Enhance Your Ad Designs with 3D Splashes

Apr 12th in Photo Effects by Alessandro Giglio

In this tutorial, I'll show you a creative process that gets you using your crazy brain. The workflow for creating the splashes involves taking photographs of thrown paint. Through photography you can capture amazing 3D images without the need for 3D software. Learn to make a splash in your next design.

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Author: Alessandro Giglio

Alessandro Giglio is the art director of Adduma communication, a sicilian advertising agency. He grew up with graphic design in the blood and a pen tablet in the hand. Between a flying paragliders and chess matches he established "Adduma" with Vito Vilardi and the architect Ignazio Baglio.

Step 1

Let's first take a look at the image we're creating. Click the screenshot below to view the full-size image. As always, the full Photoshop file is available via our PSDTUTS Plus membership.

Step 2

We need three boat photos taken from a high view. For this tutorial, you can substitute boats with cars, shoes, or anything else.

Step 3

Start to throw the paint from a cut plastic bottle. You can do it in front of a white wall or a green screen (if you have it) to obtain a good contrast on the edges of the splashes. The results will show better if you mix water and paint together. Be forewarned, stay away from the paint. In this attempt, we lost a cashmere pullover and a watch—irremediably stained.

Step 4

Select the best splashes you photographed. If some parts of the paint are out of focus, don't worry. It's a fine effect and it will contribute to a sense of depth in the final result.

Step 5

Use the Rapid Selection Tool or Magic Wand Tool to select the white background around the splashes. After you complete the selection process, go to Select>Refine>Edge and make some adjustments. Add Feather, Radius, and Expand or Reduce the selection until you find a nice result. Use a black background to remove excess white pixels on the edges. After that, go to Layer>Layer Mask>Reveal Selection to hide the white background.

Step 6

For each splash you need to repeat Step 5 and duplicate the layer every time. At the end, you may have a multilayer file like the image below.

Step 7

Now switch off every Paint layer so we can concentrate our attention on the boats. Select the Pen Tool (P) and start creating a path in the shape of the first yacht. This is the only way to make it. Without a suitable green screen the edge becomes too complicated so you can't use any Photoshop tools to speed up this step.

After you create the path, click on the dotted circle icon at the bottom of the path box to create a selection. Select > Inverse and Delete the background (or create a mask to hide it). If your object is complicated, then your paths may take some time to create. Repeat this step with all the boat images (cars, shoes, or any images you've chosen).

Step 8

Use three different layers to work on the boats. At the end, you should have a good composition like this.

Step 9

Now the boats need some improvements. Start with the opaque glass. Select the Pen Tool (P) and create a path around the shape of the glass.

Step 10

Go to the Path Palette. Click on the dotted circle icon at the bottom of the box to create a selection from the path.

Step 11

Add a new layer called "glasses" over the boat layer and fill it with a gradient using white to black for the colors following the direction of the arrow shown below.

Step 12

For the Blend Mode use Color Dodge. Also, set the Fill Opacity to 60%.

Step 13

Repeat this step for all the boats. Now we must improve the color of the boats. Start with Select > Color range. Then pick a white point on the foredeck of one boat with the Eyedropper and set the Fuzziness to 123.

Step 14

With this new active selection, copy the white color from the boat layer and paste it into a new layer called lights over the boat layer. For the Blend Mode use Soft Light and set the Fill Opacity to 100%. Repeat this on the other boats. Now the foredeck appears brighter.

Step 15

Start revealing every single splash layer and move them below the boat layers. Keep in mind, you can put some layers of paint below one boat layer, while being above another boat layer. Mix and match until you have a nice composition, like the second image below.

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Step 16

The Warp Tool is the magician of this tutorial. From the Top Menu go to Edit > Transform > Warp. Move the anchor points creating the spray from the paint waves, bringing the splashes near the hull.

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Step 17

You can also create new splashes from your images by changing their shape with the Liquefy Filter. Go to Filter > Liquify. Use a medium brush to change the shape of the blue splashes.

Step 18

Your design so far should look like the image below.

Step 19

Create a new layer over the splashes. Select a brush similar to the one used in the image below. Set the Hardness to 0%. Then, with a dark blue color selected, draw shadows below the boats.

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Step 20

For each boat, duplicate a splash layer near the hull. Move this new layer over the boat. Call it "reflections." For the Blend Mode use Overlay. Then set the Fill Opacity at about 60%.

Step 21

Select the Pen Tool (P) and create a path along the lower side of the yachts. Create a selection from the path. Then create a new layer above the boat layer. Fill the selection with a blue color picked from the blue waves. Call this new blue layer "Halo."

Deselect (Command/ctrl+D) and from the Top Menu choose Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Apply a Radius similar to the settings below. For the Blend Mode use Multiply. Then set the Fill Opacity to about 75%. Now you have a blue reflection on your hull. Repeat this process for every hull (which includes this step and the previous step).

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Step 22

After having completed the shadow and reflection, now we'll create a light background. Create a New Layer (Shift+Ctrl+N). Call it background. Put this layer below the others. Use the Elliptical Marque Tool to draw an Ellipse.

Then Select > Modify > Feather and set the Radius to about 40px. From the Menu go to Filter > Render > Clouds. Use white for the foreground and a light blue for the background. Set the Opacity to 70%.

Step 23

Now we'll add a background using Photoshop Brushes. Select a Rounded Brush and play with options like Shape Dynamics, Color Dynamics, and Scattering to create a good distribution of random bubble patterns. On a new layer, called bubbles, draw a texture with a light blue foreground and a dark background. After this, select Color Dodge for the bubbles layer in the Layer Palette.

Conclusion

Now you can add anything you want to your advertisement design. I placed a logo and some text in the image below. Good job, your work is finished! Remember to use your software well, but also use your crazy brain. See you at the next tutorial.


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    Colin Stein April 12th

    that looks so bad ass!

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    Jraider5 April 12th

    OMG THAT IS SWEET!!!

    Ive been looking at this site for a really long time and never really posted a comment, but this tutorial blew my mind away!

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    Ben Griffiths April 12th

    Wow, this is fantastic – the attention to details makes the finish on this one superb!

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    Gen April 12th

    wow! amazing! wicked tutorial

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    Neil April 12th

    Super Awsome! This Tut has really got my creative juices running, thank you.

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    Hello123456 April 12th

    WOW!, thats all i can say.
    It’s really amazing :O

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    CreativeD April 12th

    WOW!!…WOW!!…WOW!!….I have seen this effect before and always thought it was done in a 3D program!!…glad to know that all you need is some real paint, water, screen, cashmere pullover and a watch!! :o )…thanks very much for the tut!!

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    Nysuatro April 12th

    Is this not possible with a 3d application?

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    celsius° April 12th

    great stuff, per usual!

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    push pin April 12th

    this is far from practical.

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    Corey April 12th

    Disgusting! Sick! Disgustingly sick! :) Great work!

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    appox April 12th

    very impressive

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    Muzammil April 12th

    Wow, very creative! too bad i don’t have paint or I would so try this. I love PSDTuts!

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    Dade April 12th

    HOLY CRAP, there never was a question you had skillz but that is f$&king awesome ;)

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    Jin Y April 12th

    i thought the realife paint splash was a joke at first.

    you can achieve the same effect with brushes without getting messy.

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    Constantin Potorac April 12th

    First tutorial and you already got me stoned. :) )

    It seems you put a lot of effort in this tutorial and made a lot of images. Great work.

    I hoe to see more tutorials from you in the future. You have done an amazing job.

    Congratulations

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    Paulo Sales April 12th

    top five…congrats…

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    BogDinamita April 12th

    whoaaaa like the whole throw-paint-at-whatever is just whoaaaaaaa rockin sacrificial. you are the man

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    Harry April 12th

    That looks awesome :)

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    Nick April 12th

    This is Awesome! I love when you can throw in real world elements to a digital design! Great work!

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    Brent Nelson April 12th

    Man, gj. Reminds me of Justin Gerard from portland studios kind of thing.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDMw2AW7nII

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    Patrik I April 12th

    That’s just awesome! Can’t belive how great the result came out!

    “you can achieve the same effect with brushes without getting messy.”

    Yeah do just that and take your time doing it! ;) Besides whats the fun in that when you can put it this way? :p

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    goldenthunder April 12th

    By far my FAVORITE tutorial this year! Thank you so much Alessandro! Very nice work!

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    BizarreRod April 12th

    Wow!!!!!!!

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    HamBoneZ April 12th

    AWSOME! This tutorial kicks ass man! Good job!

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    Fabian April 12th

    good idea with the paint!! Thanks for the tip!~

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    Matt Gardiner April 12th

    I’m digin’ those reflections man. Nice job!

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    Eric April 12th

    VERY nice! I definitely enjoyed this one.

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    Zach April 12th

    WOAH!

    I am totally amazed by this. Awesome technique. Top Notch tut, and I can’t wait to see more from you. Keep up the awesome work.

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    Alessandro Giglio April 12th

    Thank you a lot guys.
    I’m totally amazed by your great comments!
    I hope you have some great works with this “natural” tut! :)

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    Doze April 12th

    WOW…this tutorial is going to get featured on MANY sites. Amazing, and so different from the norm. Awesome author Collis, keep em commin’ from him!

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    June April 12th

    Wow! this rock!

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    jo April 12th

    yeah great one!

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    Shane April 12th

    Nice tutorial – and my favourite to involve paint-throwing here on PSDTuts :)

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    schellerscreen April 12th

    FANTASTIC STUFF! :D

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    Aminur RAHMAN April 12th

    wow, this is very very cool i must say.

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    Gimper April 12th

    thats awesome! this type of high quality tutorials is what makes PSDTUTS.com the best there is!
    for someone who doesn’t have a camera you can achieve this using 3dmax or the open source blender :)

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    Bry April 12th

    I so want to do this!!! All I need now is a place to mess up!

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    Lamin Barrow April 12th

    Crazy and amazing. Well done. :)

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    Joe! April 12th

    Exelent tutorial and result, my congrats!

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    Adrian Quevedo April 12th

    Wow, this is a really great composition!!! i think is Awesome!!!!
    really nice work! my respects…

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    Mr_LeE April 12th

    great tut man.. seems like a waste of paint tho :P

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    Shane April 12th

    That is nice. It reminds me of those DVD special features where they actually show you the old skool effects techniques instead of using CG for everything.

    I like it.

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    alex rojas April 12th

    Amazing.

    Totally great idea the paint flying around for a shoot.

    maybe with some cinema 4D could you do something similar, but this technique is a very strong time saver, jaja

    great tutorial, one of the best!

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    Malkav667 April 12th

    wooowww …. thats one of the greatest tuts i´ve ever seen … respect^^

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    Kris April 12th

    thats really a cool trick

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    Alzsss April 12th

    you are simply the man for the job, thanx

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    Sr_Airman April 12th

    That was a great tutorial. A piece like this will would be the one to make you hear “you’re hired!”.

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    Tom April 12th

    That is just sooooooo good!!!
    Only a lot of work and expensive for the paint XD
    But maybe I’ll give it try. ;)
    really love it

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    Ahmed Kachkach April 12th

    Amazing !

    Unfortunatly , I can’t do the paint part myself => Don’t have a Camera , neither the place when I can calmly throw the paint :-( !

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    Mikkel April 12th

    What a fantastic idea!! This would be worth trying some day!

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    Daniel April 12th

    WOW!

    Good work…

    Daniel

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    Max April 12th

    WOW WOW WOW! fantastic tutorial.

    would be great if youd realease your paint splashes as brushes.

    max

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    ps3 blog April 12th

    amazing what can be done with photoshop amazing results

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    greven April 12th

    This one is fantastic. Great technique. :)

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    Kim Dolleris April 12th

    Very very cool !!!

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    Xavier April 12th

    AWESOME TUT!!!

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    Sherbert April 12th

    That is wicked and i will be using that idea on some packaging real soon. Nice one!

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    Deniece April 12th

    MAN, THIS IS UBER COOL!!!

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    Mr Kuzio April 12th

    WOW!

    Can i have the .psd splashes file? XD

    Serously: great tutorial! ;)

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    Ahmet April 12th

    Wow interesting and good work

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    Alessandro Giglio April 12th

    Thank you guys.
    Your comments make me happy.

    Have some nice jobs with this tut! :)

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    b00m April 12th

    nice

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    giackop April 12th

    Grande Alessandro!!! Un effetto stupendo.. This tutorial rocks!!

    GO Italy GO!!

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    Johan April 12th

    Now there’s a really useful tutorial Thanks for sharing those crazy innovative ideas!

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    Daniel April 12th

    marvellous work, and awesome techniques here !!! great job and tutorial. congratulations !

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    Ali April 12th

    Best Tutorial to date, techniques we can use for many other things

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    Tama April 12th

    absolutely amazing tutorial!! O.O

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    Tama April 12th

    ommamma sei italiano! allora ancora + complimenti!! *adora*

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    jerry April 12th

    Interesting…

    This tut really makes me think ’bout buyin’ a membership. Absolutely proffesional finish.
    May I play with the dolls now ?

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    wildwise April 12th

    very nice tut

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    David April 12th

    nice tut, very nice!

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    Tony April 12th

    That’s a realy good tutorial, made without any “paint” brushes.
    GOOD JOB !

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    Eoin April 13th

    That is just sick. Freaking class.

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    Erika April 13th

    This is so dope. Just awesome!

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    Erika April 13th

    Ahh… another thing.

    I know if I set aside 3 or so hours, I could probably create some paint splashes of decent quality, but yours are sooo great… would you possibly make the source (for the splashes) available to the public? I’m looking at them in the psd right now, and they’re a good size.. I’m just greedy and would love them bigger. :)

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    Khalid Almutiri April 13th

    amazing i loved your turtle… but how can i get the pint photo like you showing up ….. thank you …

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    aGS April 13th

    A M A Z I N G!
    I always thought that this kind of effect was a 3D render… Now I know how was this made (probably…) http://www.hejz.com/#folio/view:set=13,work=9 looks like “hot wax”

    Alles Gute!

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    gas_adduma April 13th

    Hi,
    to all of you, congratulations!!.

    great ideas for astonishing results & effects!

    Very interesting tutorial.

    Ciao Alex.

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    jorqe April 13th

    Amazing tutorial!!!

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    Brian April 13th

    By far one of my favorite tutorial.

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    Alex Moyler April 13th

    That is a sick idea. Never thought to have crazy stuff like paint throwing in designs, gives an amazing effect.

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    Zeeba April 13th

    WOW i want to do that soo bad!! too bad i’m too lazy to go get some paint.

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    Mark Abucayon April 13th

    very impressive, clean and nice tut. great job again.

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    Eric April 13th

    Really cool tutorial!

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    DanB April 13th

    That’s using stuff outside the box. I mean, I would fiddle in a 3D-prg and then import the renders to PS. I’m currently reading a book on texturing and the author speaks a lot about learning to use what ever we can to achive a certain look to our project, not only digital stuff.

    Very nice and inspirational tutorial. Thanks :)

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    Joefrey Mahusay April 13th

    Really nice effect. I’ve learn a lot on this techniques. Thanks :)

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    The Mafalian April 14th

    Chapeau, nice tut, very creative

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    mattems April 14th

    This is by far the best tut i have seen, such a great idea and explanation is perfect.

    10 points!

    keep up the good work.

    (now to find that boating client…)

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    seyi April 14th

    nice tutorial.

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    JokR April 14th

    This tutorial is pure genius . . . the attention to detail and the inovations brought to this tutorial are pure genius . . If only there were a source of paint splatters already available on the net. I’m looking now at all the stock photo sites I know and also other resources sites . . . I’ll come back with the link if I find anything If anybody already found this please share.

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    Unseen April 14th

    WOW!!! You have amazing-expert-crazy Photoshop skills!!! Keep going!! You rock!

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    Sean Fitzpatrick April 14th

    Thats pretty intense. Nice.

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    Danny April 14th

    Wow I really like this effect, definitely bookmarking this! :)

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    god056 April 14th

    :)

    It’s very good to know that there are still individuals out there who doesn’t rely on too much 3d renders. Doing these manual things provides satisfaction that 3d renders cannot compare to.

    Great job!

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    Dani April 14th

    WOW!!! This is so cool. Very very nice. :-)

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    Matthew Luxford April 14th

    Amazing tut, such a great idea

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    Camille April 14th

    VERY VERY NICE TUTORIAL

    tu gères abusé, ce site gère :D

    Merci !!

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    Chris Spooner April 14th

    Very creative! Just goes to show how stepping away from the computer every once in a while can result in some fabulous artwork!

    Chris

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    Salva April 15th

    w0000000000000000000000000w

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    Besen April 15th

    fuck´n roll, very nice! Thank you

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    Stanley April 15th

    this is crazy

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    Josh April 15th

    great stuff! There’s a lot of really cool techniques you’ve presented here: from cleaning up an existing image, to creating realistic reflections. Thanks for all the hard work.

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    Fubiz April 15th

    Very funny the step 3!

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    Jrock April 15th

    That looks amazing!!

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    fleox April 15th

    my God!!!
    It’s so cool~

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    kidcoffee April 15th

    this is dope

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    Cki April 15th

    Where can I download the cashmere sweater? Great tutorial, thank you for sharing your imagination with us.

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    RayDeeA April 15th

    Very nice!

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    pxl_chic April 15th

    thanks for the inspiration..this is superbly done!

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    Maicon Sobczak April 16th

    yeah man! is professional!

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    Geoserv April 16th

    STUMBLED!

    I have PS, but find it extremely hard to use, I need to read more posts like this one.

    VOTED for you at:
    http://www.newsdots.com/design/enhance-your-ad-designs-with-3d-splashes/

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    Brad April 16th

    This has got to be the coolest tutorial I’ve seen in a long time here – I especially like it because it goes outside the spectrum of normal drawing – actually taking real splashes from throwing paint around! Genius I say, just marvelous.

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    Native_Son April 16th

    Starting with the finished product and showing that kinda crappy looking boat, I wondered how in the f you were going to pull this off, but you did it and did it well. Remarkable tut, even without the boats and paint.

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    Gerard April 16th

    hey thats hardcore! really nice tutorial i really hope to use this new knowledge on some upcoming projects.
    thanks! i was just wondering though, if there is anyway to recreating the splash effect without having to shoot it or without a 3d program using just photoshop? just hoping hahaha.
    great tutorial! :)

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    Alessandro Giglio April 16th

    Thank you so much ;)

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    Richard Isbell April 18th

    Brilliant tutorial – Nice to see some originality. If I were American I’d say ‘awesome’.

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    ploy April 18th

    awesome!!!!

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    Manny April 18th

    Excellent tutorial!

    I’ve been looking into doing something similar for a project I’m working on. Does anyone know of a stock image site that has these types of “splashes”? So far all I can find are splatters.

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    kyle April 19th

    very good making your own components. i love it. this will be put in my library…

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    George April 19th

    So cool dude, but buy a paint everytime to design something, thats very stupid

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    Hans Hendrady April 19th

    yeahhh it’s a damn good tutorials.. thanks mate.. love it..

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    Mezu April 21st

    Incredible!! Enough said!!

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    Karthick April 21st

    SWEEETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT. Man the work on this is so darn good! Great job dude. Thanks a lot!

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    ahmed murtaza April 22nd

    This was a great tutorial. Learned a lot about how to manipulate real life objects and create a spectacular design from them. Hats of to the Alessandro. *applause*.

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    ken April 23rd

    Absolutely amazing. Thanks for the tuts. I’m gonna go to walmart to buy some paint now

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    Kris April 23rd

    I enjoyed that tutorial like a whisky on a cold winter day. I have been on here learning since day 1.. or 2.. or whenever. I have never seen a tut that contained so much physical work though, and I can’t wait to give this a shot.

    Can you show us anything else? The mixed media is more than a breath of fresh air for guys like me who have been living in the digital world for so long!!

    Thank you!!

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    Qbrushes April 23rd

    instead of having to clean up a big mess you can easily do it in 3dmax. :)

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    Juan Jacques April 24th

    awesome tutorial!

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    KillaBoY April 27th

    looks very good

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    asyntetyco April 29th

    very creative and very cool.

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    msabas April 29th

    This is a great tutorial, Thanks for posting.

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    Accenture Philippines April 30th

    WOW THIS IS SO NICE MAN KEEP IT UP!

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    keran May 1st

    Im from poor country… but if you continue with tuts like this, and the rest of course, i will buy subscription :)

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    chainer May 3rd

    Forgot some reflections, and other minor details… The white value of the boat I feel is too high, and causes too much contrast. I think the boats need more detail, as the ad is about the boats, not the paint. Even tho it’s a tutorial, it should still be shifted towards the overall idea of Design. (especially when dealing with ads)

    Nice technique tho. There is an easier way than buying and making a mess with paint tho. But since I’m in the business and it’s faster and easier, it’s my secret.

    Have fun.

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    Devin May 4th

    Very excellent tutorial. I like the technique used. You don’t see it very often at all.

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    styxzDesigns May 6th

    This tutorial realy is amazing :|

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    bizdakol May 8th

    really good stuff
    keep it up

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    zubair May 8th

    funtastic tutorial

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    haedo May 13th

    that is…wow,, perfect

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    OMG May 13th

    OMG!!! Wicked sick! Very nice! Too nice!!!

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    Sam May 20th

    Pimpin

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    nıke May 21st

    very niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee….

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    Michael D. May 22nd

    It’s a paint ball lol

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    Website Design May 29th

    That’s a really good idea. Very cool!

    On a side note, I’m a huge fan of the website and really appreciate the work that goes into all of these tutorials. Thanks very much for constantly sharing.

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    Ike May 31st

    Does anyone know where I can brushes to create the paint? Or images of paint being thrown besides the ones above?

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    Lili June 7th

    I hardly ever post comments on these things but: That is flipping awesome! Great job.

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    Carlo Mendoza June 15th

    That’s very original. I really like the idea.

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    jegraphy June 30th

    Just, Perfect…

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    THEKID July 3rd

    I’ve always wondered how to do something like this….and now I know! Thanks so much!

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    Pax July 19th

    The whole point with computer graphics is the ability to skip the canvas and paint part, and get directly to the medium. Any tutorial that shows work with real paint in order to achieve, well, real paint look, is flawed in its base.

    When you first see the end result of the image you go like “OMG how did he create the 3d paint effect”, then you find out he really used paint, so funny. Lame but funny.

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    jeremy July 19th

    Wow, that is a damn good tutorial. I like that they included reflections and shadows in there, not that many people would have thought of that.

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    Oba July 19th

    A load of unique and brilliant ideas in this tutorial – especially the paint!

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    Mansoor July 24th

    Thanks for Posting.
    Excellent Tut.

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    Naveen Goud July 24th

    Absolute splashy… dawg. Gr8! job

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    Avaloon August 2nd

    I totally want to try this…

    Because paint is rather expensive, you could actually probably use milk
    it might be more difficult to capture the highlights and shadows, but when you change the hue/saturation you’d probably still get the same effect.

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    Jason August 8th

    Excellent tutorial. Long but great results. Very Professional Thanks!

    Jason
    http://www.MyThemeFinder.com

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    Babatunde Adeyemi August 25th

    Amazing piece

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    PG August 25th

    GR8 effort….

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    Skinner August 26th

    I don’t know – I mean, it looks good and all, but I’d be way more impressed if I didn’t have to go out and splash paint all over the place. I mean, couldn’t you just fake that in Photoshop? And you left out the most important part – who has to clean the paint up!

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    screw.nail August 26th

    This tut is really awsome:)

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    Rachel September 3rd

    Great tutorial. It makes me want to stop working and start playing in Photoshop. :)

    Thanks.
    Rachel
    AllGraphicDesign.com

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    Steve September 9th

    HOLY MOTHER OF JESUS, even tho I got your tutorial, I am so not bother with buying a bucket of paint so that I could throw them about. However love the tutorial, shows the development and the depth of the work, well done.

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    Knoxville Website Design September 13th

    This really does look great. I’d like to see how close someone can come to this look and feel without the real paint throwing though. It will be interesting to see the comparison and the results.

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    Jason September 23rd

    I think I will be throwing many things through the air and taking pictures now. LOL . Jello would look cool. and this guy “great tut man.. seems like a waste of paint tho” A waste? Did you see how nice the ad came out? you think that paint is more valuble than the finished product?

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    Vince September 23rd

    Seriously impressive! Nice to see some grunt work being done to achieve amazing results. Kudos

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    Ed September 23rd

    Cool effect. Though I’m afraid it will be difficult to convince a client to pay for a photo shoot for paint splashes.

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    athelionravi September 24th

    OMFG!!!!! THIS IS SO AWESOME!!! It looks complicated like hell, but is indeed so simple. Great job and thanks for this tutorial. Please post some more like this for us digital artists. ;-)

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    Scott September 26th

    That is sweet. Great idea!

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    pete johnson October 10th

    Hello everybody,

    do you know where i can get stock photos like this?

    greets

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    mauricio October 16th

    fantastico el trabajo….clap,clap, clap

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    Bhusan November 5th

    Bravo,
    Awesome
    Gr8 n F9 idea

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    Adrian Setyadi November 10th

    coolest thing ever..

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    mostafa November 20th

    wooooooooow i visit this site many time but it is the best

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    Tharik February 3rd

    Waw Whata idea the best idea i like this images

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    peter February 9th

    It’s very phantastic tutor

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  177. Extremely Amazing Tutor!!!

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    Web Designering March 7th

    Wow you send so much time and effort for this… truly worth it.

    I thought it was done on C4D or 3d application.

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  179. a really long winded tutorial, but the results are really nice!

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    andrew golden April 13th

    if anyone can find stock like the splashes there i’d be so thankful, email them to me if you can!

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    vector master April 16th

    what agreat work
    this just amazing

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    Charlie April 18th

    Ok, this IS rad, but who do I get to take the pics while I throw the paint (or vise versa)?

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      bucket April 23rd

      Set the camera to timer shoot and then start splashing like mad. At least you will have an interesting aftermath worth taking pictures

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    retoucher77 June 4th

    that looks just fantastic. Love this tutorial, thank you!

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    Rudi June 9th

    This Tut was amazing. I just finished a design using this same technique and turned out so good..words do not do it justice.
    Too bad it was just a piece for school though…
    Love this site…keep the amazing tutorials coming!!

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    Cechas June 11th

    thx,

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    Erasery June 18th

    Nice Thinking.
    :D how much paint did you waste.
    just kidding. respect :)

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    IdealHut July 4th

    I think this is the one of the best tutorial ever…Thanks!

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    tong87tong July 21st

    good to see that

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    Fion July 22nd

    Wow, interesting.
    I used to think that the only pictures to take of the paint are the splatters left on the floor/paper AFTER the splashing of the paint, and not while the paint is flying across the air.
    Now I see how beautiful flying paint is.
    Aha.

    Beautiful effect, looks very professional!

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    Ayo August 29th

    This is awesome! I love love love it

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    CMYK September 1st

    woW!!! Nice effect!!!!

    Thanksss 4 sharing!

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    jack September 13th

    ur tutirials are awesome !! but its very advanced tutorial, lot of work required !!

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    MojoBfly October 3rd

    Thanks for opening the eyes of so many to mixed media! Rarely have I ever seen so many people get so excited (including myself!) and post replies. Great job on explaining the details and for documenting the tut expertly. Hopefully this will encourage more people to add an organic edge to future works to keep pushing the limits of our creativity!

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    LEOs-part October 15th

    nice outcome and tutorial, but you forgot to remove the reflection on the side of the boat ;)

    than it would look so much better :D

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    Todd November 15th

    You guys always churn out highly finessed and original work.

    Well done on that !

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    Wonco Photography January 6th

    Damn great work. Compliments.

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    HOVEN January 19th

    Wow love this tutorial. Definitely going to do this one! Thanks

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