Use a display font to add some hand drawn typography to the artwork. Use the Polygonal Lasso tool to roughly trace around the outline of Darth Vader, then go to Select > Inverse and hit the Backspace key to remove the background.ĭownload my old Rough and Grungy Photoshop Brushes (or my more recent Dry Brush Strokes) and adjust the size and angle from within the Brushes panel to deface the image of Darth Vader. Adjust the settings to 400%, 15px radius and 0% noise reduction. To give the image a photocopied appearance, go to Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen. Enter 5% with the Gaussian and Monochromatic options checked. We’ll have to rebel against copyright in this tutorial and hope the Disney empire doesn’t strike back! Desaturate the image, then go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise. Steal an image of Darth Vader from Google Images and paste it into the working document. Fill this selection with #dcbd88 and change the blending mode to Multiply.

Hold the ALT key and scale the selection down to leave a border. Press CMD+A to Select All, followed by a right mouse click and choose Transform Selection. We’ll be creating this artwork 100% digitally, but with the assistance of hand made resources that will help to achieve the collage aesthetic.īegin by downloading a paper texture and opening it up in Adobe Photoshop. It’s made in the style of the cheap flyers and posters made by underground movements, that rely on low cost production methods like cutting and pasting photographs, hand painted typography and low quality photocopy prints. The design we’ll be creating in this tutorial is the ultimate anti-establishment message from the Rebel Alliance.

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