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Valentine’s greeting illustration

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Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Create a new file with 450×206 px and 72 dpi. Paint the file in this color – 4870B6.

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

The next instrument will be selected for choosing the corresponding figure type from the table below.

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Take now the shown tool to make the corrections on the heart’s shapes.

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Gradient Overlay

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Stroke

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CSCopy the new created layer two times. The first copy’s sizes should be changed a little by minimizing them with Free Transform option. Change the parameters with those indicated below.

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Place the layers correctly!

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Gradient Overlay

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

The second copy must be increased by applying Free Transform option. Choose the next color for it – C0C3E3. The unnecessary parameters should be erased.

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Place correctly the layers!
Blending Options-Drop Shadow

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CSInsert now two letters, keeping the demands for representing them from the following table.

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Drop Shadow

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Take the next tool and represent on the upper part of the heart figure a small brightness.

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Make a mouse’s click on this option

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

just for the options to be applied in the heart’s limits.

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CSFill 9% on the layers.
The Opacity on the layers should be of 63%.
Blending Options-Gradient Overlay

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Take the next tool to represent a flare on the left half of the heart figure.

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Fill 0% on the layers.
Blending Options-Gradient Overlay

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CSThe previous instrument will help us to draw a flare on the right heart’s half.

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Fill 38% on the layers.
Blending Options-Gradient Overlay

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

The previous instrument will help us to introduce the volume’s element on the left lowest heart’s part. It should have this color – E93E2A.

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Insert now the congratulation text on the illustration, being attentive with on the demands. They are inserted in the next table.

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Drop Shadow

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

Create Valentine's greeting illustration in Photoshop CS

The final result!

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