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PSD Tutorial: How To Create A Bloody Police Line Crime Scene
In this Adobe Photoshop CS5 tutorial, we'll be manipulating a brick wall textured background with a hole smashed into it. Inside is a creepy, mysterious room, where the walls are splashed with blood. Police Line Do Not Cross tape spreads over the wall to finish this crime scene illustration. The overall finish has a dramatic horror scene theme, much like the other Halloween-type tutorials we've been doing recently. This one builds more suspense and has an eerie emphasis on it. You'll need to download some Photoshop blood brushes to complete this tutorial, and also a brick wall texture.
If you don't have Photoshop, or you want to upgrade to the new CS5.5 Version, take a look at the Adobe Special Offers from the Adobe Store. If you're new to Photoshop, we have some beginner articles and basic tips coming very soon for some of the lesser established designers, which teaches you how to use the basic features of Photoshop, such as Blending Modes, Layer Styles, Text Tools, Cropping/Slicing, Image Adjustments, Brushing, Filters and Photoshop Actions.
If you don't have Photoshop, or you want to upgrade to the new CS5.5 Version, take a look at the Adobe Special Offers from the Adobe Store. If you're new to Photoshop, we have some beginner articles and basic tips coming very soon for some of the lesser established designers, which teaches you how to use the basic features of Photoshop, such as Blending Modes, Layer Styles, Text Tools, Cropping/Slicing, Image Adjustments, Brushing, Filters and Photoshop Actions.
Download Photoshop (PSD) File
Download Brick Wall Textured Background
Download Police Line Do Not Cross Photo
Download Photoshop Dried Blood Brush
Download Photoshop Blood Splatter Brush
Download Brick Grunge Textured Background
Photoshop Tutorial Step 1: Forming The Brick Wall Textured Background
1.1. Paste in a brick wall texture of your choice using Google Image.
1.2. Add a Layer » Layer Style » Inner Shadow with 75% Opacity, 0px Distance, 25% Choke, and a 250px Size.
1.3. Duplicate Layer (Ctrl + J), change the Blending Mode to Overlay, and then Merge Down (Ctrl + E).
1.4. Duplicate Layer again, and then Scale the background down to about 70%. Put this layer behind the big wall.
1.5. With the Chalk 36 Brush, erase a hole like shown in the example below, revealing the wall behind.
1.6. Add a Layer » Layer Style » Drop Shadow with 100% Opacity, 0px Distance, 25% Spread, and a 80px Size.
1.7. With Image » Adjustments » Brightness/Contrast, lower the Brightness by 20.
1.2. Add a Layer » Layer Style » Inner Shadow with 75% Opacity, 0px Distance, 25% Choke, and a 250px Size.
1.3. Duplicate Layer (Ctrl + J), change the Blending Mode to Overlay, and then Merge Down (Ctrl + E).
1.4. Duplicate Layer again, and then Scale the background down to about 70%. Put this layer behind the big wall.
1.5. With the Chalk 36 Brush, erase a hole like shown in the example below, revealing the wall behind.
1.6. Add a Layer » Layer Style » Drop Shadow with 100% Opacity, 0px Distance, 25% Spread, and a 80px Size.
1.7. With Image » Adjustments » Brightness/Contrast, lower the Brightness by 20.
Photoshop Tutorial Step 2: Adding The Police Line Do Not Cross Tape
2.1. Paste the Police Line Do Not Cross photo into your canvas, and then remove any whitespace with the Magic Wand Tool (W).
2.2. Edit » Transform the Police Line tape down to an appropiate size and rotation.
2.3. Re-use the same Chalk 36 Brush to 'tear' the ends of the Police Line tape.
2.4. Add a Layer » Layer Style » Bevel & Emboss. Make the Soften 16px, and leave the rest of the settings as they are.
2.5. Add a Layer » Layer Style » Drop Shadow and leave the settings as they are.
2.6. Duplicate (Ctrl + J) the layer to create your other Police Line, and Edit » Transform appropiately.
2.7. Flatten these layers together, and then change the opacity to 80%.
2.8. With Image » Adjustments » Brightness/Contrast, raise the Contrast by 100, and lower the brightness by 20.
2.2. Edit » Transform the Police Line tape down to an appropiate size and rotation.
2.3. Re-use the same Chalk 36 Brush to 'tear' the ends of the Police Line tape.
2.4. Add a Layer » Layer Style » Bevel & Emboss. Make the Soften 16px, and leave the rest of the settings as they are.
2.5. Add a Layer » Layer Style » Drop Shadow and leave the settings as they are.
2.6. Duplicate (Ctrl + J) the layer to create your other Police Line, and Edit » Transform appropiately.
2.7. Flatten these layers together, and then change the opacity to 80%.
2.8. With Image » Adjustments » Brightness/Contrast, raise the Contrast by 100, and lower the brightness by 20.
Photoshop Tutorial Step 3: Applying The Dried/Wet Blood Effect
3.1. Create A New Layer, change the Blending Mode to Linear Burn and Opacity to 90%.
3.2. Add a Layer » Layer Style » Inner Shadow with 75% Opacity, 0px Distance, 0% Choke, and a 5px Size.
3.3. Now, use the Blood Splatter and Dried Blood Brush.
3.4. Merge Visible, and then with Image » Adjustments » Hue/Saturation, lower the Saturation of the illustration by 20.
3.5. With Image » Adjustments » Brightness/Contrast, lower the Brightness by 20, and heighten the Contrast by 25.
3.6. Now you may want to change the Opacity of specific blood layers, or apply a Clipping Mask. Do so if required.
3.2. Add a Layer » Layer Style » Inner Shadow with 75% Opacity, 0px Distance, 0% Choke, and a 5px Size.
3.3. Now, use the Blood Splatter and Dried Blood Brush.
3.4. Merge Visible, and then with Image » Adjustments » Hue/Saturation, lower the Saturation of the illustration by 20.
3.5. With Image » Adjustments » Brightness/Contrast, lower the Brightness by 20, and heighten the Contrast by 25.
3.6. Now you may want to change the Opacity of specific blood layers, or apply a Clipping Mask. Do so if required.
Photoshop Tutorial Step 4: Finalising The Creepy Crime Scene Illustration
4.1. Firstly, Merge Visible (Ctrl + Shift + E).
4.2. With Image » Adjustments » Brightness/Contrast, raise the Contrast by 30.
4.3. With Image » Adjustments » Hue/Saturation, lower the Saturation by 20.
4.4. Paste in the Brick Grunge Textured Background and Transform » Scale down to document size.
4.5. Alter the Blending Mode to Vivid Light and the Opacity to 50%.
4.2. With Image » Adjustments » Brightness/Contrast, raise the Contrast by 30.
4.3. With Image » Adjustments » Hue/Saturation, lower the Saturation by 20.
4.4. Paste in the Brick Grunge Textured Background and Transform » Scale down to document size.
4.5. Alter the Blending Mode to Vivid Light and the Opacity to 50%.
Photoshop Tutorial By: Daniel Schwarz
21 Years OldLondon, United Kingdom
Director & CEO @ Airwalk Design
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