Make a Banana

January 13th, 2011

Open a new document in photoshop sizing:

Select the rectangular marquee tool.

Make a long rectangle. Fill with #e5c71e.

Create a new layer and name it Texture.

Using the rectangular marquee tool, draw another long rectangle and fill with black as shown.

Make sure you have Black and white set as your foreground and background colors.

Go to Filter > Render > Fibers

Use the following settings:

You will have this:

Press Command T to transform and rotate over the yellow rectangle. Set the layer blending mode to Multiply.

Select the yellow rectangle. Now select the texture layer. Go to Select > Inverse

Press delete.

You will have this:

Now change the opacity of the texture layer to 6%.

Press command and click on the texture layer box to select. Press shift and select the background layer. Right click and select Merge Layers…

Now press Command J to duplicate the selection.

Press Command T to transform. Right click in the box and select Warp…

Warp the shape into a banana.

Deselect.

Select the end of the banana. Warp to create the tip shape.

Use an eraser to fine tune the shape.

Select the Burn tool.

Use the eraser to fine tune the shape.

Create a new layer and name it highlight.

Using the circular marquee too make a selection over the banana and fill with white as shown.

Set the layer mode to Screen and the opacity to 31%.

Use an eraser to make the highlight more realistic.

You will have this:

You can add some smudges in the banana, and add some green as well.

Fabric Folds

January 11th, 2011

Open a new document in photoshop sizing:

Select the gradient tool.

Make sure the colors are set to this:

Use the following settings for the gradient tool:

Create a gradient by dragging from the top left corner to the bottom right corner:

Now, start in the BOTTOM RIGHT corner, and create the gradients from bottom right to top left corner. Only pull about a ΒΌ inch away from each other. You’ll have this:

Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue Saturation…

Use the following settings:

You will have this:

Marble Texture

December 20th, 2010

Open a new document in photoshop sizing:

Be sure to set your background and foreground colors to black and white.

Go to Filter > Render > Difference Clouds…

Repeat this about 4-5 times on the same layer.

You will have this:

Now go to Image > Adjustments > Equalize

Now go to Image > Adjustments > Shadows/Highlights…

Use the following settings:

Now go to Image > Adjustments > Hue Saturation…

Use the following settings:

Your end result will be this: