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Posted by Johnson Koh in Photoshop on Oct 2nd, 2009 | 31 responses
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The tutorial is made after receiving a readers request. As we know,typographic portrait art takes a huge amount of work. Here is a muchsimpler version I made, which hopes to give beginners an idea onhow to start. This tutorial will show how to create custom brushes and
fill patterns. Also you will learn more about selection and posterizetool.
Preview of Final Image
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Download a nice portrait image here. There is no need to create anydocument as we will be working on this image directly.
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Using the Pen tool, crop away the black areas on both sides below theears. Double-click on the Background layer on the Layers tab tounlock it and rename as Portrait. Create a new layer below the
Portrait layer and fill it with #FFFFFF. Then go to Image >Adjustments > Posterize. Set the Levels to 4.
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Hide the Portrait layer for awhile by clicking the Eye icon on the left
beside the layer. Using the Type tool with your favorite font and color#000000, type in a few words as shown below.
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Now we are going to create a Photoshop brush. To do so, simplymake a selection around the first word like what I did below. Go toEdit > Define Brush Preset. There you have it! A new brush will
appear under your Brush Preset window. Do the same for theremaining words too.
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Next, we are going to customize a Fill Pattern. To do so, merge allyour words together as one single layer. Go to Edit > Free Transform.Reduce the size of the words to very small like what I done below.
Now hide all other layers except these words. Make a selectionaround them and go to Edit > Define Pattern. You can find yournewly created pattern now in your Pattern Preset window.
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We have not much use for the words layer anymore so you can hide itaway. Unhide the Portrait and Background layers again. This timemake a small selection around the black area like what I did on her
neck.
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With that selection, go to Select > Similar. This will select all theareas with that particular color.
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Before I go on further, try to select the Brush tool and right-click onany part within the document. This is the shortcut for changing Brushsizes and its type. Hide the Portrait layer, leaving the selection loaded.
Create a new layer and start to stamp around with the Brushes youcreated earlier. What you need to take note is to adjust the sizesbefore you stamp so it fits nicely within the selection. Do a few timeswith the right-clicking, size adjusting and stamping. Very soon youwill get the hang of it.
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Realize that there are some parts really small and will be troublesometo stamp into those areas. So what we can do is to fill those areas upwith the Fill Pattern you made earlier too. Create a new layer below
the stamps. Use the Paint Bucket tool and fill it with your presetpattern.
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However, the Fill Pattern made our stamps less visible. So CTRL+leftclick on your stamps layer to load selections around the words, go toSelect > Modify > Expand. Set the Radius to 1 pixel. Then follow by
Select > Inverse. Select the Fill Pattern layer and create a Layer Maskwith that selection. This will create a 1 pixel border around thestamped words.
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Repeat these steps for the other two tones of grey color in the Portraitlayer.
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And we are done! This is roughly how you should get as yourfinished work.
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Although the black-and-white style already looks great for me, youcan also add a texture background and replace the colors to your
personal preferences. Hope you enjoy this tutorial. Have fun!
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31 Responses to Make yourself an Amazing TypographicPortrait
Israa says:October 28, 2009 at 1:54 am
Hey Johnson ty so much ive been looking forward to learn thistypographic style. But i have a problem with the first step i dontwhy i cant get the same result as u did. BTW: im working onanother photo.
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tanay says:October 27, 2009 at 12:36 pm
could you please mail me a more detailed tutorial with screenshots im new to photoshop thanks
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c dog says:October 21, 2009 at 11:42 pm
its sexywats ur numbuh girl
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teys says:October 18, 2009 at 4:02 am
ive been wanting to do this forever but i just didnt knowhow thanks for sharing!
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Vrabec says:October 14, 2009 at 1:08 am
Nice, but I thik quiete unfinished tutorial, coloring as a last stepmissing.
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pawelCoversays:October 11, 2009 at 5:57 am
Great typhography effectlike it and use a lotgreat piece of art !
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http://www.creativefolks.net/contest/says:October 9, 2009 at 10:09 pm
thank you very nice
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clippingimages says:October 8, 2009 at 4:01 am
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One of the best tutorial. Well explained. Thanks for sharing thisnice tutorial.
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Inwebo says:October 7, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Great ! love it!
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squab says:
October 7, 2009 at 3:00 pm
as an aspiring desidner i find this vewi helpful, if u dont pleasecould you possibly have another tutorial only this time be incoulor?
squab south africa thanks
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aryfsays:October 6, 2009 at 6:33 pm
great tutorial.nice work
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Rafael Braga says:October 5, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Hey . amazing .. Ill try it right now.
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edoluz says:October 5, 2009 at 9:56 pm
wowowowowowowowow!!
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http://www.creativefolks.netsays:October 5, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Nice, thanks
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Stuti says:October 5, 2009 at 3:06 am
awesumvery innovative idea
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JoyceB says:October 4, 2009 at 3:12 am
Love this effect, Johnson.Thank You!
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sriramkumarwildsays:October 3, 2009 at 9:44 pm
wow amazing
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Bariski | TutZone.netsays:October 3, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Wow wow This ones awesome man. Keep up bro
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dGjess says:October 3, 2009 at 10:35 am
yes!yes.i typography
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Mars says:October 3, 2009 at 3:26 am
wooo, this is the one that i am currently working, post my resulton this one
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{ Mars says:October 3, 2009 at 3:51 am
this is the resulthttp://www.flickr.com/photos/orphicpixel/3974613863/ notas quite good as yours
RangelineDesign says:October 2, 2009 at 11:02 pm
Great tutorial! I will be adding this one to my favorites!
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Christian says:October 2, 2009 at 10:53 pm
great tut man!
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tuananh says:October 2, 2009 at 9:11 pm
stunning tutorial! I love it
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