As I’ve promised a few days ago, New tutorial incoming on AREA 1, here’s the newest tutorial on AREA 1: HELLO SUPER SUMMER!

Here’s a preview of what will we create in this tutorial:

*click on the image to see it in a bigger size

What you’ll need:
Happy Lovers Town Font
Bubble Brushes
Star Brushes
Retro Brushes
Tree Brushes

First, open your Adobe Photoshop and start a new project. I’ve used 800×600 size.

Let’s take care of the background.

Right click on the Background layer and go to Blending Options > Gradient Overlay.

Blend mode: Normal
Opacity: 100
Gradient: From #ffffff to #83d0e0
Style: Linear
Align with layer: Checked
Angle: 90
Scale: 100

This part is ready, now let’s step further.

You’ll need to draw 2 hills with the help of the Pen Tool.

After you’ve drawn 2 hills on 2 different layers you’ll need to modify their colors using the Gradient Overlay.

The hill behind:

Blend mode: Normal
Opacity: 100
Gradient: #01ad5b at Location: 0 / #9bda4b at Location: 33 / #e0ee1d at Location: 66 / #77d05a at Location: 100
Style: Linear
Align with layer: Checked
Angle: 0
Scale: 100

The hill in front:

Blend mode: Normal
Opacity: 100
Gradient: #bbde10 at Location: 0 / #6bc315 at Location: 25 / #b4dd13 at Location: 50 and at Location: 75 / #e1ee1b at Location: 100
Style: Linear
Align with layer: Checked
Angle: 0
Scale: 100

Now, using the Tree Brushes I’ve linked to, draw a tree with the color: #948861. You could also draw some grass at the base of the tree.

Now, select another tree brush, make it smaller and draw another tree.

Choose the Ellipse Tool or Retro Brushes Pack and draw different colored circles, like I did.

Take 2 birds from this Twitter vector icon set and place them above the circles, like I did.

It’s time to add a little love between those 2 birds. Choose the Custom Shape Tool
and draw some hearts.

Now, again using the Custom Shape Tool, draw a chat icon and write, using Happy Lovers Town Font, HELLO SUPER SUMMER!

Using Star Brushes, Retro Brushes and Bubble Brushes or any other brush you’d like, draw more elements using different colors.

It’s time for the final part of the tutorial. With the help of any splatter brush, draw a splash like I did in the image above.

Using the Happy Lovers Town Font, write HELLO SUPER SUMMER, each word on a different layer.
Now add Gradient Overlay on each text layer. Here’s the settings for each word:

HELLO word:

Blend mode: Normal
Opacity: 100
Gradient: From #0089c7 to #fff500
Style: Linear
Align with layer: Checked
Angle: -58
Scale: 150

SUPER word:

Blend mode: Normal
Opacity: 100
Gradient: From #f9c301 to #b65337
Style: Linear
Align with layer: Checked
Angle: -58
Scale: 150

SUMMER word:

Blend mode: Normal
Opacity: 100
Gradient: From #dfec23 to #ab981d
Style: Linear
Align with layer: Checked
Angle: -58
Scale: 150

Using the same font as above, write ,again, HELLO SUPER SUMMER, but this time write all the text on the same layer. After this, right click on it and choose Rasterize Type.

Then go to Image > Transform > Perspective and drag down the bottom-right corner.

Now press CTRL + ALT + LEFT ARROW a few times to duplicate the layer.
Let’s say that you have 4 duplicated layers, like in the image above. Leave the first layer alone, but select the last 3 layer and go to Layer > Merge Layers (or press CTRL + E).

Now you’ll have only 2 layers. Select the one above and add a Gradient Overlay with the following settings:

Blend mode: Normal
Opacity: 100
Gradient: From #008ecc to #fff500
Style: Linear
Align with layer: Checked
Angle: 0
Scale: 100

Now, select the bottom layer and, again, add a Gradient Overlay with the following settings:

Blend mode: Normal
Opacity: 100
Gradient: From #5f2a7a to #a1ff00
Style: Linear
Align with layer: Checked
Angle: 0
Scale: 100

That’s all! Hope you’ve liked the tutorial.

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