#danniart

Tutorial on how to make these kinds of wallpapers vvvv (I didn't make a TeeCC wallpaper for this so I can actually show it to people outside of the community LOL)

Note: The technical parts of this tutorial is made using IBIS Paint X.

Step 1 : Choose a theme

You want a pretty specific theme, this will help with cohesion of the collaged images and help you come up with Key Words to find images. This is my theme:

Shadow the Hedgehog & Music

Hot Topic

Red & Black

2000s Emo

Step 2 : Images

Now you need to find all the images you’ll use in the collage, keep in mind how you’ll be using the images, and if you’ll be editing them. I get my images from Pinterest, but you can get them from anywhere.

When finding images, I try to find full pictures, frames (to put over the pictures), and items. I will also sometimes find notebooks or paper, and then find drawings to put on the paper.

Step 3 : Layout

I layout all of my frames first, as these are the focal points of the wallpaper, so nailing where those focal points are first, is incredibly helpful.

(i forgot to take a screenshot during this part but i do the frames by themselves first and then the images)

Step 4 : Editing

Okay, so your frames are layed out, but now what? You can’t put any images in frames that are still filled with a white background.

I use the Magic Wand tool:

Select around and inside the frame:

Then Clear the selected area by clicking on the frame layer, and pressing this button:

Do this for every frame you have, then put your images in the frames, and put in a background.

Step 4.5 : Color adjusting

To make the images more cohesive, you can put a filter over each item (you can also do this at the end, and I’ll show you how, but I prefer to do each layer individually)

Step 5 : Items/Pngs

I add all of my pngs at once and then edit out the backgrounds, imo it’s less tedious than inserting and editing each image.

Edit out your backgrounds through the same process as Step 4. If the magic wand doesnt work great for your image (if its blurry or the png is close to white), you can erase the backgrounds by hand. You can also use the Lasso tool to clean up where the Magic Wand selected.

Step 6 : Overlays/Drawings

Most overlays or drawings I personally use to add character are black and white or monochrome, just so it's easier for me to edit them. Here’s how I get rid of the white background on a black drawing.

Clear White (You can also use the filter Exact Line Drawing)

With drawings I’ll often play around with the colors, opacity, and blending modes after I do this, but I don’t really have a science to it, just whatever looks good

Here’s where I’m at with the collage now.

And you can stop here if you want, but this is something I do at the end just to give everything a little more cohesion and spark

Step 7 : Overlay

Choose a color (I like to eyedrop a color directly from the image) and color an entire layer with it

Then go to the Blending Modes and select Overlay

After this you can adjust the opacity to your liking, I usually set it between 20 and 40%

And now you’re done!

some cal realism and brendan frye realism from Brick bc i love him

also some traditional art (i feel like the 2nd one doesnt look like cal)

sewed a bag and made some sick patches!!

turned 19 :D my gf gave me this HUGE scream poster !!

TONS of ZD art!!!

AM collages!

and other stuff but im out of room lol, check my TT (elegiacwolf) OR my sick ass art archive on telegram ( https://t.me/+bw8a_1NGo8phZTlh )for all the stuff ive done in between blogs!