This tutorial will teach you how to turn an ordinary photo or picture of something into an abstract piece of art.
1. Start out by opening up a photo or picture of your choice, I used this picture of Kakashi from the anime series Naruto.
2. Next, goto Filter > Distort > Wave, and use the default settings.
3. Randomize it in the wave dialog box until you see something you like.
I came out with this:
4. Next goto layer > duplicate layer.. and hit ok.
5. Now goto Filter > Distort > Wave, and hit randomize until you find something you like as you did before.
6. Once you have the second layer waved, set the layer mode to overlay and hit ctrl + E to merge the two layers.
I came out with this:
7. Duplicate this newely formed layer.
8. Go to Filter > Distort > Twirl, and set the angel to 180.
9. Set the layer mode to overlay and merge the layers by hitting ctrl + e.
10. Duplicate the layer once again. Now goto Filter > Blur > Radial blur and use the following settings:
11. Set the layer mode to Lighten and merge the two layers.
12. Duplicate the layer and goto filter > texture > grain, and use the following settings:
13. Set the layer mode to lighten and goto filter > distort > twirl > and set the angle to 146 and merge the two layers.
14. Now duplicate the layer and goto filter > blur > radial blur, and hit ok.
15. Set the layer mode to screen and merge the two layers.
16. Now duplicate that layer and goto filter > distort > wave, and hit ok.
17. Now goto edit > transform > rotate 90 CW.
18. Now hit ctrl + t and drag it until it’s fully covered the entire image.
19. Set the layer mode to screen and merge the two layers.
20. Hit ctrl + u, check the colorize box, and adjust the settings until you find a color u like.
21. Now Duplicate the layer and goto filter > distort > wave, randomizing until you find the right look.
22. Set the layer mode to overlay and merge the two layers, now duplicate the layer and goto filter > distort > wave, randomizing until you find the right look.
23. Hit the layer mask button on the layers palette (looks like the box with a circle on it).
24. Now select the gradient fill tool and use the following settings:
25. Drag the gradient tool selector across the image a few times until you end up with a good looking image.
26. Merge the two layers then duplicate the layer.
27. Hit ctrl + i and then hit ctrl + u, select the colorize box and match the color to the color you previously had.
28. Goto Filter > distort > wave, find a good look, hit ok, set the layer mode to overlay, and then merge the layers.
29. Make a selection of the image using the rectangular marquee tool and copy/paste it. hit ctrl + t and drag the new image so it covers your entire image.
30. set the layer mode to screen.
31. create a new transparent layer and select the brush tool.
32. set your foreground and background color to white and goto window > brushes, and use the following settings:
33. draw wavey lines to make cool pixie dust specs around the image, just don't do a lot.
34. Goto layer > layer style > outer glow and use the following settings:
35. Goto filter > blur > gaussian blur, and set it to 0.6 and hit ok.
36. Duplicate the layer, hit ctrl + a, hit delete, and then hit ctrl + d.
37. Repeat steps 31-33 again with a size 1 brush instead of a size 3.
This tutorial was a rather long one, but my work takes a long time to start looking good. This was just a tip off the iceberg compared to what I usually do..
My final outcome doesn't look nearly as good as it could, but for educational purposes I didn't take as much time as I usually would.
My Final Outcome of this tutorial:
P.S - Please keep in mind that this is not my original tutorial, im just remake them with my word a bit. Credit to the Art Maker