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How To Draw Hay Bales

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This tutorial was originally published in October 2013 as a Tuts+ Premium tutorial. It is at present available free to view. Although this tutorial does not use the latest version of Adobe Photoshop, its techniques and process are even so relevant.

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i. How to Create the Bones Layers and Layout

Pace 1

  • Open the downloaded field film.
  • Go to Image > Image Size and change its parameters every bit shown in the picture beneath.
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Step 2

Now you will bring in the original picture every bit a Smart Object. Y'all need to do that to have one bigger hay bale in front of the picture later on.

  • Open Mini Bridge.
  • Navigate to the image file on your disk.
  • Grab it and elevate it onto the sail.
  • Alter its proper name to "Harvest_final".
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Step iii

In thePaths panel, create a new Path and call it "hay bale". Activate thePen Tool (P) and draw a shape effectually the hay bale. Create a Option from this path by pressing the dashed circle [1]. Alternatively you tin press Command and press on the Path thumbnail to brand a selection from information technology.

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Stride 4

Press Command-J to create a New Layer. Call it "Hay bale 1".

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Step 5

Duplicate this layer twice (Command-J). Identify them as in the screenshots, using theTransform Tool (Control-T). You volition adjust their position later on.

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2. How to Create 3D Typography

Step 1

Actuate theType Tool and type "HARVEST" in the middle of the canvas. Gear up the type backdrop equally in the screenshot.

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Step two

Press Command-T and transform the typography to fit better on the canvas. Then printing theRight Mouse Push and choose New 3D Extrusion from Selected Layer.

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Step iii

With Scene selected in the 3D palette, adjust the typography position using the 3D transform tools. Position the typography so that the margins on the left and right sides are equal.

  • Use the 3d transform tools to position the messages:
  • [1] Rotate will allow you lot to rotate the object on Ten, Y, and Z axes.
  • [2] Roll will allow you to rotate the object in screen space.
  • [3] Drag will allow you to move the object in all directions.
  • [iv] Slide will bring the object closer or further away from you based on the XYZ axes of the currently selected object.
  • [5] Scale will make the selected object bigger or smaller.
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Step 4

Fix theEnvirons position as shown in the screenshot. You can blazon values in the appropriate fields to speed upwardly the process.

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Step 5

Set theCurrent View position equally shown in the flick below.

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Step 6

Yous can modify theExtrusion Depth by selecting theMesh object in the3D panel.

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Step 7

Select Light and in its Properties palette turn off Shadow [1]. Change the name of this layer to "HARVEST extrusion".

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Step 8

Duplicate the extruded text layer to simulate sunlight in the scene.

  • Duplicate the extruded text layer.
  • Change its name to "HARVEST shadow".
  • Drag it below the "HARVEST extrusion" layer
  • Turn on Shadow and adjust its position by dragging the small light source [iii].
  • Try to friction match the shadows' direction in the picture.
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Step 9

Now select theHARVEST extrusion layer and from the Correct Click Menu choose Rasterize 3D.

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three. How to Adjust the Placement of the Hay Bales

Pace 1

Select the "Harvest_final" layer [1] and plow off its visibility. So select the "Hay bale ane" layer [two] and press Command-T to activate transform. Move it to the front of the letter "Due south" equally shown in the picture.

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Pace 2

Select the "Hay bale 3" layer [one] and drag it below the "HARVEST extrusion" layer. Press Command-T to activate Costless Transform. Move information technology behind the alphabetic character "T" equally shown in the picture.

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Step 3

Now select the "Hay bale 2" Layer and press Command-T to actuate Gratis T ransform. Move information technology to the front of the alphabetic character "H" as shown in the film.

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Step 4

Turn Off Visibility of the "HARVEST shadow" layer [ane]. Then Indistinguishable the "Background" layer [ii].

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Step 5

Activate theClone Postage Tool (South) and paint with grass to hide the unnecessary function of the image [1].

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Footstep 6

Keep painting until the forepart is costless of old hay bales.

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Step 7

Select "Hay bale 2" layer and paint with theClone Postage stamp Tooluntil there are no seams between the bale and the rest of the field.

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Step viii

Select the "Hay bale 3" layer and paint with theClone Stamp Tooluntil in that location are no seams betwixt the bale and the remainder of the field.

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Step 9

Select the "Hay bale 1" layer and paint with theClone Stamp Tooluntil there are no seams betwixt the bale and the rest of the field.

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iv. How to Create Textured Letters

Step i

Select the "Harvest_final" smart object layer in theLayers panel and the "hay bale" path in the Path panel. Press the Dashed Circle [i] to make a Pick, and press Command-J twice to create new layers.

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Stride two

Alter the names of those layers to "Extrusion base" [1] and "Extrusion front" [2]. Make sure that Extrusion base is on top of the layers stack.

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Pace iii

Select the "HARVEST extrusion" layer, activate theWandTool (W), and click on the front of the HARVEST letters to create a Selection.

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Step 4

Turn Off Visibility of the "HARVEST extrusion" and "Extrusion base" layers [1]. Select the "Front base" layer and actuate theClone Stamp (Southward) layer.

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Step 5

Starting time cloning the texture for the hay bale to the front of the messages.

  • Set Clone Calibration to 80% [1]. This way you will get an impression of perspective. Textures that are far away from you are smaller.
  • With left Alt selected, press in the middle of the hay bale to set theClone Source.
  • Start painting from the center of the letter "H".
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Step 6

Change theClone Source position until you paint the whole letter. Pay attention to the details. Clone the left side of the hay bale to the left side of the letter. This way you volition have the impression of letters made from hay that is from a screw shape.

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Step 7

When you finish, the texture should look like this.

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Pace 8

Clone textures until you fill the letter "V" with hay texture. Then in theClone Source panel, modify theClone Size to 65% [1]. The rest of the HARVEST typography is very far away from us, then the textures must be smaller.

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Pace 9

Again with left Alt selected, press in the center of the hay bale to prepare the Clone Source and paint textures.

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Step ten

Then brand aRectangular Selection (M) over the hay bale that was the clone source.

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Step xi

Press Delete to get rid of unnecessary pixels.

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Footstep 12

Turn on the Visibility of the "Extrusion base" layer, and drag information technology beneath the "Front base" layer. And then press Control and printing on the "Harvest extrusion" layer thumbnail to create a selection.

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Step 13

Now you will clone textures to the extrusion sides of the letters.

  • Select "Extrusion layer" [one].
  • Set up Clone Scale to 80% [2]. To match the texture scale from previous steps.
  • With left Alt selected, press on the side of the hay bale to gear up Clone Source.
  • Start painting the alphabetic character "H".
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Pace 14

From fourth dimension to time, modify the clone source to match the texture flow from the original hay bale.

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Step 15

Clone the texture to the residuum of the letters.

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Step 16

To create a sharp border in the letter of the alphabet "Southward/T", make a Pick with theLasso Tool (Fifty) over the top part of the "S" (run into the movie), and Invert it by pressing Command-Shift-I. Work in close-up to fine-tune the texture.

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Step 17

Now refine the texture on the letter of the alphabet "S" to friction match its shape. Strands of hay should follow the management of the edge of the letter of the alphabet.

  • With thePolygonal Lasso (L) [1], brand a option over the bottom function of the letter of the alphabet "South", and capsize it by pressing Command-Shift-I.
  • Lock Transparency in the "Extrusion base" layer [two].
  • In theClone Source panel, modify the angle of the clone to 180° [3].
  • Clone the texture to refine its wait.
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Pace 18

Now Invert the option once again by pressing Control-Shift-I [1], then printing Control-J to create a new layer from information technology. Phone call information technology "S end" [2].

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Step 19

And so brand aRectangular Selection (M) over the hay bale that was the clone source, and press Delete.

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Step twenty

Modify the layer order every bit shown in the screenshot. Make groups for unlike parts of the typography. To quickly create a group, select the layer and press Command-G. Drag all typography layers below the "Hay bale 2" layer.

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5. How to Create the Shadows of the Letters

Footstep one

Select the "Harvest_final" Smart object [1]. In thePaths panel, select the "hay bale" path and create a option from this path. Hold downward Command and printing on the path thumbnail to make a selection from it.

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Step 2

Press Control-J to make a new layer and call it "3D shadow". Drag this layer above the "Typography" folder.

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Step 3

Activate the Eraser Tool (E)and Delete the acme half of the hay bale.

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Step iv

Turn on Visibility of the "HARVEST shadow" layer to encounter where to clone shadow from the newly created fragment.

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Footstep 5

At present printing Command-J to Duplicate the layer [ane] and elevate it below "HARVEST shadow". Then press Command-T to actuate the Transform Tool and movement it under the letter of the alphabet "A".

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Footstep 6

When you are happy with the position of your shadow, concur downward Control and printing the layer icon to make a selection from it [1]. Press Control-C to copy it.

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Step 7

Press Command-Five to Paste pixels to some other layer, and activate theTransform Tool (Command-T). Identify it under the alphabetic character "R".

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Step eight

Once more Paste pixels and move this layer under letter "V". Repeat this process until all letters have their shadows. Yous will refine them in the adjacent steps.

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Pace 9

Select the "3d Shadow" layer and move it away from the letter to take a better view for cloning texture. Turn off the "HARVEST shadow" 3d object.

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Step 10

With theEraser Tool (Due east), erase whatever office that does not belong to the shadow on the ground. Do it for every letter.

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Step eleven

Select all the shadow layers and merge them into one layer. To do so, printing Command-E with all layers selected [1]. Then, with the Eraser Tool (Eastward), Delete unnecessary pixels [two] to start blending shadows into the footing.

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Stride 12

Now activate theClone Stamp Tool (S) and ready the clone source to the hay bale role shown in the picture. Start painting shadows.

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Footstep 13

Clone until you have realistic-looking edges of the shadow. Notation that by cloning fragments from the pic, y'all are adding very overnice, realistic details. Some of the strands of hay are sticking out more than others, and the shadow edge is fuzzy and uneven.

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Footstep fourteen

Now with theRectangle Tool (Grand), select the hay bale that you cloned from, and press Command-X to Cut it.

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Step xv

Paste it above Typography and call this layer "Shadow top".

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Step 16

Now yous will Clone strands of hay again. These strands are in front of the letters. So add them carefully, trying to mimic/copy the identify where the hay is touching the stubble.

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Step 17

Now with theRectangular Marquee Tool select the part that you used equally clone source and Delete it.

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Stride 18

Zoom out to see if the shadow looks realistic. Your epitome should expect similar mine.

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half-dozen. How to Pigment Stray Strands of Hay

Step i

Open up theBrush settings panel and alter its Shape Dynamics to those shown on the screen. I use a pen tablet to pigment, and so my Control is set up to Pen Pressure.

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Step ii

Open theCastor settings panel and change its Color Dynamics. This fashion Photoshop volition use the Foreground color on stroke start and the Background color on stroke cease.

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Footstep iii

Now change its Transfer to modulate theOpacity of a single stroke.

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Stride 4

Sample the Foreground and Groundwork Color with theEyedropper Tool. Create a New Layer called "Strays".

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Step v

Start to paint with the Brush Tool (B). Set its size to a pocket-size corporeality (2 pixels), and modify from fourth dimension to time to just one pixel to add variation to the painted strands. Lay strokes with the directions of hay on the textures, and add some strands that go in unlike directions. This way your letter will become a more realistic look.

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Footstep 6

Now pigment all the letters.

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Footstep vii

You should end up with something like this.

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Step eight

Now add together another layer called "Strays back". This fourth dimension the layer should exist beneath the Typography folder. Paint some strands to add life to the backs of the letters.

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Step 9

Paint some more than until all the letters are a little bit "fur" covered.

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Step 10

Now it is time to suspension the technical, straight expect of the messages' edges. Select the "Front end base of operations" layer, add a mask to it, and paint over the edges with a ragged stroke.

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Step eleven

The mask of this layer should wait similar the one shown in the picture. To prove/hibernate the contents of the mask, hold left Alt and click on the mask thumbnail [one].

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Footstep 12

At present it is time to Mask the Extrusion part of the messages. Select the "Extrusion base" layer and Add together a Mask to it and paint.

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Step 13

Now it is fourth dimension to add a new layer that will bring some sunlight to the messages. Create a New Layer and telephone call it "sun blast". Create aClipping Mask (to practice that, press Alt and click on the line between the layers "Sunday blast" and "Extrusion base"). Choose #AD8144 color and paint roughly on the sides of letters. It is of import to have different transparency over each stroke.

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Step 14

Add a Mask to the layer and pigment strokes that imitate sunlight coming from behind the letters.

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Step 15

Change theBlending Style [1] to Soft Calorie-free. At present the letters have more than golden sunlight on them.

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7. How to Add Boosted Shadows on the Letters

Step 1

Create a new layer in a higher place the "Due south cease" layer, and telephone call information technology "Southward sh". Create aClipping Mask (to do that, press Alt and click on the line between the layers). Change its Blending Mode to Multiply and paint gentle shadow.

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Step 2

Add another layer and call it "Southward sh dark", and change its Blending Mode to Multiply. Pigment with darker dark-brown to aid footing the letter "S".

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Step 3

Now create a layer "Shadow Low" above the "Front base of operations" layer, set itsBlending Style to Multiply, and paint shadows. This time they accept to alloy between the alphabetic character shadow and the shadow on the ground.

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Step 4

Create another shadow layer "T Sh" set to Multiply and make a selection with thePolygonal Lasso (L).

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Stride five

Pigment shadow equally shown in the motion-picture show. Practice information technology with two to 3 strokes of different strength.

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Step 6

Create another shadow layer "S Sh" set to Multiply, make a selection with thePolygonal Lasso (Fifty), and pigment gentle shadow.

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Step 7

Create another shadow layer "Southward Sh" and brand a selection. Fill information technology with brown colour with theBucket Tool (G).

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Pace viii

Drib the selection, go to Filter > Mistiness > Gaussian Blur and set itsRadius to four.8 Pixels.

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Stride ix

Prepare this layer Blending Mode to Multiply.

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Pace 10

Add another layer "S sh superlative" set to Multiply, brand a selection with thePolygonal Lasso (L), and paint shadow.

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Footstep 11

Add another layer "V sh" set to Multiply and paint shadow.

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Step 12

Add together another layer "R sh" set to Multiply and paint shadow.

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Step xiii

Add layer "A sh" set up to Multiply and paint shadow.

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Step xiv

Add some other layer "H sh" set to Multiply and pigment shadow.

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Pace xv

At present you take a finished slice. You accept created typography made from hay.

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