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May 30, 2006

Drawing a Cartoon Warrior

Filed under: drawing — admin @ 10:54 am

Drawing a Cartoon Warrior

Start by creating a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool.
Apply 2 pixels stroke to the layer.
Create helmet of the warrior using pen tool.
Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.
Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.
Create an ellipse using elliptical shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.
Enable add to shape area form the top bar.
Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool.
Create another ellipse using elliptical shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.
Duplicate the layer scale down. Fill it with a different color.
Create eyes of the warrior using elliptical shape tool.
Start creating warrior robe by creating a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Select arc from the custom warp presets.
Duplicate the layer several times. Scale down and place as shown.
Create a rectangle for the body using rectangular shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.
Enable add to shape area form the top bar. Create a rectangle for the leg using rectangular shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.
Duplicate the path. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select flip horizontal. Place it for the other leg.
Create boots using pen tool.
Duplicate the boot layer, flip horizontally and place it on the other side.
Create belt using basic shapes.
Create a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool. Press Ctrl+T and rotate.
Again create the arm using rectangle shape tool and applying warp as mentioned in previous steps.
Create a folded hand using pen tool.
Complete the flowing robe by creating a rectangle and applying warp. Move this layer below all the layers in layer order in layer palette.
Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.
From layer menu select layer style>>create layers. Select and merge both the resulting layers. Using eraser tool erase the top left edge.
Add facial expression using a 2 pixels solid brush.










 

May 24, 2006

Medical Site Navigation Header

Filed under: web-graphics — admin @ 6:51 pm

Creating a navigation header for a medical site
Start by creating a new file of the header size. Create a shape as shown using pen tool.
Enable subtract form shape area form the top bar.
Create an ellipse using elliptical shape tool.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.
Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.
Duplicate the layer several times and place as shown.
Create some horizontal lines using line tool.
Change the layer mode to overlay.
Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool. Change the layer mode to overlay.
Create an ellipse using elliptical shape tool.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.
Duplicate the ellipse layer and place as shown.
Type link names over the button.
Insert company logo and place on the left of the header.










 

May 22, 2006

Scenery in a Frame Logo

Filed under: web-graphics — admin @ 10:55 am

Creating a logo with scenery in a frame
Start by creating a rectangle using rectangular shape tool.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.
Create some rectangles as shown in the image below.
Create an ellipse using elliptical shape tool.
Enable subtract form shape area form the top bar.
Create two rectangle using rectangular shape tool as shown.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.
Similarly create other shapes to create a valley scene.
Create a circle for the sun using elliptical shape tool.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.
Create a few shapes as shown using pen tool. Fill with black color.
Create a few birds using custom shape tool. Fill with black color.
Except all the black layers select and merge other layers. From filter menu select noise>>add noise. Apply settings as shown.
Select and merge all the black layers. Change the layer mode to dissolve.
Type the company name and place it below the scenery logo.
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