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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.

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Psychedelic Wireframe Background

Filed under: Designing — Fiery Darts @ 1:04 am

Psychedelic Wireframe Background
Start by creating a new file. Create a vertical line using line tool.
Duplicate it. Press Ctrl+T . Drag the anchor point to the bottom of the line.
Rotate it 15° cw.
Press Ctrl+J and Shift Ctrl+T to create a circular pattern of lines.
Merge all line layers.
Duplicate the merge layer and rotate it slightly.
Scale it down.
Change background to black. Select line layer and press Ctrl+I to inverse the colors. Press Ctrl+t. Right click and select warp.
Adjust the nodes to get the following shape.
Press Ctrl+U and adjust hue/saturation as shown.
From filter menu select distort>>polar coordinates.
Apply settings as shown.
Merge this layer with the background. Dupliacte it and flip it vertically.
Chnage the layer mode to exclusion.
Merge both layers. Duplicate it and rotate 90° cw.
Chnage the layer mode to linear dodge.
Merge this layers. Dupliacte it and scale up.
Change the layer mode to difference.
Press Ctrl+U and hue/saturation as shown.
Dupliacte the main layer it and scale it down..
Change the layer mode to difference.
Create a new layer above all layers apply gradient as shown.
Change the layer mode to color.
Duplicate the gradient layer and change the layer mode to color burn.

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Promotional Post Card

Filed under: Designing — Fiery Darts @ 7:11 am

Promotional Post Card
Start by opening an image of a basket.
Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool and move it to the top.
Duplicate the layer. Open style window. Select a dotted strokes style palette from top right arrow in styles palette.
Apply a no fill dotted stroke style.
Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool covering whole of the image. Similarly apply the same style to this layer.
Using custom shape tool create some paw shape on top rectangle.
Insert a cutout of a pet.
Type "Hot Dogs" on top bar.
Create a new file for the back of the post card. Type the promotional content on left side of the file.

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