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Configure the settings to Screen with the same #d72a57 colour as the main sunrise fill, then set the Size to maximum to generate a soft, luminous glow. Fill it with a reddish-pink of #d72a57.Īpply some layer style effects to enhance the appearance of the sunrise, starting with a Gradient Overlay using the default black to white gradient, but with the blend mode set to Overlay.Īdd an Outer Glow effect next.

Create a new layer above the Gradient Fill but below the mountains, then draw a circle with the Elliptical Marquee tool.

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While the full NeonWave kit does include some useful light source graphics, let’s use some simple Photoshop tools to draw our own. Use the same purple to light blue colours, but reversed so the bright glow emits from behind the mountains.Ĭhange the blending mode of the Gradient Fill layer to Hard Light to allow the starry background to show through, and the colours to interact to create a vibrant glow effect. Configure the settings with maximum Size, but change the Blend Mode to Hard Light and reduce the opacity to tone down its impact so the glow isn’t too intense.Īdd a Gradient Fill adjustment layer and drag it above the starry background, but below the mountains in the layer stack. Set the mode to Hard Light to allow the colours to interact with the landscape graphic.Īdd an Outer Glow effect next. Start with a Gradient Overlay between a purple and light blue hue, I’m using #472468 and #009dab. Select a bright blue (#5ba8ff), then configure the size to around 7 pixels, just enough to generate a soft glow effect from all the fine lines.Īpply some layer styles to the mountains layer. Reduce the fill of this layer to 0%.ĭouble-click the white gridlines layer to apply an Outer Glow layer style. Back in the Layers panel, create a new layer and fill this selection with white with the CMD+Backspace shortcut. Hold the CMD key (or CTRL key on Windows) and click the thumbnail of any channel to loads its selection. In order to make a selection of just the white grid lines so we can apply some lighting effects, turn off the visibility of the other layers, then open the Channels panel. In seconds we’ve already created what would have taken hours to model and render a 3D landscape scene thanks to the ready-made assets in the NeonWave kit. Drag in the NeonWave Render graphic and use the CMD+T (CTRL+T on Windows) shortcut for Transform to scale it to size. Open the Starry Background file and paste it into the document to generate an interesting background. Even though the brightest of RGB colours can’t be reproduced in print, you might as well start with an RGB document to achieve the most vibrant hues possible, before converting to CMYK later if you’re working on a design for print. I’m using a document size of 3000x2240px, but your dimensions may vary depending on the final use of your artwork.

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Spoon Graphics readers can knock 10% off the price tag with the code SPOONGRAPHICS.īegin by opening Adobe Photoshop and create a new document. Throw in some colourful layer style effects and you have the perfect artwork for an album cover, flyer, or just a fun piece of visual art.

It contains a variety of useful graphics, including grid forms, polygonal landscape renders, mountain silhouettes, spectrograph distortions, abstract shapes, and much more! With this kit you can simply drag and drop a selection of assets to compose a rad-looking scene in minutes. NeonWave is a huge collection of over 700 assets that make it easy to construct retro-futuristic 80s style landscapes.

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I’ll show you how to compose the elements, produce complementary elements from scratch, and apply the all-important lighting effects directly in Photoshop. It contains all the ready-made mountain graphics, grid layouts, glitch graphics and abstract textures I used to create this scene.

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You can download all the assets you need to follow along with this free sample pack. The artwork I will be creating in this tutorial has been made using just a handful of items from NeonWave. Subscribe to the Spoon Graphics YouTube Channel

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