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Creating a monkey smiley |
| Start by creating a circle 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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Create
an elliptical selection using elliptical marquee tool. Create a new layer
and apply a black to white gradient in linear mode. |
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| Change the layer mode to screen. |
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| Create 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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| Create an elliptical selection using elliptical marquee tool. Create a new layer and apply a white to black to white gradient in linear mode. Change the layer mode to overlay. |
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| Create a circle 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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| Create another circle for the eye ball using elliptical shape tool. Change the circle color to black. Apply the same layer style we used in previous step. |
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| Duplicate the eye layers and place for the other side. |
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| Create a circle using elliptical shape tool. |
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| 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 overlay. |
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| Create an elliptical selection using elliptical marquee tool. Create a new layer and apply a black to transparent gradient in linear mode. |
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| Press Shift key and create circular selection twice using elliptical marquee tool. Create a new layer. Apply the same gradient we used in previous step. |
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| Create an ellipse for the mouth using elliptical shape tool. Apply a gradient layer style. |
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| Create an ellipse for the ear using elliptical shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape of an ear. |
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| Duplicate the layer. Scale it down and change the color. |
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| Duplicate both the ear layers. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select flip horizontal. Place it for the other side. |
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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 hand of the monkey using pen tool. Apply same layer style we used for the ear. |
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| Similarly create arm for the other side. |
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| Create an ellipse using elliptical shape tool. Move this layer below all the layers in layer order in layer palette. |
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| Create a twirl shape using custom shape tool. Apply the same layer style we used for the arm. |
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| Select the path using direct selection tool. Adjust the nodes to get the shape as shown. |
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