Glossy RSS icon

| Saturday, August 9, 2008

In this tutorial we are going to create a colorful RSS icon for your blog.

It’s necessary for the beginning to create a new file (File>New) of 512×512px and 72 dpi. Select the Ellipse Tool (U)

Ellipse Tool (U). Use the ellipse tool to draw ovals and circles. To draw a circle, hold down the Shift key while dragging. Double-click the ellipse tool to open the Color inspector.’); return false”>Ellipse Tool (U) and try to make an ellipse like the next one:

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3



Fill 0% on the layer:

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

Select Blending Options>Gradient Overlay (making a mouse click on the processed layer on the layers’ palette) setting the next demands as below:

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

This element we should get. It’ll represent the shadow of the icon:

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

. Select the same tool to draw now a circle, colored with #F36523

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

Select Blending Options>Inner Shadow and set the next parameters for the last layer:

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

Blending Options>Stroke

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

Fill 0% for the layer. We should get the next result. It’ll represent the basis of the icon

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

Next we shall represent one more circle:

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

Choose the next selection for the layer: Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

Gradient Editor:

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

Now we need to draw another circle, but a circle that needs to be corrected with Direct Selection Tool (A), as it is shown below:

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

Select Blending Options>Inner Glow

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

Fill 0% on the layer. This way we’ve got several highlights on the icon:

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

Let’s represent one more circle colored with #F36523

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

Mark out the last made circle, press Alt button and cut out a half – moon element:

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

Set the next parameters:

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

We’ll get this way a half – shadow:

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

Now we need to select the Ellipse Tool (U)

Ellipse Tool (U). Use the ellipse tool to draw ovals and circles. To draw a circle, hold down the Shift key while dragging. Double-click the ellipse tool to open the Color inspector.’); return false”>Ellipse Tool (U) and represent two circles of different sizes. The color’s code is #FEDB8A

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

Next we shall use the Rounded Rectangle Tool (U)

Rounded Rectangle Tool (U). To reshape the corners of a rounded rectangle, select the rounded rectangle tool and select the rectangle. Extra selection handles appear inside the rectangle corners. Dragging an inside handle toward the center of the rectangle to make it more rounded; drag it toward the outside of the rectangle to make it less rounded.’); return false”>Rounded Rectangle Tool (U) (radius of 30 px) and represent a bended rounded line.
1. Represent the line
2. Insert the points of the bend, applying the Add Anchior Point Tool, bending the element with Direct Selection Tool (A) and Convert Point Tool.

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

Place the new element as below:

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

Apply for the new layer Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

Gradient Editor:

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

We’ll get the next result!

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

Next we shall draw one more element, but a bigger one, having the icon finally finished!

Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3


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