Futuristic Beetle
March 25th, 2008 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Designing
Blending Options>Outer Glow
Blending Options>Inner Glow
Blending Options>Bevel and Emboss
Blending Options>Bevel and Emboss (Contour)
Blending Options>Stroke
Gradient’s parameters:
Make a copy of the last made layer containing the elytra and merge down the copied layer (CTRL+E). Use the Free Transform option to turn over the copy and place the copy as below:
It’s time to draw the beetle’s jaws, applying the Pen Tool (P). For their correction we’ll use the Convert Point Tool. Place this layer lower than the layer containing the beetle’s head (on the layers’ palette). The layer’s color is #D4D4D4
The layer’s parameters: Blending Options>Drop Shadow
Blending Options>Inner Glow 




























taria
14/07/2010
I enjoyed this tutorial very much, my only problem is that when I did each layer style the one under it messed up so I found myself saving each layer as one after I apply the style so it wouldn’t mess up. But other then that I enjoyed this very much.
travis
08/11/2010
this is very cool tutorial!! keep up the good work mate!