A tutorial on making sunflower Flowers by Photoshop

Sunflower production is relatively complex, the flower part more at the same time the disk part is also more complex. When making can steal a little bit lazy, petal part does not need all to make, make several pieces to be representative of, other copy can.

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1, the production of flowers is the most crucial part of the production of the petals, we do not need to make every petal, do a few representative, and then copy it. Several petals to be completed are shown below.

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2, we first to complete the first petal: a new 1024 * 768 pixel document, background filled with dark brown: #3C2015, create a new group, a new layer in the group, with a pen to form the outline of the petals, to the selection of the following figure.

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3, select the Gradient tool, color settings, such as Figure 3, and then from the left side of the petals pull right out of the radial gradient shown in Figure 4.

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4, create a new layer, press CTRL + ALT + G to make the clipping layer. Then create a new layer below the current layer, fill the layer with orange: #F7CB01, add the layer mask, and use the black petals to erase the lower part of the chart.

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5. Create a new layer, use a pen to make the selection as shown in the following figure, press CTRL + ALT + D to feather 1 pixels and fill in brown: #C56F00, after you deselect the selection, add the layer mask, and use a black brush to erase the transparency effect on the right side.

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6, create a new layer, with a pen to check out the selection shown in the following figure, feather 2 pixels after the fill orange yellow: #FBD607, remove the selection after the layer mask, with a black brush to left the transition effect.

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