Christmas ornament balls

November 6th, 2008 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Designing

All the balls are already made:

Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

Take now the Line Tool (U) and represent the toys’ threads:

Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

Select the Rectangle Tool (U) and stretch out the figure on the whole canvas. Fill 0% on the layer on the layers’ panel and set the next demonstrated Blending Options:

Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

The new layer we’ve got must be situated under the layers containing the balls and the threads:

Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

Now let’s decorate the balls. Select again the Custom Shape Tool (U) and choose on the top panel the star and the snowflake figures:

Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

Select for the beginning the snowflake and represent a kind of decoration like the next one. Its color’s code is #5E0B61. Mark out all the layers with the snowflakes applying the (Ctrl+Left Click) on the layers’ palette. Then press Ctrl+E for the layers to be put into a single one. Erase the elements coming outside the ball’s edges, applying the Eraser Tool (E).

Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

Next, let’s place the stars on the picture:

Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

Put together all the layers containing the stars as we did with the snowflakes’ layers. Set the next gradient’s parameters:

Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

The unnecessary elements should be erased. You should get the next picture on this stage:

Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

Now let’s make several lines we as we did with the wallpapers. The color’s code is #0B296F. Put together all the layers, applying the next transformation (Ctrl+T). Click on the right mouse’s buttons, choosing the Warp option. Fill 40% on the layers and select Blending mode-Linear Light

Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

Create Christmas ornament balls in Photoshop CS3

The final result!

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  • WendyLee

    11/12/2009

    Hello!

    I’m trying to make the circles look like the ones you’ve made but mine seem to look all flat and the dark shadow on your circles are on one side but mine is all over. And I’ve followed the steps three times now! Nothing happens….

  • Kat

    20/12/2009

    WendyLee:
    I didn’t make this tutorial, but I think i can help you. It sounds like your drop shadows are at different angles. The easiest way to fix this is to pick the ornament you like best and duplicate that layer so that you have three ornaments that look exactly the same. You can change the color by going into Blending Options>Gradient Overlay. Change nothing but the color and all of your ornaments should be the same.