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Now onto making the bands :o) This parts easy
too! Once again we'll be using the Moon1 Preset Shape using
the same gradient settings as the top band.(PSP 6 Users load
your selection again and flood fill it the same as before) Draw
it out, then rotoate it into position and begin aligning. You
want it to line up like this:
Extending the sides well past the edges of the
barrel, what we're looking for here is the
reflection and the glow the gradient is giving
us as well as the subtle curved shape from
the Moon1. When your happy with it's alignment
Convert it to a raster then load your Saved
selection Barrel Front from Aplha Channel,
make your Band layer active then invert the
selection from alpha and hit delete, there
the ends are gone and it looks pretty good
huh?!
(Looks pretty good as redwood too lol)
Now we need to add a little bevel to the band
this I'll leave up to you I've tried it with various settings
and liked the results of several of them. You might try these
setting for starters:
Play around with the settings
and see what appeals to you!
Once beveled we need to add a some more detail
to it by selecting all/float/defloat Add Noise at 15%/Uniform
then add a new layer and apply the airbrush
Color # 6C2E08 adds a nice rust effect.
Apply liberally then go to
Blur/Gaussian Blur at 7, if your happy with
it then hide all layers except the band and
it's rusty layer then merge all visible Name
it Front Band. Unhide the Barrel Front and
duplicate the band layer 2 times, Moving them
down to create the center and bottom band,
on the bottom band it is going to go about
a third of the way beyond the bottom of the
barrel and thats ok! When your happy with
the placement, hide the Barrel Front and merge
all flatten, naming this new merged layer
Bands. Select All/Float/Defloat Add a New
Layer to apply a cut out effect like this:
If you find this too dark
just lower the opacity on this layer some
to suit yourself. Deselct and marge this layer
into your Bands, making them one layer.
Now we can add some shadowing and water stains
to the barrel to make it a bit more natural
looking!
Band layer active add a drop shadow using these
settings:
V = 1
H = 1
Opacity = 100
Blur = 1.2
Then repeat keeping settings
the same but change V & H to -1
Now Load from Alpha your Barrel Front, invert
selection with the Bands layer active hit delete to clean up
any overflow, and it's looking good!
Barrel Front Layer active Add a New layer and
Load Barrel Front from Alpha channel to add water stains using
your Airbrush on the same settings you used before only change
your color to match the dark shadow color you used at the beginning
and apply some airbrush like below,
then go to Blur/Motion Blur Angle set to 180
degrees Intensity set to 20. Cool!
Now activate the back layer (it needs some water stains too)
and repeat, select all/float/defloat/ add a new layer/airbrush
same settings/merge 2 back layers.
Now if your happy with that
part let's hide the Back Barrel layer and
Merge All Visible, going back to only 2 layers,
rename the new merged to Barrel Front. Select
All/Float/Defloat and add a new layer........
let's add some cutout effects, this is the
final step on the barrel itself so hang in
there!
Cutout settings on the new layer as follows:
V = 15
H = 20
Opacity = 81
Blur = 40
And repeat, adding another new layer and changing V & H
to -15 & -20. Merge visible, ending up with 2 layers Barrel
Front & Barrel Back
((I hope I haven't lost you by now, I tend to confuse even myself
sometimes so bare with me please! *g*))
Save Your Work!
At this point you now have a wonderful whiskey barrel type planter
for you to enjoy!!
Let's add a quick roof and transform it a Wishing
Barrel!! :o))
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