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Flash Memory USB Stick


Step 1

Create a new document 800x400 with your desired background color. Goto "view > snap" this will will make your cursor snap to a grid, to view the grid we goto "view > show > grid" your canvas will look like this.

Grid View

Step 2

Now create 2 cirlces using the elliptical tool, make sure you hold down shift when drawing the 2nd one.

elliptical tool

Step 3

Now select the polygonal lasso tool whilst holding down shift join up your cirlces, follw my red path in the picture below.

polygonal lasso tool

Step 4

You now be left with a selection like this. Turn off your grid and the snap tool.

Turn off your grid and the snap tool

Step 5

Fill the selection with any color you desire. Now Add these layer styles.

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Your shape should now look like this.

Main Shape

Step 6

Press "ctrl + T" and drag one of the middle anchor points on the side inwards decreasing the length of the shape. Duplicate your shape, right click your duplicated shape and goto clear layer styles. Refill your duplicated layer using the paint bucket tool in the color white. Set layer opacity to 30% and blending mode to soft light. Press "ctrl+ T" and drag the anchor pointers to make the whole shape smaller length ways and width ways, we dont want to make it to small thou. Place similar to the image below.

Adding Shine

Step 7

Now we need to create our lid, so for this step we need to cut away a portion of the shape aswell as the highlight we just made. To do this create a selection like this.

Making the lid

Step 8

Goto "edit > cut" then "edit > paste" re-align your lid next to the shape, copy your layer styles over from the orginal shape. You should have something like this.

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Step 9

Repeat the step above only this time cut and paste your highlight. When your done place them side by side like this.

Splitting lids apart

Step 10

Under your main shape layer create a small rectangle and add these layer styles.

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You should have something like this.

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Step 11

Do the same again only this time make it longer and thinner and add these layer styles.

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You should have something like this.

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Step 12

Now using two 1pixel lines add an indent, and using 2 boxes make your usb connection come alive.

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Final Step

To finish i added some text and a lace... play around and do what you like.

Flash Memory USB Stick Tutorial: Final Result



Author's URL: UBL Designes
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