Vintage poster

In this project i gathered various pictures and then manipulated them in order to get a cohesive design. First, I found a picture of a chinese landscape and then looked for a picture of a custom chinese boat. After obtaining both pictures I changed the hue and saturation to my desired look. Next, I cropped the boat and used the paint tool to get a simplistic look that is closer to that of the setting. Once I completed the main picture, I then created the border in which went to Dafont.com and uploaded chinese characters.






I this tutorial I learned how to create the effect of visual interest behind text. In order to achieve this look I first uploaded a texturized background and placed it over my text. I then desaturated the texturized background and proceeded to set it to overlay.
http://www.tutorial9.net/tutorials/photoshop-tutorials/add-visual-texture-3-easy-steps/