Step 1.
Create a new document in photoshop of any size. For this tutorial I will be working with a 300x300 document.
Step 2.
Set your foreground color to: #9B926B, and your background color to: #293C36
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Step 3.
Go to Filter->Render->Clouds.
Press Ctrl + F on your keyboard until you get a good contrast in colors, such as I have done here:
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Step 4.
Go to Filter->Artistic->Watercolor, and apply the following settings:
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Result:
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Step 5.
Go to Image->Adjustments->Hue/Saturation (or press Ctrl + U on your keyboard) to open up the Hue/Saturation Utility. Apply the following settings:
Note: Make sure the "Colorize" box is checked
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Result:
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Step 6.
Press Ctrl + J on your keyboard to duplicate this layer. Name the new layer "Rock".
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Double click this layer, and apply the following options:
Pattern Overlay:
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Result:
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Step 7.
Press Ctrl + J on your keyboard, and name this new layer "Shadow Color":
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Press Ctrl + U on your keyboard to open up the Hue/Saturation Utility, and apply the following settings:
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Result:
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Go to Edit->Transform->Flip Vertical.
Result:
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Step 8.
Click back on the original "Rock" layer to select it.
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Press Ctrl + J on your keyboard to duplicate this layer once again.
Name this new layer "Rock Erased", and drag it on top of all other layers in your layer pallet as I have done here:
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Get out the Erase tool ( ) and set it up as I have done here:
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Using the Eraser Tool, erase the darker spots on the canvas, to reveal the Reddish color below. Here is the the areas that I erased (shown in blue):
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Here is how mine came out after a little erasing:
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Step 9.
Finally we're going to just enhance the 3d effect a bit. Go ahead and get out the Burn Tool ( ), and set it up as I have done here:
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With this tool, circle around the edges of the areas that we erased in the previous step on the "Rocky Erased" layer. Below is the areas that I brushed with the Burn Tool (shown in blue):
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Result:
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And here is how my final result turned out:
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| As you can probably guess, the key is to experiment with different colors, and layer styles ~ but needless to say you can come up with nearly endless different effects and combinations using these easy steps, and techniques. |
