Draw a circle about 200 pixels in diameter in the center of your
canvas by holding down the shift key while drawing.
Use the fill tool to fill it with a foreground color of one of the
following.
Green hex #33CC00
Blue #3366FF
Brown #996600
Add
some noise to this selection. Click Filter => Noise => Add Noise.
50%
uniform
Monochromatic
Apply
a radial blur by clicking Filter=>blur=>radial Blur
amount = 100
zoom
best
Using
the Oval Marquee tool with your shift key down,
Select a circle inside of your first selection. This circle will be
smaller then the original. It should have the center of the radial blur
in the center.
Click Select=>inverse.
Hit your backspace key.
C. Outside shadow
Duplicate this layer.
Hold your control key down and click on this new layer called "layer 1
copy" to select the circle.
Insert a new layer, called layer 2
Click Select=>modify=>border.
set border to 4 pixels.
hit your D key to set black as your foreground color
Fill the selection with black. This will put a black border around
your image.
Click select=>deselect to deselect your image.
Click Filter=>blur => Gaussian blur
Set to 4.0
Holding your control key down, click on layer 1 to select the circle.
Click back on layer 2 where your black border is.
Click Select=>inverse
Hit your backspace key.
Right click on Layer 2 and select duplicate layer. Set the layer 2
copy to opacity 50%.
While layer 2 copy is selected, click Layer=>Merge down.
D.
Detail
Click on "Layer1 copy" to make it your active layer.
Hold down the control key and click on "layer 1 copy"
Click Filter => sharpen => unsharp mask.
amount = 400
radius = 2.5
threshold = 0
Set the "layer1 copy" as follows
Mode= soft light
opacity = 50%
E. Highlight 1
Insert a New Layer on top of "Layer1copy" called layer 3
Control click on Layer 1 to select your image.
Click back on layer 3.
Click
your D key to set your default colors, Click your X key to reverse them
and make white your foreground color.
Using your paint bucket fill tool, fill the circle.
Click back on your elliptical marquee tool.
with your arrow keys, nudge your selection five times to the left and
10 times down.
Click your delete key.
Set the mode to Dodge
Click Select => deselect.
Click Filter=>Blur=>Gaussian Blur
Set the blur to 7.
F. Highlight 2
Click
insert new layer called layer 4 right above layer 3.
Draw a small over with your elliptical marquee at about 7 or 8 o'clock
on the eye (opposite of the highlight we did in E), but within the colored
area of the eye.
Fill this area with white using the fill tool.
Deselect by clicking select=>deselect
Set layer to color dodge, opacity 50%
Click Filter=>blur=>Gaussian Blur
Set to 7
G.
Pupil
Insert new layer called layer 5, above layer 4.
using the elliptical marquee tool with the shift key held down
for perfect circle, draw a circle around the center of the colored area
for the pupil.
Hit your D key to put black as your foreground color.
Use your fill tool to fill ll the area with black.
Select=>deselect
Filter=>blur=>Gaussian Blur
set to 2
Hold the control key down and click on layer 5 to select the pupil.
Click on select=>modify=>border
set border to 2
Insert a new layer, layer 6. make layer 6 your active layer.
Hit your d key, followed by X to set white as fill color, then fill
with white using your fill tool.
Deselect by clicking select=>deselect.
Click Filter=>blur=>Gaussian Blur
Set blur to 2
Set layer 6 to color dodge and opacity 60%
H.
Reflection
on the eye
Insert a new layer called layer 7.
Select the elliptical marquee tool and draw a small ellipse in the
upper left hand side (10 o'clock) of the pupil on layer 7.