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A Work in Progress: Special Edition
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This guide was made for entry:
Special Edition
In Contest:
pxleyes magazine
step 1 of 12
I acquired stock photos for concept. she's pretty.
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step 2 of 12
Stretched and blurred pxleyes' bg-container.jpg to make background
step 3 of 12
Added gradients to background
step 4 of 12
The beginning of the glass ball! Make a circle with the shape tool and change the fill opacity to zero, then add an inner glow. punch and pie!
step 5 of 12
Make the base of the glass ball - notice not shine yet.
step 6 of 12
Make the top of the glass ball! Derky Der!
step 7 of 12
Add the middle platform and add the shine baby!
step 8 of 12
Cut the PxL peeps out of the pxleyes.com logo and stick em' in the ball!
step 9 of 12
Now make em' look like they're really in there by adding reflections and shadows.
step 10 of 12
Start the title background by make a square with the shape tool, rotate a little, then adding a blue color overlay and a white stroke!
step 11 of 12
Finish the title/header
step 12 of 12
Add the text. FINAL STEP IS ADD THE EXTRA LINES, SHAPES AND STOCK PHOTOS AS SHOWN IN THE FINAL RESULT.
Final result
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