I would like now to create a sea illustration of some kind. Maybe we will do an underwater landscape.

So in this one, we will practice a lot of filter effects that are available in Photoshop. We will use the effects to build object of the illustration giving them even texture.

So let’s go.

Create a sea illustration

I’m using a custom brush for this. Here you can see the settings. This brush is one of the brushes I’ve downloaded on Deviantart.com.

I’ve just clicked several times to form a background color and image.

Create a sea illustration

I’m just changing the color and dimension of the brush here.

Create a sea illustration



Create a sea illustration




Create a sea illustration



Create a sea illustration

There we have it. You know when you are building a silhouette in the beginning of the image the edges count a lot. You can rotate the brush in brush’s options.

Create a sea illustration

Create a copy of the layer and gibe a lot of blur to it.

Create a sea illustration



Create a sea illustration

If you having a real problem downloading the brushes you can start from here just painting this silhouette using soft air brush. I’ve also changed the color a little.

Create a sea illustration