Making an Egg Planet in Photoshop

This tutorial I want to show that, how to make a gorgeous egg planet in Photoshop. We use to make this tutorial Photoshop technique, light reflection. So let’s have a look….

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• Used Images:
• Egg Shell
• Map
• Yolk
• Glass
• Bokeh

• Create a new document 1200* 900 px.
• Apply Gradient Overlay effect to background layer.

• Use following settings:

• Merge background layer with new empty layer and apply Noise Filter. Filter > Noise > Add Noise.

• Duplicate created layer. Apply free transformation to it and perspective transformation for bottom edge.
• Load selection for the top edge and apply Gaussian Blur filter (about 3-5%).

• Insert Bokeh image.
• Make it black & white. Image > Adjustments > Black & White > Maximum Black.
• Go to Image > Adjustments > Levels. Move markers just like on the example below.

• ou should get something like this:

• Apply Overlay Blending Mode and Opacity 30%.

• Insert glass image.

• Apply free transformation vertically and warp transformation for top left and right points.

• Now, we have egg shape.

• Tilt the egg a little bit. I've made some retouch, you may download retouched image here: http://alfoart.com/flash/egg_tutorial/egg.jpg

• Load selection for egg.
• Create a new layer below glass egg, fill selected area with any color. Adjust Fill=0%.

• Apply Outer Glow effect to created shape.

• Insert yolk image. Load selection to it.
• Select > Modify > Contract (10)
• Select > Modify > Feature (3).
• Cut out selected area and paste it into a new layer.

• Apply Gradient Overlay effect to Yolk.

• Tilt the egg a little bit. I've made some retouch, you may download retouched image here: http://alfoart.com/flash/egg_tutorial/egg.jpg

• Load selection for egg.
• Create a new layer below glass egg, fill selected area with any color. Adjust Fill=0%.

• Apply Outer Glow effect to created shape.

• Insert yolk image. Load selection to it.
• Select > Modify > Contract (10)
• Select > Modify > Feature (3).
• Cut out selected area and paste it into a new layer.

• Apply Gradient Overlay effect to Yolk.

• Use following settings:

• Apply Darken Blending Mode to yolk edge.

• Draw small white spot and apply Outer Glow effect to it.

• Load selection for the top part of egg, set fill 0%.

• Apply Radial Gradient to selected shape.

• Insert earth globe image.

• Increase contrast and play with levels settings.

• Select dark blue areas and erase them.

• Apply Free and Warp transformation for the globe just like in the example with glass sphere.
• Choose Screen Blending Mode for tis layer.

• Duplicate it and Apply for duplicated layer Soft Light Blending Mode.

• Duplicate map layer once again and Set Fill = 0%, apply Bevel and Emboss layer style effect.

• Insert other side of map below yolk and front map, cut superfelious areas

• Apply Multiply Blending mode to this layer and Opacity 10%.

• Duplicate all glass egg layers and merge them.
• Duplicate created egg. Second layer we will use to create shade.
• Apply flip vertical transformation to the firs one.
• Move it down, Set Opacity 65%.
• Add layer mask. Fill bottom part of layer mask with black and white linear gradient.

• Apply Distort transformation for second copy of the glass egg, just like in the scree shot.

• Apply Multiply Blending Mode.
• Apply Gaussian Blur filter, around 3%, add layer mask and fill it with black and white linear gradient.

• Insert egg shell image.
• Increase contrast, Image > Adjustments > Auto Contrast.

• Load selection for background area and remove it.

• Move and rotate shell like on the image below.

• Insert glass egg image into a new layer, rotate it.

• Place it above original egg shell.

• Load selection for shell.
• Select > Inverse. Remove selected outside area.

• Duplicate shell image.
• Place duplicated image above glass shell layer.
• Make it black and white(maximum black) and correct levels, move black and white markers to the center. See image below.

• Erase left area using big soft brush.

• Apply Screen Blending Mode to this layer.

• Duplicate small selected peace of shell.

• Draw white spot using large smooth brush.
• Apply Soft Light Blending Mode to it.

• Create shade effect using same way just like n the example with glass egg shade..

• Duplicate all visible egg shell layers, merge them, apply vertical flip transformation, and move down.
• Add layer mask, fill bottom part with black and white gradient.
• Adjust Opacity about 65%.

• Use previous steps to create second part of the shell.

• Erase right part using soft large brush.

• Make shell shade.

• Add reflection.

• Create a new layer. Fill it with black & transparent radial gradient.
• Apply Multiply Blending Mode and Opacity 20%.

Hope you can learn something new from this tutorial.

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