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Swirl Girl in Photoshop

Next we’ll insert with the new layer the earlier saved texture, applying on it CTRL+U. Place the texture’s layer above the swirl’s layer.

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Press Alt button and click between the texture’s layers and the previous layer (on the layers’ panel).

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Continue representing the ornaments, using the earlier applied instruments – Pen Tool (P) and the Convert Point Tool. The layer has the color #1685D4

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
The Layer Style:
Blending Options>Inner Glow

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Blending Options>Bevel and Emboss

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Insert the texture’s layer:

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
The layer’s parameters:
Fill 30%

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Press Alt button and click between the texture’s layers and the previous layer on the layers’ panel.

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
This way we’ll represent the next element of our ornament, applying the Pen Tool (P) and the Convert Point Tool.

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
The Layer Style:
Blending Options>Drop Shadow

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Blending Options>Inner Glow

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Gradient’s parameters:

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Place the texture above the layer, but the texture’s layer should be placed lower than the girl’s layer.

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Press Alt button and click between the layers:

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Let’s represent a highlight inside the drawn element of the ornament, applying the Pen Tool (P) and the Convert Point Tool.

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
The layer’s parameters:
Fill 0%
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Gradient’s parameters:

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Using the same Pen Tool (P) and the Convert Point Tool, try to represent the next element of the ornament, giving it the color #FFB904

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
The Layer Style:
Blending Options>Drop Shadow

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Blending Options>Stroke

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Make three copies of the last made layer and choose Free Transform option to make smaller each following copy proportionally. Change the colors of the copies’ layers. The layer on the top layer has white color. Leave only this parameter on all the copies – Blending Options>Stroke

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Press Alt button and click between the copies’ layers and the very first layer:

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Combine in a group all the layers composing the copies and the very first layer of the recently made ornament (press Ctrl button and mark out the corresponding layers and hold on the left mouse’s button while moving the marked layers on Create a new group option).
Make a copy of this group and choose Free Transform option to change its sizes, placing it as below:

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Continue representing the ornament’s elements with the earlier used instruments – the Pen Tool (P) and the Convert Point Tool.

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
The layer’s parameters:
Fill 0%
Blending Options>Drop Shadow

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4

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