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	First create a randomized Star Field Fill the base layer with black, go to filter menu and apply Noise filter Drag the slider all the way to the end to give it maximum Noise Blur the noise by going to Filter-Blur-Gaussian blur, set it to .3 Go to Image-Adjustments-Curves and adjust the curve to give the image more black area. Start a new layer Fill this layer with Render-Cloud Filter Your current color should be set to Black and White (at the bottom of your tool pallet on the left, where you select your current color and alternate color) Use the Overlay setting on the layer blending mode (You can find this option on the top of the Layer pallet, where it says Normal and a down arrow, select Overlay from this menu)
	Creating the nebula Start a new layer, fill it with Cloud filter Go into Liquefy in the filter menu and distort the cloud with the tools available When you are satisfied with the result, click ok Darken parts of the cloud with Burnt tool to minimize the bright spots. Use soft Eraser to erase any sharp edges Set the layer blending mode to Screen, this will make the darker area become transparent Use Curve adjustment layer (You can find adjustment layers at the bottom of the Layer pallet, it is the icon of a half black, half white circle.) Drag the curve to darken the nebula. Use Free Transform tool (Ctrl+T) to stretch out the nebula if desired
	Adding color the Nebula and stars Set your current color to red and blue, on a new layer go to filter Apply Cloud filter and you end up with blue and red cloud Set this layer to Color blending mode (top of the layer pallet where it says Normal and a down arrow). Refine the brightness with Curve Adjustment Layer (found at the bottom of the layer pallet) right below the colored cloud layer Drag the curve until you are satisfied with the result. Create another layer of nebula under the Blue and Red cloud layer. Set current color back to Black and White Go to Filter-Render-Difference Cloud, you will get a much more chaotic cloud Adjust the brightness with a Curve Adjustment (Ctrl+M) Set this layer to Screen blending layer as well Use Free Transform tool (Ctrl+T) to stretch this out if you like Lower the opacity (changing the opacity of the layer on top of the Layer pallet) of either nebula layer if any of it becomes too much
	Create a brush so we can paint in brighter stars. Lets create a “Bright Star” brush, create a new layer and fill it with white On another new layer draw the shape of a light streaks with a black circle and stretched it out to a thin streak with the help of Free Transform Tool (Ctrl+T) Duplicate this streak and rotate it 90 degree and align both on its center and now you have a cross shaped light streak. Select both streak layer (Ctrl+Click each layer) and Merge the layers (Ctrl+E) Double click on this layer to bring out the Layer Style menu, check the Drop Shadow option and adjust the setting so that the streak has soft edges Use a soft round brush and paint on the center of the star. Select the entire canvas by pressing Ctrl + A than go to Edit and define brush preset You just created a brush that shapes like a bright star You may now delete these two layers as they are only used to create the brush
.	Paint the bright star on top of the star field. Create a new layer, activate brush and select the “Bright Star” brush we just created go to dynamic menu (use the shortcut F5 if you can’t find the icon) Set the shape jitter to 100%, scatter to 100% and spacing to about 180%. Adjust the angle to about 50 degree Start painting and your bright stars will randomly scatter itself on the canvas Adjust the brush size to get more range of sizes
	Creating the planet On a new layer, use the circle marquee to create a full circle (hold Shift while dragging the Circle Marquee tool) I use Cloud and Difference Cloud filter to create the texture With the selection still active apply some motion blur filter, You will notice the motion blur made the edge semi transparent. Duplicate this layer 2 times and merge it all to eliminate blurred edge. (Ctrl + E to merge selected layers) Give the planet some rounded perspective by applying Distort – Spherize filter Give it some color by going into Image – Adjustment – Gradient Map, choose the color combination you want and select ok Continue adding effects and textures that you desired and merge the layers (Ctrl + E while both planet layers are selected) Create another layer and apply circular gradient for the shadow of the planet. This should be done with Black and White as your current colors. Set the layer adjustment to Multiply Merge both layers again and double click on the newly merged planet layer to bring up the Layer Style Apply inner and outer glow in the Layer Effect (double click the layer to bring up this menu) to it and you are done You may deselect the Round Marquee selection (Ctrl+D)
	Make the ring around the planet On a new layer, use circular marquee to draw a perfect circle (hold Shift while dragging the marquee shape) Fill the circle with solid white, apply noise filter than Radial blur filter set method to Spin and amount to 100% and press ok Press Ctrl+F to repeat the radial blur filter a few times until it looks nice and smooth Bring out the curve adjustment menu by using shortcut Ctrl+M or find it under the Image menu Drag the curve until you get a strong black to white contrast and hit ok Hit Ctrl+F again to repeat the radial blur to smooth it out again With the circular marquee still selected go to Select-Modify-Contract to contract the selection How much pixels you need depends on your canvas size and your personal taste, so keep trying until you find a number you like. The selection is now smaller; hit the DELETE button to cut a hole Now you can deselect (Ctrl+D) Set this layer blending mode to Screen, it will make all the black area transparent If you wish to add color to your ring go to Image-Adjustments-Gradient Map and find the color combination that you like. It should be the color of the ring on 1 end and black on the other end. Give the Ring some perspective. Use the FREE TRANSFORM tool (Ctrl+T) to distort the shape Hold Ctrl+Alt+Shift and drag one of the top corners “Handles” inward, than drag the top center handle down Keep shaping it until you find a good perspective ring shape than hit ENTER to finish Drag the ring to align with the planet and use a SOFT eraser to erase the parts that are behind the planet If you want your ring to glow, duplicate the ring layer and apply Gaussian blur to it I am using Curve Adjustment to make the planet a bit darker because it felt too bright Use the burn tool to darken one side of the ring if you want your planet to cast shadow on the ring Earlier the Bright Star layers were below the color layer; I brought it up and gave it its own color by using outer glow and setting the glow color to blue.
	This is the final result of the project.

This tutorial walks you through the process of designing a bubble in Photoshop.

1 – Create your circle in a new layer, use a colored background instead of pure white or black.

2 – This is what we want to achieve first by using the following layer style modification. Double click on the layer in the layer pallet to bring up the layer style window.

3 – Apply Satin, I use opacity = 37, distance = 30, size = 90 . You should play around it to get your own style.

4 – Apply gradient – while in this window you can click on the canvas (within the circle we just made) to move the starting point of the gradient. Move it to the upper right.

5 – Apply Inner glow – change the color to white, and reduce opacity and increase the size.

6 – In a new layer (click new on the layer pallet) paint two highlight points in 30-50% opacity.

7 – add a hot spot on the top highlight point, delete any paint that is out of the circle.

8 – merge bot the highlight/hotspot layer with the bubble layer, apply a chrome filter on this layer

9 – apply the same chrome effect again to get more chrome feel.

10 – change the layer blending to overlay

11 – you will probably want to lower the opacity of the chrome layer so it’s not too harsh.

12 – I added more inner glow at the end to give it a more translucent feel.

This is what I used the bubbles for, I did some blurring and lowering of opacity to match the ambiance.

Everyone is just dying to learn how to draw a ceramic tea cup complete with semi reflective surface, liquid texture and steam coming out of it, now you get to see how it can be done! If you are not one of the people I just described, no worries, you can still stick around and take note and use the ideas here and apply it to some other less exciting subjects.

First step, turn on Grid under View menu to help you draw a perfect symmetric cup, I use oval marquee to draw the top part and Pen tool for the bottom part in a separate layer. Check out my Pen tutorial if you are not sure how to use it.

Double click on the layer icon to open the Layer effect menu and apply Bevel and Satin – For Bevel I use 144% on Depth, 70 for Size, and 16 for Soften. I also adjusted the position of the global light to the right. For Satin I use 70%Opacity and change the shape of the curve. Play around with the settings and also the curve shape to get the result you desire.

For the oval shape, which I will use as the rim and also the interior of the cup, I applied inner bevel to give the rim a thickness and gradient for the shadow and highlight. I selected the lower half of the oval with marquee tool and gave it a slight blur to to soften the transition between the rim and the body.

Now select both the rim and body layer and drag it to the new layer icon to duplicate them, with the duplicates still selected, merge them by going to menu Layers – Merge Layer. Apply Chrome filter in the Filter Gallery. Give the Chrome layer a 20% opacity and change blending mode to Multiply (click here to see what blending modes are)

Draw another oval for the liquid and fill the color of your choice in a brand new layer, delete or mask out the area that are not suppose to be visible. Open layer effect by double clicking the layer icon and apply gradient like I did.

To draw the steam, get a new layer and paint with a soft brush and delete half of it like the first picture so that it has a hard edge and fades into nothing.

Duplicate this layer and rearrange it so they have different sizes.

Originally I used white as the color but I inverse the color so that when I go into Filter – Liquify, I can see the paint easier. Use the circular twril brush and play around with the shape of the steam. After you are done apply Filter-Gaussian blur to it to make it softer and fix it up with smear tool and erase unwanted area.

With some color adjustment and painting in a few high light manually you get this following picture. If you’ve decided to follow my tutorial, please show me what you got! And if you have any question or comments feel free to posted below. Thanks!

Here is a speed sketching I did, hope you enjoy and don’t forget to rate and leave comments. Thanks!

Venom

This is a video of me sketching a random portrait in photoshop using a wacom tablet, I’ve included the video and also some screen shoots.

Here is the video of the sketching process, you can read below for details.

I start with a grayish background for mid tone and just start sketching the shape of the face.

I didn’t really sketch everything in detail because I will leave that for later, but for now I blocked in some of the shadow areas to make the shape more three dimensional.

Next I blocked in some highlights and the basic shape of the hair. At this point I have a better view of what the final picture will look like, so it is good to start make some major changes before its too late such as the shape of the head, position of the eyes and so on.

Than I added some streaks of hair to show the direction of the hair flow.

After you are done blocking in the basic shapes and final positioning of the facial features you can start defining the detail on the face.

In the final picture I brighten up the drawing and even out the tone and added fine streaks of hair.