One popular way of creating awesome poster designs is through Photoshop. In today’s post, we have compiled 32 brilliant poster designs and links on how they were done. We’re pretty certain you’ll learn something new even if you’re already a seasoned designer. Feel free to follow the respective sources and leave a comment below if there are any poster design tutorials you want to share.

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Creating a Spectrum Poster Design in Photoshop

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Design a Swiss Style Music Festival Poster in Photoshop

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Create a Black Swan Inspired Movie Poster

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Design a Vintage Style Swissair Travel Poster In Photoshop

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Design a Simple Textured Typographic Poster in Photoshop

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Create a Wild Western “Wanted” Poster in Photoshop

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Design a Grungy, Rock & Roll Gig Poster

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Master Retro Poster Design

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Welcome to another GIMP Tutorial. Last week, we have created a shiny button and have seen how easy it is to make the appealing effect from scratch. Clickhere to see the previous tutorial.

This time, while Valentines is just around the corner, let us create a cool heart design. You can even make your own wallpaper with just a little tweaking.

So let’s go!
Prerequisites

• GIMP 2.6 (download here)

NOTE: Like in the previous GIMP tutorial we had, we will be showing the initial steps in setting up our project. Feel free to skip the steps that you already know and just head straight to the important ones.

At the end of this tutorial, we should have something like the image below:

Step 1: Getting Up the Canvas

Before anything else, we must decide how big our initial canvas would be. It would be more like choosing the type and size of a sheet pf paper when drawing. For this project, we will create an 800 x 600 white field image. But the choice is yours, really. But remember that the larger your image is, the more memory you will use.

Creating

New

Immediately after creating the new image, it is a good idea that we save our image accordingly. However, we simply wouldn’t save this image as one of the common image formats like JPG, PNG, etc. But instead, we’ll save it in a native GIMP format, so that we could later preserve all the data that we add which would include layers, selections, paths, channels, etc. If you’re a Photoshop artist, it’s comparable to saving it in the PSD format. In GIMP world, we recognize the format as XCF.

Let’s go ahead and save this image. Go to File > Save, then on the dialog that appears, type in the name of your project and explicitly add the .xcf file extension or simply type the name and GIMP will automatically append the .xcf extension.

Saving

Save

Aftweward, you’ll now notice our Image Window’s header is labeled with what we have named our project together with other corresponding image information (image mode, layer number, dimension, etc.).

New

Step 2: Renaming the Layers

As with any project, it is really vital to organize your sets, assets, layers, and whatnot. After image creation, our Layers Window is immediately added with a new layer named Background; this, by itself, is much descriptive of its purpose already, but if you want to further recognize this layer, you can rename it by double clicking the layer name and adding in yours. Press Enter to confirm layer renaming. In our case, we named it “bg”, short for background.

New

Renaming

Layer

Step 3: Creating A New Layer

It is always a good practice to always use new layers whenever you add new elements to your scene, regardless of how small. This new layer will serve as our container for our basic shape. Let’s name it “shape”.

Creating

“shape”

Step 4: Creating the Shape

Let’s create the heart shape! Unfortunately, as of this writing, the current version of GIMP doesn’t support shapes like this one. But it is nothing to get worried about. Paths Tool is here to our rescue (known in Photoshop as Pen Tool.

Go ahead and select the Paths Tool from your Toolbox Window or press B to activate it. Under the Paths Option, enable Design (if it wasn’t by default).

Paths

Proceed to your Image Window and begin adding your first point by left clicking on your image (as seen in the screenshot). Most of the time, you will also see tool hints on the status area of your Image Window. This can often guide you with the tool you are using.

Adding

By default, the last point added to your path will be the active one, indicated by a circle filled with white; otherwise, when inactive, it will be a black circle. To select points (or commonly called anchors), simply enable the Paths Tool and left click on any point you wish to activate, shift left clicking points will select multiple points accordingly.

With the first point added, we’ll follow it up with the second point which will serve as the tip of our heart (you’ll see how in a while). To add the second point, simply left click on a part of the image you wish to place the anchor. But there is one handy technique in adding anchor points: while left clicking (adding), hold the left mouse button and drag around to see control points being created alongside, to save some time in the process. However, if you don’t wish to do this, you can left click and simply add the point, then to add control points, hold the CTRL key while left click dragging. There are a maximum of two control points that can be added to a curve, thus defining the bezier path.

Creating

Then finally, we’ll close the path by connecting the 2nd point back to the first point, creating a closed loop. To do that, with the Paths Tool still active, hover your mouse to the first anchor, hold the CTRL key, then finally left click. As you hold down the CTRL key, you’ll notice a hint below on the status area telling you what it does.

After you’ve done so, you’ll now see a closed loop, but not as heart-shaped as we thought it would be. We’ll fix that in a moment.

Closing

Loop

Now that we have managed to close the loop, it’s time to create the heart shape once and for all. Still with the Paths Tool active, select the lower anchor. Now move the control points (square shapes) by left click dragging one of them. Alternatively, you could also hold down the SHIFT button while doing this to constraint both of the control points in the adjustment. Continue moving the points until you create a shape similar to the image below:

Creating

Do the same to the anchor point at the top and keep adjusting all points until you create something like the shape below:

Heart

With the shape created, proceed to the Tool Options of the Paths Tool under the Toolbox Window and click Selection from Path; or simply press the ENTER button while on the Image Window to create a selection out of the shape we created via paths. Then to deselect the paths visualization on the image window, simply select other tools – this will automatically hide the paths from the view.

Creating

Heart

Step 5: Coloring the Shape

While the selection is active, it’s a good time to add color to our heart. From the Toolbox Window, select a foreground color with a lighter shade of red and a background color with a darker shade of red. Then activate the Blend Tool, then under the Options menu, select Radial as the shape.

Blend

Next, proceed to the Image Window, where the selection is still active then perform the coloring process by left click dragging the mouse from the center of the heart to the outside part (as seen in the screenshot).

Blend

Creating something like this:

Blending

Step 6: Creating Edge Shadows

With the selection still active, proceed to the Image Window, right click the selection and choose Select > Shrink. Then on the dialog that appears, type in a value for the shrinking. We had ours set at 15 pixels.

Shrinking

Selection

Next step is to invert the selection. Do this by right clicking on the selection, then choosing Select > Invert. This will now select the outer part of the heart together with the background. But since we have a transparent background in our layer “shape”, only the heart element will be affected by our alterations.

Inverting

Again, under the same menu, right click the selection then choose Select > Feather. On the dialog window that appears, type in some value. This will make our selection fuzzy, therefore creating a smoother transition when we’ll be adding color later on.

Feathering

Then finally, to create the darkening effect, right click on the selection and choose Color > Brightness/Contrast. Then adjust the values accordingly depending on how dark you wish the edges of your heart will be.

Darkening

Dismissing

Step 7: Creating the Shine

To create the shine, similar steps will be taken just like in the previous ones, only in different order.

Proceed to the Layers Window and add a new layer with the name “shine”.

Creating

This new layer will serve as our container for the shine effect that we’ll be adding later on. To get a nice starting shape for our shine, the easiest way to do it would be to derive it from the heart shape itself. To do so, right click the layer shape and select Alpha to Selection. This will select everything but transparent, therefore, the heart we created a while ago.

Deriving

Once the selection has been made, make sure to activate the “shine” layer again, so that whatever we create on our canvas will be placed here and not on the previously selected “shape” layer.

Selection

Next, shrink the selection:

Shrinking

Activate the Paths Tool and create a shape similar to the image below. This will enable us to select part of the selection later on.

Creating

With the Paths Tool still active, press and hold CTRL SHIFT, then press ENTER. What this will do is it will create a selection based from the previous selection we have made, BUT using a Boolean effect with the Intersect option.

New

Let’s go back and enable the Blend Tool. Choose a foreground color of white or something close to that. The background color doesn’t matter since we’ll use a Foreground to Transparent Option in our blending (as you can see in the screenshot below).

Blend

Then applying the color blending, we achieve something like this:

Blending

Then with further tweaking, we can achieve something like this:

Additional

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Step 8: Creating Duplicates

Head over to the Layers Window and duplicate the layers: “shine” and “shape”.

Duplicating

Then, move both of these layers below the “shape” layer but above “bg” layer.

Moving

Then, finally, merge these two duplicate layers to create one single layer. Right click on layer “shine copy” and select Merge Down. This will merge the layers “shine copy” and “shape copy,” creating one single layer.

Merging

Now, you can freely move and transform the layer to your liking. Use the Move Tool, Scale Tool, Rotate Tool, and Perspective Tool at your disposal to create something like this:

Duplicated

Exporting the Image

That’s about it! With further tweaking and additions here and there, we can achieve stunning results. And finally, to output the file to a readable format, go to File > Save As and remove the .xcf extension and replace it with either .jpg or .png. Or you can use other file formats that you wish. Additionally, you can also select from the list on the dialog window.

Exporting

Final Image After Further Tweaking

In line with the love season, we at youthedesigner.com have presented to you one lovely tutorial for you to munch on. We took you to the process of creating shapes with the paths tool, colorizing selections with the blend tool, and some selection techniques that will further add more edge to your designs. We hope you enjoyed reading this tutorial as much as we did making it for you. Please feel free to leave your comments below. We love to hear what you have to say. See you next time!

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STEP 1: Prepare Your File

The first step is to download a good quality photo. Good quality means high resolution and good contrast; these attributes make tracing less difficult and more accurate.
Download the image here.

On the Layers tab, right-click Background and select Duplicate Layer.

STEP 2: Create a Rough Outline

It is usually easier to trace when the entire photo is visible, so create the shape under the duplicate. Start by selecting the original Background Layer. Then, click on the image to mark a point; this new point is called an anchor point. A line will automatically be generated to connect one anchor point to the next.

Click on several points around the image to create a rough outline. Close the shape by connecting the last point to the first.

Before we continue, we need to change the color of the shape. It is always better to choose a shade closer to the image’s dominant color. I opted for #068536.

STEP 3: Adjust Curves

Select the Convert Point Tool and click on an anchor point. A pair of new lines called the Bezier handles will appear. Use these handles to control a point’s curvature.

When you complete this step, you should now have a proper outline.

When you complete this step, you should now have a proper outline.

Step 4: Add Details

So far, our design hardly resembles a real pair of sneakers. The next step is to identify the details. These are: toe caps, heels, insoles, eyelets, tongues, stitches, and laces. Googling a bit about shoe anatomy should help.

Since creating a vector image usually requires several layers, you may want to create groups for each part. Groups are like folders that can help organize your layers. Click the Create a New Group icon at the bottom of the Layers Tab. You don’t have to create the groups right away, you may opt to do this as you trace each part.

The heels, edgings, and toe caps are the next most basic parts, it’s only practical to trace them next. These parts are all white (#FFFFFF). Create black (#000000) strips over them for the rubber linings.

The insoles are the insides. I used #B9AF8C, which is a pale shade of brown. Include tracing the thin lines that creates the silhouettes of the tongues.

Use the Ellipse Tool and foreground color #696C73 to create the eyelets. Duplicate this gray circle, then press CTRL + T. Adjust it to the size of the inside circle on the photo and change its color to #000000 or black.

The Ellipse Tool allows you to create circles that are similar to shapes created by the Pen Tool. Therefore, these circles also contain movable anchor points. Click on the outline of a circle to enable its anchor points. Adjust the points according to the shape of actual eyelet on the photo. Do the same procedure for the rest of the eyelets.

On the photo, the sneakers’ tongues are the same color as the upper soles, but we’d want to distinguish them. Use the Pen Tool to trace all the visible parts of the tongue on each shoe and use #005A22, a darker shade of green.

Next, trace the shoelace by forming a solid outline.

Here comes the tricky part: select the Pen Tool and click the Paths icon on the options bar. Create a path around the parts you want to remove. While on the laces layer, click the Add Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the Layers Tab.

A new layer mask thumbnail will appear beside the vector mask thumbnail. Press CTRL + ALT + Enter to convert the path into a marquee, then press Delete. This action eliminates the mask inside the marquee.

Our initial trace is still showing bits of the green mask through the laces. Delete or hide the appropriate anchor points. Trace the aglets and set the color to #F2F1F1 or dirty white; these are the two sheaths at the ends of a lace. Perform the same procedure for other parts of the laces.

Next, create a new layer. Set the foreground color to #FFFFFF or white, and set the brush size to 2px. Using the Paths option of the Brush Tool, trace the stitches. Right-click on the path, then select Stroke Path.

Turn the lines into dashes by using the Eraser Tool. Select a 4px Square Brush, then manually delete portions of the lines. Trace a rough zigzag on right shoe’s tongue. Finally, adjust the stitches group’s or layers’ opacity to 19%.

Final Image

Here is our final artwork! We hope you have enjoyed this tutorial as much as we did. Check us out regularly for more awesome design articles and tutorials.

Scary illustrations do not only mean creating monsters. It should look realistic. If truth be told, not all artists are able to portray and/or create scary and realistic images.

In this next post, a compilation of Halloween Photoshop Tutorials are showcased to help you in creating the perfect and scariest image possible. Take time to read through these and learn a trick or two on how to make your Halloween designs truly terrifying!

Happy Halloween, everyone!

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The title of this tutorial comes from the three extruding lines on the wall in the background. Learn how to do grayscale shading, create rough colors and then render them in this beautiful tutorial by Henning Ludvigsen.

Making of Funfair

Inspired by a friend whose ice cream suddenly acquired a small insect, Daniela Uhlig has fun creating this strange situation depicted in this graphic, completed in this very painterly 3D tutorial.

Paint a Sexy Siren

This tutorial combines dark humor with irony in this digital painting of a mermaid and a group of painterly pirates. See how it started from a small doodle on Photoshop and ended up as what it is now.

Making of “My Prince”

Learn how to create all that texture, illumination and drama by enhancing light and shadows in this tutorial.

Revising Golongria’s Picture

This article will help you understand basic concepts in painting that can be applied in digital art.

Making of Hecate

This tutorial will show you how to create Hecate, the Greek goddess of the crossroads.

Portrait Speed Painting

Paint a realistic portrait in less than half the usual time using a combination of oil and acrylic techniques and digital painting.

Painting Realistic Hands

Learn the basic anatomy rules and discover techniques that will make painting hands easier than ever.

Picturebook: Painting Human Lips

This tutorial has no text, but shows you a step by step guide on how to create those puckering lips.

Making of Yuka

Yes, that’s actually a painting and not a picture. Learn how to create this from a sketch, to an underpainting, and finally to the finished product.

Painting a Faerie Scene

Create an enchantingly beautiful faerie scene with this tutorial, starting with some simple sketching on paper.

Illustration Workflow with Nick Harris

Light gives life to what we see. Here, you will see how drama has been achieved by simulating light.

Making of Lida

This tutorial attempts to catch the feel of traditional Chinese paintings and poems in a very modern digital painting.

How to Draw a Portrait in Photoshop

Get the step-by-step procedure on how to paint this face from a scanned sketch using Photoshop.

Photoshop Tutorial Wonder Woman Pin Up Digital Painting

Create a detailed pin-up of Wonder Woman using helpful insights in this tutorial. The concept of chiaroscuro helped make this pin-up work.

SciFi Environment Concept

Learn how to use perspective in your digital paintings.