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Posted by Johnson Koh in Photoshop on Oct 2nd, 2009 | 31 responses

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The tutorial is made after receiving a readers request. As we know, typographic portrait art takes a huge amount of work. Here is a much simpler version I made, which hopes to give beginners an idea on how to start. This tutorial will show how to create custom brushes and fill patterns. Also you will learn more about selection and posterize tool.
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Download a nice portrait image here. There is no need to create any document as we will be working on this image directly.
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Using the Pen tool, crop away the black areas on both sides below the ears. Double-click on the Background layer on the Layers tab to unlock it and rename as Portrait. Create a new layer below the Portrait layer and fill it with #FFFFFF. Then go to Image > Adjustments > Posterize. Set the Levels to 4.
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Hide the Portrait layer for awhile by clicking the Eye icon on the left beside the layer. Using the Type tool with your favorite font and color #000000, type in a few words as shown below.
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Now we are going to create a Photoshop brush. To do so, simply make a selection around the first word like what I did below. Go to Edit > Define Brush Preset. There you have it! A new brush will appear under your Brush Preset window. Do the same for the remaining words too.
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Next, we are going to customize a Fill Pattern. To do so, merge all your words together as one single layer. Go to Edit > Free Transform. Reduce the size of the words to very small like what I done below. Now hide all other layers except these words. Make a selection around them and go to Edit > Define Pattern. You can find your newly created pattern now in your Pattern Preset window.
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We have not much use for the words layer anymore so you can hide it away. Unhide the Portrait and Background layers again. This time make a small selection around the black area like what I did on her neck.
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With that selection, go to Select > Similar. This will select all the areas with that particular color.
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Before I go on further, try to select the Brush tool and right-click on any part within the document. This is the shortcut for changing Brush sizes and its type. Hide the Portrait layer, leaving the selection loaded. Create a new layer and start to stamp around with the Brushes you created earlier. What you need to take note is to adjust the sizes before you stamp so it fits nicely within the selection. Do a few times with the right-clicking, size adjusting and stamping. Very soon you will get the hang of it.
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Realize that there are some parts really small and will be troublesome to stamp into those areas. So what we can do is to fill those areas up with the Fill Pattern you made earlier too. Create a new layer below the stamps. Use the Paint Bucket tool and fill it with your preset pattern.
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However, the Fill Pattern made our stamps less visible. So CTRL+left click on your stamps layer to load selections around the words, go to Select > Modify > Expand. Set the Radius to 1 pixel. Then follow by Select > Inverse. Select the Fill Pattern layer and create a Layer Mask with that selection. This will create a 1 pixel border around the stamped words.
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Repeat these steps for the other two tones of grey color in the Portrait layer.
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And we are done! This is roughly how you should get as your finished work.
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Although the black-and-white style already looks great for me, you can also add a texture background and replace the colors to your personal preferences. Hope you enjoy this tutorial. Have fun!
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I am Johnson Koh, a graphic and web designer in Singapore. Founded 10Steps.SG in August 2008 with the purpose to share my experiments and interesting design news.
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31 Responses to Make yourself an Amazing Typographic Portrait
Israa says: October 28, 2009 at 1:54 am Hey Johnson ty so much ive been looking forward to learn this typographic style. But i have a problem with the first step i dont why i cant get the same result as u did. BTW: im working on another photo. Reply tanay says: October 27, 2009 at 12:36 pm could you please mail me a more detailed tutorial with screen shots im new to photoshop thanks Reply c dog says: October 21, 2009 at 11:42 pm its sexywats ur numbuh girl
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Reply teys says: October 18, 2009 at 4:02 am ive been wanting to do this forever but i just didnt know how thanks for sharing! Reply Vrabec says: October 14, 2009 at 1:08 am Nice, but I thik quiete unfinished tutorial, coloring as a last step missing. Reply pawelCover says: October 11, 2009 at 5:57 am Great typhography effect like it and use a lot great piece of art ! Reply http://www.creativefolks.net/contest/ says: October 9, 2009 at 10:09 pm thank you very nice Reply clippingimages says: October 8, 2009 at 4:01 am
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One of the best tutorial. Well explained. Thanks for sharing this nice tutorial. Reply Inwebo says: October 7, 2009 at 11:41 pm Great ! love it! Reply squab says: October 7, 2009 at 3:00 pm as an aspiring desidner i find this vewi helpful, if u dont please could you possibly have another tutorial only this time be in coulor? squab south africa thanks Reply aryf says: October 6, 2009 at 6:33 pm great tutorial.nice work Reply Rafael Braga says: October 5, 2009 at 10:01 pm Hey . amazing .. Ill try it right now. Reply
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edoluz says: October 5, 2009 at 9:56 pm wowowowowowowowow!! Reply http://www.creativefolks.net says: October 5, 2009 at 7:35 pm Nice, thanks Reply Stuti says: October 5, 2009 at 3:06 am awesum very innovative idea Reply JoyceB says: October 4, 2009 at 3:12 am Love this effect, Johnson.Thank You! Reply sriramkumarwild says: October 3, 2009 at 9:44 pm wow amazing Reply
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Bariski | TutZone.net says: October 3, 2009 at 3:36 pm Wow wow Reply dGjess says: October 3, 2009 at 10:35 am yes!yes.i typography Reply Mars says: October 3, 2009 at 3:26 am wooo, this is the one that i am currently working, post my result on this one Reply
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This ones awesome man. Keep up bro
Mars says: October 3, 2009 at 3:51 am this is the result http://www.flickr.com/photos/orphicpixel/3974613863/ not as quite good as yours
RangelineDesign says: October 2, 2009 at 11:02 pm Great tutorial! I will be adding this one to my favorites!
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Reply Christian says: October 2, 2009 at 10:53 pm great tut man! Reply tuananh says: October 2, 2009 at 9:11 pm stunning tutorial! I love it Reply
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Make yourself an Amazing Typographic Portrait | 10Steps.SG

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