In this tutorial i'll show you how to draw a logo / icon for a photography website, or company. I created this icon not so long ago to use in a piece of work, but unfortunatly it never made it. I still liked the look of it and thought it would prove useful, so heres how i drew it! Im assuming you have a basic knowledge and understanding of Photoshop's Pen Tool, and creating and filling layers. Theres lots of drawing invoved, but the shapes are basic. So lets get started.
Step One
Logically, we're going to work our way from the bottom up using my icon above as reference. Grab the Pen Tool, make a new layer and draw out a shape like the one below on a new canvas at 400x400px. You may need to hold shift down to keep your lines straight.
We need to now make this path a 'selection', so with the pen tool, right click and choose make selection. I won't explain this 'Make Selection' process in every step in the tutorial.
You should now have a selection that looks like this;
To fill it, go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Colour, and choose the colour #BDBDBD
Step Two
You'll now need to repeat this for the other sides of the camera's body one by one. From the layer we created in step one, draw out a path with the pen tool like this below and make it a selection as we did above;
Now fill it with the colour #D3D3D3.
Step Three
Now we need to draw out the top part of the base to complete our 3d looking rectangle.
Fill this with the colour #F2F2F2
Step Four - The Flash
No camera is complete without a flash, so we're going to add one to this. Simply draw out a small rectangle over the top base layer shown below, and fill it with the colour #F2F2F2.
To add a little depth, duplicate this layer, change its colour to a darker grey, take out the eraser tool (press e) and erase this layer but be sure to leave areas around the top and top right sides, as shown below.
Step Five - Lens Base
Firstly the lens needs a little raised up area to sit on to set it apart from the main body of the camera. To create this we simple draw out a shape like the one below with the pen, and fill it with a grey. This creates the illusion of a raised grey circle on top of the camera. This is illustrated below;
Step Six - Circular Layers
Next comes two circular layers to build up the height of the camera lens. Again with the pen tool draw out a shape like the one below and fill it with #A3A3A3.
Now duplicate this layer, make it white and erase the left side leaving a patch of white like this below. All this does it help create a 3d effect where the light could possibly be shining on the camera.
Grab the circular marquee tool and draw an elipse to match the one below. Fill it with #D5D5D5 and position it behind the previous two layers you just made on the layers palette. To do this simply drag and drop. Don't worry if your circle isn't the exact size and theres some white space. Press Ctrl + T (Apple + T for Mac users) and drag to make the circle fit the best you can.
Now for the next tier of the lense. Copy and paste the parts you made in the first section of this step and press Ctrl + T to shrink them down to the correct size. Then just position them in the right place. Simple!
Finally for this step - take the circular marquee tool and draw out another circle as you did above but fill it with a lighter grey; #E0DEDE. Now you can start to see our beautiful icon take shape.
Step Seven - Lens / Shutter
This is probably the most intricate part, but just be patient. The rewards are worth it! Grab the circle marquee tool and draw out a selection as shown below.
Fill it with the colour #606060. Press Ctrl + T and adjust the layer to fit.
Duplicate this circle, change the colour to a very slighter lighter grey (#717070) and again press Ctrl + T and position at the bottom of the circle you just created above.
Now all thats left on the camera is a small shape that does so much! With the pen tool just draw a simple triangular shape inside the lens shutter area and fill it with light grey. At this stage you get an overall feel for the icon. You might feel the need to adjust/rearrange the layers - feel free.
Step Eight - Finishing Touches
To set this icon off, we're going to add two coloured polaroid prints. Zoom right in and draw the following shape.
Fill it with the colour #2E1F00
Again with the pen, draw a shape similar to that of the one below. With these polaroids you'll notice we don't actually have to draw on the white parts. The background being white is enough.
Fill this with the colour #45C3D9.
FINALLY all thats left is a nice little shadow. Along the longest edge draw out a small rectangle like the one below. Make sure the perspective looks about right.
Fill it with black and set it the opacity of the layer to 10%. This ensures that you can see the shadow over the polaroids.
I hope you found this tutorial useful.
This tutorial may not be redistributed without SigSource's permission!
prove useful, so heres how i drew it! Im assuming you have a basic knowledge and understanding of Photoshop's Pen Tool, and creating and filling layers. Theres lots of drawing invoved, but the shapes are basic. So lets get started.
Step One
Logically, we're going to work our way from the bottom up using my icon above as reference. Grab the Pen Tool, make a new layer and draw out a shape like the one below on a new canvas at 400x400px. You may need to hold shift down to keep your lines straight.
We need to now make this path a 'selection', so with the pen tool, right click and choose make selection. I won't explain this 'Make Selection' process in every step in the tutorial.
You should now have a selection that looks like this;
To fill it, go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Colour, and choose the colour #BDBDBD
Step Two
You'll now need to repeat this for the other sides of the camera's body one by one. From the layer we created in step one, draw out a path with the pen tool like this below and make it a selection as we did above;
Now fill it with the colour #D3D3D3.
Step Three
Now we need to draw out the top part of the base to complete our 3d looking rectangle.
Fill this with the colour #F2F2F2
Step Four - The Flash
No camera is complete without a flash, so we're going to add one to this. Simply draw out a small rectangle over the top base layer shown below, and fill it with the colour #F2F2F2.
To add a little depth, duplicate this layer, change its colour to a darker grey, take out the eraser tool (press e) and erase this layer but be sure to leave areas around the top and top right sides, as shown below.
Step Five - Lens Base
Firstly the lens needs a little raised up area to sit on to set it apart from the main body of the camera. To create this we simple draw out a shape like the one below with the pen, and fill it with a grey. This creates the illusion of a raised grey circle on top of the camera. This is illustrated below;
Step Six - Circular Layers
Next comes two circular layers to build up the height of the camera lens. Again with the pen tool draw out a shape like the one below and fill it with #A3A3A3.
Now duplicate this layer, make it white and erase the left side leaving a patch of white like this below. All this does it help create a 3d effect where the light could possibly be shining on the camera.
Grab the circular marquee tool and draw an elipse to match the one below. Fill it with #D5D5D5 and position it behind the previous two layers you just made on the layers palette. To do this simply drag and drop. Don't worry if your circle isn't the exact size and theres some white space. Press Ctrl + T (Apple + T for Mac users) and drag to make the circle fit the best you can.
Now for the next tier of the lense. Copy and paste the parts you made in the first section of this step and press Ctrl + T to shrink them down to the correct size. Then just position them in the right place. Simple!
Finally for this step - take the circular marquee tool and draw out another circle as you did above but fill it with a lighter grey; #E0DEDE. Now you can start to see our beautiful icon take shape.
Step Seven - Lens / Shutter
This is probably the most intricate part, but just be patient. The rewards are worth it! Grab the circle marquee tool and draw out a selection as shown below.
Fill it with the colour #606060. Press Ctrl + T and adjust the layer to fit.
Duplicate this circle, change the colour to a very slighter lighter grey (#717070) and again press Ctrl + T and position at the bottom of the circle you just created above.
Now all thats left on the camera is a small shape that does so much! With the pen tool just draw a simple triangular shape inside the lens shutter area and fill it with light grey. At this stage you get an overall feel for the icon. You might feel the need to adjust/rearrange the layers - feel free.
Step Eight - Finishing Touches
To set this icon off, we're going to add two coloured polaroid prints. Zoom right in and draw the following shape.
Fill it with the colour #2E1F00
Again with the pen, draw a shape similar to that of the one below. With these polaroids you'll notice we don't actually have to draw on the white parts. The background being white is enough.
Fill this with the colour #45C3D9.
FINALLY all thats left is a nice little shadow. Along the longest edge draw out a small rectangle like the one below. Make sure the perspective looks about right.
Fill it with black and set it the opacity of the layer to 10%. This ensures that you can see the shadow over the polaroids.
I hope you found this tutorial useful.
This tutorial may not be redistributed without SigSource's permission!
