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Here's how I made the mouse in the Nocturnal Creations logo. Thank you Scott for letting me put this tutorial online :)
First I created a new document, 230 x 300 pixels, white background.
Then I selected the Rounded Rectangle tool to draw the shape of the mouse. Call this layer MOUSE. Set #595959 as your foreground color and drag out the selection with these settings. I named this layer MOUSE.
Your image should now look like the image shown in step 1. |
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Then activate the Direct Selection tool . Click the center of your shape to highlight the path, and then click along the path so that you can see the anchor points.
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Then activate the Add Anchor Point tool found by right clicking on the pen tool in the toolbar .
Then add a new anchor point like shown in step 3. |
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Now move the cursor slightly to the right of the new anchor point. That will make it turn into the Direct Selection tool ( ) and drag the anchor point to the right like shown in step 4. |
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Then do the same to the anhor point just above and below the new anchor point so that your image look like the image shown in step 5. |
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Now select the Convert Point tool . We have to adjust the anchor points above and below the new anchor point a little bit to make the curve nice and smooth. Experiment a bit by draging the handles until you think the curves look the way you want them. |
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Your mouse shape should now look something like the image shown in step 7 :) |
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Ok - time to add some basic layer styles to the mouse.
I added some drop shadow with these settings. Some inner glow with these settings. Anf some bevel and emboss with these settings. |
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Ok - time to make some highlight on the mouse. Create a new layer above the MOUSE layer and call it HIGHLIGHT.
I painted the highlight using the Paint Brush tool . I used a soft 65 pixel brush having white as the foreground color. Just click and drag the brush until your image look similar to mine. |
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Still at the HIGHLIGHT layer Ctrl + click the MOUSE layer to load its transparency. |
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Now go to Filter - Blur - Gaussian blur - 15 pixels. Deselect (Ctrl + D). |
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Then drag the opacity down to about 54 %. Your image should now look like the fig. in step 12.
Ok - now it's time to add some details to the mouse. Read on |