cjmcguinness Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 In this tutorial you will be making something like this... I called the original piece 'Inside' as, to me, it looked like it could have been taken by a camera inside the human body. I posted this piece in the Pictorium recently (to a somewhat lukewarm response, which surprised me as I think it is one of the best pieces I've ever produced) and thought it worthy of a little tutorial, for those interested in how it was done (hamsterjam & Mastriani), and for those who may have missed it in the midst of the Pictorium maelstrom. You will need to download and install the Ed Harvey effect pack for this tutorial. Start with a reasonably large canvas, I'm using 1200 x 900 Create 5 new layers, so you have 6 layers in total. Steps 1 through 5 will be repeated on each of the 6 separate layers. I have experimented with flattening the image at specific points and applying the effects globally, but the finished product is much better if effects are applied to all layers separately. Starting on the Background layer, Effects > Render > Clouds :Clouds: : Scale 750, Roughness 0, Blend Mode: Normal. Repeat on layers 2 - 6. (Tip, quick way to repeat the effect is to click on the next layer and press CTRL+F). Go back to the Background layer, Effects > Render > Clouds: Scale 750, Roughness 0, Blend Mode: Difference. Repeat on layers 2 - 6. Starting from the top layer, Layer 6, press F4 to access the Layer Properties and change the Blend Mode to 'Lighten'. Move down the layers and repeat this on layers 5, 4, 3 & 2. (Tip, you can also access the Layer Properties by double-clicking on the layer). Starting from the Background Layer, Effects > Photo > Soften Portrait :SoftenPortrait: : Softness 10, Lighting 10, Warmth 20. As before, repeat this effect on layers 2 - 6. From the top (Layer 6), Effects > Distort > Crystalize: Size 8 (default), Quality 3. Repeat on layers 5 - Background (Crystalize is part of the Ed Harvey effects pack. You can play with the Size setting in this effect, depending on your canvas size; the bigger the canvas the higher number you can use. I set the quality at 3 for rendering speed, you can of course set this to the max if you don't mind the wait). We've now finished with individual layer effects, so press CTRL+F to flatten. Press CTRL+SHIFT+D to Duplicate the Background layer. On the top layer, Effects > Stylize > Relief (default settings). Change the Layer Blend mode of the top layer to 'Lighten', and flatten the image. The relief effect leaves a slightly nasty top and bottom edge to your image, so Layers > Rotate Zoom > Zoom 1.02 (Tip, click on the zoom slider control and use the up/down arrow keys to adjust the setting. You only want to move this up by 0.02, to get rid of the couple of pixels at the top and bottom of the image). Effects > Distort > Twist: Amount 20, Size 1.5, Quality 5. (You can, of course, adjust these settings to suit, but these are what I used and what I think produces the best effect). Finally, to colour the piece. When I first produced this effect the first thing that came to mind was that it resembled the a bodily interior, guts, intestines, if you will. For that reason I choose a real blood red colour (it is also where the name for the piece comes from). Adjustments > Hue & Saturation: Hue -30, Sat 150, Light -30. I would encourage you to experiment and adjust the settings at any stage to suit yourself (even different settings on each layer). Try different Cloud size, Different Blend Modes, Different Crystalize settings (or even a different Distort effect), different Twist settings and, of course, different colours. Please post your results and, if you use different setting and effects, post the details so other users can also try them out. I hope this tutorial will inspire you to take some of the steps demonstrated here and perhaps use them in different creative ways. Thanks -CJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I was wondering about that texture... Didn't think of Ed's Crystalize. ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007 Nab Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Oh yes - I like this tutorial - well written and has a nice result. I had made something like this and posted in the Pictorium a while ago - mine, however, wasn't 100%PDN - (I had started with a crappy fractal render from the old version of Apo) Anyways - to stay on topic - great tutorial and I'm hoping to try it out as soon as I can "pyrochild, you're my favorite person ever. We should go snowboarding some time."~ 007 Nab. Ish. PDN Gallery | I Made a Deviant Art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwicky Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 heres my go! i followed the tut nearly exactly but before doing the hue/saturation step i duplicated the layer and twisted it the opposite way, set the layer to overlay then flattened it, as demonstrated in the "Make a Wave" tutorial. Not nearly as good, but i like it! Great tut! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncfan51 Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 My insides are..........purple? :shock: Great tutorial though. The texture looks incredibly realistic. +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ I am a disco dancer. +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I was following the tutorial verbatim for a while, then before the twist layer, I chose a different path and ended up with something I call: Tongue Soup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olli Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Thats nice! GOod Job Cjm wear our signature and earn 50 studiocredits. pm me your username if you want to participate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topezia Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Very nice tut , thanks cjmcguinness! First thing it inspired me was this, a (kinda of ...) gigantic octopus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwicky Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 My insides are..........purple? :shock: Well it was either purple or green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topezia Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 My 2nd try, same texture but kaleidoscope and curves instead of twist. Like this tut, it offers a lot of possibilities! and some more effects I got using this technique: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marceli Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Some nice tuts you're making, here's my go at it Using it as wallpaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchunn Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Nice tutorial for a beginner like me (pretty good with Image Composer, but this is my first try with PDN). Since the post was called "How to make ... Insides", I was going for something that looked kinda like what "muscles" look like if you peel back skin. Applying "sharpen" a few times gave me the texture I was after. Total hack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelbox Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Nice tutorial!Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRezister Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Thanks much, cj! It's an awesome effect, and a great tutorial! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmcguinness Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 Some nice tuts you're making... Nice tutorial!Thanks! Thanks much, cj! It's an awesome effect, and a great tutorial! Thanks guys, glad you enjoyed it and great results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JELP Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 [img]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i284/JELP/PDN/StuddedSig.png[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmh47 Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Hey, i'm pretty new to PDN (Three months i've been working with it(It=PDN)) and here is my try(Screenshot version) And the original one: I think it turned out pretty well after messing with it about 15 min. I like your tut and it's easy to understand and follow, although i think you could add, emoticons... If you didn't already, i'm 12 years old and i already have memory like a goldfish (2 seconds Harddisk memory and less then 0.5 seconds of RAM memory ^^) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyB Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Firstly, I'm not sure I'm allowed to "bump" this thread seeing as it's quite old now? At least it's from this year! Secondly: I love this tutorial! I've been looking to do something like this for aaaaages. So thank you very much! Easy to follow and great results. I've been messing around a lot with my final image and came up with these: My original following tutorial: Changed colours: Added water reflection: Inside Out: Tile reflection (looks kinda like a jewellery box - Not that I'd know much about that! ): Loving Learning! My deviantART page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EverHeat Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Ew, gross! But still so cool Nice tut! ''What's your passion?'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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