Let’s create a new pattern. Create a new document (
Ctrl+N) with the size
1px by
9px (
RGB color mode) at a resolution of
72 pixels/inch. Choose the
Pencil Tool (B) and set the
Brush size to
1px in
Options bar. Draw 3 pixels of
white color as shown.
Choose
Edit > Define Pattern. Enter a name for the pattern in the
Pattern Name dialog box.
Using the
Ellipse Tool (U), we can draw a small circle.
Set
Fill to
0% for this layer and click on
Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the
Layers panel to select
Pattern Overlay. Click on the
Pattern Preset Picker and select the recent created pattern.
We’ve got the next result:
Rasterize the new got layer by creating a
new layer above the one, hold
CTRL button to select both layers, finally press
CTRL+E to
Merge Down. Using the Free Transform (Ctrl+T) command, we can rotate the rasterized layer as it is shown below. Set the Blending mode for this layer to Soft Light.
Using the
Ellipse Tool (U), we can draw several small circles of
white color. Set the
Blending mode for all layers to
Soft Light.
The
Fill value is mentioned for each layer. The circles’ layers need to be situated under the hearts’ layers.
Get back to the hearts’ layers. Give some volume to the hearts. In this case we’ll create a
new layer for the brushes and paint the big heart along their edges with
Soft Round brush of
black color.
The middle part will be painted with
#792729 color. Choose the
Eraser Tool (E)
and apply a hard brush to erase unnecessary content, representing this
way the contour. The brush’s layer must be situated above the layer with
the big heart on it, but lower than the smaller heart.
Hold down
Alt (Windows) or
Option (Mac OS) and click between the brush’s layers and the heart’s layer in the
Layers panel to create a
clipping mask.
We’ve got the next result:
Insert the mask on the same layer by choosing
Add layer mask on the bottom part of the
Layers panel and choose the
Soft Round brush of
black color (set
Opacity to
60% in
Options bar).
Paint in the mask using this brush to hide unnecessary content on the layer.
Create a new layer and select the
Soft Round mentioned in the previous example of
black color to paint along the edges of big heart. The layer will be situated above the big hearts, but lower than the smaller one.
Hold down
Alt (Windows) or
Option (Mac OS) and click between layers in the
Layers panel to create a
clipping mask.
We’ve got the next result:
Insert the mask on the layer again the way we did before and choose the
Soft Round brush of
black color.
Paint in the mask using this brush to hide unnecessary content on the layer, representing a uniform shadow. Set
Fill to
80% for this layer.
Create a new layer and choose again the
Soft Round brush.
Use this brush to paint behind the small heart with the color
#6B161A. The layer will be situated under the layer containing the small heart.
Create another
new layer and paint again with the
Soft Round brush. The brush is mentioned in the previous example. The brush’s color is
#060404. The layer will be situated under the layer containing the smaller heart.
Next we’ll create a
new layer again and apply the same method we did for the bigger heart. Use the
Soft Round brush to paint the middle part and then erase with the
Eraser Tool (E) unnecessary content on the layer. The brush’s color is
#891316.
Paint the bottom part of the smaller heart with
#060606 color.
Hold down
Alt (Windows) or
Option (Mac OS) and click between layers in the
Layers panel to create a
clipping mask.
We’ve got the next result:
Insert the mask on the same layer by choosing
Add layer mask on the bottom part of the
Layers panel and choose the
Soft Round brush of
black color (set
Opacity to
80% in
Options bar).
Paint in the mask using this brush to hide unnecessary shadow on the bottom part of the heart.
Create a new layer and select here the
Soft Round brush.
USe this brush to paint the hearts’ right half. The brush’s color is
#EB7B2F.
Create a new layer and select again the
Soft Round brush to paint in
white (
Opacity – 20%) the hearts’ surface.
We’ve got the next result:
Set
Fill to
77% for this layer and change the
Blending mode to
Overlay.
Insert the message text for greeting card. Select the
Horizontal Type tool (T). Select a font, size and color in the
Character panel.
Click in the canvas and type ‘Happy Valentine’s Day’. Press
Enter to apply the text.
Create a new layer and select again the
Soft Round brush of
white color to represent many small circles.
We’ve got the next result:
Next step we’ll download set of
brushes for
Adobe Photoshop, named:
light_brushes_2. Copy the brushes file to
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop X\Presets\Brushes folder (
Adobe Photoshop X been your version of Photoshop).
Create a new layer and load the downloaded brushes, select the next brush from
light_brushes_2 set:
Use this brush to add shining effect on the circles of
white color.
Create a new layer again and select on it the
Soft Round brush to paint the canvas with
#FFF89A color (
Opacity – 10%).
We’ve got the next result:
Set the
Blending mode for this layer to
Overlay.
Click
Create new fill or adjustment layer from bottom part of the
Layers panel and click to
Curves to adjust the curve shape as shown to make a little color corrections.
We’ve got the next result:
Our Abstract Colorful Valentine’s Day Card with Beautiful shiny hearts is finished!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
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