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Posted on: [12.07.2007 12:40:01]
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How to design/draw Interface Ladybugs
in Photoshop
Introduction
In this tutorial, you will learn how to make a little ladybug. I use these a lot when I am making
interfaces that have leaves and wildlife in them. The good thing about them is that they don't have to be very detailed when you first make them, because once you make it small enough to look like a ladybug, it looks great.
Step 1.
Open a new document about 500x200. Anything bigger than this will work as well. Fill the background with a dark green, or any other color. I am using leaves as my background because it looks cool. :)
Step 2.
Select #671010 as your foreground color, and make an oval like below. Make sure you do not make it to long. Once you resize it, it will look like a red line. See below for mine.
Step 3.
Now, make a selection of your oval by holding the Ctrl key and clicking on that layers thumbnail. Make a new layer above the oval and fill the selection with white. Set the Blending Mode to Overlay and with the dodge and burn tools, shade the layer to make the oval look more 3D.
Step 4.
Next, with your foreground color set to #000000, grab the pen tool and make a shape like this. It may take a couple tries to get it how you want, but keep trying until you are satisfied. This is the thing that shows that the ladybug has 2 separate wings; it's easier to fly that way. :-P
Mask this layer over the main oval layer by moving this layer right above the oval. Now, hold Alt. and click in between the layers.
Step 5.
This is a very easy step. With black, again, make a couple (more like 8) random circles over your ladybug. Merge all those layers and set the opacity to 80%.
Step 6.
You guessed it, with black, make
another oval towards the left of the bug. Duplicate that layer
and scale it down a little. Move this one over to the left a
little more.
Now, apply these settings to both of those layers.
What that does is make the layers stand out from each other, and make them feel rounder.
Step 7.
The last step is to add the legs.
You can use the polygon lasso tool, pen tool, or any other tool
you would like. Just make some black shapes that somewhat
resemble insect legs.
Conclusion
The last thing to do is make it smaller. Select all your layers and go to Edit > Free Transform. Grab one of the corners and while holding shift, drag it in.
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