Urban Skateboarding Poster
Create a remarkable photo effect that can be used on posters as advertisements like this skateboarding one.

This lesson I’ll tell you how to create the wallpapers for the desktop. Firstly create a new file (File>New) of 1920x1200 px and 72 dpi. 


Select the Blending Options for the primary layer. Make a double click on this layer on the layers’ panel and set the next demonstrated parameters: 
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You may see below the color’s code:
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You’ll get a background of pastel nuances. 
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Take the Brush Tool (B), Opacity 10% and select the brush with the next parameters and the black color. 
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Create a new layer Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N and draw on it the next elements from below:
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Next select the Eraser Tool (E) with the same parameters that brush has and clean out the same zones indicated below:

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Create one more new layer and insert the next elements (Opacity 50%)
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Clean out the next elements till getting the same result from below, applying the earlier used tool. 
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Set the next parameters for the last made layer:
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We’ve got a kind of background, like the next one:
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Next we'll find a picture, having represented a skateboarder on it and insert it on a new layer.
For this tutorial, I used this <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/standardissue/161437046/" target="_blank">picture</a> from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/" target="_blank">Flickr</a>. I would like to thank the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/standardissue/" target="_blank">author</a> of this picture. 
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Choose the eraser to move off the background. 
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Create a new layer and set next parameters for the brush and black color also. Opacity 10%.
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Smudge out the picture to accentuate the shadows. 
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Pass on the skate, smudging it roughly. 
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Change the brush’s parameters. Opacity 50%. The color’s code is #F543D4
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Put the cursor between the new layer and the layer with the skateboarder and press Alt+left mouse click as for the new layer to be transformed into a mask. 
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You may picture it on, not being afraid to get out the arm’s edges. 
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Change the brush’s parameters on those we’ve used when picturing the arm. Insert the shadows as on the picture below:
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Next use the green color - #77BD23 and the blue one - #3CADD2 to paint those parts on the body, demonstrated on the next image. 
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Take the Pen Tool (P) and represent a drop, like the next from below. The color’s code is #538E23

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Make one more drop of the color # 96FF21
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Select the next Blending Options for this layer. 
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We’ll get a voluminous drop. 
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Let’s make another one of the color #F12CBC
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Select also the next indicated Blending Options. 
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In this case we’ll get a voluminous drop with a highlight on it. 
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Let’s draw now the sprays of the color #F045D4
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Choose for the last made layer the next parameters: 
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No we have to create a more difficult figure of the color #1FB7F6
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Set the next parameters: 
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It’s the result you should get:
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Select the brush with the next parameters (Opacity 10%) The color’s code is #FFFF00

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Insert several spots, as in the picture below:
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Finally we’ll raise the contrast effect on the picture. Choose the window you may see below:
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Set the next parameters: 
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The final result!

<br><br>View full size <a href="http://www.adobetutorialz.com/content_images/AdobePhotoshop/ART-D/tutorial496/urban-skateboarding-poster.jpg">here</a>.