Making Illustrative Effects in Photoshop

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Combining photography and illustration is currently a popular trend. From magazine covers to poster designs, you can find intriguing and eye-catching examples almost everywhere. With today’s digital tools, the creative possibilities are endless and easy to accomplish. In this Photoshop tutorial, you’ll learn how to create an illustrative photo composite like Figure 1—with no drawing skills required.

Altered photo of young woman with long brown hair in bun painting a photo of a flower with mountain and water in background. Pattern on her clothing merges with flowers in foreground.

Figure 1. What we’re going to make

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Theresa Jackson is a graphic arts and photography industry leader based in north San Diego county, where she is active in the local photography and digital arts communities. She teaches workshops, speaks at industry conferences, and represents Adobe as an Adobe Community Professional and an Adobe Education Leader. Theresa is also a LinkedIn Learning instructor with courses in Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Dimension. She has two Photoshop Guru awards from Photoshop World in the Artistic Category.
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