RETRO COLLAGE TECHNIQUES

Here you’ll learn how to use photos to create surreal montages that have that authentic washed-out vintage look. You can download and work on the photos Tim Green has used – links are given in the steps below – or you can adapt the steps to suit any set of summery photos that could evoke a bygone era.

If you choose your own shots, it’s not important to ensure they have a vintage appearance. In fact, it’s probably better if they don’t, as we want a consistent retro look that is best applied in Photoshop. What matters more is to ensure that the photos do not contain clothes, hairstyles, architecture or other elements that are obviously recent.

Once you have the right images, it doesn’t take long to blend them and use adjustment layers to get that old-fashioned colour cast, as Tim shows.

Time to Complete

2 - 3 hours

Software

Adobe Photoshop CS4 or later

The original source

http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/tutorials/?featureid=3314377#1

COSMIC MAIDEN

Digital artists are often asked to turn a photo of a model into a dynamic illustration, adding depth and meaning.

Here Karim Fakhoury transforms a simple fashion shot into an eye-catching work that captures power and beauty. The result would suit a wide range of purposes – from an ad campaign to a poster to the cover of your favourite creative magazine.

In creating this type of artwork, you will use a mixture of gradients, lens flares and adjustment layers in a subtle but effective way, enhancing and styling the photography without detracting from the composition and lighting.

Time to complete
4 hours

Software
Photoshop


The original source
http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/tutorials/?featureid=3305776#1