Here is one I have seen for a long time and just never tried it. I really like the movie Sin City so I was attracted to it as soon as I saw it. I found the tutorial at tutorialseeker.com, I like the name of this site because that is what I am a tutorial seeker!

Here is the tutorial image, it is very Sin City looking, very cool.

Here is my go at it I really liked this one, it was pretty easy only one minor problem. The thing I could not get was the rain like it was in the original, I tried to fix it a few times but couldn’t get it the similar to the original. I still like the final outcome though, very cool looking. I used a picture I had taken for an engagement session over a year ago, I cut out Jimmy and created it from there. This was easy enough to follow the set up of the steps on the page were not laid out well, they are kind of jumbled around. The tutorial could use a little more organization and a little more clarity on how to make the rain, but I was able to produce a cool image anyways.

This is a tutorial that I found on graphics-illustrations.com go check it out, they are part of Green Bulb Gang a creative community. I receive monthly e-newsletters with great hook-ups and tutorials of the month, so I suggest becoming part of that community for some great insight in the world of graphic design.

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Here is the original image from the tutorial, I know it’s a little blocked with the writing and the window. But the just of it is a light background image with a dark feathered edge.

I came up with this, a mix of my own background and a quote from Napoleon Hill. I made the background using some brushes I have, mixing the size and the brush. I placed a quote from a great author Napoleon Hill to create a main subject,  the tutorial creates a white subtle space in the middle which is perfect for whatever you can come up with. This was a very easy tutorial a few steps and your done, the only time really needed to spend on this is coming up with what you want for a background and a foreground.