A Work in Progress: The all new USB Steammachine



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The all new USB Steammachine
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step 1 of 11

Took the metal background, copied it and made it smaller giving it a rough edge. Applied a dropshadow on the smaller layer to give it depth.

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Added a green layer to serve as the background for the holes. It's the same metal background, duplicated again, and rendered a green light over it.

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Again duplicated the metal background (the small one) and made holes in it.

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Added the objects in the holes. The 'A', '@' and the '?' are just letters; font Times new Roman.

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The brass colored back ground: made this again with the same metal background source. Pentooled a figure and later on used the smudge tool took make the smaller decorations on the outside.

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Not really visible but added them anyway; some dripping stains. Started of with a small stain, used lending options to create a shadow and bevel, because of this I could modify this stain later on with the smudgetool and keep the shadows and bevel where ever I went.

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Added the brass buttons and the letters and numbers on top and beside the holes.

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Added the rims around the holes. Again used the metal background, colored it and gave it bevel and shadows.

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To add more to the steampunk look I made some small tubes (bevel, shadow) and made some steam on top.

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To add to the old look (eventhough this is how it comes out of the package) there's some free wires added (which serve absoluty no purpose).

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Finally the modernday technique, the USB ports, and 5 customisable plugs. Don't forget the USB cable coming out to plug this "steammachine" into your computer.

Enjoy your latest addition hardware, no animals where harmed in developing this product. Do not put this device in a microwave.

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Final result

Creation of The all new USB Steammachine: Final Result

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