[Tutorial] Create an anti smoking concept design in photoshop

In this Photoshop Tutorial we will use stock images, brush, transform tools and text tool to create an anti-smoking poster design. I hope the techniques useful , also the final result gives a clear message and all people can turn the awareness of the danger of smoking into concrete actions.








Resources needed:

• Man LINK
• Cigarette 1 LINK
• Cigarette 2 LINK
• Smoke brushes LINK

 Step 1:


Create a new layer (1200x1000 px) and fill it with white. Add a new layer above background and fill it with Linear Gradient:




 






 Drag a line from bottom to top we have:








 

 Step 2:


Open cigarette 1 stock. Isolate cigarette from background and move into our document, position it as shown below:



 
Also move cigarette 2 that is cut out from original and place it on the end of cigarette 1, remember to scale it to fit the size of cigarette 1 :






 
 Add Layer Mask and use soft black brush to make only the burning end of cigarette 2 remain:






 Create a new layer above cigarette 1 layer with Clipping Mask option, name it "darken cigarette":





 Use soft brush, color #767575 to paint on cigarette 1 and set this layer to Multipy 60%:








 Step 3:


Cut man from stock, resize and place him under cigarette (man layer is set under cigarette layers also):





 Now we will fix the light on man's foot:








  Create a new layer, use Clone Tool to paint over this light part:







 Also create a new layer under man layer. Use brush, color #1c1c1c, Opacity and Flow 60-70% to paint under man feet, leg, hand to make shadow for him:


 Step 4:


Create a new layer between man and cigarette layers:





 Use soft black brush with Opacity and flow 60-70% to make the trace of cigarette pressed on man's back:








  Step 5:

Create a new layer and set it above Gradient layer in step 1.








Use Retangular Marquee Tool to make a selection under man and cigarette, set feather = 4 and fill it with black. Lower Opacity to 50%, add layer mask to erase it to make it look like cigarette shadow:

 Step 6:


Make a new layer above cigarette layers. Set foreground to a brown one (i choosed #6a6969) and background to white. They will be the colors of smoke that we will add now. Remember that if you set foreground to white and background color to a brown tone, the result will be totally different.
Grab smoke brush, choose number 2192, 1091,( or any you like) and diameter 490-500 px to paint on top of cigarette:



 Step 7:


In next steps we will make cigarette ash . Choose layer of cigarette 2 ( that has burning end), use any tool you want to make a selection on it:




Right click this selection, choose Layer via Copy, then move and transform it as shown below:









Duplicate this layer twice, transform them to get different motions:








Step 8:


Create a new layer, select hard brush, 6 px, color #323130 and give it parameters as screenshots below show:

 Paint under ashes in previous step:









Right click this layer, choose Blending Options:










 We have result:











 Step 09:


On a new layer, use brush with same settings in step 8 to make ash on floor (and same layer style):




 Step 10:

Hide smoke layer temporarily. Choose cigarette 2 layer again, make a selection on its burning end, set feather=0.5 then copy it into a new layer (choose Layer via Copy or use Ctrl+C to copy, Ctrl+V to paste). Move it on man body:


 Duplicate it twice and set different motions:









 Merge these three layers. Use Ctrl+Click on the man layer to load his selection:







 Ctrl+Shift+I to invert this selection. Press Delete to clear the parts out of man body:







 Change the Mode to Darken 100%:
You can erase (use Eraser tool or layer mask) this burning effect on any part you don't like. 







Step 11:

Create a new layer with Overlay mode:






Use Burn Tool to darken some parts of burning effect on man body:






Step 12:


Turn on smoke layer. Create a new layer above Gradient layer in step 1. I name it "darken":



Use soft brush, color #5e5e5e to paint behind cigarette and foreground as shown below:

Step 13:
New layer, use soft white brush, Opacity and flow 50-60% to paint the space between man and foreground:




Step 14:

Create a new Hue/Saturation layer and set on the top:

Use soft black brush to erase burning end of cigarette 2:









Step 15:


Create a new layer, use Text tool, color #030303, font Haettenschweiler (default window font), 105 px to type QUIT SMOKING! words on white part of background:




New layer, use font Gill Sans MT Ext Condensed Bold (default window font), 55 px to type words" it weakens you. it ruins you." and place under QUIT SMOKING! :

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