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    We wish you a Merry Christmas
    Published  12/13/2007 | Drawing Techniques
       
    We wish you a Merry Christmas - part 9


    The layer’s parameters: Blending Options>Drop Shadow

    Create We wish you a Merry Christmas Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3 

    Create We wish you a Merry Christmas Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

    Let’s draw now near the written words a striped lollipop. For the beginning select the Pen Tool (P) to represent the first layer of the lollipop, colored with #FF3333 and only after that we may apply the Convert Point Tool for the right corrections on its shape:

    Create We wish you a Merry Christmas Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

    On the lollipop’s surface we shall draw several stripes, colored with #FFCC33. This time we’ll select the Rectangle Tool (U) too and Convert Point Tool.

    Create We wish you a Merry Christmas Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

    Each layer containing the yellow stripes needs the following parameters: Blending Options>Drop Shadow

    Create We wish you a Merry Christmas Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3 

    Create We wish you a Merry Christmas Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

    Hold on Alt button to make a mouse click between the lollipop’s layer and the stripes’ layers for the last ones to be applied on the layer with the lollipop.

    Create We wish you a Merry Christmas Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3 

    Create We wish you a Merry Christmas Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

    Next we have to represent the primary layer of a small leaf, colored with #339933. Firstly select the Rectangle Tool (P) to make the basis of the leaf and then hold on Alt button while using the Ellipse Tool (U) and giving the green leaf the right shape.

    Create We wish you a Merry Christmas Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

    The leaf needs its veins, which may be represented with the Pen Tool (P) and the Convert Point Tool. The new elements have the next color - #257320

    Create We wish you a Merry Christmas Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3 

    Combine in a group all the layers composing the leaf (press Ctrl button to mark out the corresponding 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 leaf’s group and select Free Transform option to turn over the copies the way demonstrated below:

    Create We wish you a Merry Christmas Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

    Create We wish you a Merry Christmas Wallpaper in Photoshop CS3 We wish you a Merry Christmas
    Design a cool Christmas wallpaper from scratch. A Well explained & Easy to follow Tutorial!