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Drawing a cool fish |
| Start by creating an ellipse using elliptical shape tool. |
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| Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown. |
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| Enable add to shape area form the top bar. |
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| 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. |
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| Create a star shape using custom shape tool. |
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| Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown. |
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| Similarly create wings of the fish. |
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| Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool. |
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| Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown. |
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| From layer menu select layer style>>create layers. Select and merge both the resulting layers. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown. |
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| Ctrl+Click the ellipse layer thumbnail to get the selection. |
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| Press Ctrl+Shift+I to inverse the selection. Press Delete to remove the outer area. |
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| Create an ellipse for the eye using elliptical shape tool. |
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| Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown. |
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Duplicate the layer and place it for the other eye. |
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| Create mouth of the fish using pen tool. |
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| Create a rounded rectangle for the glasses using rounded rectangle shape tool. Apply stroke layer style. |
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| Reduce the fill amount to 50%. |
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| Duplicate the layer and place it for the other side. Create arms of the glasses using line tool. |
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| Create eyebrows of the fish using pen tool. |
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| Select the tail layer. Ctrl+Click the layer thumbnail to get the selection. From select menu apply modify>>contract. Contract the selection by 2 pixels. |
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| Press Ctrl+Alt+D to feather the selection. Create a new layer and fill it with white color. |
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| Similarly repeat the above steps for the other parts of the fish. Apply a nice gradient to the background. |
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