We wish you a Merry Christmas illustration
November 26th, 2007 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Drawing Techniques
In this tutorial we will learn how to made an illustration for Merry Christmas.
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Start by creating a new file (File>New) with 1925×1218 and 200 dpi.
Using the Rectangle Tool (U), represent the background of the picture that we ant to get finally.
The layer’s parameters may be set by clicking on the processed layer on the layers’ panel:
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay
Gradient’s parameters:
Using the Pen Tool (P), try to represent a snow hillock, which shape is possible to change with the Convert Point Tool.
The layer’s parameters: Blending Options>Inner Shadow
Blending Options>Inner Glow
Blending Options>Bevel and Emboss
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay
Gradient’s parameters:
Make two copies of the last made layer and choose Free Transform option to make the necessary changes on the copies’ sizes and their placement on the picture:
Using the same instruments, Pen Tool (P) and Convert Point Tool, try to represent another snow hillock.
The layer’s parameters: Fill 0%
Blending Options>Inner Shadow
Blending Options>Inner Glow
Blending Options>Bevel and Emboss
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay
Gradient’s parameters:
Next we’ll make another snow hillock, applying the already known instruments: Pen Tool (P) and Convert Point Tool, for making the corresponding corrections on the element’s shape.
The layer’s parameters: Fill 0%
Blending Options>Inner Shadow
Blending Options>Inner Glow
Blending Options>Bevel and Emboss
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay
Gradient’s parameters:
Using the earlier described method, try to make the next element, representing also a snow hillock.
The layer’s parameters: Blending Options>Inner Shadow
Blending Options>Inner Glow
Tags: card, christmas, Illustration, showflake, tree, wallaper
PHOTOSHOP FAN
09/11/2009
without the text is perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Write an embossed text in the snow or something!!!
Thanks for the tutorial
Axebitten
02/12/2009
Amazin work! I love it! Thanks a lot!
Michael
09/12/2009
Nice tut and excellent detail!
anikuts
17/12/2009
i now know!
before i was wondering where/how in the world these kind of images are made..
iş makinaları
27/01/2010
this information most important for me.
thanks…
Al Kamal Md. Razib
13/06/2010
Nice ! Thank you so much !
Eric
14/12/2010
Here’s my interpretation of this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/sk8erek/ChristmasSale2010finalemail2.jpg
Thanks for the tutorial!
Baby Photography Berkshire
20/12/2010
I love this, I shall try to do soemthing similar tonightl, thanks for the post!
Kevin
21/11/2011
WOW, just awesome !
Thanks for the tut
Marko
11/12/2011
Like it, very well done!
rose
16/12/2011
thanks! really nice shading on the snow hills. perfect for our company exmas card.
Kaare Nilsen
03/11/2012
Something must be missing here! Using the pen tool making a path or whatever it is called and then trying to fill it with gradient as it is explained here, does not work at all. No colour is filled into those shapes. I spent two hours trying to figure it out, waste of time. It is not the first or last time I come across tutorials which are incomplete in their textual explanations. Sad, because this idea would be nice to use. I guess I would see what’s missing if I was an expert Photoshop user, but then again why then would I need this tutorial?
Onildo
16/11/2012
Amazing tutorial!!!
Excellent – Congratulation!!
Thanks!
cher
05/12/2012
Great tutorial! I can’t wait to try it myself!
Also @ Kaare before you pass judgment and start hating on tutorials…if you don’t understand something, just ask! Either the person who wrote it or one of the users who tried out the tutorial can help. Sometimes more seasoned PS users forget to mention something that seems simple without even realizing it!
That being said… make a new layer, draw your moutina with the pen tool, control-click on the shape you just drew, click “make selection” you will see that your shape is selected, and finally fill with color….then m ake a gradient or whatever. Hope this helps.
amal
07/12/2012
awesome tut..thank you so much..
Zannat
05/03/2013
Awesome tutorial thanks to share
Raph
22/03/2013
@ Kaare Nilsen
Select your pen-tool
then, at the top of your screen, underneath the ‘edit’ button you can either select ‘Path’ or ‘Shape layer’
Click on ‘Shape layer’ and it will work out just fine!
Best Regards