Lucy Lawless wallpaper tutorial

Graphics Tutorial - Lucy Maximum Wallpaper

Welcome to the Lucy Lawless Wallpaper Graphics Tutorial Page

This Lucy graphic started out as an experiment. It was part of a series of B&W exercises. The result was a nice surprise to me.

The first step is to convert the image to B&W. An easy way to do this is with the threshold command. If you do not know how do this check out my tutorial . I also suggest that you save often and save several versions of your graphic. So if you make a mistake you can go back to a stage in the image creation that is good. Have fun.... experiment.

I choose this image because at the time it was the largest Lucy Maximum scan (image was 800 X 600) that I could find. Dein Lakai created this wall. Check out the site, you will find beautiful walls here. I always like to start with the largest scan I can find and shrink the image late if necessary.

Original Dein Lakai Wall	Threshold conversion

After changing the image to B&W, I resized it to 1024 X 768 and changed the image so that Lucy had bangs. This involved creating the right side of the face including the eye. I just used the left eye as a model. I also "erased portions of the image that I did not want to use. The dot like edge on the outside of the image was created with the paint brush size at 30 and the Hardness at 13% the other settings were at 100%. I just used white for the color and modified the edges. I also moved the image on the page to it's final placement.

The next step involved some more manual edits to the image, I expanded some of the hair area. To create the shadow effect, see the shadow tutorial. I originally tried to select everything around the face, including the neck area. Because I did not like the effect I made sure the hair on both sides of the next would lock out the magic wand selection. Then all I did was a drop shadow (violet) on the selected area of the image. If your interested in viewing the full screen image 1024 X 768, click here .

Edit the image, create bangs and resize image	Select the area where I want the shadow effect
	Click on this image if you want to see the full size wallpaper

The final stage was creation of the border. Create it as a separate layer because it will be easier to manipulate. If your are not sure how to make this border check out the Border Tutorial or create your own.

After you have created the Border you will notice that portions of it are "erased" . For the simple lines (without color) near the bottom, just use the erase tool. The portions that degrade away in dots, use the same method that was used to make dots along the image. Change the brush to 13% density and the rest of the settings to 100%. I like the brush to be size 30 for this job but change it to suite your tastes. That is all there is to it.

Merge the layers and save as a general format (.jpg, .bmp, .gif....) so that others can enjoy your work.