Create A Psychedelic-Grunchy Photography Desktop Wallpaper

Warning: A lengthy tutorial up ahead. Click at your own risk. If you feel that some part of the tutorial are quite brief, you can download the PSD right here. Pls comment and rate this tutorial. Thanks.

Create Background

1. Create a new document 1200 px by 800px.

2. Download and Paste this image 1 and this image 2. Make sure Image 1 is below image 2.

3. Desaturate image 2 and set Blending Option to overlay.



3. Create a new layer on top of the two image layer. Press "D" to set the default Foreground/Background color. Go to Filter> Render > Clouds. Go to Filter > Render > Difference Cloud. Go to Filter > Distort > Ocean Ripple. Set Blending option to screen.

4. Group these layer together as "Background".

Create Lens

1. Download and Paste this image. Move this image to the top most layer. Name the layer "Lens".


2. Create new layer.Use Ellipse tool to draw a circle around the glass inside the lens. Fill it up with white.Hide it.


3. Create a new layer on top of this image. Name it "spray". Use this brush to brush on "Spray". Ctrl-Click on the "Lens" layer and with the "Spray" layer selected, go to Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All. Set to "Soft Light".




4. Create new layer on top. Name it "Flash". Press "D" to set the default Foreground/Background color. Go to Filter> Render > Clouds. Go to Filter > Render > Difference Cloud. Go to Image > Adjustment > Invert.


5. Go to Image > Adjustment > Color Balance.


6. Ctrl - Click on white circle layer and with the "Flash" layer selected, Go to Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All.

7. Change Blending Option to Vivid Light.


8. Create a new layer. Name it Reflection. Ctrl-Click on the white circle. Fill this layer with "white" too. Using a ellipse marquee tool, cut off part of the new white circle. Set to Soft Light and Opacity to 52%.



9. Group these layers together and name it "Lens"

Create a Camera part

1. Download and paste this image. Name this layer "Camera".( i dun know what part of this camera is called :P ). Move the layer on top of the "Lens" Group. Add "Drop Shadow" to this layer.

Create Lens Brush

1. Download this brush. Create a new layer and brush it with a few colors with different brushes. Name this layer "brushColor".


2. Right Click on the "Lens" group and click "convert to smart object".

3. Double click on the smart object and it would bring up a new window.

4. Go to Edit > Define Brush Preset and save the brush.

5. Close the window and go back to the original document.

6. With brush tool selected, go to "Brush Palette" which is normally near the top right of the window.



7. Create a new layer above the "Background" Group. Name it "Spiral".

8. Brush in a spiral manner.


9. Ctrl-Click on the "Spiral" layer and with the "brushColor" layer selected, go to Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All.

10. Change the blending option of "Spiral" to "Overlay".

Create a stream of lens

1. Duplicate the "Lens" Group. Right Click on the group and click "Merge Group".

2. Continue to duplicate and transform the "Lens" to form a stream towards the Camera.



3. Group all the duplicated "Lens" layer and name them "Stream".
4. Duplicate "Stream" and merge group. Shift this copy layer behind the "Stream" layer.
5. Ctrl-Click on the "Stream Copy" layer and with this layer selected, fill it up with black color. Press Ctrl+ D to deselect.


6. Go to Filter> Blur > Gaussian Blur. Set to 9px.

7. Go to Blending Option.

Decorate the Camera Region

1. Create a new layer behind the "Camera" layer. Use this picture below and paste it in the layer.


2. Change the Blending Option to "Multiplicity". You can transform and move it to your liking.



3. Use the same technique that i used for apply grunge effect to the lens for the camera.

Create the butterfly

1. Download this brush. Create a new layer on the top most and name it "butterfly". Select a butterfly brush and brush it. Give the "butterfly" layer default drop shadow.

2. Create a new layer on top and name it "color". Set the blending option to "color". Choose a few color of your choice and start coloring the butterfly.

Final Image: