Do You Know How ?

[matibuc4eva]

Hello Everyone,

i wish to state that i don't know if is allowed to post a "Do you know how". I Hope it is.

I find these artworks by digital artist Jessica Andersdotter:

I'm tyng to understand how it could been made and wich kind of effects she used.

Thanks a lot in advance !

[c.pfaffenbichler]

The floral components look like they could have been photographs originally.

Those could be assembled into a montage with Smart Objects and Layer Masks.

The coloring could be done with Adjustment Layers or Layers with a Blend Mode like Color.

For the »smears« terminating in »solid components« I am afraid neither Motion Blur nor Path Blur would prove an immediate solution, but a work-around with multiple SO instances and Smart Filters might be an option.

Edit:

i wish to state that i don't know if is allowed to post a "Do you know how".

I see no reason why it would not be legitimate.

The images may not have been edited with Photoshop at all but certain of the effects can be emulated with it.

[Semaphoric · Accepted solution]

For the trails you could made a duplicate layer set to Screen mode, and stroke a path on it with the Smudge tool:

    

It takes a bit of experimenting to get the settings for Smudge just right, and you'll probably need to do the stroke several times in a row to build up the effect. In the example above, I did the stroke six times.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

To ensure the direction stays the same for multiple strokes one could create a Path and use »Stroke Path« with the Smudge Tool, but quite likely that is so un-spontaneous that it would not offer a relevant advantage.

[Semaphoric]

That's exactly what I did.Just plan what you are doing, set up the necessary tools, and tweak until the desired effect is achieved.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

I do apologize, I had read your post inattentively and overlooked that you mentioned a Path specifically.

[Semaphoric]

Another thing you could try is running the Wind filter on a duplicate layer, and then reduce the opacity of the duplicate. Since Wind only runs horizontally, you could use Image Rotation and/or Polar Coordinates to get the effect to go the direction you want.