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Feng Shui - the magic of perfection

In this tutorial we will design a Feng Shui wallpaper to decorate your desktop in a Feng Shui style with this beautiful wallpaper.
Let’s create a new file (File>New), having 1600×1200px/72 dpi. Using the Paint Bucket Tool (G) fill the new background layer with black color.

Create a new layer and choose for it a standard brush to represent a spot colored with #173908

Next press CTRL+T and then Maintain aspect ratio solution to enlarge uniformly the spot on its central part.

Now it’s time to represent the primary layer reserved for the YING YANG symbol, applying the Ellipse Tool (U) and the color #E8E8E8

We’ll select the next demonstrated parameters by making a mouse click on the layer we work with on the layers’ panel: Blending Options>Drop Shadow

Blending Options>Bevel and Emboss

Let’s create a new file (File>New) of 4×4px/72 dpi. Here there must be selected the Pencil Tool (B) (brush 2 px) to draw a kind of pattern like the one from below. The color chosen is black and the background this time is absent.

Edit>Define Pattern
Create a new layer and select for it Edit>Fill option.

Set the next demonstrated parameters for the layer containing the made pattern: Fill 20%

Press Alt button and make a mouse click between the texture’s layers and the primary layer of YING YANG symbol (on the layers’ panel).

On the next new layer (Create new layer) we’ll apply the standard brush mentioned above that will be useful for painting the half of the YING YANG symbol.

Make a mouse click on the same layer on Add a Mask selection, situated on the bottom part of the layers’ panel and choose the standard brush of black color and Opacity of 25% to clean out those zones of white color along the symbol’s edges:

Press Alt button and make a click between the layer of white color and the previous layer on the layers’ panel:

Applying the earlier described method for painting with white color of a symbol’s half, we may paint and clean out also the right side with the color #4B3B32. Don’t forget to press Alt option and click between the necessary layers:

On a new layer (Create new layer) try drawing several shadows on the white half, using the earlier mentioned brush and grey color (Opacity of 10%).

Press Alt button and click between the shadows’ layers and the previous layer on the layers’ panel:

Choose the Pen Tool (P) and the Convert Point Tool to represent a kind of deepening in relief on the symbol’s surface, using the color #656565

Make a mouse click on the same layer on the bottom part of the layers’ panel on Add a Mask selection and take a standard brush of black color and Opacity of 10% to erase the zones containing the deepening.

The layer’s parameters: Blending Options>Stroke

Gradient’s parameters:

On the next new layer we’ll apply the earlier mentioned standard brush to hide an edge of the deepening with the color #D2D0D0.

Make a copy of the earlier represented layer containing the deepening in relief. Select after that the Free Transform option to turn over the copy, placing it the same way as below. Change the basic color on #2D241F and try cleaning out with the usual brush those zones coming out, applying the same method described above.

Create a new layer and select the standard brush of black color and Opacity of 15% to make darker several zones of the dark symbol’s half.

Try to represent next step a small black circle on the white half of the symbol, using the Ellipse Tool (U).

The layer’s parameters: Blending Options>Inner Shadow

Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Gradient’s parameters:

Blending Options>Stroke

Using the same tool, try to represent a small circle on the dark half of the symbol.

The layer’s styles: Fill 0%, Blending Options>Outer Glow

Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Gradient’s parameters:

Blending Options>Stroke

Gradient’s parameters:

Next we’ll draw a black line on the symbol’s borders between its halves. Firstly we need to draw the primary direction, choosing in this case the Pen Tool (P) and Path mode.

Next we’ll create a new layer and select for it a standard brush of black color (Diameter 3, Hardness 100%). Then changing the tool on the Pen Tool (P), make a right click and select the Stroke Path.

Applying the same method, it’s possible to draw a white line this time:

Create a new layer, choosing a standard brush mentioned above to represent a spot of big diameter colored with #FFE8CA (Opacity 40%)

Use the Free Transform solution, try to make narrower the spot by it vertical position and place it the same way demonstrated below:

Try to represent a horizontal line on the central spot’s part, colored with #322A15, applying the Line Tool (U) (weight 3 px).

Make a mouse click on the same layer on Add a Mask selection from the bottom part of the layers’ panel and use the standard brush of black color (Opacity of 20%) to clean out the edges from the right and left sides.