplicate this shape and move it to the left. Group these two shape (select them and hit Ctrl+G). Select this group along with the “Head” shape. Pick to the Selection Tool(V), click on the border of “Head” (it should get bold) then click on the Horizontal Align Center button from the Align pallete. Next, select only the group, switch to the Direct Selection Tool(A), select the top anchor points (hold Shift to select more then one anchor points) and move them several pixels down (image #4). Once again select the group and click on the Unite button from the Pathfinder pallete. Fill the resulting shape with the color and the radial gradient shown in the image below.



Step 04

Now, to create the eyeballs select the Elipse Tool(L) and make two shapes as shown in image #1. Align them like you did in the previous step then select the top anchors points and move them a fex pixels down. Fill these two shapes with R=255 G=255 B=255 then add the Inner Glow shown below. Reselect the Ellipse Tool(L) create two squeezed shapes (image #5) and fill them with R=51 G=51 B=51.




Step 05

Let’s continue with the eyelids. Duplicate the eyeballs. Once again, select the Ellipse Tool(L) and create an ellipse that intersect with the top of the eyeballs. Select this new shape along the copies of the eyeballs and click on the Divide button from the Pathfidner pallete. From the newly created group keep only the two shape that intersect with the eyeballs. Fill them both with R=219 G=170 B=93 then with the gradients shown in image #4 and #5.





Step 06

Pick the Ellipse Tool(L), create a shape like the one shown in image #1, apply the Arc effect (Effect > Warp > Arc) shown below then go to Object > Expand Appearance. Name the resulting shape “Nose” and fill it with R=248 G=171 B=164 and with the gradients shown in image #4 and #5.



Step 07

Create two copies of “Nose”. Select the second copy and move it a few pixels up. Next, select both copies and click on the Minus Front button from the Pathfider pallete. Fill the resulting shape with R=229 G=105 B=116 (opacity: 20%) and with the gradient shown in image #3.



Step 08

Next, are the nostrils. Grab the Ellipse Tool(L), create a squeezed shape and rotate it as shown in image #1. Fill it with R=245 G=148 B=154 and with the gradient shown in image #2. Create two copies of this shape, select the second copy and move it two pixels up an one to the left. Now, select both copies and click on the Minus Front button from the Pathfinder pallete. Fill the resulting shape with R=231 G=123 B=123. Duplicate these two shapes move them to the left and flip them horizontally (with the Reflect Tool or Object > Transform > Reflect).



Step 09

Select the Ellipse Tool(L) and create a shape like the one shown in image #1. Fill this shape with none and add a 21pt stroke aligned to center (for the moment choose any color you want). Select this shape, pick the Direct Selection Tool(A), click on the top anchor point and hit Delete. Now, select the remaining path, go to the Appearance panel, click on Stroke (the text), click on the Round Cap button then go to Object > Expand. Fill the resulting shape with R=103 G=68 B=22 and with the gradient shown in image #5.




Step 10

Let’s continue with the ears. Select the Ellipse Tool(L) and create a shape like the one shown in image #1. Fill this shape with R=129 G=83 B=6 then duplicate it. Select this copy then hold Shift+Alt and resize it (image #2). Fill this shape with R=233 G=184 B=107. Now, to make a discrete shadow effect, duplicate the shape filled with R=129 G=83 B=6 and “Head” shape. Move the copy of “Head” a few pixels to the right and down then select both copies and click on the Intersect button from the Pathfinder pallete. Fill the resulting shape with R=0 G=0 B=0 then lower its opacity to 20%. Move these three shapes in the bottom of the Layer panel.



Step 11

Duplicate the two shapes that form the right ear. Move these copies to the left (image #1). Duplicate the bigger shape then pick the Ellipse Tool(L) and create a shape like the one shown in image #2. Select this new shape along with the copy previously created and click on the Intersect button from the Pathfinder pallete. Fill the resulting shape with the gradient shown in image #3 and lower its opacity to 30%.



Step 12

To make the tongue, select the Pen Tool(P) and create a shape like the one shown in image #1. Duplicate the shape of the mouth. Select this copy along with the shape of the tongue and click on the Divide button from the Pathfinder pallete. Now, your new group should have five shapes. Select the shapes indicated in image #3 (delete the rest) and click on the Unite button from the Pathfinder pallete. Fill the resulting shape with R=193 G=39 B=45 and with the gradients shown in images #5 and #6.



Step 13

Create two copies of the tongue. Select the second copy and move it a few pixels to the right. Select both copies and click on the Minus Front button from the Pathfidner pallete. Fill the resulting shape with R=195 G=74 B=75. Select the Pen Tool(P) and create a shape like the one shown in image #3. Create a new copy of the tongue. Select it along with the previously created shape and click on the Intersect button from the Pathfinder pallete. Fill this newly created shape with R=137 G=21 B=24 and lower its opacity to 30%.



Step 14

Select the Ellipse Tool(L) and create three small circles like those shown in image #1. Duplicate them, move them to the right and flip them horizontally.




Step 15

Duplicate “Face” and the shapes that form the ears. Select these copies and click on the Unite button from the Pathfinder pallete. Select the resulting shape and hit Shift + Ctrl + [ to move it to the back (in the botom of the Layers panel). Move this new shape a few pixels down and to the right, fill it with R=0 G=0 B=0, lower its opacity to 20% and add a 5px Gaussian Blur. Finally, for the background, select the Rectangle Tool(M), create a 700×700px shape (the size of your Artboard) and fill it with the gradient shown below (don’t forget to move this final shape in the bottom of the Layer panel).




Now your greedy monkey is done. Here is how it should look like.



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