Dotted Pattern (by Vered)

NOTE: This tutorial was created in Photoshop 7and assumes that you understand Photoshop layers, layer blending brushes, and the location of photoshop tools. You can also use Photoshop CS.

1. Create a new image and then fill it up with the gradiant of your choice:

2. Duplicate the first layer and then go to "filters" menu => "pixelate" => "color halftone" and use the following settings:



3. This should be the result (or somewhere along this line):

4. Go to the "image" menu => "adjustments" => "invert":

5. Change the inverted layer's blending mode to "color dodge":

6. Add two new layers with a different gradiant that combines darker colours, like this for instance:

7. And finally set the two last layers to "linear burn" blending mode:

 

Tutorial by Vered