Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Due to the popularity of my last Bauhaus poster,
I'm going to show you how to create another simple, but classic design. This tutorial
is in 2 parts. In Part 1, we'll create the basic shapes and in Part 2, we'll add text and line elements.
Create a new document by pressing Ctrl + N on Windows or Cmd + N on a Mac.
Name it "Bauhaus poster and change the pixels to inches. If, at some point, you'd
like to have it printed, let's make its size relatively large. I'll make its Width: 18
inches and its Height: 24 inches. Make its Resolution: 300 pixels per inch. It's Color
Mode is RGB and 8 bits per Channel. Click the small box to open the Color Picker and
type in its hexadecimal field, "FFF9E1". Then, press Enter or Return twice to close both
windows. Click"View". We want "Rulers" and "Snap" checked. If they aren't already, just
click on them. Go to the top ruler and drag down a guide line to the center. It'll snap
in place because we have Snap checked. If you don't see it, press Ctrl or Cmd + H. Go
to the ruler on the left and drag a vertical guide line to the center. If your foreground
and background colors aren't black and white respectively, press "D" on your keyboard.
Open your Polygon Tool. Choose "Shape". The Fill can be any color for now, since we'll
be picking the color later using "Color Overlay". We don't want there to be a stroke, so click
this symbol, which represents "No Stroke".
Type in 4 for the sides and click the gear icon. Check Star and Smooth Indents
and indent the sides by 70%. Go to the center of the guidelines and press and hold Shift
as you drag out the shape approximately this much. To hide the work path, open the Paths
panel. If you don't see the panel, go to Window and Paths. Click anywhere in the empty grey
area. Then, open back the Layers panel. Press "v" to open your Move Tool and press and hold
Shift as you drag the shape straight down approximately this much. Go to Filter, Distort
and Pinch. When you see this message, click "Convert to Smart Object". Type in 40% and
click OK. To stretch our shape vertically, open your Transform Tool by pressing Ctrl
or Cmd + T. If you see this message, it's just telling us that the Pinch distortion
will be temporarily turned off while we're stretching the shape. Just click OK.
Go to the top, middle of your Transform's bounding box and when you see a vertical, double-arrow,
drag it up approximately this much. Then, press Enter or Return twice to accept it.
Click the "fx" icon and click "Color Overlay". Click the small box and in the Color Picker,
type in FB381F. Then press Enter or Return twice to close both windows.
Open your Polygon Tool again and this time, type in 3 for the sides. Place your cursor on the vertical guide
line and drag out the shape approximately this much. Hide the Path and open back the
Layers panel. Let's zoom into the smaller shape. Press "z" to open your Zoom Tool and
drag it over the shape to zoom into it. Open your Transform Tool and drag the shape down,
so the top points get as close as you can to touching the edge of the large shape. The
points may not line up perfectly, so we'll need to rotate the shape.
Go to a corner and when you see a curved, double-arrow, rotate it until the points line
up with the vertical guide line and the red shape. If you need to move it up, down or
sideways, use your arrow keys on your keyboard. Then, press Enter or Return and fit it back
onto your canvas. Click the "fx" icon and click "Color Overlay". Click the color box
and type in FBB51E. Then, press Enter or Return twice.
Reduce its opacity to 70%.
To save space in the Layers panel, let's place the shapes into a folder. To do this, Shift-click
on the bottom shape to make it active, as well and press Ctrl or Cmd + G.
Let's name the folder, "Shapes".
In Part 2, we'll finish our Bauhaus poster with text and line elements.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!