Draw a Realistic Wacom Bamboo in Illustrator and Photoshop – Part 2

In this second part of the tutorial, we are going to draw a realistic Wacom Bamboo. Make sure to read the first part, drawing the path in Illustrator.

Preview

Below is the final result of this tutorial.

Resourse Used

Following resource is used in this tutorial:

• Fabric Patterns

Step 1: Import Vector Path from Illustrator

Select all the paths we have made in Illustrator. Copy (Ctrl + C) and then paste it (Ctrl + V) in Photoshop.

In Photoshop, you will get a dialog box asking type of paste that you want. Because we want to export the vector path, we choose Path.

All the paths is now imported in a new path. You can find them inside Paths panel. Double click the path and change its name.

Step 2: Wacom Main Shape

Select wacom main shape path. Copy and then paste it on a new path. Click black and white icon on Layers panel to add new Adjustment Layer. Select Solid Color and set its color to #222327.

Step 3

Make new layer on top of previous shape. Fill it with white. Set its blend mode to Multiply. Convert it to Clipping by pressing Ctrl + Alt + G. Click Filter > Noise > Add Noise.

Step 4

Below is our result. The shape now has subtle texture on its surface. If your texture is not enough, you can simply duplicate the layer by pressing Ctrl + J.

Step 5

Make new layer. Set foregound color to white. Activate brush tool. Paint some highlights on indicated areas below. To get best result, make sure to paint patiently using low Opacity brush.

Step 6

Select inner shape of the wacom and paste it on a new path. Add new Adjustment Layer with color #111113.

Add following Layer Styles.

Step 7

Select main pad area path. Paste it on new path and add new Adjustment Layer Solid Color with color: #111113.

Again, add Layer Style Bevel and Emboss and Gradient Overlay.

Step 8

Hit Ctrl + J to duplicate the shape. Transform (Ctrl + T) it to 99% of its original size.

We still use previous Layer Style settings. But, this time set Direction on Bevel and Emboss to Up.

Here’s our current result.

Step 9: Reflection

Duplicate Wacom inner shape that we have created in Step 6. Change its color to white and remove all its Layer Styles. Add a triangle shape and set its mode to Intersect.

Step 10

Reduce layer Opacity to 10%.

Step 11

Add Layer Mask onto the shape. Draw Linear Gradient from white to black until the reflection fades away.

Step 12: Wacom Drawing Pad

Activate Wacom drawing pad and convert it into a new Adjustment Layer Solid Color. Set its color to #2a2a2e.

Add Layer Style Gradient Overlay.

Step 13

Let’s add texture onto the drawing pad to make it appears realistic. Make new layer and then fill it with white. Click Filter > Noise > Add Noise. Set blend mode to Multiply.

Step 14

Activate brush tool. Right click on canvas and set brush size to 1 px with 0% hardness.

Step 15

Make new layer above the drawing pad. Select rounded rectangle path inside the drawing pad. Right click and select Stroke Path.

In the next dialog box, select Brush.

Step 16

Convert layer to Clipping Mask by pressing Ctrl + Alt + G. This way, the stroke will stay inside the drawing pad.

Step 17: Buttons

Activate Pencil tool. Set its size to 1 px. Draw some black lineson indicated areas below.

Step 18

Next to the line, draw another white line. This time, decrease its Opacity to 30%. Combination of these black and white lines will create an inset effect.

Step 19

In the middle of the buttons, draw some white dots.

Step 20

Draw a white rectangular shape on the middle of the buttons. Add Layer Style Gradient Overlay.

Step 21

Draw an elliptical selection on top of the shape. make new layer and then fill it with white. Remove selection (Ctrl + D) and soften it with Gaussian Blur (Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur). Reduce Opacity and then erase both its end using a very soft Eraser tool.

Step 22

Activate Brush tool and set foreground color to white. Draw subtle highlight on Wacom corner. This subtle highlight will add realism onto the shape.

Step 23: Shadow

Ctrl-click wacom basic shape to make new selection based on its shape.

Step 24

Make new layer and place it under all layers. Fill selection with black and then remove selection using shortcut Ctrl + D. Soften the shadow using Gaussian Blur (Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur).

Step 25: Label

Draw a rectangle under the pad. You can use any color, it doesn’t matter.

Step 26

Activate pen tool. Click on the rectangle to add new layer. Pull new point down. What we want here is a natural label shape.

Step 27

Grab fabric texture and place it above the label shape. Convert it into Clipping Mask by pressing Ctrl + Alt + G. This way, the texture will stay inside the label area.

Step 28

Make new layer and and convert it to Clipping Mask. Use soft brush tool to paint subtle highlight and shadow on the label. Because the layer has been converted into a Clipping Mask, anything you paint will goes inside the label. Draw black rectangle and put it behind the label. As you can see below, the label appears very natural.

Step 29

Make new layer above the label. Paint subtle shadow from the Wacom on the label.

Step 30

Add white text on top of the label.

Double click text layer and drag black slider on Underlying layer option to the middle.

This slider will bring up black pixel from layers underneath it. The result is natural looking text.

Step 31: Cable

Draw a black rectangle under the pad. Activate pen tool and click on the path to add new points. Drag new points until we have a natural looking cable.

Double click layer and add Layer Styles Bevel and Emboss.

Step 32

Ctrl-click cable to make new selection based on its shape. Move selection down a few pixels by pressing down arrow. Make new layer under the cable and fill selection with black.

Step 33

Soften the shadow by adding filter Gaussian Blur.

Step 34

Erase some part of the shadow to make it appears more realistic.

Step 35: Pen

We have finished drawing the pad, let’s move on to work on the pen. To prevent it from distracting our work, put all layers into a new group and click eye icon on front of it to hide the pad.

Activate pen path and hit Ctrl + Enter to convert it into selection. Make new group layer and then click Add Layer Mask. Next, we will draw the pen inside this group layer.

Step 36

Activate pen main path. Click Add Adjustment Layer icon and select Solid Color. Set its color to #1b1c1e. Double click layer and add Layer Style Gradient Overlay.

Step 37

Use Brush tool to draw highlight on outer side of the pen. Reduce its Opacity to 40%.

Step 38

Draw a rounded rectangle on its center with color #141517.

Step 39

Ctrl-click shape we have just created. make new layer and fill it with white.

Step 40

Move selection up by pressing up arrow key a few times. Hit Delete key.

Click Select > Deselect to remove selection. Soften the highlight by adding filter Gaussian Blur.

Step 41: Pen button

Draw a rounded rectangle and set its color to #1d1e20.

Add Layer Styles Drop Shadow, Bevel and Emboss, and Gradient Overlay to change the button appearance into 3D.

You can see the result below.

Step 42

Zoom in using Zoom tool to see details on the button. Set foreground color to white. Activate Brush tool with radius 1 px. Paint subtle highlight on the button edges.

Step 43: Eraser

Draw a rounded rectangle with color #141517 for pen eraser. Put it under all shapes.

Add Layer Style Inner and Gradient Overlay.

Step 44

Make new layer above the eraser. Paint pen shadow on the eraser using soft brush.

Step 45

Use Zoom tool to see details on the eraser. Draw some subtle highlights using 1 px brush.

Step 46

Our current pen has no proper lighting. So, let’s add one. Our light source is located on top right of the pen. Activate brush tool and paint highlight on the pen.

Step 47: Pen Tip

Draw a small black rectangle on top of the pen. Make new layer and then paint a small highlight on the tip using 1 px brush.

Step 48: Shadow

Remember that our pen is located in a group layer with layer mask. We made the group layer in Step 35. Now, we need to make pen shadow outside the group layer. Ctrl-click pen path to convert it to selection. Press left arrow key a few times to move the selection. Make new layer and place it under pen group layer. Fill selection with black. Remove selection using shortcut Ctrl + D or click Select > Deselect.

Step 49

Click Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur to soften the shadow.

Step 50

Activate Eraser tool and set its Hardness to 0%. Erase top and bottom part of the shadow to make it realistic.

Step 51

We’ve done drawing the pen. Let’s bring back the pad.

Step 52: Rotating the Pen.

let’s rotate our pen position to make it natural. Activate pen shadow layer and pen group layer. Hit Ctrl + T to perform transformation. Drag outside the transformation frame to rotate the pen.

Final Result

Here is the final result of our drawing tutorial. Click on the image to see it in full size.

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Avenida Presidente Vargas – Rio de Janeiro – Brasil

A view of Rio de Janeiro II

Corcovado – Cristo Redentor – Brasil – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil

http://www.flickr.com/photos/claudiolara/456316821/in/photostream/

Praia de Copacabana – Copacabana beach

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Cidade Maravilhosa

Skyline

Em um lugar tão bonito…

Summer Vacation/Northeast Brazil

Vista Parcial – São Paulo – Brasil

Beach Soccer – São Paulo

Paraty – Brasil

Belo Horizonte

Basilica de Lourdes – Belo Horizonte/MG Brasil

Cais do Porto – Porto Alegre / RS

Manaus The riverfront Amazonas

Theatro Amazonas

Porto de Manaus – AM

Tiradentes – MG

Signs in Maragogi Beach

Vulcão em erupção no Rio de Janeiro – Volcano in Rio de Janeiro

Ipanema – Calçadão de Ipanema – Ipanema beach – Brazil – Rio de Janeiro – Brasil

Morro da Viração – Parque da Cidade – Niterói – Rio de Janeiro – Brasil

AMANECER EN EL RÍO AMAZONAS 2/ SUNRISE IN AMAZON RIVER 2

AMANECER EN EL RÍO AMAZONAS 1 / SUNRISE IN AMAZON RIVER 1

Ponta do Humaitá – Salvador / BA

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The Open Clip Art Library is probably the largest public domain clip art site out there. They currently host over 34,000 clip art images, with hundreds more being added each month. Most clip art images hosted on the Open Clip Art Library can be found in both PNG and SVG formats. Furthermore, the site allows you to either download single images or large packages of images. At one point in time, searching for particular clip art was a weak point of this web site. However, recently, they have added the ability to view pictures by category.

Clker.com is another great place to find public domain clip art images (as well as a reasonable array of stock photos). Unlike the Open Clip Art Library, you can not download huge packages of clip art images from Clker. However, Clker’s easy to use interface allows you to find the pictures you desire with relative ease. Once again, images are most often available in PNG and SVG formats.

WP Clipart is a mixture of public domain clip art and stock photo images which are nicely organized (using a multi-level hierarchy). Unlike the two sites mentioned above, WP Clipart images tend to be only available in PNG format. However, it does have a neat feature where it can automatically convert a picture to JPG.

If you do not wish to search for images using the web interface, you are free to download the entire archive as well as use the author’s specially created image viewer. The image viewer, although simple, allows you to perform a few simple operations quite easily, including: rotation, and simple color manipulation.

Public Domain Clip Art is a simple, no-frills, site which allows you to browse for a public domain clip art images according to a wide variety of categories. It also comes with a search function, allowing you to find an image according to a particular description. Images on Public Domain Clip Art are available in PNG format.

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I just added some of their recommended image source sites into the text box and selected the square shape. Then I clicked “Create” and voila! The two images today are “PVM” and “MAX”. These were created by selecting the “Text” option instead of the square shape.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/nature/interesting

http://www.google.com/images?q=cats

http://www.time.com/time/graphics

Put a space between the letters of the text for better results, “P V M”. I guess the “M” letter comes out a little weird, but overall it looks pretty good.

Stock.xchng – This is a site for free stock photos. While stock.xchng doesn’t have the largest selection of stock photos, you definitely get more than you pay for. Interestingly enough, stock.xchng is owned by the same folks who own iStockPhoto. You might be wondering why they would offer these images for free, but I think it is good marketing. Alongside the free results, iStockPhoto’s more extensive collection is shown. This probably drives more sales than you would think.

OfficialPSDs – This site is a solution to every graphic designer’s problem. The foregrounds of many images have already been cut out for you and saved as a PSD. This can save you countless hours spent with the lasso tool in PhotoShop. Need some fire graphics for a page you’re designing? A quick search yielded a boatload of results all completely cut out from the background. There are many different types of images on the site, but celebrity images seem to be the most common.

PlanetRenders – This site is very similar to OfficialPSDs. All the images have been cut from the background, except they are saved in PNG format rather than PSD. If you need some cut graphics to design a fan site or convention flyer, this is the spot. There is a wide selection of video games, anime, TV/movie, and fantasy graphics. There’s also quite a lot of fractal renders if you need to add an effect to your background designs.

One thing to keep in mind however with free graphic sites is that sometimes pictures will get uploaded that are not free to use because of copyrights. It is difficult for a site to police all of its submissions, and you should always be careful.

Check our list and let us know which on is your favorite with a comment… you can also suggest a logo not in list.

Enjoy it!

Club Teams

AaB Aalborg (Denmark)

Ajax (Nederlands)

Arsenal (England)

Bohemians Dublin (Ireland)

Celtic (Scotland)

Chelsea FC (England)

Cork City (Ireland)

Cosenza Calcio (Italy)

CSKA Moscow (Russia)

Derby County (England)

Dinamo Kiev (Ukraine)

FC Bayern München (Germany)

FC Dallas (USA)

Hannover (Germany)

Hull City (England)

Juventus FC (Italy)

L.A. Galaxy (USA)

Manchester United (England)

New England (USA)

Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece)

Olympique Lyon (France)

Olympique Marseille (France)

Palmeiras (Brazil)

Porto (Portugal)

Paris Saint-Germain (France)

Real Madrid (Spagna)

Rosenberg (Norvegia)

Sampdoria (Italy)

Sporting CP Lisbon (Portugal)

Toronto (Canada)

Udinese Calcio (Italy)

US Città di Palermo (Italy)

Valencia C. de F. (Spain)

Villareal (Spain)

West Ham (England)

Zenit (Russia)

National Teams

Argentina

Australia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

South Korea

Croatia

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

England

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Norway

Nederlands

Portugal

Czech Republic

Russia

Senegal

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

USA

International Federatins and Competitions

FIFA

UEFA

CONCACAF

World Cup – Germany 2006

World Cup – South Africa 2010

Euro 2008

Asian Cup 2007

UEFA Champions League

UEFA Cup

Premier League

Major League Soccer

It evolved in the late 1960s and early 1970s and in the mid-1970s had a great success in Britain and America.
Many bands shown their technical skill and ability to compose music making albums with a great expressive power and an absolutely particular structure for the songs.
This steady and almost maniacal research of an elegant artistic expression lets us stunning songs and great music, but also unique (and maybe “strange”) album covers. Below you’ll see 15 examples.

Area – Arbeit Macht Frei (Cramps – 1973 – Italian Prog Rock)

Selected Track: Arbeit Macht Frei (click to listen on YouTube)

Biglietto per l’Inferno (Trident Records – 1974 – Italian Prog Rock)

Selected Track: Confessione (click to listen on YouTube)

Genesis – Nursery Crime (Charisma, Atlantic Records – 1971)

Selected Track: The Musical Box (Belgian TV – Six Hours Live) (click to listen on YouTube)

I Giganti – Terra in Bocca (RiFi, Akarma – 1971 – Italian Prog Rock)

Selected Track: Largo iniziale (Intro) (click to listen on YouTube)

Jethro Tull – Aqualung (Chrysalis Records – 1971)

Selected Track: My God (Live) (click to listen on YouTube)

Jethro Tull – Thick as a Brick (Chrysalis Records – 1972)

Selected Track: Thick as a Brick (Live at Madison Square Garden Version, 1978) (click to listen on YouTube)

King Crimson – In The Court Of The Crimson King (Island Records – 1969)

Selected Track: Epitaph including March for no Reason and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (click to listen on YouTube)

Le Orme – Uomo di pezza (Philips – 1972 – Italian Prog Rock)

Selected Track: Figure di Cartone (click to listen on YouTube)

Pholas Dactylus – Concerto delle Menti (Magma – 1974 – Italian Prog Rock)

Selected Track: Concerto delle Menti Parte Prima (I) (click to listen on YouTube)

The Moody Blues – In Search of the Lost Chord (Deram Records – 1968)

Selected Track: Ride my See-Saw (click to listen on YouTube)

Yes – Fragile (Atlantic Records – 1971)

Selected Track: South Side Of The Sky (Live) (click to listen on YouTube)

Yes – Tormato (Atlantic Records – 1978)

Selected Track: Don’t Kill the Whale (Live at Wembley 1978) (click to listen on YouTube)

Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon (Harvest Records – 1973)

Selected Track: Money (click to listen on YouTube)

Marillion – Script for a Jester’s Tear (EMI Records, Capitol Records – 1983)

Selected Track: Ride my See-Saw (click to listen on YouTube)

Matching Mole – Matching Mole’s Little Red Record (CBS – 1972)

Selected Tracks: Flora Fidgit and Smoke Signal (click to listen on YouTube)

Just A Preview Of What Our Efforts Will Produce

Take a look at the icon we will be created in this tutorial.

Photoshop Tutorial: A Nice Magnifying Glass Icon

Below there are about 30 simple and easy-to-follow steps to learn how to create a nice icon. Take your time and improve your skill as icon designer following my tips and advices. Enjoy the tut!

Step 1: Organizing Layers in Group

Designing icon can be quite tricky because we will dealing with many layers. It’s a good idea to keep organized by grouping every layer that we will create. Open Layers panel and create press ctrl+G to create a group. Name the group magnify glass. Inside magnify glass group create three groups, glass frame, glass, and handle.

Step 2: Drawing Handle

Using rectangle tool create a rectangle shape. Add layer styles Gradient Overlay.

Step 3

We need to change the rectangle shape to a cylinder. Click middle top and middle bottom to add points. Select those two points using white arrow tool and move it down.

Step 4

Draw an ellips shape and add layer styles Gradient Overlay. Make sure the ellips is under the handle.

Step 5

Activate pen tool and draw a small white shape on top of the ellips shape. This small shape will be a light reflection on the handle.

Step 6

Using pen tool draw long thin white shape. Add layer mask and paint black on part outside the handle. Change layer’s opacity to 40%. This will be another highlight on the handle.

Step 7

On top of the handle draw a small cylinder. Add layer style Gradient Overlay using setting shown below.

Step 8

In the middle of the small cylinder draw smaller and wider cylinder. Add Gradient Overlay. Underneath it, paint black using soft brush for its shadow.

Step 9

Duplicate handle shape that we created earlier and move it to the top of the layer. Remove its layer style and make sure its color is black.Select points on top and move the down until its size is very small. Change its layer’s opacity to 40%.

We’ve done creating the handle. Make sure you put all the layers inside the handle group.

Step 10: Drawing Glass Frame

Draw a circle shape.

Step 11

We need to modify circle we just created to a ring shape. Select the circle path. Copy and paste the path, downsize it, and from option bar select subtract.

Step 12

Add these layer style.

Step 13

Using same steps we did earlier, draw smaller ring. Add white Color Overlay.

Step 14

Activate direct selection tool and modify some points in smaller circle to create a crescent moon shape.

Step 15

Add layer mask and paint black part indicated below.

Step 16

Again, draw another reflection on the opposite side.

Step 17: Drawing Glass

Draw circle shape. From layers panel change fill to 0% and add Inner Glow.

Step 18

Create a crescent shape by drawing two overlapping circle shape with subtract selected in option bar. Make sure the shape’s color is black and change its opacity to 10%.

Step 19

Draw white shape like you see below. Change its opacity to 10%. Now, this shape is almost negligible but it adds what some people call pixel perfect.

Step 20

Create new layer and paint few white dots. Change layer’s opacity to 20%. Again, this is another pixel perfect.

Step 21: Convert Icon to Smart Object

Right click magnify glass group and choose Convert to Smart Object. That’s it we’re done. You can stop here if you want, but I’ll continue adding some steps to add more realism to the icon.

Step 22

Hit ctrl+T and rotate our icon.

Step 23

Let’s add a picture into the scene to see how the magnify works. Here, I use a screenshot from my firefox.

Step 24

This is not flying magnify glass! We need to add shadow on the floor. Create new layer under the icon and paint black using low opacity brush.

Step 25

Paint smaller black dot using higher opacity brush on place where icon touch the floor.

Step 26

Now create selection for icon’s shadow on the picture. Fill it with black then deselect (ctrl+D).

Step 27

Soften the shadow by adding Gaussian Blur. Add layer mask and paint furthest shadow with black to hide it.

Step 28

Using ellips marquee tool, select picture inside the glass. Clik Filter > Distort > Pinch. Use minus size to make the picture bulge.

Step 29

Almost forget, create elliptical selection under the picture and fill it with black.

Step 30

Deselect (ctrl+D) and click Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur.

Conclusion

We have just create an icon using only Photoshop. As you can see we combine vector and pixel painting here. I hope you like the tutorial and learn one or two new techniques. If you are following this tutorial, let us know the result. Put the link in the comment below, I would love to see it!

“Of all the forms of non-verbal communication, color is the most instantaneous method of conveying messages and meanings. Among other uses, color stimulates and works synergistically with all of the senses, symbolizes abstract concepts and thoughts, expresses fantasy or wish fulfillment, recalls another time or place and produces an aesthetic or emotional response.

[...]

Much of the human reaction to color is subliminal and consumers are generally unaware of the pervasive and persuasive effects of color. Psychological effect is instantaneous as color stimulates the senses and exerts its power of suggestion. The power that color wields is seen at every level of communication: in corporate identification and logos, signage, advertising on television, billboards, in print media and packaging, on the computer and at point-of-purchase.”

SOURCE: Logo Design Color Psychology

It’s evident the importance of the color, and of its combinations, when we want to communicate a precise message.
In this collection, I have selected 50 creative logos which use the colors effectively and cleverly. Take a look!

50 Unique Colorful And Multicolored Logos

Below you can see a collection of 60+ type-based logos, they are very clever and highly communicative. Enjoy it!

Note: in the bottom of the article there is a list of logo galleries where you can find more inspiration and more information about the logos (and their designer) collected in this post.

60+ Beautiful Type-Based Logos

Logo Design Resources

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• Creattica.com
• LogoFi.com
• LogoMoose.com
• DeviantArt.com
• LogoPond
• LogoFromDreams.com
• LogogGala.com
• LogoOfTheDay.com
• LogoFaves.com
• LittleBoxOfIdeas.com
• TypeBased.com