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     »  Home  »  Adobe Photoshop  »  Designing  »  Christmas ornament balls
    Christmas ornament balls
    Published  11/6/2008 | Designing
       
    Christmas ornament balls - part 1


    In just a few simple steps, we will learn how to create nice ornaments for Christmas themed graphics and designs.

    For the beginning create a new file (File>New) of 1280x1024 px and 72 dpi. Select after that the Paint Bucket Tool (G) and give the new file the color #7EC21D

    Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

    Next select the Rectangle Tool (U) and represent several vertical lines that will form the wallpapers. The color’s code is #008C7F

    Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

    Next choose the Custom Shape Tool (U) and pick up a fir tree’s figure:

    Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

    Place them on the basic picture by copying them firstly (Ctrl+J) as it is represented below, selecting the color of the lines.

    Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

    Place them also on the lines, choosing the color of the background this way getting the wallpapers we want:

    Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

    Next take the Ellipse Tool (U) and draw three circles of the same sizes, later becoming nice fir tree’s balls:

    Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

    Set the next Blending Options>Drop Shadow for the very top circle by making a mouse click on its layer on the layers’ panel:

    Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

    Follow all the settings from below:

    Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

    Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

    Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

    We’ve got finally a ball:

    Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

    Do the same operations with those two circles too, but change their gradients. The rest of the settings are the same with the first one:

    Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

    You should get the same thing from below:

    Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

    Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

    Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3 Christmas ornament balls
    In just a few simple steps, we will learn how to create nice ornaments for Christmas themed graphics and designs


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