The next lesson I'll show you how to represent an acoustic system (sub buffer and several music boxes). Let's begin by creating a new file of 1024x768 px and 72 dpi.
Take the Rectangle Tool (U) and represent a square and several rectangles as the next picture shows it:
Select then the Ellipse Tool (U) and make an ellipse which should be placed on the upper part of the upper rectangle.
Select now the Blending options>Gradient Overlay and set the same parameters shown below.
Press Alt button and make a left mouse's click between the layers. It'll help hiding a part of our ellipse, where it crosses the square. We'll have only that part which gets on the square. As a result we'll have such a nice flare, like that one from below:
Try to represent several more ellipses:
Apply for them the same parameters of Blending options>Gradient Overlay we used when creating the first one:
Press Alt button to combine the layers, applying the same method. It's important for each ellipse to be situated above its figure on the layers.
The flare on the left music box we'll represent by another method. Select firstly the Rectangle Tool (U) and represent two rectangles. Firstly press the Shift button to create the first rectangle and then - the second, for both of them to be on the same layer.
Now it's time to select the Ellipse Tool (U) and press Alt button to represent a circle, the way it is shown below:
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay:
Start representing the loud speakers. Take the Ellipse Tool (U) and create a circle the way it is shown next picture:
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay:
Represent one more circle inside the first one:
Blending Options>Stroke:
Another one should be made inside:
Blending Options>Stroke:
Now we have to make a copy of the last layer and make the layer smaller, as it is demonstrated below:
Another circle we'll make inside the last one:
Blending Options>Inner Glow:
Make the corrections on the last circle and make it smaller also:
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay:
Blending Options>Outer Glow:
Try to represent now two circles on the same layer (make the first one and then press the Shift button to represent the second one, colored with #DB7E52)
Hold on Alt button to make a click between the layers.
Let's make one more circle on the central part of the picture, the same way it is shown next image:
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay:
Blending Options>Drop Shadow:
The loud speaker is finished. The only thing we have to make also is turning it tight with screws. Let's start creating them. Create firstly a circle the way it is shown next image:
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay:
Blending Options>Stroke:
The Pen Tool (P) will be helpful in picturing an octagon:
