20 Converse Chuck Taylor Shoes Photoshop Tutorial Step 1 Create A New Document Create a New Document. The size of my canvas is 600px x 700px with a 72dpi resolution. Save as Chuck Taylor - Your Name.
Step 2 Background Open the Background image and drag it onto the Chuck Taylor canvas. Step 3 Shoe Open the PATTERN image. Drag the PATTERN on to the CHUCK TAYLOR canvas. Name the layer PATTERN. You will use this as the pattern for your shoe. Step 3 Pen the Shoe Shape CREATE A NEW LAYER and name it SHOE. Using the pen tool, pen a path around the shoe. Use the CONVERT POINT tool to round out the path. Right click and make selection. Fill the selection with # A864a8. CMD+D to deselect. Duplicate the SHOE layer and name it SHOE 2. Delete the PATTERN layer.
Step 4 DOUBLE CLICK on the SHOE 2 layer add a pattern overlay. See below: (Select the Artist Surfaces and click on the 4th box.) In the layers pallet, set the FILL to 0%. SAVE!!!!!
Step 5 RIGHT CLICK the SHOE 2 layer and select CONVERT TO SMART OBJECT. RIGHT CLICK the SHOE 2 layer again and select RASTERIZE. Then change the layer blend to Multiply. It should look like this:
Step 6 Create a NEW LAYER and name it SHADOW. Click on the SHADOW layer, hold the CMD key and click the thumbnail of the SHOE 2 layer. This should select the shoe. Click on the paint brush tool and set the brush to soft round, 60 px, color Black (#000000). Lightly darken in the areas around the edge of the shoe. Change this LAYER BLEND to soft light.
Step 7 Create a NEW LAYER and name it TOE. Make sure the shoe shape is still selected. If it isnt, while on the TOE LAYER, CMD+click the thumbnail of the SHOE 2 layer. Select a HARD ROUND paint brush, 125 px, WHITE (#ffffff). With one click, paint the tip of the shoe. As long as the shoe shape is selected, the paint will only cover the shoe area. Step 8 Create a NEW LAYER and name it TOE SHADOW. Make sure the shoe image is still selected. Select a SOFT ROUND paint brush, 45 px, Gray (#dedcdc ). Set the brush Flow to 27% and paint along the bottom tip of the shoe,
Step 9 Now we will create the sole of the shoe. Create a NEW LAYER and name it SOLE. Grab your pen tool and make a shape like the image below, use the CONVERT POINT tool and round out the edge. Right click, make selection and fill it with #ffffff.
CMD+D to deselect. Use a hard eraser to smooth out and reshape the sole if necessary. SAVE!!!!! Step 9 Now we will shade the SOLE just like we did the tip of the shoe. CREATE A NEW LAYER. Name it SOLE SHADOW. While on the SOLE SHADOW layer, CMD+click the thumbnail of the SOLE layer. Use a soft round paintbrush, 32px soft round brush (#dedcdc, Flow:27%) and lightly shade the sole around the bottom.
Step 10 Create a NEW LAYER and name it LINE. Grab your pen tool. Make sure that your paint brush is set to a hard round brush, 4 px and the color is set to #2f2f2f. The select the PEN tool and pen a path like below: Use the CONVERT POINT tool and round out where needed. Right click and stroke the path to create a line like the one below:
Step 11 Create a NEW LAYER and name it TOE LINE. Grab your pen tool. Make sure that your paint brush is set to a hard round brush, 4 px and the color is set to #000000. Then select the PEN tool and pen a path like below: Use the CONVERT POINT tool to round out the points. Right click and stroke path. CMD+D to deselect.
10/8/2015 Step 12 Rings Now we will create the holes or the rings that the shoe laces go through. CREATE A NEW LAYER and name it RING. Grab your Elliptical Marquee Tool and make a circle. Note: I like to hold down the shift key when doing this so that I get a even round circle. Fill it with #ffffff 4
After the selection is filled, Select>Modify>Contract 4 px, then click ok. Then press delete. Double click the RING LAYER and set the following Layer styles
Duplicate the RING layer, name it RING 2 and move it next to the first ring. Repeat these last couple of steps again to make the circles but this time contract it by 3 px instead of the 4 px and duplicate this ring several times.
Step 13 Now we will create the inside of the shoe. CREATE A NEW LAYER and name it LINING. Grab your pen tool and make this shape and fill it with #ffffff. Create a NEW LAYER and name it LINING SHADOW. Make sure the LINING area is still selected so that the gray paint will stay inside the selection. With a soft round brush, #b9b9b8, paint on the inner lining like below. Change the layer Opacity to create different shades.
Step 14 Create a NEW LAYER and name it WHITE. Make sure the LINING is still selected. With a 4 px soft round brush, #ffffff, paint along the outer edge. See below:
Step 15 Go back to one of your ring layers, duplicate it, name it TOP RING and place it on top of the LINING of the shoe. See below: Erase the part of the ring that overlaps the shoe. Step 16 Create a NEW LAYER underneath TOP RING layer and paint a dark shadow underneath using the paint brush tool. Don t use black but use a dark gray color.
Step 17 Converse logo Create a NEW LAYER and name it LOGO. Use the Elliptical Marquee tool make a circle (hold down the shift key) and fill it with white #ffffff. Step 18 Create a NEW LAYER and name it LOGO SHADOW. Make sure the circle is still selected. Use a large soft round brush, #d6d4d4, and shade in the circle.
Step 19 Create a NEW LAYER and name it STAR. Select the paint brush and look in the brushes - close to the bottom for the star brush we created in the Avatar tutorial. Use the star brush to paint a Navy Blue star. Step 20 Stitching Create a NEW LAYER and name it STITCH. While on the STITCH layer, hold the CMD key and click on the thumbnail of the LOGO layer. This will make the selection of the circle. Go to SELECT/MODIFY/ CONTRACT and contract the circle 2 px.
Step 20 Stitching Select EDIT/STROKE. Use a dark gray. CMD+D to deselect. Using a very small, hard paint brush, erase tiny sections of the stroke to make it look like stitches.
Step 21 Download the font from my website. To install the font, double click on the file. Choose Install. Use the Type tool, select the Bou College Font, Change the color of the text to #e34f4d and type Converse. ARC or bend the text so it curves it over the star.
Step 22 Type out All Star and add this setting Step 23 Download the font called Bradley Hand ITC from my website. Install it and Type out Chuck Taylor.
Step 24 Go back down to the very first circle layer and add this drop shadow:
Step 25 Create a new layer and name it LINE 1. Grab your pen tool and draw a line from the edge of the inner lining to the outside tip of the shoe. USE THE Convert Point tool to round out the edges. Make sure your paint brush tool is set at 2px hard round brush #f2f2f2. Select stroke path after right clicking the pen tool line. Step 46 Create a new layer and name it LINE 2. Create another line but change the color to #2c1b2c
Step 27 Add this drop shadow Step 28 Shoe strings Create a new layer and name it String 1. Grab your pen tool and start making your shoe laces. Use the Convert Point tool to round out the edges. Right Click and make selection, fill with white #ffffff.
Step 29 Add thses layer styles
Step 30 Create a new layer and name it STRING SHADOW 1. While on the String Shadow layer, CMD+CLICK the THUMBNAIL of the STRING 1 layer to select the string. With a small soft round brush #6e6e6e darken in the areas of the laces. Play around with different opacities too to get the right look.
Step 31 Create a new layer and name it HIGHLIGHT 1. Highlight some of the areas with #ffffff change the Opacity of this layer to 74% 60/89
Step 32 Now create a new layer and name it TIP. With your Elliptical marquee tool make a oval. Fill it with white #FFFFFF, see below:
Step 33 Add a Drop Shadow
Step 34 Create a new layer and name it TIP SHADOW. Make sure the shape tip is selected and with a small round brush #6e6e6e darken the edge of this shape 64/89
Step 35 Now create the rest of the laces and repeat the above steps. MAKE A NEW LAYER FOR EACH STRING! Step 36 Create a new layer and with a #5d5d5d 8px soft round brush paint inside the holes where the laces are. Just darken in those areas. Change this layer to Multiply with an Opacity of 72%
Step 37 Create a new layer and with a medium size soft round paint brush #5d5d5d darken the area on the tip of the shoe
Step 38 Create a new layer repeat the last step but use this color #6a506b with a Fill of 72%
Step 39 Now we are done with the shoe and it's time for the text. Download the font Channel from my website. Change the text color to white #ffffff. Type out Chuck.
Step 33 Then click the warp text icon and add this setting Step 34 Change this layer to Soft Light and a Fill of 0% and add these layer styles
Step 35 Repeat these same steps and layer styles for the word Taylor. The only thing to change is the warped text
Step 36 Create a new layer and name it TEXT SHADOW and with a 8px soft round paint brush #5b3c70 paint along the edges of the word.
Step 37 Change this layer to Divide
We are done!