Although the effect of the picture is simple, but inside the elements are done by hand, such as three-dimensional pentagram, spheres, background patterns and so on. And each part has the very detailed text explanation, is very suitable for the novice study.
Final effect
| 1, create a new size 1920*1200 pixel document, RGB color mode, resolution 72 pixel/inch. Create a new layer, double-click to open the layer style, and select a gradient overlay. |
| 2, click here to download the snowflake shape. Loaded into the brush. |
| 3, we will create a snowflake background pattern, a new size 68px*76px document, RGB color mode, resolution of 72 pixels/inch. Select the Custom Shape tool (U) and click on the shape to open the selection menu in the options bar. Look for a downloaded snowflake shape, and then double-click the shape thumbnail to select it. |
| 4, click Drag to draw snowflakes. Color white, background layer black. |
| 5, hide the black background layer, then go to edit > definition pattern. Enter a name. Go back to the main document, create a new layer, edit > fill, use the custom pattern in the Fill dialog box, and then click OK. |
| 6, set the layer fill to 21%, change the blending mode to "overlay." |
| 7, add a layer mask, select the black soft wheel brush, set the opacity to 15%. |
| 8, hide some edge parts, highlight the center position. |
| 9, select Horizontal Type tool (T). Font with Fontsquirrel, set as follows. |
| 11. Double-click to open layer style, select inner Shadow, projection. |
| 12, then the greeting. Select the Horizontal Type tool (T). Font Fontsquirrel. Set as follows. |
| 13, enter "Happy New Year". |
| 14, double click to open the layer style, select gradient overlay, projection. Set as follows. |
| 15, next, draw a small star, color #f2e18a. Select the Polygon tool (U), click the Polygon option in the options bar, tick the star shape, and set the indent edge to 30%. Number of sides 3. |
| 16, click Drag to draw the stars, as shown in the figure. |
| 17, copy a layer, press CTRL + T rotate, the effect is as follows. |
| 18, select the Pen tool (P) to draw the shape of the following figure, color #820101. |
| 19, also add a layer mask, select the black soft wheel brush, set the opacity to 30%. |
| 20, lightly smear, get similar to the following effect. |
| 21, the other part, using the same method. |
| 22. Merge all the star layers together. Double-click to open layer style, select color overlay, drop shadow. |
| 23, GRID-Star layer. Press CTRL + T to change position freely. |
| 24, copy 4 stars layer, press CTRL + T free transform size and position, placed around the text. |
| 25, choose the following star layer. |
| 26, new "hue/saturation" adjustment layer. Set as follows. |
| 27, in the "Hue/saturation" adjustment layer and the selected star layer in the middle of the ALT key, appear a downward icon, click. In this way, the hue/saturation setting applies the effect to the selected star layer. |
| 28, the new curve adjustment layer, set as the picture, correction a little bit of color. |
| 29, also hold down the ALT key, adjust the curve applied to the selected star layer. |
| 30. Next, draw a positive circle with the Ellipse tool (U). |
| 31, open the layer style, select bevel and Emboss, inner shadow, gradient overlay, projection. |
| 32, select the sphere, open the layer style, choose color Overlay. |
| 33, the grid of the sphere. Copy several times, press CTRL + T to change, put as shown in the picture. |
| 34, the ball shown in the figure must be placed in the same group. |
| 35, the previous star layer applied hue/saturation and curve adjustment layer copied over. Also hold down the ALT key to apply to these selected spheres. |
| 36, select the top layer, create a new curve adjustment layer, and finally correct the color. |
