Another piece of work created in Photoshop (CS3 for those that are interested in versions) using various layer styles and brushes to create a grungy looking art piece.

The look of this image was inspired by the Apple iPod commercial which featured Eminem. Of course, the final look is quite drastically different, but the inspiration was there (at least for me).

Anyways, in typical fashion, here’s a rundown of the process I went through from the original image down to the finished one.

Isolating the Skater and Skateboard using the pen tool.

Desaturating the original image

Applying a threshold effect

Creating a color pattern on a new blank layer above the threshold layer.

Setting the color pattern to screen onto the threshold image.

Grabbing the original threshold image and duplicating it, then inverting it’s colors.

Inverting the colors on the color pattern and screening it on top of the second threshold image.

Deleting the white space off the second threshold image so it would reveal all the color in both images. (Call this funky color)

Taking the original image and creating outlines.

Setting the outlines to color burn over the funky color image

Grabbing my isolated skater, enlarging him, and applying a threshold adjustments

Applying a screen layer to give him some color.

Applying a black grunge brush behind the skater to allow him to pop out a bit from the background

Some ink splatters to the side of the image to kill off some of the background detail

More paint splatters for emphasis ont he skater

Some grunge brush effects to the side of the image just for fun.

And a little more.

I created a black and white image of the original again to help increase contrast.

And the finished product.

The End.