![]() However, if you put that slice of pizza between two angled mirrors, what you'd see would look almost like a whole pizza made up of numerous reflections of that one slice, side by side.īasic geometry tells us that a circle, like a complete pizza, is 360 degrees around. A single slice might represent the objects that are displayed in the vee-shaped or triangular area of a kaleidoscope. So here is the final result for the surreal kaleidoscope portrait made in Photoshop using this useful Photoshop action.Consider a pizza cut into wedge slices. Set the Blend Mode to Multiply and the opacity to around 50% or less. To obtain a grunge effect you can use an old paper texture for example. Photoshop Surrealism Portrait Resultįor the final touches you can sharpen the image with the High Pass Filter for a cool look. You can move, rotate, resize the layers to fit with your canvas proportions. Place the layers like in the image, replacing the head of the man with this new surreal abstract montage. Now copy all the layers Kaleidoscpe Effect 1, Kaleidoscpe Effect 2 and Kaleidoscpe Effect 3 in the initial PSD file ("surreal-portrait.psd"). Call the resulted layer Kaleidoscpe Effect 3. Select the "large size group" or the "normal size group" and merge the layers inside(press CTRL+E). The only difference is that you have to use an Ellipse Tool to cover the eye area. Right click on the Portrait layer and choose Duplicate Layer in a new PSD file called "surreal-effect-3". Return to the initial PSD file("surreal-portrait.psd"). Call the resulted layer Kaleidoscpe Effect 2. Select the "large size group" and merge the layers inside(press CTRL+E). ![]() Inside that group keep only the "41 copy", "31 copy" and "2 copy". Hide all the groups/layers from the result except the "large size" group. The only difference is that you have to use an Ellipse Tool to cover the mouth area. Repeat the same process (Part1-step5 till Part2-step5). Right click on the Portrait layer and choose Duplicate Layer in a new PSD file called "surreal-effect-2". Call the resulted layer Kaleidoscpe Effect 1. Select the "normal size" and "small size groups" and merge them(press CTRL+E). The end result for this surreal portrait effect should look something like this. Go to the Layer menu, choose Rasterize submenu and click on the Rasterize All Layers. Now, you have to "Resume Play!" the action from where it stopped and wait for the result. You can move the "(YOUR IMAGE)" layer to your liking. The action stops again with this message "Drag and Drop the image to reposition it". Resume Play the action from where it stopped. So pick the Custom Shape Tool and from the shapes list choose the "diamond" shape.ĭraw the shape inside the "add a custom shape mask" layer like shown in the image. The action stops with this message: "Add a custom shape for the kaleidoscope mask effect! Resume Play!". Pick the "Kaleidoscope 1" action and click Play selection button. Let's return to our PSD file called "surreal-effect-1". Click the Load button and choose the "abstract-shapes.csh" file. In Photoshop go to Edit> Preset Manager, change the Preset Type by choosing Custom Shapes from the drop-down list. In the same pack you have an CSH file that contains custom shapes. And simply load the "KALEIDOSCOPE-by-PSDDUDE.atn" action file. So open the actions tab by going to Window> Actions menu. First you have to load the action in to your Photoshop actions tab. Inside the pack that you download you have an ATN file and a CSH file that you have to install. Right click on the Portrait layer and choose Duplicate Layer in a new PSD file called "surreal-effect-1".įor this tutorial I will use this Kaleidoscope Abstract Effect Photoshop Action from the GR market. Copy this portrait into your file (this portrait image is no longer available use your own image or other portrait). Open a new PSD file called "surreal-portrait.psd". Surrealism portrait creation is a very useful technique for making posters, wall art, movie posters or even viral images for your Instagram. This kaleidoscope generator is very easy to use, even by Photoshop beginners. ![]() You don't need advanced photo editing skills to make awesome surreal portraits like these! In this surreal portrait Photoshop tutorial, I will show you how to use the Kaleidoscope Photoshop action to create an abstract portrait.
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