How to Create an Abstract Photo Manipulation

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Step 10

I then repeated the last two steps for the parts below the part, you may have done this already in the previous step which is fine.

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Step 11

This is an optional step but also an opportunity for you to add some personal touches. You will need some cool patterns, you can download these, use the ones that come with Photoshop or make your own, I’ve written loads of tutorials which include the creation of patterns, 45° lines, Photoshop’s transparent pattern, diamond plating. What I did was to select the pattern stamp tool, chose a pattern and used either a splatter brush or a watercolor brush then brushed onto a new layer below the parrot layer.

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Step 12

Create a new layer directly below the parrot then select the brush tool and choose a 2px hard round brush. Now using a few different bright colors draw some long freehand lines and make the pretty random and go wild. Use about three or four different colors, I’ve shown a couple of examples below.

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Step 13

Next I added some details using the shape tools, I’ve shown some below so add a few of each in a new layer each time, you decide if it should be above or below the parrot. Here I used the line tool to create some crosses, I used a weight of 2px and held Shift to get the lines at 45°.

I held Shift and used the rectangle tool then reduced the opacity of the layer to give a semi-transparent effect.

Just some simple circles her, I added a few of these dotted about.

I added some more simple shapes in different colors like the white rings but I’m sure you’ve got the idea now.

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Step 14

Last thing to do in almost any Photoshop image is to experiment with some color adjustments, the way I see it is if your a beginner then use the hue/saturation adjustment layer, an intermediate then go for the color balance adjustment layer and if you have a bit more experience or feel adventurous then try the curves adjustment layer. I added a curves adjustment layer with the settings shown below and mainly lowered the output of the blue channel increased the rest as the image was looking to cold I felt.

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