SRL Archive - Computer Help and Tutorials

Okay, you are going to learn to make a simple piece of abstract art in Photoshop. Personally, I have always done this since I started using Photoshop :) Each time will produce different results.

Final Product: See Here for Final Results

To start, open up Photoshop and make a new file. (File -> New, or, Ctrl - N).
You are presented with this:


Stick with the default Photoshop size.

Next, you want to use your Pencil Tool. This can be accessed by right clicking the Brush Tool and selecting the Pencil Tool. (Or, Press - B, until the Pencil Tool is selected.)


Now change the diameter of the pencil to - 2 pixels


Now for some fun. Scribble all over the document :D

You should now have something like this:


Now select your Paint Bucket Tool. Right click the Gradient Tool and select the Paint Bucket Tool. (Or, Press - G, until the Paint Bucket Tool is selected.)


Now use the Paint Bucket Tool to fill in random sections of your scribbles.

Should have something like so:


Now lets add some Radial Blur (Filter -> Blur -> Radial Blur)


Match your options to these: (60, Zoom, Best)


Should result in something like:


Now we will use another filter under the stylize category. "Find Edges" (Filter -> Stylize -> Find Edges)


Results in:


Kinda cool huh ? One extra step you can take is to Invert the image. (Image -> Adjustments -> Invert, or, Ctrl - I)


Final Result:


And there you have it. A nice and easy to produce Photoshop [abstract] art.

Some things to try:

- Colours
- Organised Lines Instead of Scribbles
- Different Blurs

Here's an example with some colour:


Thanks for reading. Please provide feedback/comments :D

And post your results !

Very good!

Very detailed, easy to understand, and a nice result.

Well done!

Nice job

Well written with a lot of pics ..

:)

Very cool. I can't afford photoshop :( I like the edgesresult.png the best though

Thanks :)

From: uncfan1119
Very cool. I can't afford photoshop :( I like the edgesresult.png the best though

Dude, Wth

Thanks for the tutorial should be more of these imo *hints to photoshop pros*

From: Kave
Thanks for the tutorial should be more of these imo *hints to photoshop pros*

I put a few out.. xD

It looks a bit doge but its a tutorial, i shall make one, one day.

From: uncfan1119
Very cool. I can't afford photoshop :( I like the edgesresult.png the best though

Cant you get it in other terms?

Thanks for the tutorial, very detailed, and very needed!
I hope to get into PS soon and I will post my outcome

My outcome (at a certain point I got away from the tut and 'freestyled' :p)

Second:

Awesome guide man Rep+ :D

Here is what I came up with


Not to bad for a first try eh?

Here is my second one :)


I love how a piece of crap scribble turns into a piece of art :p