Tentacles - Adobe Photoshop tutorial
- Added: Aug 15th, 2004
- Level: Easy
- Author: Melfina
- Program version: 7.0
- Reads: 21,523
- Description: How to do those weird tentacles you can see on many sites.
1. Create a new image of your desired
size. I chose this settings:
Width: 600px
Height: 300px
Background: Transparent
2. Fill the image with the color you want. This is not necessary, but that way you'll see what you're doing better. I used #C2D0B3
3. Take the Polygonal Lasso Tool 
(Right click on the Lasso tool and
select Polygonal Lasso) and make a selection like this one in one of the sides of
your canvas, where you want the tentacle:
4. Create a new layer and click on it to have it active.
If you don't have the layers window open, go to Windows > Layers.
5. Take a mid-tone color (it's better if it's not too
bright or too dark), for example, I chose #89A56A, and go to Edit
> Fill and select Foreground color from the dropdown (supposing that you have
it as foreground color...). Click OK. Now you can deselect the area by clicking Ctrl+D
or Select > Deselect.
6. Go to Filter > Distort > Wave
and use the settings below. You can also use others depending on how you want the tentacle
to be.
7. Now to the shades and highlights. Right click on the Tentacle
layer and click on Blending options. Use the settings below:
8. Finished! now it's up to your imagination to add
effects, repeat the steps to add more tentacles and add your final touches. Here's my
final result:
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