Find a Photoshop CC smoke effect online or use a free image editor with similar filters.
Find a Photoshop CC smoke effect online or use a free image editor with similar filters.
Hello, I saw a great tattoo image online. For Photoshop, I searched YouTube and Google for smoke and smoke effects in Adobe Photoshop CC but didn’t find anything. Could you share a tutorial or some reference images to work with? Or should I suggest starting fresh? I also noticed a digital version available.
Try and Find a good Ace of spades vector image. Even a rasterized one is fine you'll only need it as a guide. create a new file with a transparent background the specs are up to you. now using the pen tool try and recreate the dark/smoke dense parts of the ace of spades by tracing on the image you found. Preferably try and trace the right side and bottom left side of the ace of spades(The areas on the image you wanted to make.) after tracing it out using the pen tool, create a shape out of it (Well be calling it "Shape1"). and fill that shape with black no strokes remove the image of the ace of spades you used as a guide. NExt we need to make the smoke coming out of Shape1 you just made. You can technically use any brush, but this brush is fairly common for those smoke effects. Get it here http://www.brusheezy.com/brushes/1772-smoke-set Once finished downloading and installing the brush, Simply try and experiment with the brush first whether it's the hardness, the size etc. edit: I forgot that you should have the layers for Shape1 and Brush effects separately. Once you got the hang of it try and create your own smoke effects that will be coming out of Shape1. You can copy the ones in the photo you want to imitate. edit: Decrease the opacity of the Shape 1 layer to your liking. You can still change it after step 11 if it doesn't suit you. once finished use the smudge tool to smudge Shape1 and create the smoking effect similar to the dense parts in the sample image That is basically a rough plan I've made. Obviously, trying to copy the sample image is pretty much impractical so it's better to make it your own and experiment on it. You can also adjust the levels to your bidding/ and this plan assumes you already know how to use the pen tool. @ XTankSlayerX not really tricky this just looks like a daunting task. But you can easily imitate this using the pen tool, a brush of your choice, and the smudge tool. edit: as I've said this was just a rough plan, what I would do personally on the fly. Some complications may arise. For example, you might not like the smoke effects created using the smudge tool. You can try to cover for it using the brush I gave you. Edited October 24, 2015 by RedSphyxis