Create a Realistic Wine Bottle Illustration From Scratch

Step 16

Now select the top few pixels of this new layer and go to edit>transform>perspective. Then use the perspective tool to drag in the top corners of your selection.

Step 17

Now create a new layer called 'gradient line'. Make a thin selection just under the area that you have distorted using the perspective tool. Apply a gradient ranging from transparent to 2C281D. This should give a subtle shadow to your bottle neck.

Step 18

Create a new layer called 'highlight'. Select the top part of your label (above your 'gradient line' shape) using the lasso tool. Then fill this selection with white. Finally, set this layer to 'overlay' and reduce it's opacity to 40%.

Step 19

Now use your marquee selection tool to select the very top of your 'wine bottle top' layer. Copy/paste this onto a new layer called 'wine bottle top 2', and then go to edit>transform>flip vertical. Fit this onto the top of your label so far, and then copy the layer style (the gradient overlay) of your 'wine bottle top' layer, and then paste this style onto your new duplicate layer.

Then create a new layer called shadows. You should still have your dark-transparent gradient selected, so use your lasso tool and gradient tool to apply further shadows to your bottle neck, as well as a highlight on the right side.

Step 20

Now duplicate your 'wine bottle top 2' layer and move this to be your top layer (call it 'wine bottle top 3'. Then go to edit>transform>flip vertical and fit it on top of your current gold label areas. Then apply a 1px drop shadow, using the settings shown below. Finally select over this area using your lasso tool and create a new layer called 'lighten'. Fill this with white and then set the blend mode to 'overlay' and reduce the opacity to 40%.

Step 21

Now create a new document (3px by 12px). Create a new layer and fill the far right pixel (3rd of 3) with black, then the 2nd middle pixel with white, and leave the left pixel empty. Then hide your original white background, leaving just the layer with these two lines visible. Then go to edit>define pattern and save your pattern as 'wine stripes'.

Now return to your original document and create a new top layer called 'wine stripes'. Create a selection over your 'wine bottle top 3' shape using your rectangular marquee tool and fill it with black. Then go to your layers palette and reduce the 'fill' of this layer to 0% (this is located under layer opacity). This means that you won't see the black fill, but Photoshop still recognizes the data on that layer. Then go to blending options for this layer and apply a pattern overlay, using the 'wine stripes' pattern that we created a moment ago. The settings of the pattern overlay are shown below, but I set the blend mode to 'overlay' to allow the pattern to follow the shadows/highlights of the gold area underneath it.

Step 22

Now create a new top layer called 'wine bottle top 4'. Create a selection above your patterned area that is about double it's height. Then fill this with a gold color. Then copy the layer styles of one of your other 'wine bottle top' layers and paste this layer style onto your new layer. This should apply the same gradient overlay effect.

Step 23

Now create a new layer and use your shape tool to draw out a rounded rectangle (radius 6px), color: F7EDD3 over your 'wine bottle top 4' area. Then go to edit>transform>rotate and rotate it a little anticlockwise. Then go to blending options for the layer and apply the drop shadow, inner shadow and gradient overlay effects shown below:

Finally duplicate this layer and move the duplicate just above the original.

Step 24

Now create a new top layer called 'bottle top'. Use your shape tool to create a rounded rectangle (radius 6px), color: F7EDD3. This shape should be slightly wider than the rounded rectangles that we created a moment ago and should overlap the top one of the two. Then rasterize this shape and use your marquee selection tool to cut off the very bottom 2px of it, creating a straight bottom edge, not a rounded one.

Step 25

Now copy the layer styles of 'winer bottle top 3' (the layer that we laid the pattern layer over the top of). Copy the layer styles back onto your 'bottle top' layer. This should give it a gradient overlay and 1px drop shadow.

Step 26

You should still have your dark-transparent gradient selected, so create a new layer called 'bottle top shadows' and then use your marquee tool and a linear gradient to apply a few lines of shadow over your bottle top. I reduced this shadow layer's opacity to around 40% as the shadows initially looked a bit harsh.

Step 27

Just to finish off the bottle neck I see a few areas that aren't looking quite right, and can't be solved with simple gradients. Firstly I take a small, soft, white paintbrush to the center of my 'bottle top' shape (on a new layer of course)'. This gives the bottle top some nice highlights. Then I reduce the opacity of my highlights layer to 40% and my shadows layer to 20%.

Step 28

Now obviously areas of my original bottle shape are sticking out above my gold bottle top layers, so I simply use my marquee selection tool to delete the top of my bottle shape. After doing this let's see where we are. Looks like we've created one pretty cool looking bottle of wine!

Step 29

Now hide your original white background layer, leaving only the layer's comprising your bottle. Then go to layer>merge visible, leaving your bottle drawing on one single layer. Then duplicate this layer, and move it behind your original. Go to edit>transform>scale and reduce it's size to be around 95% of the size of the original. Move it so that it is to the left of your original bottle. Duplicate this layer and move it to the right of your original (but still behind it). Use your documents grid option to make sure that you've made these two new bottles symmetrical.

For the sake of the .psd file I've kept all original bottle layers in tact.

Step 30

Now to create a nice background. Hide your bottle layers, and create a new bottom layer called 'gray background'. Then fill your document with a radial gradient ranging from medium to medium/dark gray.

Step 31

Now create a new layer called 'clouds'. Go to filter>render>clouds, and then set your layer blend mode to 'overlay' and reduce it's opacity to 30%.

Step 32

Now make your bottle layers visible again, and hide your background layers (including your original white background). Merge all visible layers (to merge the 3 bottle together) and then duplicate this merged layer. Go to edit>transform>flip vertical, and then position this new layer directly below the 3 main original bottles. Then go to edit>transform>distort and stretch out the bottom corners of your reflected bottles, just to give them a little perspective. Finally, change this layer's blend mode to 'overlay' and reduce it's opacity to 30%.

And We're Done!

I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial, and as always would love to hear your thoughts on it. You can see the finished result again below: