Easy Abstract Photoshop Tutorial
This tutorial will show how to create a very simple abstract shape using a few brushes and effects. For this tutorial I will be using Adobe Photoshop CS3. If you have an older version of Adobe Photoshop, you may still be able to follow this tutorial.
Keep in mind that it would be nearly impossible to duplicate this exact object, but this tutorial should give a guide to creating your own unique object. You should end up with something like this.
The first thing we need to do is download the brush set for this tutorial. You can download the free Trance Brushes from Brusheezy.com by clicking here..
After you download the brushes, extract the .abr file from the .zip and save it.
Open Adobe Photoshop and create a new document 700×700.
Fill the background layer with black (#000000) and select the brush tool.
Load the brush set that you just downloaded by clicking the drop down next to the brush > the arrow point right > then the load option.
Select the Trance Brushes and load them. You will see the new brushes appear at the bottom of the brush set.
Reset the color swatches so that white is the foreground color and black is the background color. Create a new layer and use some of the brushes to create an abstract shape. When you are painting with these brushes, do not drag the mouse like you normally would. Instead click once to create the shape. There is really no science to this. First I will use brush 305 to create this.
Next I will add a few more with #213.
Then I will use 215 to make a tail.
To complete this shape I will dab a couple times with the brushe that is numbered 380 for me.
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Like I said before, there is no set way to do this, just come up with a shape you like. Now to add a little bit of color I will apple a purple glow. Right click on the layer in the layers pallet and select blending options.
Apply an outer glow using the color #7200ff.
I also added an inner glow using the same color #7200ff.
Apply the changes and you should get something like this.
Now we are going to distort the image using the polar coordinate filter. Click Filter > Distort > Polar coordinates.
Make sure that Rectangular to Polar is selected and click ok
You will get something like this.
Where the object is located on the canvas will effect how it is distorted. If you do not like the way it came out, undo the filter and move the object. Then try to apply the filter again. Mine looks ok, but I think it is a little blurry.
I am going to apply the Smart Sharpen filter to sharpen up the image. Click Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen.
You will have to play with the settings to see what looks the best for you, or you could skip this step completely. Here is what I used.
This is what my image looks like now.
That is all it takes to create a simple abstract shape using brushes. If you do a search online you can some great free brushes to play around with. You could also add some text to this and make into a background or something.
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on February 16th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Great abstract effect! Thanks for submitting it to my site.
on February 17th, 2008 at 4:47 am
This is nice! A quick guide to show how easy it is to make great abstracts. Thanks.
on February 18th, 2008 at 2:39 am
Wow, I have to say, I’m impressed. Often, short, simple abstracts end up looking like shit, and are just a way of people getting attention, but this is very nice. I love the effect that you end up with, it has a very nice tech feel.
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on March 17th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Hi,
I dont have great idea about photoshop, even then this tutorial was interesting.
on April 3rd, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Hi, I have Adobe Photoshop 5.0 I couldn’t open the uploaded brush, can you tell me how for 5.0? thanks
on April 8th, 2008 at 2:13 am
hi this is ravi i am very happy on working on photoshop and the other thing is your easy abstract purple tutorials is very good.
on May 10th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Now this is looking good….There should be more Abstract Design Tutorials for people…
Altought the purple color doesn’t look so good, maybe a blue color would have looked much better….
on May 16th, 2008 at 3:54 am
WOW- this is very beautiful… excellent graphics
on August 19th, 2008 at 2:42 am
Well done my dear
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on September 7th, 2008 at 6:24 am
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on October 12th, 2008 at 5:54 am
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on October 13th, 2008 at 4:01 am
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on October 16th, 2008 at 12:43 am
great job….contiue for hardworking and sharing knowledge to others..tnx…
on October 22nd, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Excellent tutorial. Made my first ‘abstract’ in only 5 minutes – and I’m a photoshop newbie! Cheers!
on November 2nd, 2008 at 3:47 pm
I found That if You flip this on its side, then duplicate and flip that horizontally, move them apart, you can make an amazing pair of fantasy wings with some added brush strokes
on December 21st, 2008 at 3:27 pm
this might be a dumb question to post on this tutorial for advanced photoshop,..but how do you get a photoshop program to begin with??
I make abstract paintings using acrilics, and i have started to make some on my computer using the blah old paint program.
but this looks so interesting,..i really want to try it!:)
-♥kimmeh R♥
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on January 10th, 2009 at 9:02 am
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on January 21st, 2009 at 6:50 am
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on February 23rd, 2009 at 1:33 pm
wow. nice!!!! thaks!!
on March 12th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Hey .. this is a easy but painfull question ( cuz im a bit dumb xD)
when I do the Outer and Inner glow part .. it glows but in the border of the document ( instead that in the borde of the brush) .. how do i get it right ?? thx and congrats on the tuto xD.
on March 19th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
very good, thanks
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on July 14th, 2009 at 11:59 am
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on August 4th, 2009 at 10:45 am
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on August 5th, 2009 at 3:21 am
I can’t get color to add, tried to redo many times. He must have left step out.
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on October 14th, 2009 at 10:23 am
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