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Swirl Girl in Photoshop

Blending Options>Inner Shadow

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

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
Let’s represent a highlight on the ornament’s surface, applying the Ellipse Tool (U).

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
Next we’ll represent another element of the ornament, giving its layer the color #2DA6C5. This layer will be situated lower than all the previous layers of the same ornament.

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 earlier made layer and choose Free Transform option to make smaller each following copy proportionally. Also we need to change the colors for the copies’ layers. Leave only the Blending Options>Stroke parameter for the made copies.

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Continue representing the ornament’s elements, applying the same 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>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
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
… and the next element with the same tools:

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 Shadow

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
Blending Options>Color Overlay

Learn some very powerful techniques to create swirls in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Blending Options>Pattern Overlay (set Patterns 2)

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
Insert a highlight on the ornament’s element, choosing 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
The next ornament’s element must be represented the same with the previous one, having the color #CD5050

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>Outer Glow

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

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