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Create a Cute X’mas Candle in Photoshop from scratch

November 29, 2008, Posted by Rejis Dale at 10:27 pm
In this tutorial we will create a cute Xmas candle glowing from scratch, using filters , shapes overlay, textures and mixing different techniques.

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%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch

Open a document, 400 x 400 pixel. Create a new layer and name it Background. Fill it with a dark color (#510000 used in this tutorial). Create an ellipse like below. Duplicate it and place it below. Next make a rectangle shape.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch

Apply #f3b93f color to the top ellipse, to differentiate and name it candle top.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch
Apply the gradient settings from the layer style blending options.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch

Apply the Inner shadow settings from the layer style blending option.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch
The result after applying styles.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch
Now lets give some designs to the body of the candle. From the custom shapes select a shape. Adjust the size and place it on top of the candle body. Here I have used floral ornament 1, which comes as default. You can use any other designs as per your wish. You can even use some filters like fibre from the filter menu and apply overlay.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch
Shapes placed with black color applied on it.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch

Select the layer and change the blending option to overlay, and opacity to 25%.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch
Now go to the candle top, duplicate the layer and apply color # 8c6901. Scale it down like below. Align it to the bottom.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch
Apply the bevel settings.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch
The results will be as below.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch

For the edges give a inner to show the light coming from the center.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch
Next create a wick. The top part should be glowing red and the other to black. Make a long vertical rectangle and apply the gradient settings.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch
Now to make the flame we need to create a shape like below and place it below the wick. Apply the outer glow and gradients.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch
Result will look like this.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch

Duplicate the flame layer and scale it down by 30% and apply the gradients.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch
%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch

Now to make the dripped /dripping wax let make a shape like this.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch

Apply the following settings. Duplicate two more – make it little smaller, by adjusting the anchor points from the top.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch
%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch
Adjust the shadows by changing the values. Add few more drops to show more natural dripping.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch
Lets now create a leaf. From the Custom shapes ( as above) select leaf 5 shape. rasterize the layer and cut it in half. Now apply the following settings to get the result.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch
Place it on top of the candle and apply the following settings to set with the source lights.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch
After placing the leaves and applying the gradient and drop shadow results will be like this.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch
For the plum, draw an circular ellipse. apply the gradients and drop shadow as below. Place it in between the leafs.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch

To make the bottom rings. Create an ellipse. Make two duplicates and scale it down as below. Apply the color and settings below.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch
%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch

For the background, apply radial gradient to look more natural.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch
After applying the gradient the background will look like this.

%photoshop Create a Cute Xmas Candle in Photoshop from scratch
Try to make some changes like adding a ribbon…. and you can make it even more beautiful !!!

Download psd from here.

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Currently have 33 Comments

  1. joyoge designers' bookmark says:

    great tutorial, thank you so much..

  2. david says:

    can you upload the source file please?

  3. Siladitya says:

    I need psd file.pls post it.and its very helpful post for me.thankx.
    BPO work from home

  4. StyleDesigns says:

    great tutorial, thank’s :-) ,…

  5. Reji Designer says:

    Thanks dears for the feedback

  6. Thomas T.Samuel/Kuwait says:

    Great work. Appreciate your effort.

  7. Diwan Singh says:

    This is the great that you made it.
    Could you give me more design tips in my mail. That will be the greatull ness to me.

    Thanks a lots

  8. Hamra Ihsan says:

    I really learned a lot from your tute. Please e mail me mre tips if you have. thanks a lot.

  9. Hamra Ihsan says:

    I really learned a lot from your tute. Please e mail me more tips if you have. thanks a lot.

  10. Rejis says:

    Thanks everyone, for the comments.
    Will be coming up with new tutorials.
    Pls tuned-in.

  11. melky says:

    g0d job

  12. please send me xmas-candle.psd on my email
    thanks

  13. Andy says:

    This tutorial is really confusing. They skip around and assume you already know how to to half of the tutorial.

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    nice tutorial.Really worth

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