Christmas ornaments wallpaper
December 7th, 2007 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Designing
Gradient’s parameters:
Selecting the Line Tool (U), it’s possible to draw the thread of white color the toy hangs up with.
Getting a better result is possible when combine in a group all the layers composing the toy decoration on its thread (press Ctrl button to mark out the necessary layers and hold on left mouse’s button when taking down the marked layers on Create a new group option). Make two copies of the last made group and choose Free Transform option to make some changes on the copies’ sizes, placing them the way shown next picture:
Try to draw now the light reflection on the decorations, applying the Ellipse Tool (U) for representing the reflection on the most distant toy. Place this layer in front of the primary layer belonging to the most distant toy decoration, on the layers’ panel.
The layer’s parameters: Opacity 50%
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay
Gradient’s parameters:
Hold on Alt button and make a mouse click between the reflection’s layer and the primary layer of the most distant situated Christmas decoration (on the layers’ panel) for the reflection’s layer to be applied in the limits of the toy’s primary layer.
Make a copy of the mast represented layer and choose the Free Transform option to make the copy a little smaller, placing it after the primary layer, belonging to the biggest toy decoration (on the layers’ panel). Hold on Alt button and make a mouse click between the layer the way we did before to get the appropriate effect.
Using the Ellipse Tool (U) is possible to represent a vertical fillet of white color which shape may be corrected with the Convert Point Tool.
Next we have to select the same method and the same tools for drawing one more fillet of white color.
Create a new layer and select on it the standard Brush Tool (B) and the color #F8C701 to represent a fillet as if it would be made of small circles.
Download out of Internet a set of ready to use brushes for Adobe Photoshop, named dw_flake.
Create a new layer next and select the Brush Tool (B) of white color out of the mentioned above set of brushes.
The layer’s parameters: Fill 50%
Blending mode-Overlay
Create a new layer and select on it the mentioned above Brush Tool (B) of white color for drawing several more fillets made of small circles.
On the final stage we have to create another new layer (Create new layer) and apply on it the Brush Tool (B) out of the set dw_flake to draw several more snowflakes of white color.
The holiday picture is finished!
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Download brushes here.
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Tags: ball, card, christmas, ornament, snowflake, wallpaper
Seth
28/10/2009
I’m struggling to get the wavy lines with the convert tool. Can anyone give me some advice?
Cindy
16/11/2009
I cannot get the same effect on the ornament that you have shown in this tutorial. I have followed the instructions to a T and have tried everything. Would the author of this tutorial be kind enough to help me?
Thank you in advance!
Stacey
09/12/2009
I have worked on the tutorial and for the comment about the ornament, what you have to do is once you have the white shape, simplify it then select the gradient tool, using the same colors indicated set the crosshair on the right side of the top of the ornament leaving a little white area and drag thru the center to the bottom left, this will achieve the look also.. I played around with it till I got it right. Hope it helps.
JC
09/12/2009
I think it would also help if they showed the tool icons being used. I got most of it down, except for the Shadow affect. I can’t seem to get that one working. Those wavy lines are very hard to create. I almost got it but man, taking a long time experimenting and undoing…. The 2 thin ones, I have skipped since it is so dang hard to do. I guess I have to learn more on using that tool. But defiantly nice ideas with these tutorials!!
Laura
13/12/2009
Hey guys, try using the Direct Selection tool on the curved lines instead… better results.
dalit
16/12/2009
hello, can I use the wallpaper i’ve made with the help of this tutorial to create a christmas greeting wallpaper to friends in another website or does it has a copyright limitation? thank you
LadyLovelace
23/09/2010
Hey, just wanted to say that I’ve featured this project on my website.
Amazed!
17/11/2010
WOW! I did this on Photoshop Elements 7….Since it doesn’t have all of the drawing tools I had to use paint as well….but it turned out beautiful! I am only 13 and my art is spectacular now! Thank you so much, this is truly an amazing tutorial. There is another package of snowflakes that is also good too. So if you keep looking around, you will find some awesome ones. This is great to do when you have strep throat
mae
02/12/2010
weeeh so amazing
ive tried making like this one
truly nothing beats the original
pls continue sharing your artworks to us!
thank you so much for the turorial
nice one!
mae
02/12/2010
weeeh FANTASTIC
ive tried making like this one
truly nothing beats the original
pls continue sharing your artworks to us!
thank you so much for the turorial
nice one!
Shane Shaw
09/12/2010
Great tutorial, thanks.
will
17/12/2010
got so angry trying to draw the wavy lines punched a table and may have broken my knuckle :/ woops :L
JayJay
13/12/2011
Great tutorial, thanks !!
I made this same card in Adobe Illustrator CS5