Designing a Calendar Icon
Tutorial in Basics, Designing, Drawing, Web
I will show you how to create a calendar icon for you to use it in your website or design works. The designt is very clean and high-quality. Apply some ((Layer Styles)) and some other tools.
Open a new document (300×300px and white background).
Create a ((New Layer)).
Choose color #9d7247 as the main color.
Select ((Rounded Rectangle Tool)) redius 5px, to trace a rectangle as the one that appears below.
Double click the layer to apply ((Layer Styles)).
((Drop Shadow)).
((Gradient Overlay)). Use these colors: #7c3e02 and #ab8a05.
Accept the changes and this will be the result.
Create a ((New Layer)).
Select ((Elliptical Marquee Tool)) and draw a black circle as the one you see in the following image.
Apply ((Layer Styles)).
((Inner Shadow)).
((Bevel and Emboss)).
After accepting the changes you will have these results.
Create a ((New Layer)).
Select ((Pen Tool)) and draw the shape that appears in the following image.
Press Ctrl + Enter to activate the selection and fill it in with black.
As you will see in the following image, I erased the part that appears below the shape.
Double click the layer to apply this ((Layer Styles))
((Gradient Overlay)). Use these colors: #000000 and #dbd4d4.
It will look like this.
Press Ctrl + J to duplicate the layers: the one with the hole and the one with the shape until you complete the calendar width.
Create a ((New Layer)).
With ((Rectangle Tool)), draw the paper.
Apply the following ((Layer Style))
((Drop Shadow)).
Accept the changes.
Press Ctrl + J and duplicate the layer. Remove the ((Layer Style)) since it’s not useful in this case.
Standing in the layer, go to menu ((Edit))-((Transform))-((Warp)). Click and hold the inferior slider and move it towards the center. Take a look at my result in the following image.
Double click the layer yo apply ((Layer Styles)), ((Drop Shadow)).
Save the changes so that you have these results.
Create a ((New Layer)).
Choose color #ececec as the main color.
Ctrl + Click the layer with the folded paper and select a soft brush, size 180px. On the new layer, apply a small shade right where the fold is.
Create a ((New Layer)), place it between the shape layer and the folded paper shade.
With ((Rectangle Tool)), draw a black rectangle like the one you see below.
Double click the layer to go to ((Layer Styles)).
Select ((Gradient Overlay)) with the following values:
Linear Gradient, 90ยบ, Blend Mode: Normal, colors #2886bb and #67c2d2.
Finally, write the text. Use the font Arial Black.
We have finished the tutorial. I hope you like the results.
