Gridlines Effect

Step 1

Open up the image you want to put the grid lines on. In this instance I am going to use the image on the bottom.

Step 2

Now open up a new image that is 10x10 and background color is transparent. This will be used to make the grid later on.

Step 3

With that image open zoom in all the way. Take the rectangular selection tool

Antialias: 0
Feather: 0

and select 2 pixels across the top and 2 pixels down the left. Fill in the selection with the color you want the grid to be.

Step 4

Switch back to the image you want the grid lines to be on. Take the airbrush tool

Shape: Square
Size: 60
Hardness: 50
Opacity: 7
Step: 25
Density: 100

feel free to play around with some of these settings.

Step 5

Now go to the foreground color. You have to change the option to the foreground pattern instead of the foreground color. You do this by clicking the small black arrow on the foreground color box.

Step 6

Change the pattern to the image you made previously which was the 10x10 image. For the scale make it 50% and for the angle make it 0, feel free to play around with these settings.

Step 7

You now have to add a new raster layer(Layers-->New Raster Layer). Name the new layer "Grid lines" with these settings on the bottom.

Step 8

Here comes the fun part where you add the grid lines! With your airbrush tool selected airbrush the grid lines onto the image. Be creative with this part, make some parts lighter than some and some darker than other parts.

Final Product

Congratulations! You have successfully made grid lines on your image! The steps below are optional if you want to erase the grid lines on certain parts on your image.

Optional Step

Lets say you have an image like this and you added grid lines on it. Obviously it looks awful because the grid lines are right on top of the animal. The next step will tell you how to get rid of the lines.

Optional Step

First off select the eraser tool

Shape: Round
Size: 23
Hardness: 0
Opacity: 50
Step: 1
Density: 100
Buildup: Unchecked

feel free to play around with these settings. Zoom in so you can see where you don't want the grid lines and using the eraser tool slowly erase the grid lines that you don't want.

Final Product

Congratulations! Now you have successfully brought your level of grid lines making to the next level with enabling you to use grid lines virtually on any image!