Vintage Heart
1. Open Photoshop with a document sized 400 by 350 pixels with a white background.
2. On a new layer, either draw a heart or use one of the heart custom shapes (for the custom shape, hold down the line tool button then change it to custom shapes, go to the top of the screen where you can choose the shape, click the heart, then drag one on the screen). It can be any color, but keep in mind you will be using this color throughout the whole project, so choose a color you really like. ;) Also, the heart should be sized to fill half or more of the canvas.
3. Double click on the heart layer and apply the following layer styles:
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Outer Glow- Opacity 40%, Color same as the heart, Spread 0%, Size 38px
Gradient Overlay- Blend Mode: Overlay, Opacity 70%, White to black gradient, Check 'Reverse'
Stroke- Size: 1px, Position: Outside, Color: White |
4. Make two new layers for text. On the first one, type in the letter O in a very swirly cursive font such as Hurricane, Porcelain, or Poesie_Noire (you can download any of those at dafont.com). It should be size 160pt. Repeat for the second layer, but move the letter somewhere else on the heart. Change the blending mode for each to Overlay and lower the opacity to 15% for the first and 30% for the second..
5. Make a new layer, then control click on the layer with the heart. This will select the heart, allowing you to stay in the lines. Change your color to white and choose a soft brush, then add a few highlights. Repeat but with black for the shadows. Change the layer style to Overlay and drop the opacity to 70%.
6. If your heart is selected from the previous layer already, press control and then click on the heart layer. Only the heart will be selected, allowing you to not need to erase stuff outside the lines later. Using a black brush, paint some texture-like patterns on the heart. If you have texture brushes that's even better, but using a variety of standard Photoshop brushes works too. Set the layer to Overlay and around 30-40% opacity.
7. Now you want to add some wing-like apparatuses coming from the back of the heart, so click on the background layer and make a new layer from there. Type an O in your original color, size 160 pt (O's are usually the most curvy letter for cursive fonts, and you want a nice wing shape) in a cursive font such as the ones mentioned before, and drag it to one side of the heart, toward the bottom. Lower the opacity to 60%. From here you might want to add a gradient on the layer styles (like before) or move it more on its side with the transform tool. When you're happy with it, go to Layer- Duplicate Layer and then go to Edit- Transform- Flip Horizontal. Line them up as well as possible.
8. To add a bit more depth to this vintage-looking heart, duplicate each of the layers you made and change each new layer's opacity to 20%. Drag each of them down about 30-40 pixels. Finally, we have the finished product:
