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Create an i-Pad Inspired Bookshelf Using Photoshop

Hey, after a while i’m back with a drawing tutorial. In this Awesome★ Photoshop tutorial i’m going to show you how to create an i-Pad inspired bookshelf illustration. Throug out this tutorial you’ll learn how to create a basic wood texture create a bookshelf and put some books in. Have fun.

30 June 2010, Eren Göksel

Enhance The Edges
Create a new layer on top and name it "Shelf Shadows". Get the Line Tool, set Weight to 1 px and draw canvas wide black lines where shelves connect to the back of the bookshelf. Then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and apply with a Radius of 2 pixels.

Enhance The Edges
Now we’ll clear the exceeding parts of these lines. Command-click the "Sides" Layer Thumbnail to load the selection. Then Command+Alt-click each Shelf Layer Thumbnail to substract them from the selection. Hit Backspace to clear the selection, then deselect.

Add Some Detail
Create a new layer above the "Back" layer and name it "Parts". Hit D on the keyboard to set to default colors. Go to Filter > Render > Clouds. Go to Filter > Pixelate > Mosaic and set Cell Size to 100. Then Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur, set Angle to 90 degrees and Distance to 999 pixels. Hit Command+F three times to repeat the filter.

Add Some Detail
Set Layer Blend Mode to Overlay. Command-click the "Sides layer, hit Backspace to clear the selection and deselect.

Make Room
Go to Image > Canvas Size. Check Relative and set Width to 28 pixels and hit OK. This will give you extra 14 pixels on each side of the canvas.

Create The Sides
Select the "Top" layer in the Layers Panel. Get the Rectangular Marquee Tool, set Style to Normal and make a selection as in the below image. Copy and paste the selection into a new layer, then deselect. Hit Command+T, rotate it 90 degrees, place it on the empty area on the left and scale to fit. Duplicate the layer and place the copy on the right edge.

Place Some Books
Now it’s time to put some books in it. Bring the book cover image into your document and place the layer on top, scale it down and place it on the top shelf. Create a new layer below the book, get the Polygonal Lasso Tool and make a selection as in the below image. Fill it with Black. Deselect and apply a Gaussian Blur filter with a Radius of 4 pixels. Set Layer Opacity to 70%.