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Make a Banana

Thursday, 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

Tuesday, 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:

Christmas Ornament

Friday, December 17th, 2010

Open a new document in photoshop sizing:

Create a new layer.

Select the Circular Marquee tool.

Make a circle (hold in shift to keep perfect) and fill with black.

Right click on the layer to bring up Blending options…

Use the following settings:

You will have this:

Create a new layer and name it topper.

Draw an oval and fill in black.

Create a new layer and make rectangle to fit the oval. Merge layers together.

You will have this shape:

(ignore the selection)

Select the smudge tool.

Smudge the bottom of the topper to give a softer edge.

Right click on the layer and select Blending Options…

Use the following settings:

You’ll have this:

Select the custom shape tool that is a ring:

Make a ring at the top. Then erase some of the bottom (you will be asked to rasterize, say yes):

You can now add designs to the Christmas ornament of your choosing using various brushes.

You will have something like this: