Nice tutorial! I especially like what you did in steps 3-5.

Thanks!

That's awful :/

Nice work, thanks for tutorial

cheers

*cough*

hmmm... is that the tutorial "how to make a beatiful girl ugly with photoshop"?

The working and visual elements are great, smooth technique and various mixed elements;
but the chick is not that much of an eye candy if you ask me.
Thanks for the tutorial though :)

Interesting tut, IMO I think step #7 is a bad idea...but thanks for the tutorial!

that's like the worst ever tutorial in abduzeedo.com... ever!!!
please dont upload those kinda crap

I felt there's no need for step 7... the lines are just bothering the viewer, it's just visual pollution. I would work a little with the background also, the dull grey scale gradient is kinda empty.

About the stripes, why don't you play with some colors in them? Blur them out, make em look light some sort of light.
Maybe they can even " decompose" the girl, giving the idea she's being made of " light stripes".

I do like the concept, tho. Keep it up, Fabio!

Nice and simple!
All the tutorials are not going to be super exciting or complicated.
You can actually take this design and take it further if you want to.

this is awesome! i love photoshop! :)

Some of the first things you did, especially step 7 just look like cheap, no-skill filter effects. They might impress the teenage girls who are used to "playin around on the imac lolololol!!!!!!1" but they just don't look good to me.

The simpler version without step 7 looks much better imo, but I agree that this is definitely not one of your better articles.

get a new webhost man ! :/
the images take years to load . wtf.

What is worng with abduzeedo lastly?...I mean look at the old stuff and look at this...This is horrible if you ask me...
Fabio,we know you can do magic inside Photoshop,so we hope to see tutorials on making this magic...No offense,you're still the man)))

I think the alternate version is better. :)

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Hey guys, thanks for the comments, I'm just trying to show some techniques this one is not advanced but I have received quite a lot of emails asking how to do that ;)

If you have suggestions for tuts just let me know as well :)

This is so bad!!! It looks like it was done by someone who just learned photoshop and is experimenting with layers and different filters. Very amateur example of usage of photoshop.
What happened to abduzeedo.com ? Lately tutorials are very dull !!!!!!!!!!

Praise abduzeedoo...you are theshit.com. Nice.

must be nice to have cinema 4D. what average joe graphic designer actually buys 4D to use cheap little potshot 3D stuff for photoshop?

i like it. idk why everyone doesnt...

Pretty nice tutorial, not for the end result but for the explanations and advice about the effects! thanks

his is a good tut.

But for some of the people saying stuff, They should add there own style to the image as well as taking tips from this tut. Thats what you should always do.

i think FABIO is one of the best artists from Latin America,independent of the quality of this turorial this does not detract in your talent.
perhaps the easiest way he found to show some effects of light,but I'm sure he is very advanced in photoshop,there are other ways to achieve these effects I would do it another way and the best way to learn is to testing.
it´s just a easy tutorial show easy ways to do light effects,but,abduzeedo is still one of the best.

simples mas você é foda irmão, é nos Fabio;

abraços

You put milk on her bum...why?

The idea of a tutorial is to practice the technique and then extend it. That's probably why there are lots of poor quality designs out there, because people just do what they see in tutorials and leave it at that. These are merely guidelines, not how to be a graphic designer.

Really Good.

I like photo before High Pass effect :)

Man, you've got some rude people in your audience Fabio. I admire you for staying polite in the face of such bad manners.

This is a good, if simple, tutorial. I would agree that the Find Edges filter hurts the overall result. Even if it does help to separate her somewhat from the background, there's probably better ways of doing that. But overall it's nice. Thanks for everything you do, keep up the great work.

That's what happens when one sets standards so high and later creates something not so polished and perfect - rants, rants and rants.

Never the less tutorial is helpful and explains the matter of question really good.
If asked, I would explain it this way: To create light effects on light background the background has to be a little bit darker than light effects.

Fabio has done great job by explaining how to achieve that step by step and what tools to use, but 7th step makes the final result look horrible.

Interesting all the way

Interesting all the way

Intersting Tutorial, but i guess, you could find a pic of a gril a little bit more cute .lol

best

So nice dear

I'm utilize of it

Please check my sample

http://www.iraqup.com/uploads/20090830/Nc0x6-W2gV_934405802.jpg

Thanks

It's got some good tips in it, however the overall result of this design wasn't all that great.

But you guys need to remember this is to learn new techniques. Following a tutorial is not meant to copy the exact image. It's meant to teach you a specific technique.

Anyways, check out www.knrdesigns.com

Keep up the good work!

awesome tute.. here's my effort.

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs169.snc1/6360_12428319443...

I like the model :D instead of your tutorial.
Just Kidding lol

so Wonderfull

Thanks fabio for share this tuturial with us.
I like it, is very useful

very useful!!!
thx so much!!!

I am grateful for all the tutorials you post. It's always good to practice or get ideas for projects. Also I like the girl. She looks like a normal person and not a supermodel.

Wow, I'm also amazed by the rudeness of your audience Fabio.

I just did the tutorial, and skipped the steps I disagreed with (after trying them) and adapted it to suit my needs (hint hint morons).

It turned out a really nice image. Thanks Fabio.

Interestingly enough, of those who insulted our dude, which ones of you are writing tutorials and ACTIVELY contributing to your design community on a daily basis? That's what I figured..

Jeeze.

I thought it was awesome.

I don't see what these people are freaking out about o_O

What's wrong with all you people who are dissing Fabio and this tutorial . Sure some of the steps kinda ruined how the girl looks and the picture might have not have turned out amazing but the tutorial certainly taught me new techniques and the tutorial is to teach you how to add some nice lightings to a light background , which it certainly did . Plus Abduzeedo is one of the sites that actually contributes to the design community daily , Fabio isn't getting enough credit for his work . It's a pity he has some of you rude viewers .

Love the concepts!

Great !just the tutorial i've always been looking for .Thanks man
You rock !!

I love the tips about the light effects! Thank you so much, Fabio! I really admire your effort and generosity.

I agree with Dmitry Futoryan: instead of insulting one of the best designers and excellent contributor to the design community, why don't you write tutorials to share your knowledge?

It works for me.

i love this tutorial :D
thaaanks!

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/281/e/a/Alicia_Keys_Edition_by_po...

Very good tutorial ;)

The girl that is not cute. rsrss

Cool tutorial for beginners...Learned lots...Thanx...Guess some people can't help complaining.

Great work :) Final output is really something to praise :)

Very nice tutorial. I've always wondered how this wonderful effect is made

Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!
It's hantastic!!!!
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