How to make astonishing Wallpapers just using Photoshop Paint Brushes

July 9, 2009 Computer Tips And Tricks

In this photoshop tutorial we have provided a step by step guide on how to make amazing wallpapers by just using adobe_photoshop_cs3_icon_by_mikevickrocks Photoshop paint brushes. We have included the paint brushes and the photoshop file (psd) that we used in this Photoshop tutorial in the download section below if you wish to download them.

In this tutorial we are going to look at creating the following wallpaper

Open your Photoshop application and let us begin.

Step One: Creating a New Canvas

There are two ways you can do this.

1. Go to File>New and a window will pop up. Enter in the dimensions that you want to use.
2. You can use the Photoshop shortcut “ctrl+N” this will also bring up the window to select your dimensions. We use 1920 x 1200 pixels with 72 pixels per inch, (This is the widescreen and high resolution) translucent background. Hit “OK” to get your new canvas.

Step Two: Picking your background colour:

You may choose any colour to use. To choose a colour click on the colour swatches in the tools side bar they are black and white by default. You can rest the default by using the Photoshop shortcut “D” and toggle between them with “X”. Pick the colour you would like to use for the background.

Step Three: Applying the background colour:

Select the paint bucket/gradient tool (shortcut “G”) if it is set to the gradient tool right-click the gradient button and select the paint bucket. Click the canvas and apply the background colour.

Step Four: Creating new layers:

You will need to create a few new layers. We suggest using four. For this guide we did each section on a different layer so you can see what we did.

1.   Main objects
2.   Secondary objects
3.   Sparkle and Glitter
4.   Flower layer

You can create these layers by clicking the new layer button on the layer panel.

Step Five: Choosing a paint brush:

Now you need to pick the brush sets that you want to use for the image. We have included the brush sets that we used for this wallpaper in the download section below. They are Photoshop 7 brushes.

Download the section below, unzip the file then load them. You will need to load them using the preset manager. Click on Edit -> Preset Manager, a window will pop up, in the top drop down menu select brushes. On the right hand side of the window select load. This will bring up another window. In this window you will need to find the Photoshop brush set and open it. This will load it into your brush menu.

Use the Photoshop shortcut “B” to select the paint brush. A toolbar will appear under the Main tool bar at the top. There is a drop down menu use this to select your brush.

Step Six: Choosing the Main Colour:

Choose the main colour you would like your main objects to be. We are going to use colour #1B2679

Step Seven: Painting:

Use your brushes and place some main objects on the layer for main objects.

Step Eight: Secondary objects:

Put in some highlights that are of a lighter colour on this layer. We used colour # 6C729A; we then used some of the same brushes and overlaid highlights.

Step Nine: Adding the Flowers:

On the layer called Flowers add some flowers. Use a lighter colour we used colour # A2A7CC. We also added some embellishments to the flowers. These are included in the brush sets.

Step Ten: Adding the Sparkle:

On the Sparkle layer we are going to add the sparkles and glitters. We used the following colours:-

#1B2679
#6C729A
#A2A7CC

Now save the image as jpeg and this image is ready to be used as your computer’s desktop background. You might want to save the psd file too in case you want to do future modification to the image.