Turn any photo into a dot grid artwork with these Photoshop actions. You'll get great results with dots that change size. They get larger in brighter areas and smaller in darker areas. Free download available.
Tutorial Resources
- House - Freeimages
- Cloud - RiskAlittleLight
Preview of Final Results

Step 1
First of all, open the house image in photoshop. This image will be the background layer in the layer panel. Duplicate the house image (Ctrl+J) one time. Rename this duplicate layer house.


Step 2
We will do some editing on the house by hiding some parts unnecessary like the twigs in front of the house. To do this purpose, we will cut out some parts of the lawn and use the cut out to cover the front twigs. The screenshot below shows the part of the lawn to be cut out. It is indicated in the red part.




Step 3
Again cut out the other lawn on the house image.


Step 4
In the next few steps, we will proceed to clean up the twigs in front of the house. We just do repeating the same simple steps as in previous steps like cutting out some parts, moving, and masking. This time we will cut out the terrace in front of the main door. Move the cut out to the front of the second door. Remember to mask some parts where needed.
Step 5
Do the same ways to cover the twigs in front of the wall. Cut out the brick of the wall. Use the cut out to cover the other brick where the twigs are visible. Mask some part of the cut out to make the transition of the images well blended.


11 comments on “Create Gloomy House Scene in Photoshop”
How do I "Mask some the edges of this layer"? I have cut out the section of grass as instructed, but there is a line on the edge of the cut out that I have not been able to remove or blend so the line is not seen. Guidance would be appreciated.
Step 21 - #fdg601? (cs 5.1 doesn't appear to be taking the 'g' in this color?) is this my mistake?
I believe that's a 9 - not a g.
Sorry for the confusion! I'll update step 21 to clear things up.
i had the same problem
I am working on this tutorial and thus far this is great!!!! I do have a few little questions and that is like in step 28 where the value in the radius appears to be 3,7 ? what is that suppose to be with a comma between the two numeric values?
It should actually be a period; not a comma. So the correct value is 3.7 and not 3,7.
The second time I do a lesson and find new secrets. Excellent lesson. There is much to learn, very useful. I'll come back to it and do a third time. Thank you very much. It's my pic http://j-p-g.net/if/2015/09/15/0335689001442323082.jpg
Wonderful tutorial with detail. Thanks.
Stunning lesson. THANKS!
I'll try it ^-^
Que Maravilla de Foto