Valentine's Day Ideas

January 23rd, 2008 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Designing

Learn in this tutorial how to create a vector Valentine’s heart with additional effects and textures.

Begin by representing a new file (File>New) that must have 1024×768 px and 72 dpi. Use next the Rectangle Tool (U) to draw the background of our picture we want to get finally.

Valentine's Day Ideas in Photoshop CS3

Select the next demonstrated parameters by making a mouse click on the layer we work with on the layers’ panel. Fill 0%
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Valentine's Day Ideas in Photoshop CS3

Gradient’s parameters:

Valentine's Day Ideas in Photoshop CS3 

Valentine's Day Ideas in Photoshop CS3

Applying the Custom Shape Tool (U), it’s possible to draw a heart that may be turned over the way shown below with the Free Transform selection. The heart’s color is #C5271C

Valentine's Day Ideas in Photoshop CS3 

Valentine's Day Ideas in Photoshop CS3

The layer’s parameters: Blending Options>Inner Glow

Valentine's Day Ideas in Photoshop CS3 

Valentine's Day Ideas in Photoshop CS3

Now we should draw a highlight of white color, using the Pen Tool (P). The element’s shape may be corrected with Convert Point Tool.

Valentine's Day Ideas in Photoshop CS3

Use the same tools for drawing one more highlight on the heart.

Valentine's Day Ideas in Photoshop CS3

Each layer containing the highlights must have the same parameters, indicated next: Fill 40%

Valentine's Day Ideas in Photoshop CS3

Download from Internet sets of ready to use brushes for Adobe Photoshop, named: BloodPack1__invaynestock, Vector_Brushes, Floral.
Create a new layer and use the Brush Tool (B) out of the set BloodPack1__invaynestock. The color that the brush has is #A9A8A7. Place the brush’s layer under the heart’s layer on the layers’ panel.

Valentine's Day Ideas in Photoshop CS3

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  • shirin

    01.23.08

    I love some design like this.thanks