How to design an abstract Christmas illustration with colorful shapes and glass baubles in Photoshop CS5
Create the next shape.
Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.
We’ve got the next result:
Draw another shape as shown using Pen Tool (P).
Set Fill to 0% for this layer and click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel, select Gradient Overlay.
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.
We’ve got the next result:
Let’s add another shape on our background.
Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.
Use Pen Tool (P) to draw the next shape as shown.
Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.
We’ve got the next result:
Draw again a shape.
Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.
We’ve got the next result:
Draw another shape again.
Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.
We’ve got the next result:
Create one more shape as shown, using Pen Tool (P).
Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.
The gradient’s settings are the same with the previous example:
Draw the next shape.
Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.
We’ve got the next result:
Draw one more shape on the top of the canvas.
Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.
We’ve got the next result:
Finaly draw the last shape using Pen Tool (P).
Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.
We’ve got the next decoration on our Christmas background:
Create a new layer, select Hard Round brush of white color, set Opacity to 20% in Options bar).
Use this brush to add many circles of different diameter.
Next we’ll represent a ellipse, using the Ellipse Tool (U).
Set Fill to 0% for this layer and click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel, select Stroke.
We’ve got the next result:
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