(this is what we’ll be designing)
1. New Document, Create Background
Alright, let’s start by creating a pattern for our background. Create a new document sized 40 x 40 pixels, fill the background with a yellowish kind of color, I used#fea120 – make a new layer and make a selection half the size of the document but the full height, fill the selection with a slightly different color, I used #ffb029. This is what I’ve come up with for my background:
To give your pattern a little bit more detail/texture, you can try applying a few filters to it – a good example would be Filter > Noise > Add Noise with a low amount. After finishing off your pattern, you need to make it into a proper Photoshop pattern, do this by going into the Photoshop menus: Edit > Define Pattern.
Again, create a new document, this time make it much larger (about 400 x 400 pixels will work, since we’re not working for print here) now after you’ve made your new document, fill the background with your newly made pattern. If you’re not sure where your pattern has gone, you’ll need to get out the Paint Bucket Tool and change the mode to Pattern (it’s in the top left)
2. Creating the Shape
Find and get out the Pen Tool –
and make a nice, curved selection similar to mine:
Turn your path into a selection by right-clicking the path and clicking Make Selection.
Get out the gradient tool and set up your settings similar to mine shown below:
Now drag a gradient inside of your selection, you can see how mine turned out below.
Right-click your layer and go into the Blending Options, apply the following layer styles:
1. Drop Shadow
2. Inner Shadow
3. Inner Glow
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