It might have occurred to you that pencil is sometimes the source of creativity. It is ubiquitous with creativity and imagination which can work unleash the lesser known patterns of one’s thoughts and perception. It would be a good idea to create a pencil icon on Photoshop which can be used on on your blog or website.
The Photoshop Designer, Gavin Steele has created a screencast of a pencil tutorial on PSDTuts.
For those, who prefer reading text over watching video I suggest you to read the PSDTuts tutorial on “How to create a pencil icon” on the same by Eren Göksel.
Some of the excerpts of the tutorial are hereby posted below:
Step 1
Create a New Document 950 pixels wide by 600 pixels heigh, set the Resolution to 300 pixels/inch, and the Background to white. Make a rectangular selection with a Style of Fixed Size, a Width of 400 px, and Height of 100 px.Step 2
Drag and snap guides to all edges and vertical center of the selection.Step 3
Open the gradient picker and select the “Steel Bar” preset from the drop down menu. If you can’t see the preset in the list, click the triangle button on the right and select “metals” from the list. Click Append. Create a new layer and name it “Body.” Fill the selection with the gradient from bottom to the top of the selection.Step 4
To make our pencil more reflective go to Image > Adjustments > Curves (Command + M), and adjust it as in the below image.
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