We have added a link in the right hand menu (under ‘Home’) that allows you to visit a page where you can see a list of links to each of the tutorials and templates that we have made here on Fiery Darts.
We hope that this will provide you a quick way to see all of our tutorials and find exactly what you are looking for.
As always, we strive to provide unique tutorials and if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us at admin@fierydarts.com.
Thanks.
Fiery Darts Admin.
Psychedelic Wireframe Background |
| Start by creating a new file. Create a vertical line using line tool. |
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| Duplicate it. Press Ctrl+T . Drag the anchor point to the bottom of the line. |
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| Rotate it 15° cw. |
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| Press Ctrl+J and Shift Ctrl+T to create a circular pattern of lines. |
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| Merge all line layers. |
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| Duplicate the merge layer and rotate it slightly. |
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| Scale it down. |
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| Change background to black. Select line layer and press Ctrl+I to inverse the colors. Press Ctrl+t. Right click and select warp. |
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| Adjust the nodes to get the following shape. |
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| Press Ctrl+U and adjust hue/saturation as shown. |
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| From filter menu select distort>>polar coordinates. |
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| Apply settings as shown. |
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| Merge this layer with the background. Dupliacte it and flip it vertically. |
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| Chnage the layer mode to exclusion. |
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| Merge both layers. Duplicate it and rotate 90° cw. |
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| Chnage the layer mode to linear dodge. |
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| Merge this layers. Dupliacte it and scale up. |
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| Change the layer mode to difference. |
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| Press Ctrl+U and hue/saturation as shown. |
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| Dupliacte the main layer it and scale it down.. |
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| Change the layer mode to difference. |
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| Create a new layer above all layers apply gradient as shown. |
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| Change the layer mode to color. |
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| Duplicate the gradient layer and change the layer mode to color burn. |
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Drawing a Duck |
| Start by creating a circle using elliptical shape tool. |
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| Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. |
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| Adjust the nodes to get the result as shown in the image below. |
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| Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown. |
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| Using pen tool draw the neck and face for the duck. Follow along the images below for exact shape. |
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| Create additional shape to add detail to the duck. |
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| Using pen tool create wing of the duck. |
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| Create feet of the duck using pen tool. |
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| Create eye of the duck using pen tool. |
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| Select wing layer. From layer menu select layer style>>create layers. |
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| Select both the layers and press Ctrl+E to merge. |
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| Select eraser tool and erase the top left portion of the wing. |
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| Similarly remove the stroke from other areas. |
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| Add details to the feet and other body parts. |
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| Create a new layer. Select a 2 pixel solid brush. Select stroke path with brush in path window. |
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| Create a new layer. Create a circular selection using elliptical marquee tool. Fill the selection with a radial gradient. |
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| Press Ctrl+T and squeeze it vertically. |
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| Ctrl+Click the layer to get the selection. |
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| Press Ctrl+Alt+D to feather the selection. Feather the selection by 20 pixels. |
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| Press Ctrl+Shift+I to inverse the selection and delete the outer selection several times. |
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| Apply a light gradient to the background. |
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