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We wish you a Merry Christmas illustration
Published  11/26/2007 | Drawing Techniques
   
We wish you a Merry Christmas illustration - part 6


For our convenience, we should combine in a group all the layers composing the fir tree (press Ctrl button to mark the corresponding layers and hold on left mouse’s button while moving these layers on Create a new group selection). Make six copies of this group and select the Free Transform option to change the copies’ sizes, if necessary, and their placement.

We wish you a Merry Christmas illustration in Photoshop CS3

Now we’ll make the shadow under the fir tree, using the Ellipse Tool (U). After that we’ll select the Delete Anchior Point Tool to erase one of the ellipse’s tops. Make the necessary corrections on the element, by choosing the Convert Point Tool.

We wish you a Merry Christmas illustration in Photoshop CS3

The layer’s parameters: Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

We wish you a Merry Christmas illustration in Photoshop CS3

Gradient’s parameters:

We wish you a Merry Christmas illustration in Photoshop CS3 

We wish you a Merry Christmas illustration in Photoshop CS3

Make three copies of the layer, containing the fir tree’s shadow and select after that the Free Transform option to place the copies under marked trees from below. The layers with the shadows should be placed lower than the layers, composing the demonstrated trees (on the layers’ panel).

We wish you a Merry Christmas illustration in Photoshop CS3

Next apply the Pen Tool (P) for representing a very long shadow, coming under the tree. Its shape may be corrected, as usually, with the Convert Point Tool. Place this layer lower than the fir tree’s layers, the shadow belongs to.

We wish you a Merry Christmas illustration in Photoshop CS3

The layer’s parameters: Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

We wish you a Merry Christmas illustration in Photoshop CS3

Gradient’s parameters:

We wish you a Merry Christmas illustration in Photoshop CS3 

We wish you a Merry Christmas illustration in Photoshop CS3

Make two copies of the recently made layer, containing the long shadow. Select Free Transform option to make the changes on the copies’ sizes, placing them out the way shown below. Place the layers with the shadows lower than the fir trees’ layers, the shadows are situated under.

We wish you a Merry Christmas illustration in Photoshop CS3

Apply the next parameters for the shadow’s copy, marked below:

We wish you a Merry Christmas illustration in Photoshop CS3

Opacity 50%

We wish you a Merry Christmas illustration in Photoshop CS3

We wish you a Merry Christmas illustration in Photoshop CS3 We wish you a Merry Christmas illustration
In this tutorial we will learn how to made an illustration for Merry Christmas.