Types of Alternates

Ligatures - This is where two or more characters are linked together. If you look at the example below the T and H characters are linked together. The font used in this example is Aphrodite Slim Pro.

Logotypes - This is where a word is stylized as a logo to be included in your type. You will usually find these in the Show Entire Glyphs and not as an alternate.

Biform characters - These alternate characters can make capital letters have a lowercase look or lowercase letters with capital letter look while keeping the same size and weight. The font used in this example is Press Gothic Pro.

Swash characters - This is where a certain letter can have a fancy look to them. You will see swash characters in lot's of calligraphic fonts. They are very useful at the beggining and end of a word. The font used in this example is Burgues Script.

How To Access Alternates

To gain a better understanding of how you can benefit from using alternate characters, we should first look at how you can access them. Both Adobe Illustrator and InDesign have a great way to access these alternate characters. Unfortunately, Adobe Photoshop does not have a way to access them via a Glyphs panel. In this tutorial we are going to use Illustrator.

Step 1

The font I am going to be using is Aphrodite Slim Pro. It is an amazing handmade font full of alternate and ligature forms designed by Sabrina Lopez and Maximiliano Sproviero. You have to purchase it, but it is well worth your money. You can buy it from myfonts.com here. Make sure you buy the Pro version as it includes all the different alternate characters.

Step 2

Using the Type Tool, type out Media on one layer and change the font to Aphrodite Slim Pro. I set the font size to 72 pt.

Step 3

Using the Type Tool create another type layer and type in Militia. Place it where you feel fit.

Step 4

Open up the Glyphs panel by going to Window > Type > Glyphs

This Glyphs panel gives you the ability to see all of the characters as well as the alternate characters for any given font. This panel is the heart to this tutorial. It opens by default showing all the characters available for the font.

Step 5

It is great to see all the different characters available to us, but the real power of the Glyphs panel is being able to show the Alternates for a selected character.

With the Type Tool, select the first "e" in Media. In the drop down box for Show change it to Alternates for Current Selection. This will show all the alternates for the letter e. Find one you like by clicking on each of the different thumbnails.

Step 6

Continue going through and selecting different characters and seeing which ones look the best. Don't over do it though!

Step 7

You may have noticed while selecting some of the characters that there are ornaments included with the type. I created two new type layers and found two ornaments that fit in perfectly with the type. The letters I used were X and Y. Using the selection tool I put them up against the other letters.

Tip:

While Photoshop does not have a Glyphs panel, you can create your typography inside of Illustrator and copy and paste it into Photoshop to manipulate.

Great Fonts With Alternates

Aphrodite Slim Pro
This font as seen in the tutorial above has more than 1000 glyphs. It a beautiful calligraphy based font.

Ministry Script
Ministry Script was designed to be “A time capsule that marks both the American ad art of the 1920s, and the current new-millennium acrobatics of digital type.
Over 1000 characters

Affair
Affair is an extraordinary new calligraphic typeface by Alejandro Paul with a party full of swash characters, ligatures, and ornaments.

Mussica
Mussica is a crisp font created by Corradine Fonts. It feature a few extra glyphs for your characters that add a wow effect.

Blanchard
Blanchard is a revival and elaborate extension of Muriel, a 1950 metal face made by Blanchard Trochut for the Fonderie Typographique Française, that was published simultaneously by the Spanish Gans foundry under the name Juventud. Blanchard is a script that embodies the post-war narrow decorative aesthetic that would become the instantly recognizable feature of that era’s design.

Metroscript
Metroscript is a handwritten script with styles from the 1920s and the 1950s. With a huge vintage sports theme, it has many ligatures, swashes, alternates, foreign accented characters and tails—all of which connect seamlessly.

Liza
Liza Pro, Underware’s latest creation, is a live-script typeface. Thanks to its extremely intelligent OpenType architecture, she approaches human hand lettering as close as technically possible. Liza Pro deeply analyzes the text. Out of a stock of 4000 hand crafted characters, Liza creates the most optimal combination. All of this works automatically. All you need to do is typing your lettres d’amour, and Liza makes the text always look different.

Nelly Script Flourish
Nelly Script Flourish is the jewelry to a beautifully appointed lady, the icing to the wedding cake, the VaVoom! Nelly Script Flourish comes complete with a large variety of alternate upper and lowercase forms in OpenType format.

Mon Amour Script Pro
Mainly for invitations; Mon Amour Script Pro, is an Open-Type font, which will delight you. It has the alternate, swash and ligature functions.

Quijote Sauvage Pro
Quijote Sauvage Pro is a very expressive calligraphic font. It includes all the ligatures, alternates and swashes..

Buffet Script
Buffet Script is based on fantastic calligraphy by Alf Becker, arguably the greatest American sign lettering artist of all time

Paradise Script
Paradise is a script font thought to be used in a wide range of pieces of design. From packaging to invitations, Paradise really looks elegant and sometimes playful at the same time. The possibilities of alternates, ligatures and combinations of them are huge. Calligraphy lovers know that words sometimes start or end with extra flourishes: This is the reason of Paradise Starters and Paradise Finishers, which will always give a sensual touch to the written word.

PF Champion Script Pro
PF Champion Script Pro is the most advanced and powerful script ever made. Four sets of alternate swashed capitals as well as a plethora of ornaments and frames (117) was included.

Required Resources

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Step 1

To start off this tutorial you will be creating the main glowing object using a program called Apophysis. You can download it for free here

Note: If you would like to skip the creation process using Apophysis, I have included the rendered output in the resource files. Skip to Step 8 where we open the rendered file in Photoshop.

After you have downloaded and installed Apophysis. Open the application from the Windows Start menu.

Step 2

In the left hand panel of Apophysis, double click on different flame titles until you find one that you like. Try to find ones that don't have a lot of noise and could look like a great glow effect. These are all random batches. Don't worry if it doesn't look perfect as you will be rendering the flame and bringing it into Photoshop later.

Step 3

Hopefully you found a good flame to use. The flame I choose looks like this:

Tip #1: You can mutate flames.
If you would like to keep the same look yet get a different result go to View > Mutation and click on the different squares.

Tip #2: Try Zooming in and out

If you find a look that you like but it is out of frame or you would like to zoom in. You can go to Flame > Adjust and edit the camera Zoom.

Step 4

Once you have perfected your flame, go to Flame > Render to Disk.
Width 3000
Height: 2000
Quality: 4000
Filter Radius: 0.4
Oversample: 2

Finally click on Render. Rending takes some time, so just sit back and relax.

Step 5

Now that the render is finished, open your rendered JPEG into Photoshop. If you would like to use the file I rendered out, open Render.jpg in the resource files for this tutorial that you downloaded.

Duplicate the Background Layer.

With the Duplicated Background layer selected, go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Change the Radius to 4 pixels.

Set the Blending Mode for this duplicated layer to Linear Dodge (Add)

If you feel like you want some more glow, then duplicate it one more time. You can also play with the Levels to get a crisper look.

Step 6

We are going to create a brush out of this render. Choose the Rectangle Marquee Selection tool and in the Options Bar change the Style to Fixed Size. Change the Width and the Height to 2500 px

Step 7

Click in an area that you would like to make a brush with. Since we changed the options to make the selection exactly 2500 x 2500 it will constrain to those exact dimensions.

Step 8

Go to Image > Adjustments > Invert

Step 9

Now that we have a white background we can create a brush. Go to Edit > Define Brush Preset

Create a new Photoshop Document. I created it at 1744 x 1282 with the resolution set at 300 ppi.

Step 10

Make your background layer is Black and Create a New Layer. Choose the Brush tool and select the new brush that we just created. Click in your document to lay down the pixels. Name this Layer Glow Brush

Double Click on the Glow Brush layer to bring up the Layer Style window. Check Gradient Overlay and edit the gradient to be the Violet, Orange Gradient.

Step 11

Go back to your original JPG that you rendered out of Apophysis and Copy and Paste it into this new PSD. Name this new layer Original.

Change the Layer Blending Mode of this layer to Linear Dodge (Add). You will have to use the Move tool to properly align this Original layer with your Glowing Brush layer.

Step 12

Create a New Layer above the Original Layer and name it Colorize.

With the Gradient tool, select the Violet, Orange gradient again and choose Radial Gradient. Make a gradient that resembles something like this:

Step 13

Now change the layers blending mode of the Colorize layer to Hue. You should end up with this:

Step 14

Now we are going to add some text into the design. Add the text DESIGN IS BILLIANT. For the font I used Helvetica Neue - Ultra Light Extended. For the color I used - #ffca53

Make sure this text layer is right above the background but below all of the other layers.

Step 15

Open the Bokeh image from the resource files into Photoshop. Copy and Paste it into your PSD and place the layer above your text. Change the layer blending mode to Screen and the Opacity to 28%

You will want to Scale the Bokeh layer down to fit nicley with your text.

Step 16

Open the Particles - 9.jpg file and Copy and Paste it into your PSD. Scale it down and place it just below the Original Layer. Change the Layer Blending mode to Linear Dodge (Add). Name this layer Particles Pink

Duplicate the Particles Pink layer and change the layer blending mode to Overlay.

Step 17

Create a New Layer just below your particles pink layers. Using the Elliptical Marquee Selection Tool, create some solid white circles in your document.

Step 18

Now change the Layer Blending mode to Soft Light. Name this layer Circles - Soft Light

Step 19

Finally, I decided to crop the image since the right hand side was not too appealing. You could easily add some elements over on the right side and bring it all together.

So that's it. Have fun with your new tool!

Step 1:

Open up Illustrator and create a 3000 pt by 3000 pt document.

Step 2:

Next choose the Pen Tool.

Step 3:

Using the Pen Tool, draw a unique shape. Here is the shape I came up with. You can come up with any shape you prefer. I also incorporated some stars using the Star tool.

Step 4:

Using the Direct Selection Tool, select some of your shapes and change the color.

Step 5:

Select all of the shapes with the Selection Tool and go to Edit > Copy

Now deselect everything by clicking in a blank area of your artboard. Choose Edit > Paste in Front. This will create an exact duplicate of your shape. Now without deselecting the copy, use the right arrow key and move the shape over to the right. Give a good amount of space in between the two shapes.

Step 6:

Now go to Object > Transform > Reflect

Step 7:

Select Horizontal for your Axis to reflect and click on OK

Step 8:

Now go back to Object > Transform > Reflect and this time choose Vertical for your Axis to reflect and click on OK

Step 9:

Using the selection tool, select both of your shapes and go to Edit > Copy. Then go to Edit > Paste in Front

Finally go to Object > Transform > Rotate

Step 10:

This is where the fun starts. You can put in a simple division equation into the Angle box. I choose to put in 360/10. Then click OK

This will rotate both shapes 36 degrees.The reason I use the put in a division equation instead of 36 degrees is because it will create a perfect radial that will line up when you are finished.

If you are not happy with the preview, try a different angle.

Step 11:

Keyboard shortcuts come in very handy at this point. With the copied rotated copied shape still selected, press CTRL + C then CTRL + F then CTRL + D.

Those keyboard shortcuts do the following:
CTRL + C = Edit > Copy
CTRL + F = Edit > Paste in Front
CTRL + D = Object > Transform > Transform Again

Step 12:

Now that you have a finished radial, you can end here or add more to it. If you would like to make the radial more complicated, then continue reading.

With the Selection tool, select the whole radial and go to Edit > Copy. Then Edit > Paste in Front. Now Scale down the copy so it is in the center of the first radial.

Step 13:

Now let's add more color into the radial where the white space is.

Using the pen tool, trace around the yellow areas of the inner part. Make sure you close off the path.

Step 14:

While the outline shape you just created is still selected. Open the Gradient panel (Window >Gradient) and choose Copper Radial.

This should apply a copper gradient. Obviously it does not go good with our previous colors. So click on each of small color boxes and change the colors to shades of pink.

Step 15:

If for some reason your gradient shape is above some of the radial shapes, select the gradient and go to Object > Arrange > Send to Back.

This is what you should have now:
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Step 16:

Now we want to fill in the other white areas as well. Using the same technique above, create another path with the pen tool on the outer most area of your radial.

Step 17:

Now select everything with the Selection Tool and choose Edit > Copy. Then go to Edit > Paste. Now Scale the copy to the center of the radial and you're finished!

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Required Resources

Download the Media Militia Resources

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Detail

Step 1:

First off, we need to create the text.

Open up 3ds Max. In the Create tab, click on the Shapes button. Click on the Text object type button. Then type in JEYA in text area in capital letters. We will use Arial with the font size at 100.

Step 2:

In the Front view, click, drag and align the text to the X axis as shown below.
Tip: You can use the Select and Move tool to better align the text.

Step 3:

With the text still selected, click on the Modify tab. In the Modifier List drop down choose Extrude.

Step 4:

Step 5:

In the Modifier List drop down, choose Lattice. Use the following Settings:

Radius: 6.5
Segments: 23
Sides: 3

It should look similar to the following image:

Step 6:

Now we are going to create the other text that will go below our main JEYA text. Because we want all the same settings on the new text, we will clone the original JEYA text.

In the Edit Menu, choose Clone (CTRL+V). In the Clone Options, choose Copy. Click OK

Step 7:

Make sure the Select and Move tool is selected. In the Front View port, drag the Y green arrow downwards. The cloned text should be just below the original JEYA text.

Step 8:

Make sure the cloned text is still selected. In the Modify tab, click on Text in the stack order. Change the Text to say "one" in lowercase.

Step 9:

Using the Select and Move Tool, reposition the "one" text to the right side - just below the "JEYA" text. I aligned the bottom of the "Y" with the top of the "n"

Step 10:

Open the Material Editor by clicking on the button in the toolbar or press M on your keyboard.

Step 11:

Click on the Diffuse Color Selector and type in the following colors:

Red: 214
Green: 35
Blue: 35

Change the Specular Level to 25 and the Glossiness to 22

Step 12:

Now we need to apply the material. Drag the material from the Material Editor on to both of the text objects.

The text should change to the color Red. If they don't try dragging it again.

Step 13:

In the Perspective View, you need to activate it by right clicking anywhere in the view. The view should turn yellow.

Click on the Front side of the ViewCube.

Tip: If you don't see the ViewCube, you can use the keyboard shortcut: Alt+Ctrl+V.

Step 14:

Im the bottom left, use the Pan View tool and drag the text into the view. Then use the Zoom Tool to pull away by dragging downwards in the Perspective View.

Tip: You can also pan by dragging in a viewport while pressing the middle button of a three-button mouse. To zoom, roll your mouse scroll wheel.

Step 15:

In the Create Tab, click on the Lights button. In the Lights drop down box choose Photometric.Then click on Free Light.

You should get a dialog box asking you to change the Exposure control, choose Yes

Step 16:

In the Perspective view, click and drag the Free Light just over the "o" in the "one" text.

In the Left view, move the the light with the Select and Move tool to look like the following:

Tip: Look at the grid spacing to judge distance. You might need to use the zoom tool to find the light in the viewport.

Step 17:

In the Photometric - Free Light Modifier properties change the Color to Halogen (Warm)

Step 18:

In the Create Tab, click on the Lights button. In the lights drop down choose Standard. Click on the Skylight button.

Step 19:

In the Front view, place the skylight in the upper right hand corner as pictured below:

Tip: Remember you can use the Pan View Tool to pan around the view.

Step 20:

In the Front view, using the Select and Move tool, select the JEYA text.

Open the Modifiers Tab. Control click on the Lattice and Extrude modifiers to select both of them.

Step 21:

Right click on one of them and choose CUT. You should be left with just the JEYA text.

Now Right Click on the JEYA text and choose Convert To: > Convert to Editable Spline

Step 22:

In the Modifiers Tab, Selection roll out, Click on the Vertex button.

Step 23:

In the Front View, select the end of the letters vertex points to extend them.

Step 24:

Use the Select and Move tool and drag them all the way up.

Tip: Zoom out to drag the vertices higher.

Step 25:

Do the same with the "A" and "Y". I also pulled the top part of the "E" into the "Y"

Note: You will need to move on both the Y and X axis for diagonal lines.

Step 26:

With the JEYA text selected, go back into the Modify tab. right click on Text in the modifiers stack and choose Paste.

This will paste back in the Lattice and Extrude modifiers.

Step 27:

Right Click on the JEYA text and choose Convert To: > Convert to Editable Mesh.

In the Modify tab, click on the the Vertex selection button.

Step 28:

In the Left view, you need to delete all background vertices that don't look good in the perspective viewport.

Select them by using the Select and Move tool. Make a selection around them and press delete. Here are the vertices I deleted.

Step 29:

Make the Perspective view active, then click on the Orbit Tool.

Anywhere outside of the Orbit right drag to the left making it rotate about 30 degrees or until your text looks good to you.

Tip: Remember you can use the Pan View tool and Zoom to get a look that you like.

Here is what I ended up with in each of the views:

Tip: Look at the light placements. Do yours match up?

Perspective:

Front:

Left:

Top:

Step 30:

Now go to Rendering > Render Setup. Change the Output Size Width to 1500 and the Height to 1000.

Click on the Advanced Lighting tab.

Change the Select Advanced Lighting drop down to Light Tracer

Step 31:

Finally! Make sure the Perspective view is still active and Click on the Render button. After it is done rendering, click on the Save icon in the render window.

Change the Save as Type to TIF and click on the Setup button.

Make sure you put a check mark on the Store Alpha Channel. Press OK. Name the file and press Save.

Here is my final render:

Step 32:

Now it's time to open Photoshop.

Open your TIF into Photoshop. I included my TIF in the resources if you would prefer to use that for the following steps.

In your layers panel, ALT + Double Click on the Background Layer to unlock it.

Now go to Select > Load Selection. Make sure the Alpha channel is selected and Check Invert. Click OK

Step 33:

Press Delete to remove all the black from the background.

Go to Select > Deselect

Name this Layer "Main Text"

Double Click on the Main Text layer to bring up the Layer Style dialog.

Check Stroke and Change the stroke Size to 5. Make the color = Black.

Step 34:

Create a New Layer by going to Layer > New > Layer. Name it "Background." Make sure it is below your Main Text Layer.

Using the Gradient tool, make a Radial Gradient from #aeafaf to #000000. Make the center point black as shown in the picture below.

Step 35:

In the resources you downloaded, open Bokeh.jpg. Copy and paste it into your PSD.

Make sure it is above the Background Layer but underneath the Main Text Layer. Change the Layer Blending Mode to Overlay.

Name this layer Bokeh.

Step 36:

Hold down the CTRL key and click on the layer thumbnail for the Main Text layer to create a selection.

Step 37:

Create a new layer just below the Main Text layer. Name it "Outer Stroke."

Go to Edit > Stroke. Make the stroke color #12e2ca and the Size = 16 pixels.

Step 38:

Using a brush fill in the areas in the center of the text that didnt get filled in with the stroke. It should look like this now:

Step 39:

From the resources, bring in Spraypaint1.png and place in the PSD. Move it into the left side. Make sure it above the bokeh layer. Name the layer "Spraypaint1"

From the resources, bring in lined graffiti.png and place in the PSD. Move it into the right side. Make sure it above the Spraypaint1 layer. Name the layer "graffiti"

Step 40:

From the resources, bring in splash1.png, verticle lines.png, and lineart.png. Arrange them so they look like the following:

Step 41:

Duplicate the Splatter layer by going to Layer > Duplicate Layer

Double click on the duplicated layer and add a Color Overlay. Use the color #d5006b

Step 42:

Duplicate the Splatter layer again by going to Layer > Duplicate Layer. Move it to the right hand side.so you can see if better.

Duplicate it two more times and add a color overlay using this color: #12e2ca. Move the layers around the canvas.

Step 43:

Open the Brushes panel. Click on the pop-up menu and choose Load Brushes. Use the Graffiti Brushes you downloaded from the resources.

Brush in some spray paint splatters and drips to your liking. I used the color #12e2ca

Tip: Change the brush size to get different looks.

Step 44:

Create an Adjustment Layer by going to Layer > New Adjustment Layer and choose Hue/Saturation Use the following settings:

Hue: -18
Saturation: +12
Lightness: -2

Step 45:

Now we need to create a clipping mask, so that the Hue/Saturation will only effect the Main Text Layer

Hold down the ALT key and position your cursor in between the two layers (the cursor changes to two overlapping circles) and click. It should create a down arrow on the Hue Saturation layer.

Tip: You can also create clipping masks by choosing the top layer and going to Layer > Create Clipping Mask

Here is the layers stack so far:

Step 46:

We are now going to do the same with a brightness and contrast layer.

Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer and choose Brightness/Contrast

Change the Contrast to 58

Step 47:

Make sure this adjustment layer is also a clipping mask. If it is not, then make it one.

Now create another adjustment layer. This time choose Levels. Use the following settings:

62 - 1 -255

Step 48:

I added a MEDIA MILITIA text on the side of the A with the same light blue we used earlier. The font I used is Metal.

Create a new layer and name it "Blings Baby!" Using a white brush outline the right and bottom sides of the letters.

I used a White brush - 20 pixels at 100% hardness. You should have something like this now:

Step 49:

Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Make the Radius: 28.9 pixels.

Change the Layer Blending mode to Soft Light and lower the Opacity to 54%.

Step 50:

That's it! Here is the final design. Hope you enjoyed this tutorial!

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Resources Used

• Stock by Mo-01
• Hi-Res Splatter Brushes by Bittbox
• C4D Renders by Stinky666
• Nebula Stock by Moonchilde-Stock
• Spirals 1 via Stock.Xchng

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Step 1:

Step 2:

Now let’s add a Linear Gradient, select your gradient tool from the Photoshop Toolbar (Shortcut: G) we will be using two colors - #bf294d and #391948 after you have setup your gradient (Supplied Gradient outcome below) change the blending options of the layer to Soft Light and change the Opacity to 51% After that grab the Eraser tool and erase the parts you don’t want in the image.

Step 3:

Now it’s time to add some elements. I used a Nebula called Binary Stock by Moonchilde-Stock on Deviantart - Open it in Photoshop and drag it into your canvas, set its blending mode to Linear Dodge and start rotating, resizing and erasing till you are happy with its placement in your image. Now grab a Bubble C4D, you can get some C4D resources from Stinky666 on Deviantart. I used a Bubble C4D. Open it up in Photoshop and set the blending options to Linear Dodge and place the C4D on the Left Hand side, reason being the bubbles flow with the movement of the photo.

Step 4:

Moving on to our 4th step this is where the fun part comes in. We will be using Splatter Brushes called Hi-Res Splatter Brushes by Bittbox and applying Clipping Masks over them to create a great insertion into our illustration. You will never get the same result that is why I love to use the technique. Create a New Layer by going to Layer>New>Layer – Name your Layer and hit OK, you will now have a new layer to work in. Grab yourself some splatter brushes from your brush palette and brush on your canvas, it doesn’t matter what color the brush is at the moment. Once you have added your splatter, hide the layer with the splatter brushing on. Create a New layer and go to Image>Apply Image – This basically Copy Merges your entire document and gives you a full layer. Unhide your Splatter Brush layer and select your Applied Image Layer now go to Layer>Create Clipping Mask or press (Shortcut: CTRL +ALT + G) now you will be able to use your Move Tool (Shortcut: V) to move the image around inside your Splatter Brush. I repeated this process three times on various places.

Step 5:

Create a New Layer and fill it with Black #000000 set the blending mode to Color Dodge and the Opacity to 77% now use your brush tool to brush some color onto her. I used a 900px soft brush with the colors #837e81 and #811757 – The color choices are totally up to you though. Now repeat that step again and use a 900px soft brush with the color #3b3a0a and set the blending mode to Color Dodge. I used this Color to add some brightness to the wall behind the model. Now create a New Layer and apply the image (shortcut: CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + E) now go to Filter>Distort>Wave and hit the randomize button a few times. Now change the blending options of the layer to Lighter Color and erase the parts of the image you don’t want.

Step 6:

Lets create a New Layer and apply the image (Shortcut: CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + E) now go up to Filter>Stylize>Glowing Edges use these Settings: (Edge Width – 3 | Edge Brightness – 9 | Smoothness – 1) after applying the Glowing Edges Filter select the layer and go up to Image>Adjustments>Invert OR press (Shortcut: CTRL + I) This should change the entire layer into white and black, change the blending options of the layer to Multiply. You should see that this affects the image with shadows. Next create a new layer and grab your Lasso Selection tool (Shortcut: L) draw a selection on the canvas that corresponds with the flow of the image. After you have drawn your selection go to the little half filled icon on your Layers Panel at the bottom and select Pattern. I selected a skew line pattern to fit into the motion of the image. After you have selected your pattern and pressed ok set the blending options of the layer to Soft Light and drop the opacity down to 22%

Step 7:

Create a new layer and grab your Elliptical Marquee Tool (Shortcut: M) and draw a Circle behind her head whilst holding SHIFT to keep it symmetrical. Fill the Selection with Yellow #f5f32a and set the blending options to Soft Light and the Opacity to 13% - Repeat the process but, this time create a smaller circle and fill it with Blue #00acec set the blending options to Soft Light and the Opacity to 13%. Create a New Layer and Apply Image once again (Shortcut: CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + E) go up to Filter>Distort>Wave and Randomize the effect and hit OK. Keep the Blending Options of this layer on Normal just erase parts of the image layer you don’t want.

Step 8:

Lets create a new layer and grab a splatter brush. Add the brush to a place on the canvas where it will add to the flow of the image. After you have added your splatter brush hide the layer and create a new layer. Apply Image on the new layer (Shortcut: CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + E) and unhide the splatter brush layer now select the applied image layer and Create a Clipping Mask (Shortcut: CTRL + ALT + G) position the image as you like it. Time to brighten up our image, create a new layer and Fill it with Black #000000 set the Blending Options to Color Dodge – Grab your brush tool and use some color to spice up the Image, I used - #4f4e0e green - #784c13 brown - #748694 light blue/grey This was the First Set. I then repeated the process and used #584515 brown - #324c66 blue - #53173e pink, this was the Second Set. I repeated the process again and used #3e2100 dark brown – and #2c2a2a a dark grey, I then set the Blending Options to Color Dodge and the Opacity to 78%. This was the Third Set. I once again repeated the process and used #FFFFFF White with a star brush and set the blending options to Color Dodge. This was the Fourth Set. You can see the outcome of these steps below the Sets.

Step 9:

Now let’s go down to the Half Filled Icon on our Layers Panel and Select Gradient Map use the default gradient Black to White and hit OK. Drop the Opacity of the layer down to 68% and erase some of the darkness on the models face and upper body. Next grab this spirals light photo from Stock.xchng and open it up in Photoshop. Insert it into your canvas and change the blending options to Linear Dodge, move it up to her head and erase the front part as if it is sitting on top of her hair at the back. Now Create a new layer and Apply Image (Shortcut: CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + E) now go up to Image>Adjustments>Threshold and use the default settings. Now go up to Filter>Blur>Radial Blur Use a Zoom method and set the strength to 100% now click inside the white box and drag it to the upper right corner and hit OK. You should see that your Threshold layer is now Radial Blurred coming from the Right Hand side. Change the Blending Options to Linear Dodge and drop the Opacity to 13% and erase what you don’t want.

Step 10:

Now we are going to be adding a few Adjustments. Firstly Go down to the Half Filled Icon on your Layers Panel and Select Levels. Use the Settings I have supplied Below (11 | 1.00 | 245) and change the Blending Options to Luminosity and the Opacity to 58% - Next add a Green Photo Filter from the Half Filled Icon menu and set the Blending Options to Soft Light and the Opacity to 17% - Now go to Adjustments menu (Half Filled Icon) once again and Select Solid Color use the Color #fa8b08 Orange and set the Blending Options to Soft Light and the Opacity to 8%

Step 11:

In this step we will be adding a few more C4D’s to correspond to the image. I used Bubble C4D’s from Stinky666. I inserted the first bubble C4D and set the blending Options to Linear Dodge and erased the parts I didn’t want. I then proceeded to Insert another bubble C4D and set the Blending Options to Linear Dodge and erased the parts of the C4D that I didn’t want. Next I created a new layer and grabbed my brush tool and proceeded to brush on the models head. I then went up to Filter>Distort>Wave and randomized the effect. I then hid the layer and created a new layer and Applied Image (Shortcut: CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+E) then I made the brush layer visible and created a clipping mask from the Applied Image layer and moved it around a bit to get the effect that I wanted.

Step 12:

Lets go to the Adjustments (Half Filled Icon) Menu and select Color Balance use these settings (+23 | -5 | -15) I provided a image below too. Next I used the Clone Tool to lengthen the Light streak on her shoulder a few pixels. You select the Clone Tool in your Photoshop Toolbar (Shortcut: S) and you make sure that the setting Sample on the top toolbar is set to ALL LAYERS and not just CURRENT LAYER. Now create a new layer and go to your image press and hold down ALT you will see the cursor change and click on the lighting on her shoulder. Now let go of ALT and use the brush to lengthen the streak by clicking and dragging. Next create a new layer and fill it with Black #000000 and change the blending Options to Color Dodge and the Opacity to 71% I then used a Large Soft Brush with the colors #6d6513 green - #947934 orange - #7b7270 grey, I have provided the color layer I used. This corrected the path of the Lighting for the image with some extra color and brightness.

Step 13:

Go to the Adjustments Menu (Half Filled Icon) and select a Green Photo Filter change the Blending Options to Soft Light and the Opacity to 10%. Next go back to the Adjustments Menu and Select Brightness and Contrast add Brightness +2 and Contrast +15. Next up, go back to Adjustments Menu and select Gradient Map use the default Black to White gradient and hit ok leave the Blending Options as is and change the Opacity to 50% now erase the parts of the Gradient map that you do not want. Now create a new layer and apply image in that layer (Shortcut: CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + E) then use the Burn Tool (Shortcut: O) and darken all of the over bright areas on the image.

Step 14:

We are going to be adding a few more Adjustments. Go to the Adjustments Menu and Select Gradient Map click inside the gradient to open up the gradient options and select the Purple to Orange Gradient from the Default list – Colors are - #290a59 to #ff7c00 – Now set the Blending Options to Screen and the Opacity to 16% now erase the unwanted areas. Next add another Gradient Map and select the Purple to Red to Yellow Gradient from the list – Colors are - #0a00b2 to #ff0000 to #fffc00 – then set the Blending options to Soft Light and the Opacity to 11%. Now add another Gradient Map but this time use the default Black to White Gradient. Set the Blending Options to Multiply and the Opacity to 15%

Step 15: (Final Preview)

This is going to be our last step in the process so let’s go down to the Adjustments Menu and Select Black and White and use the default settings. Set the Opacity to 25% and Erase some of the details you don’t want or need. Now create a New Layer and Apply Image (Shortcut: CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + E) go to Filter>Other>High Pass use the default setting of 10 and then set the Blending Options to Soft Light and the Opacity to 53% this should sharpen out the image.