Creating a Branch of Leaves
Tutorial in Drawing
This is a good tutorial in which we will create a branch of leaves. You can use it as decoration for your website layout.
Open a new document (400×400px and black background).
Create a new layer.
With the ((pen tool)) or ((Lasso Polygonal)) try to draw the contour of the branch and its leaves. If you are having a hard time drawing the branch, you can either use the PSD selection or download an image from the internet.
Fill in the selection with color 02c00a.
Then, apply ((Layer Styles)) to the leaves. Double click the layer to open the ((Blending Options)) window.
The ((Pattern)) of this style can be downloaded here; it is attached to the tutorial in a RAR file.
This should be the result so far.
Then, in order to add some detail to the leaves, we will use ((Dodge Tool)) and ((Burn Tool)).
The first one is used to add some relief and the second one to darken some areas. This step doesn’t have to be perfect, simply try to get something like the image below.
Finally, duplicate the layer 4 or 5 times to get more branches; you will need to rotate them, resize them, and so on.
My result is this.
