How to Create a Beautiful Printer Icon in Photoshop

How to Create a Beautiful Printer Icon Photoshop Tutorial

Tutorial Details

Program: Adobe Photoshop
Version: CS4
Difficulty: Intermediate

Step 1

Run Illustrator CS5 and open up a new document (Ctrl+N).

Resolution: 72dpi
Color Mode RGB color
Dimensions: 500x500 px

Step 2

First of all, imagine a shape that should be suitable for a printer and its components. Outline that shape with the Pen tool (P): drag the points from one corner to the next, while pressing the Alt button at the same time. If you want to draw round corners, simply drag the mouse in the way you want to draw the line.

Step 3

Make a selection of the side you want to outline. Use the Brush tool(B) with a large feather, draw slowly around the selection as what I did with the image below. Use the white color on the upper side of the selection and black on the lower.