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Making of the Imaginary Paint Dancers

I came across the amazing set of Paint Tossing freebies from Media Militia the other day and thought that I must create some artwork with them. So I visited my favorite Mjranum’s stock gallery again and done up this tutorial. Hope you will like it.
 
Preview of Final Image
 
 
Create a document of size 595×842 pixels with black background. Create a new layer and name it as "Grey Spot". Using a Brush tool, Soft Rounded 600px and color #333333, paint a huge grey dot at the center of the document.
 
 
Using the same method above, paint a few more spots with your preferred colors like the example below.
 
 
Download a cool texture from KrakoGraff. Place the texture above all the color spots you done earlier. Go to Image > Adjustments > Desaturate. Set the Blend Mode of this layer to Overlay.
 
 
Download Paint Bottle from SXC.hu. Crop out the bottles and place it in the middle as shown below.
 
 
Make a new layer below the bottles and name it as "Shadows". Paint the bottles’ shadows with the Brush tool.
 
 
Download Paint Tossing Pack from Media Militia. This is a fantasic set of stocks that you gonna love it. Choose one of the paint image like the one I got below. Select a small white area in the image. Go to Select > Similar to select all the other white areas. Press Delete to remove the white background.
 
 
Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation. Check on Colorize and change the paint splash to red color. Right-click on the layer and choose Blending Options. Select Inner Glow and input the following settings.
 
 
Make a few more paint splashes to the top of each paint bottle using the method above.
 
 
Download Zentai image from Mjranum Stock. There is a series of these images that we have to thank Marcus for sharing with us. Crop the figure out from the background.
 
 
Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation. Check on Colorize and change the figure to blue color.
 
 
Go to Filter > Artistic > Plastic Wrap. Apply the following settings to the image.
 
 
Resize the dancing figure to fit in the blue paint splash. Using the Eraser tool, fade the bottom of the figure like the example below.
 
 
Repeat the steps for a few more dancing figures that you can find from the Mjranum’s deviantART gallery.
 
 
Create a new layer and name it as "Glows". Using the Brush tool, Soft Rounded 50px and white color, paint a small dot at the lid of one paint bottle.
 
 
Repeat the same for the lids of all paint bottles.
 
 
Download the High Res Ink Splatter Brushes from Muzika08. Paint a few small splatter at the glowing spots with white color.
 
 
Download the Smoke Pack from Media Militia. Create a new layer behind the paint bottles and name it as "Smoke". Paint a few white smoke with the brushes you downloaded. Set the Opacity of this layer to 40%.
 
 
Create a new layer behind the "Smoke" layer and name it as "Scribbles". Using the Brush tool, Soft Rounded 2px and white color, scribble some stuffs randomly around the document area.
 
 
Resize it smaller and place it just behind the dancing figures. Right-click on this layer and choose Blending Options. Select Outer Glow and apply the following settings.
 
 
Duplicate a few of the "Scribble" layers, make them smaller and position randomly around the dancing figures.
 
 
Create a new layer and name it as "Glowing Lines". Using the Pen tool, draw a curve as shown below. Right-click on the path and choose Stroke Path. Check on Simulate Pressure and hit OK. Right-click on the layer and choose Blending Options. Choose Outer Glow and leave the settings as default.
 
 
Make a Photo Filter Adjustment Layer at the top of all layers. Choose Cooling Filter (82) and density to be 25%.
 
 
Make a Levels Adjustment Layer and set the settings as 0, 0.70, 255.
 
 
And there you are! The work is done! Hope you enjoyed the tutorial and wish everyone have a great weekend. Cheers~
 
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84 Responses to “Making of the Imaginary Paint Dancers”

  1. Anne says:

    I found this great tutorial today … thank you for sharing.
    Really great to learn new techniques.
    I don’t know which version of Photoshop you use, I used Photoshop 7.0
    Here my result >>> http://www.fusselchen2001.de.tl/nach-Tutorials.htm

  2. radha krishna says:

    I like this website..it is having great tutorials..superb hatsoff and thanks alot

  3. Sanjayorange says:

    Superb !

  4. Nobody says:

    That’s a great tutorial! Thanks!

  5. rEye says:

    Awesome tut,keep up the good work
    Check out my version (it’s a little different)http://reyed33.deviantart.com/art/Extreme-Colours-149814063

  6. van basten says:

    wooow it’s just awesome realy like it ♥♥♥

  7. Petixdesigns says:

    i got a serious question? where did the color comes out? i see the bottles are tightly sealed. hmm weird right

  8. Brian Jones says:

    What a great tutorial – thank you! This is saved and will be my tutorial to complete for tomorrow.

  9. locot says:

    you are the best

  10. Butterfly says:

    Thank you :)

  11. ALAOUI-O says:

    thank u so muth

  12. jj says:

    heyy guys the link for the model i got her but where do u find the other models on that site

  13. Akun says:

    pls give more details how u use pencil tool since to me it’s showing different! dunno why but it’s draw a big big white line! tkx

  14. Panchodh says:

    damn it, i cannot use the images of the women cause i am 16 year old (it is restricted to adults thought i cannot see anything provocative in them)
    Is there any other place where i can find them?

  15. ML says:

    thank you! I spent 3 hrs and got it done! ♥

  16. devraj says:

    perfect sir. wowwwww

  17. Richie says:

    Super Awesome….

  18. wonderful tutorial i like, thanks..

  19. lisa says:

    LOVVVED IT!
    that little select a small corner adn then choose select>similar awesome tip so helpful :)

  20. Great tutorial.Well explained. thanks for sharing this tutorial.

  21. Stephanie says:

    Absolutely amazing, it was a lot of fun following it. Mine isnt as clean yet as yours but very well done

  22. g3niuz says:

    this looks fresh bro

  23. Rk says:

    awsome work…!

  24. Arya says:

    I started making an image using this tutorial, but I ran into some problems. I don’t know how to use the Plastic Wrap filter since Photoshop is not letting me. Where did I go wrong?

    • Johnson Koh says:

      Are you selecting the correct non-hidden layer? Or is there a lock on the layer?

    • Arya says:

      The layer is neither hidden nor locked. But still some of the filters are not available. I’m using Photoshop CS3 Extended and have followed all the steps as its said in the tutorial, but I got stuck at the Plastic wrap filter since I can’t use it… I really can’t figure out what the problem is, since I barely have any experience in working in PS.

    • Megha says:

      Check your document mode that must be
      image > mode > RGB
      then u will get the option visible Filter > Artistic > Plastic Wrap

    • Arya says:

      Thanks! It already was in RGB mode, but I had to change it to the 8bits channel which was among those options… now it’s all working fine.

  25. sultana says:

    Hey, I followed your tutorial tonight and I found it worked amazing! My image turned out cool with just a few tweaks to make it my own, thanks for showing me these easy techniques!

  26. Roy Hale says:

    I found the figures in the adult section. Didn’t see much that offended my sensibilities…..:) Thanks again. Do More!!

  27. Mars says:

    wow i loved the new theme, how you do that featured post? i am using infinity theme and i want to have that featured post

  28. Roy Hale says:

    I LOVE THIS ONE!! I have searched everywhere and can’t find the images you used. Can you direct me?
    Stunning creation…….I want to try to learn how to do this………

    Roy

  29. Graham says:

    As usual, the webmaster correctly published!.

  30. Shonde says:

    Hi, interesting article and I also quote in your blog.

  31. JoyceB says:

    I really love this effect…..hoping to make it work….! Thanks, Johnson….

  32. Douglas says:

    likes the marriage of colours and shapes

  33. DanOhh says:

    Powerful stuff, Johnson, and thanks for sharing the process.

  34. jeyaONE! says:

    Wow Johnson, you really did an amazing job. This is absolutely stunning! Thanks for making great use of our paint tossing pack! We really appreciate you using our freebies in your tutorials. Keep up the great work.

  35. edoluz says:

    you rule!

  36. ecks says:

    great tutorial! I can use this steps for my artworks in our office.

  37. bellering says:

    OMG. this tutorial is simple AWWWWESOME

  38. such amazing effects you making there and giving tips and techniques. thanks

  39. Mars says:

    oh jeez!

    i love this tutorial, beautiful

  40. Chey says:

    Hell! Cool yourself otvetili.Beru in tsitnik! The meaning of life and everything else. Resheno.Bez jokes..

  41. citylove says:

    WOOOOOWWWW !!! Awesome. I like the final image !

  42. Wilson says:

    1 word, awesome :) *

  43. ricardofx says:

    awesome @johnson; stunning…
    thx for the paint splaters link :D

    rfx

  44. Bariski says:

    Splendid job done bro. Cool work. P.S. Just a typo there for Imaginary. Hope you fix it :)

  45. Bariski says:

    Looks so awesome man. Splendid job bro.

  46. bender says:

    nice :) ))

  47. georgiana says:

    looking so great…very good use of the splatters.

  48. Ben Rama says:

    nicle done Johnson cool effects : )

  49. sriramkumarwild says:

    cool

  50. nesmeyanova says:

    it”s soo beautiful and cool!

  51. Johnson Koh says:

    There are several ways to crop an image from its background. You can check out http://10steps.sg/photoshop/types-of-extraction-in-photoshop/

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