Draw a Realistic Steam Iron in Photoshop

This Photoshop tutorial will show you how to create a realistic Steam Iron from scratch. You’ll learn how to create realistic shadows & highlights on plastic and metal.

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Draw a realistic Steam Iron in Photoshop

Step 1 – Create a new image file

Open Photoshop and create a new image (Ctrl+N or File > New) with the settings shown below.

Width : 600 pixels
Height : 600 pixels
Resolution : 72 pixels/inch
Background Contents : White

Step 2 – Steam Iron top part

Make a new layer(Ctrl+Shift+N or you can go to Layer->New->Layer or you can press the indicated button in the picture below ). Rename the layer to “top part”. You can rename a layer by pressing right click on it , then selecting “Layer properties” option and in the “Name” box you can enter what name you prefer. From the Tools menu select Pen Tool (P key) and make a selection like in the picture below ( first make a path then press right click on it -> make selection)

Fill the selection created at the step 2A(right click on the selection->Fill) with a lighten gray , I used #e8e6eb

Step 3 – Adding Shadows

From the Tools Menu select Pen Tool (P) and use it to make a path like in the picture below (3A)

Press right click on the path and choose “Make selection” option , here increase the Feather Radius to ~ 2 pixels (3B)

From the Tools Menu select Burn Tool (O) with the next settings :

Master Diameter : 65 pixels
Range : Shadows
Exposure : 50% (3C)

Use Burn Tool (O) in the selection created at the step 3B (3D)

Step 4 – Highlights & More Shadows

Add more shadows using Burn Tool (O) (4A)

Now , make next settings for Dodge Tool (O) :

Master Diameter : 74 pixels
Range : Shadows
Exposure : 47% (4B)

Add some highlights using Dodge Tool in the indicated places (4C)

Step 5

Make a new layer(Ctrl+Shift+N or you can go to Layer->New->Layer or you can press the indicated button in the picture below ). Rename the layer to “spray”. You can rename a layer by pressing right click on it , then selecting “Layer properties” option and in the “Name” box you can enter what name you prefer then using Lasso Tool (L) make next selection (5A)