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Message: <blockquote data-quote="creativeN" data-source="post: 8555026" data-attributes="member: 224119">18.Step 1 Open your model stock in Photoshop. You will not need to subtract it  from it’s background unless you want to add something that requires  that. The first thing I did was to make some general adjustments to the  image using Adjustment Layers. I added the default purple-orange Gradient Map, set its Blend Mode to Linear Dodge (Add) and Opacity 10%. Then I increased the Saturation to 25 on a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/1-general-adjustments.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 2 I started by making a light ball. For that I used a stock photo made by myself. So open <a href="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/powerball.jpg" target="_blank">powerball.jpg</a> scale it down and increase the Saturation. Change the blend mode to Screen  so that you hide the black background. Once you have the stock image  ready, get a big soft brush and paint two big dots and change the blend  mode to Overlay. I used yellow and blue to match the colors of the stock image. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/2-power-ball-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 3 At this point this doesn’t really look very good so I added some more  details. Create the glow of the ball using a big soft brush and an  orange color. I changed the blend mode to Pin Light and reduced the Opacity  to 50%. This is very important because if you don’t create this, the  Outerglow of the little dots shown on the next image will not be visible  or will not look right. Keep in mind that depending on the colors of your stock image, you  might have to use different blend modes. Blend modes work differently  depending on the colors and illumination. The dots are made using a  custom scattered brush and with the Noise option activated. The blend mode of the outer glow is Color Dodge. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/3-power-ball-dots.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> As you see on the powerball dots layer, the nice outerglow around the small dots is visible because of the big orange glow light. In order to give more consistence and shape to this ball, I made some lines using the Pen Tool (P).  I took a 2 pixels hard brush then I traced some arc paths and stoke  those paths with the brush using the Simulate Pressure option. After  creating 5 or 6 curved lines, you can duplicate them and rotate them,  nobody will notice they are duplicated. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/4-powerball-lines.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> After making the lines, merge them all in one layer if you made them on separate layers and apply Outerglow.  Again keep in mind the size and colors of your image may affect the  final result so you might need to use different settings than on this  tutorial. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/4b-powerball-lines.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 5 After making the first power ball I started adding some colors on the body using brushes and stock images. Open <a href="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/color-wave.jpg" target="_blank">color-waves.jpg</a> and paste it over the model. Scale it if necessary and change the Blend Mode to Screen. Create a layer mask and mask the upper part. See image below. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/5-shirt-color-waves.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Add more colors on a new layer using a big soft brush and Overlay or Screen Blend Mode. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/5b-color-strokes.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 6 Now I will show you how I made those 3D glassy squares and circles. Get the square brush and in the preset editor activate Scatter but do not add too much, about half way and increase Angle Jitter. Also increase Size Jitter to maximum and set Control to Fade if you don’t have a tablet. The Fade amount depends on the distance at which you want your pixels to become small. Start with the brush on the left foot and make a long stroke towards  the right hand. Adjust the Fade amount until the squares get smaller as  you get closer to the hand. If the squares are too close together,  increase the Spacing not the Scattering. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/6-square-brushes.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Set layer Blend Mode of the squares layer to Overlay and add the following layer effects. Try different colors and blend modes to get different results. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/6b-squares-effects.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The 3D circles  are made the same way. I created some random size  circles and reduced the Fill to 16%. Actually I copied the same FX from  the squares layer and I changed some blend modes and colors and the  Outer Glow settings. I will hide these 3D circles on the next steps so  that you can see the other effects better. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/6c-3D-circles.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 7 Open <a href="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/color-lines.jpg" target="_blank">color-lines.jpg</a> and place it over the left foot and change Blend Mode to Screen. As you can see, I’m using a technique that I already used on previous tutorials. Change the Hue if you want and increase the Saturation. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/7-left-foot-color-lines.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> I created some paths with the Pen Tool (p) and then I used a 2px hard brush to stroke the path. This is the layer style applied to the lines. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/7b-glow-lines.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Still working on the left foot, get a soft brush set the Brush Opacity to 43%  and paint two spots using the colors: c2839f and bac93c and change the Blend Mode to Vivid Light. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/7c-left-foot-color-spots.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 8 Create two or three 45º selections with the Polygonal Lasso Tool. Press the Shift  key while you make the selection in order to create 45º angle  selections. Then use a big soft brush and paint along the edge of the  selection and create something like in the image below. After you did  that change the Blend Mode of the layer to Overlay or Soft Light. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/8-overlay-lines.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 9 Open <a href="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/fractals.jpg" target="_blank">fractals.jpg</a> and place it over the model then go to Filter>Pixelate>Mosaic.  I used 30 pixels as cell size because I’m working with a high  resolution picture but you can use a size that’s suitable for your  picture. Try to keep some detail.  After that, I increased the Saturation and changed the Blend Mode to Color Dodge. You can also try changing the Hue to see what color combinations you can get. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/9-pixel-colors.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 10 I noticed that the right side of the picture is too empty so I added  some colors too. I used the squares brushes and created a few random  squares not to far away from each other and I applied a 45º Motion Blur.  Then, in order to add the colors I used the layer styles. I used the  following style. For a stronger effect duplicate the layer. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/10-square-motion-blur.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> So, after duplicating the layer to obtain a stronger color, I also  added some soft dots using a scattered brush. These dots have an Outer Glow with Color Dodge Blend Mode. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/10c-squares-blur-dots.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Using a big soft brush and blue color I added a big light on the right leg. The Blend Mode used is Linear Dodge (Add). <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/10d-blue-glow-light.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 11 I made a second light ball on the other hand and again I used several stock images made by myself. Open<a href="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/supernova.jpg" target="_blank"> supernova.jpg</a>, increase saturation, scale the image, place it over the hand and change the Blend Mode to Screen. In order to recreate the light produced by the ball, I took a soft  brush about 800 px (because I worked with a hi-res stock image) and I  made a big reddish orange soft spotlight. I used Linear Dodge (Add). <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/11-left-ball-glow.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Use a scattered brush to add some particles to this ball like you did a few steps ago on the right hand. Add some Outer Glow with default color and Blend Mode Color Dodge. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/11b-left-ball-dots.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Lastly, I created a tail to this ball using another light stock image. Open <a href="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/trail.jpg" target="_blank">trail.jpg</a> place it over the light ball and change the Blend Mode to Screen. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/11c-ball-trail.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> One more stock image to enhance the ball shape. This time I used <a href="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/shatters.jpg" target="_blank">shatters.jpg</a> <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/11d-ball-shatters.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> That’s all. You can add more things if you want but it would look too  crowded. So as you’ve seen I used pretty much the same techniques as in  other tutorials. As I said keep in mind the stock image you are using as Blend Modes  work differently depending on the colors and contrast. Also remember  that I used a high resolution stock so the dimensions of brushes and  layer style settings might not work the same if you use a low res image.  That being said, I hope you liked this tutorial. Below you have the  Preview image and PSD download link.</blockquote>

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