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Set the Road on Fire

Filed under: Photo Effects — Fiery Darts @ 6:17 pm

Set the Road on Fire
Start by opening an image of a racing car.
Open another image of sparks.
Using lasso tool create a selection of sparks. Press Ctrl+Alt+D to feather the selection.
Press Ctrl+Shift+I and delete.
Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp.
Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.
Select eraser tool and with a soft brush setting erase any unwanted edges or color.
Also erase fire above the wheel.
Duplicate the layer and place it behind the other wheel.
Similarly create sparks coming out from the front wheels.

Custom Shape Using Custom Shapes

Filed under: Designing — Fiery Darts @ 12:29 pm

Custom Shape Using Custom Shapes
Start by creating a bass clef shape using custom shape tool.
Select the shape path using direct selection tool. Press Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V to duplicate the path. Now press Ctrl+T and change the anchor point to bottom left. Rotate the layer 60°.
Similarly duplicate the path and rotate till you complete 360°.
Hide the layer. Create a eight 3 shape using custom shape tool.
Repeat the above step to create a circular pattern of this shape.
Select the whole path using path selection tool. Copy the path by pressing Ctrl+C.
Unhide and select the bass clef layer. Using path selection tool select the whole path.
Enable exclude overlapping shape areas form the top bar and press Ctrl+V to paste the path that we copied previously.
Press Ctrl+T and scale down the path.
Select seal shape using custom shape tool.
As the exclude overlapping shape area is still enabled create seal shape as shown.
Select the path. From edit menu select create custom shape. Name it suitably. Now take any foreground color. Create a new file or layer and draw this shape using custom shape tool.

Female Symbol Logo

Filed under: Web Graphics — Fiery Darts @ 7:55 am

Female Symbol Logo
Start by creating a circular frame using custom shape tool.
Enable add to shape area form the top bar.
Add a rectangle in the shape as shown in the image below.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.
This will complete the female sex symbol. Now in next steps we’re going to add a woman’s face to the symbol.
Create a circular shape using elliptical shape.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.
Using pen tool draw eyebrow, eye and lips. Only one side of the shapes is required. Rest of the area will be covered by hair shape.
Using pen tool create hair streak shape.
Duplicate and rotate to create more similar shapes.
Type company name using a nice font.