Posts Tagged ‘create from scratch’

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:

How to Make Bamboo

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Open a new document in photoshop sizing:

Make a rectangular shape and fill with black.

Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise…

Use the following settings:

Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur…

Use the following settings:

Select a layer mask and choose hue/saturation…

Your layers will look like this:

Use the following settings on the adjustment layer:

You’ll have something like this:

Press Command T to transform, and select warp…

Warp like this:

Select the burn tool.

Use the following settings:

Burn edges.

Duplicate the layer by pressing Command J.

Set the blending mode on the duplicated layer to Screen.

You’ll have this:

Select both layers by holding shift, and right click… select Merge Layers

Now duplicate the merged layers, set the blending mode to Multiply at 10% opacity and arrange like this:

Now, merge top 3 layers together.

Using the rectangular marquee tool, select the top of the bamboo. Press Command T to transform, and right click to select Warp.

Use this as your guide to shape:

Select a soft edge paintbrush, choose black as the foreground color, and toggle the opacity to paint like this:

Paint along edges to create depth.

You’ll have this:

Duplicate this layer.

Arrange on top of the other piece to get this finished look: