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How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Let’s create now more digits inside the already represented ones. They will represent the highlights, giving more volume to our original digits. Choose the Pen Tool (P), set the drawing mode on Shape Layers in Options bar and draw the next shape as shown.

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Set Fill to 0% for this layer and click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel to select Stroke.

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

We’ve got the next result:

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Blending Option. In Advanced Blending check the Layer Mask Hides Effects.

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Insert the mask on the layer by choosing Add layer mask on the bottom part of the Layers panel and choose the Soft Round brush of black color.

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Paint in the mask using this brush to hide the unnecessary line.

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Applying the last described method, we may represent the highlights inside the other digits, using the same tools (Pen Tool (P)). The Layer’s style are the same (Stroke).

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Combine in a group all the layers composing the inside highlights on the digits (press CTRL button to select the necessary layers and hold on the left mouse’s button while dragging the selected layers on Create a new group icon from bottom part of the Layers panel). The new group must be rasterized. In this case select the group in Layers panel and press CTRL+E to Merge Down.
Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Outer Glow.

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

We’ve got the next result:

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Insert the mask on the layer by choosing Add layer mask on the bottom part of the Layers panel and choose the Soft Round brush of black color (set Opacity to 60% in Options bar).

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Paint in the mask using this brush to hide the edges of the inside highlights.

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Make a copy of the last made layer and apply the next filter: Filter > Blur > Gaussian blur.

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

We’ve got the next result:

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Create a new layer and select the Soft Round brush.

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Use this brush to paint with white color the digits’ surface. Apply on several places the brush with the Opacity of 20%.

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Insert the mask on the layer by choosing Add layer mask on the bottom part of the Layers panel , press CTRL+I in the mask to Inverse the color and and choose the Soft Round brush of white color (set Opacity to 20% in Options bar).

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Paint in the mask using this brush to hide the bottom part of the digits.

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Set the Blending mode for this layer to Overlay.

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Create one more new layer with the digits on it. Select the Horizontal Type tool (T). Select a font, size and color in the Character panel.

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Place it exactly the same way the very first layer is represented.

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Set Fill to 0% for this layer and click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel to select Bevel and Emboss.

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Add Satin:

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

We’ve got the next result:

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Right click on the Effects and select Create Layers on the Layers panel.

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

We’ll get clipping masks from Layer styles:

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Apple the next filter: Filter > Blur > Gaussian blur.

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

We’ve got the next result:

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Make a copy of the layer on which we had created an inverted mask and painted the digits. Place the copy’s layer above all the layers.

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Applying on the mask the Soft Round brush of white color (brush Opacity – 15%), we may hide the indicated zones on the digits.

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

We’ve got the next result:

How to create Neon Illustration Happy New Year 2012 in Photoshop CS5

Our Neon Illustration is finished!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Download free Layered PSD file.

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