Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV I'm going to show you how to recreate
the look of classic retro illustrations like the ones in action-adventure movie
posters from the 1980s
Before we begin, if you're not already a subscriber to my channel, click the
subscribe button at the lower right corner or the link in my video's
description. Download a sharp close-up photo of someone that you'd like to use
for this project. I downloaded this one from Shutterstock the result will look
best if your subject has a good deal of contrast and character in the face. The
background should be relatively simple for your convenience, I provided this
paper texture for you to use in your illustration. Its link is located in my
video's description below or the project files. Open your subject we're going to
place it onto the paper texture document. First, make sure your move tool is active.
If it isn't, press "v" on your keyboard. Drag your subject onto the tab of the
paper texture and without releasing. To
resize and reposition it, press "Ctrl or Cmd + T" to open your Transform Tool. Go
to a corner and when you see a diagonal double-arrow, press and hold Alt or
Option + Shift, as you drag it in or out. To reposition it, just go inside the
Transform's bounding box and drag your image. To accept its size and position,
press Enter or Return twice to ensure that the photo is sized to the
dimensions of the paper texture. Press Ctrl or Cmd to select the visible
area of our document and go to Image and Crop.
Deselect it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + D. We'll convert our photo into a Smart
Object, so we can modify it non-destructively. To do this, click the
icon at the upper right of the Layers Panel and click "Convert to Smart Object".
Click off the lock icon next to the paper texture to unlock it and drag the
photo below the texture. Temporarily hide the texture.
Go to Filter, Sharpen
an Unsharp Mask. I'll make the Amount: 150%, the Radius:
3 pixels and the Threshold: zero, however, since each photo has its own
inherent sharpness, feel free to adjust these amounts. Remember, you can always
adjust them later, since we're applying the filter to a
Smart Object. Convert this image into a Smart Object, as well.
Then, go to Filter, Stylize and "Oil Paint".
You can see the oil paint effect in the preview window. If you want to
make the preview bigger or smaller, click the plus or minus magnifier icons.
Make the Brush Stylization: 2 and all the other settings: 10. The
Lighting Angle is 121 degrees and the Shine is point 2.
Make a copy of the layer by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + J.
Open your Channels panel. If you don't see it, go to Window and Channels.
Ctrl-click or Cmd-click the RGB channel to make a selection of all its tonal
values. Open back the Layers Panel and click the Layer Mask icon to make a
layer mask next to the copy of our subject. Click the layer to make it
active and change its blend mode to "Hard Light".
This gives our image more contrast and brighten the colors. We'll combine these
two layers into one smart object by Shift-clicking "Layer 1" to make it active,
as well and clicking "Convert to Smart Object".
Go to Filter and Filter Gallery.
Open the Artistic folder and click "Poster Edges".
Make the Thickness: 10, the Edge Intensity: 0 and the Posterization: 6.
This adds thickness and depth to the strokes. Next, we'll add stippled airbrush
texture to the image. Make a new layer. We'll fill it with 50%
gray by pressing Shift + the F5 key at the top of your keyboard or you can go
to Edit and Fill. Open the Contents list and click "50% Gray".
Go to Filter, Noise
and "Add Noise".
Make the Amount: 50%, Gaussian and Monochromatic.
Change the blend mode to "Overlay"
and reduce its Opacity to 80%.
Make the paper texture visible and active and change its blend mode to
"Overlay".
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!