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The Bird Phoenix

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Create a new file with 972x944 px and 72 dpi. Paint it in black.

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Use the next instrument and the white color to represent a bird's silhouette, like in the picture.

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Use the same instrument to represent the bird's eye with the color FDF785 and the indicated parameters below:

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Blending Options-Stroke

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Represent in the next picture the bird's tongue. Apply the color FF0000.

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The previous instrument will be helpful in representing the bird's wing of the white color, like in the picture with the indicated parameters.

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Blending Options-Stroke

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Copy the bird's wing layer and use Free Transform to turn it around like in the next picture.

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For your convenience, connect the layer with the lower bird's wing and continue working on a new layer. Use the same instrument to represent the flame's silhouette with the indicated parameters.

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Blending Options-Gradient Overlay

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Gradient's parameters

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Use the previous instrument to picture the flame's silhouette with the color F8EF6E.

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Hide temporarily the layer that has the upper bird's wing on it. Combine all the layers regarding the flame in a group. Copy the group and use Free Transform to turn it around, like it is shown below.

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Show now all the layers regarding the bird's wings and place them out above the flame's layers. Making everything correctly, you'll get the next:

The Bird Phoenix

The final result!