How do I draw a cartoon apple with Photoshop?

1, first, open Photoshop software, a new 1024*1024 white canvas.

2. Select the Oval tool on the left toolbar and hold down the SHIFT key to draw a circle and set its fill color to red.

3, then press the keyboard "Ctrl+t" and click the right mouse button to select the "deformation" option, change the shape of the circle by dragging the anchor point on the circle; if you feel the anchor is not enough, you can click the Add Anchor Point tool on the left toolbar to add an anchor point to the circle, and continue adjusting its shape to make it look like an apple at last.

4, then we click on the layer below the "gradient mapping" option, click the Color bar in the pop-up dialog box to set the color bar to a red to white gradient, and right-click the layer, select blending options, and adjust the color, angle, and opacity in the gradient overlay option to make the apple look shiny.

5, continue to use the "ellipse tool" in the diagram to draw a finer oval, and "Ctrl+t" and right click on the "deformation" method to adjust it to a similar crescent shape, while dragging it to the lower left position, and then adjust the direction.

6, in the same way as above, in the upper part of the Apple draw a similar crescent shape, use gradient fill in blending options to set it to a crimson to light gradient, set the properties as shown in the diagram (click on the color bar, set the color breakpoint in the color bar, and adjust the style and angle of the gradient).

7, continue to use the "oval tool" in the canvas to draw a small oval, the same way to click on "Mixed Properties" in the "gradient overlay", set the color bar and color breakpoints as shown in the figure, and change the angle of the gradient.

8, the following to use the "pen tool", in the canvas with just the small ellipse as the benchmark, draw an Apple branch of the shape, and "mixed options > Gradient overlay" set its gradient to dark brown to brown, so that it looks more like a branch.

9, the next also use "pen tool" to draw out the apple leaves, the color is set to dark green to light green gradient.

10, finally, in order to make the apple look more lifelike, we selected the Apple layer, click "Blending Options > Shadows", Set the shadow size, angle, position and so on, to make it look more like the real Apple.