Ps+ai Tutorial! Teach you how to create a low polygon Galaxy poster

Preface

Brushes, textures, and even Photoshop noise filters can make a galaxy look, but I don't think it's nearly enough. It may not be direct enough, and it is difficult to express it completely in any shape. So, the galaxies we're drawing seem to be just the galaxies in the concept. This tutorial will teach you to use AI and PS to create a Galaxy poster, of course, if you use the stars to do the background that is too dull. This time, let's try using a low polygon to shape the galaxy.

　　The shape of a galaxy

1, open the AI, a new document of any size. The size of the vector graph is of course not very important. What I'm creating here is 800px*800px, and I'd like to remind you that if you want to draw a very slender galaxy line (lines less than 1pt), do not check "align new object with pixel grid" when you create a new document. Because, if you don't, you're probably not going to get less than 1pt of graphic strokes.

2. Open the Polygon tool and draw a polygon larger than 8 edges. I'm here to draw a 13-side shape, filled with empty, stroke black 0.25pt. If the first time to do this kind of galaxy map of the children's shoes, you can refer to my value, and so on later familiar with this routine and then divergent their own ideas.

3, the use of linear tools to start drawing galaxies. It's best to turn on "smart guides" before you draw galaxies, and smart guides can help you identify where the endpoints are, where they should be aligned, and where the two paths intersect. When you draw a line, try to keep the circle as a three-dimensional sphere, then these lines can be represented as a three-dimensional figure composed of a low polygon. In this process, it is important to maintain a sense of stereoscopic vision.

4, the middle of the line to clear, for the next to make the text symbol to leave a position. Select the line you want to delete, depending on the shape you want to add to the logo. Next, use the Ellipse tool to draw a small, solid circle at the intersection of each line and line, filled with black.

5. What I'm painting in this galaxy is an "F", which is one of the letters of my personal website (http://ifeiwu.com) that I use as my personal identity.

In this way, we are done for the concept of galaxy modelling.

　　Second, the production of posters

1, open PS, a new 1000px*1400px document. Here, my poster is limited to the use of the network, so do not need to print the size. Draw a black solid circle of 530px, which opens the Galaxy document in the AI just in Ps. The Galaxy layer uses the "color overlay" blending option to change the color to white.

2. At this point, we think of this black solid circle as a background, similar to the night sky.

How do we add stars to the night sky? Some children's shoes say you can add a star image and then reduce the transparency to increase the star effect. Also some children's shoes also mentioned the sky's brush, texture.

Here, I am here to teach you a very simple way to do a common sky starry black sky. Add a new layer over a black solid circle, fill the layer with black, and enter the filter > Noise > Added noise, Number 15%, and set the parameters to refer to the settings in the following figure. Then go into the image > Adjust > Level (ctrl+l) Move the slider so that the layer's noise changes to only a few more bright stars of the point-like effect.

Set the layer made by this step to a solid circle clipping template with the following effect:

3, in order to make the night sky more changes, I add some gradients here to make it more attractive.

Create a new layer, select "Gradient Tool", and choose "Photo tone" in "Cobalt Iron color 3". Then with the gradient tool, align the solid circle from top to bottom to pull a linear gradient. Set the gradient layer to a clipping mask for a solid circle. The blending mode is changed to "linear Dodge", and the opacity is reduced to 70%.

By doing so, the black background presents the color of the sky, "the night has just struck and the last glimmer of sunlight fades away." Simulates the color gradient of nature, which is most suitable for this place. Of course you can also find other, more beautiful tones in the gradient library. We can also add other elements to the poster, such as a line of text, a URL.

After the poster completes the final effect, here I use a solid color background.

　　Postscript

Learning this tutorial, we have mastered a new way to make galaxies. Besides being mysterious, galaxies can show a sense of technology. Practical use, with the nature of the color of the most touching heart, and the use of science and technology when the color to keep a low profile. Be sure to keep the lines clean and slim when making lines, so if you use a line of 1px or more pixels, the deep sense will weaken. Try to make the most of it, and let's just experience it for ourselves.

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• PS Image Processing