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Dragon Wallpaper
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By Art-D !
Published on 02/20/2007
 
Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS Dragon Wallpaper
A complete tutorial on how to make this abstract wallpaper.

Dragon Wallpaper - part 1
A complete tutorial on how to make this abstract wallpaper.

Open a new file that would have 1024x768 px and 72 dpi. Then make use of this instrument to represent the lowest background of the file.

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Gradient Overlay

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Gradient?s parameters:

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Selecting the previous instrument, we have to draw now an inclined stripe, colored in 10161C.

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

on the layers we should have

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Represent the same way several other stripes, having the same color, but a different width.

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Dragon Wallpaper - part 2
Choose the following tool and try to represent the next figure that you see here, having 4x4 px and the color ? 4F4F4F.

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Save it!

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Create a new layer now with 1024x768 px and 72 dpi, mark it out and select the next instrument to stretch out the marked zone along its edges, using also the right button of the mouse inside the marked layer ? Fill.
Choose from the ?Fill? menu we entered the saved earlier figure and start applying it.

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Take the following instrument and create the lowest layer of the logotype. Choosing the next instrument , it?s possible to make the corrections on the layer?s shapes.

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Dragon Wallpaper - part 3
Fill 0% on the layers.
Blending Options-Drop Shadow

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Inner Glow

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

The next tool will be helpful in representing a flare on the lowest layer of the logotype.

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Fill 0% on the layers.
Set the Opacity on 40% and take after that a brush with blurred edges and white color to make the necessary nuance?s correction on our picture.

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Select the next instrument to represent one more layer of the logotype, the same way we?ve represented its lowest layer.

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Dragon Wallpaper - part 4
Fill 0% on the layers.
Blending Options-Inner Glow

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Bevel and Emboss

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Blending Options-Gradient Overlay

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Gradient?s parameters:

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Make use again of the next tool to draw another flare on the second logotype?s layer. Its color should be A8ACAF.

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

Dragon Wallpaper - part 5
Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

On the layers we have

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

The last features include finding an appropriate clipart and place it the same way it is shown in the picture below:

Create Dragon Wallpaper in Photoshop CS

This is the final picture!

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