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Creating a smiley for celebration

Start by creating a circle using elliptical shape tool.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.

Create an elliptical selection using elliptical marquee tool. Create a new layer. Apply a black to white gradient in linear mode.
Change the layer mode to screen.
Similarly create a smaller ellipse and create a glassy effect as mentioned above.

Apply stroke as used on the big circle.

From layer menu select layer style>>create layers. Using eraser tool remove the left portion of both the separated layers.
Create another cheek(slightly smaller) and place as shown.
Using pen tool in path mode draw eyes, eyebrows and lips.
Create a new layer. Select a 2 pixels solid brush. From path window click on stroke path with brush.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.

Using polygon shape tool create a triangle for cap. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.

 

 
Ctrl+Click the layer thumbnail to get the selection. From select menu apply modify>>contract. Contract the selection by 2 pixels. Create a new layer and apply a black to white gradient in linear mode. Change the layer mode to screen.
Create a new layer. Using a small brush create multicolor spots over the cap.
Using pen tool draw some feathers and place at the tip of the cap.
Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.
Place a few duplicates of this layer. Warp the last rectangle in a semi circular shape.
Create a shape as shown in the image below.
Create a few duplicates and rotate randomly.

 
Select and merge all the layer. Scale it down. Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.