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I have received a lot of request by mail on how to create the following scarf

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I will show you know how simple is to create this scarf if you have the right brushes

Open a new document, 600 x 600 pixels

Then create a new layer ( press Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N )

Select a scarf brush.

Load some banners brushes, from Talk-Mania Big-Pack , then create a simple drawing with a brush you like most

Select Burn Tool , and use the following settings

And start drawing with burn tool on the following areas

Now create a new layer above the green scarf

To create a new layer please click in the same time on ( Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N )

Then grab Brush tool, and with a Soft rounded brush ( 200-250 pixels )

Make some drawings like me

You can notice that i have used a black background, in this way you can see better what i am doing

Now for the last layer change the blending mode to Overlay

This is my result

Now select the Green scarf layer, and go to Select > Load Selection

Then Select > Inverse

Select the last layer. the layer with white stripes. After you have selected this layer press" Delete " key from your keyboard

Press Ctrl+D to deselect

This is my result

Now select the two layers ( the green scarf , and the white stripes )

When you have this 2 layers selected press on Ctrl+E (this will merge this layers into a single one )

Now we have to repeat this Steps from above. so let's start by creating a new layer above the green scarf layer

With brush tool create the same stripes ( This time use a smaller brush size )

Change the blending mode for this layer to Overlay

Load the selection for the Green scarf layer

Go to Select > inverse

Select the top layer from your Layer Palette and press on Delete " key

Press Ctrl+D to deselect

Select both layers and merge them into a single one

This is my result

Now repeat the Steps from above one more time or maybe 2 times.

The last time when you repeat this Steps, try to set the blending mode for the white strips to Hue

This is my final result

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If you want to change the color for this scarf, please use the Hue / Saturation setting. To open the Hue/ Saturation window press on Ctrl+U