How to Create Surreal Collage Graphics – Design Tutorial

How do you create collage art? How do you design a surreal collage in Photoshop? How do you come up with a good concept to design? In this tutorial, Matthew Encina takes you through the process of how he creates the collage graphics for The Futur Youtube channel. 🖐These are the 5 steps Matthew takes to create each collage: 1. Identify the concept. Brainstorm ideas. 00:21 2. Finding the right stock images. 01:24 3. Build the composition in Photoshop. 02:42 4. Create a dynamic background. 06:06 5. Add depth and dimension. 11:26 6. Final touches. Adding real textures to make the collage feel real. 14:11 👉Take Matthew's Style Frame Course: http://bit.ly/2RQybhm If you're a complete beginner, consider taking any of these Adobe Creative Cloud fundamental courses from our friends at Bring Your Own Laptop: http://byol.me/thefutur 💡This thumbnail idea was created for The Futur episode “Unlocking Your Unlimited Potential”. Watch it here:    • 2 Minute Brain Training Exercise – Unlocki...   🔥Get more of matthew: @matthewencina matthewencina.com ================= 👉Subscribe: https://goo.gl/vB9zoP 👉See our main channel: https://goo.gl/F2AEbk #TheFutur Want a deeper dive? Typography, Lettering, Sales & Marketing, Social Media and The Business of Design courses available here: https://goo.gl/bRt5qd — Love the content? Become a sustaining member for $5/mo today. https://goo.gl/nwekfL Our BOOKLIST: https://goo.gl/onrdxr Kits & Proposals: https://goo.gl/mSjuWQ Visit our website: https://www.thefutur.com FREE resources: https://goo.gl/Qh6gHr Mandarin (Chinese) Subtitles on UiiUii https://uiiiuiii.com/?s=the+futur — AFFILIATE LINKS* 🙏 Support The Futur but purchasing through our affiliate links: Amazon: http://bit.ly/thefuturishere Webflow: http://bit.ly/2EbET9l Retro Supply Co.: http://bit.ly/2GW8gzR Creative Market: https://goo.gl/g4jlTE Design Cuts: http://bit.ly/2GSsAR3 ✍️ Sharpen your skills by taking a course, using our affiliate links: Skillshare: https://goo.gl/YCo2uT School of Motion: http://bit.ly/futur-som Bring Your Own Laptop Tutorials: https://byol.me/thefutur 🎧 Do you like the music? Check out the music libraries we use in our affiliate links below: Epidemic Sound: http://share.epidemicsound.com/thefutur Musicbed: http://bit.ly/futurmb Artlist: http://bit.ly/2uWdna7 *By making a purchase through any of our affiliate links, we receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps us on our mission to provide quality education to you. Thank you. — Futur Podcast on iTunes: 🎙 https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify: 🎙 https://open.spotify.com/show/5K96ryZ... — We love getting your letters. Send it here: The Futur c/o Chris Do 1702 Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404 USA — Host– Chris Do Content Director– Matthew Encina Cinematographers– Mark Contreras, Stewart Schuster, Aaron Szekely, Ricky Lucas, Jona Garcia Editors– Mark Contreras, Stewart Schuster, Aaron Szekely, Ricky Lucas, Jona Garcia Live Editor– Jona Garcia Social Team– Elle Money, Alex Burlui Futur Theme Music – Adam Sanborne http://www.adamsanborne.com Typefaces: Futura, DIN, Helvetica Neue, Calibre Futur theme song— Adam Sanborne