

Highlight the Background photograph layer, then select the Marquee tool to allow the selection to be moved elsewhere in the document.Ĭopy and paste a selection of the Background in a random place, then move this segment back into place within the geometric lines. Press CMD+I to Invert the colours so the lines are white.Īctivate the Magic Wand tool, then with the Lines layer highlighted, click to make a selection of the first geometric shape. Paste the graphic into your Photoshop document on top of a cool photograph. Select all (CMD+A) and copy all the shapes that form the geometric pattern. Use the Align panel to line this shape up to the bottom of the circle to form a 6 pointed star shape. Use the Align panel to line up the triangle along the vertical axis, then align to top.Ĭopy and paste a duplicate of the triangle, then rotate it by 180°. Shift click to select both the large circle and the triangle, then release the Shift key and give the circle an extra click to make it the key object. Enter 250px and change the number of sides to 3 to form a triangle.Īt 250px in size this triangle will fit perfectly inside the circle. Select the Polygon tool and click on the artboard to bring up the options window. Hold Shift and rotate these shapes by 90°Ĭopy and paste a single circle, then use the Smart Guides to align this shape to the centre of all the elements. Select the two small circles and press CMD+C to Copy, then CMD+F to Paste in Front. Align it to fit perfectly into the remaining space of the larger circle outline. Hold the ALT key and drag out a duplicate of the small circle.

Use Smart Guides (CMD+U) to accurately align the small circle to the top of the larger circle. Remove the fill colour, but leave a black stroke then click on the artboard and enter 500px for both the Width and Height.Ĭreate another Ellipse, but this time enter 250px to create a smaller circle half the size of the original. Create a new document then select the Ellipse tool. We’ll begin in Adobe Illustrator to create a template for our geometric shapes. The artwork we’ll be creating in this tutorial has an old retro collage vibe with snippets of a photograph being cut out and rearranged into perfectly symmetrical geometric shapes.
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