Learn how to create a beautiful notebook icon with Photoshop! This beginner drawing tutorial will show you how to create shapes, add texture, and use layer styles to create a quick and easy notebook icon.


Preview of Final Results


Tutorial Resources

· Wooden Background– sxc.hu


Step 1

Open up Photoshop and create new document


Step 2

Open the Wooden background , press Ctrl+ T to scale it fit to our background.Now Image > Adjustment> Curve, like this image



Step 3

And this is result


Step 4

Create a Rounded rectangle (shortcut U) with fixed size 700px x 550px and Radius = 40px. Fill it with color # 742b00


Step 5

Now press Filter > Noise > Add noise


Step 6

Then right click for Blending Option > Drop Shadow


Step 7

And we got result like this, we name it ” cover 1″


Step 8

Next, we create second Rounded rectangle (shortcut U) with same size 700px x 550px and Radius = 40px. Fill it with color # 5c3016. Then press Ctrl + T to scale it a little bit smaller than first rectangle which name “cover 1”. And we name the second rounded rectangle as “cover 2”


Step 9

Duplicate the “cover 2” ,click on Layer thumbnail and change the color with # 742b00. We name this layer as “cover 3” . Go to Filter > Noise > Add noise


Step 10

Next, go to Filter > Blur > Motion blur.


Step 11

Change the layer which name “cover 3” to Multiply and we got a result like this


Step 12

Next, we create the fourth rounded rectangle with fixed size 660px x 520px, fill the color #571803,add the layer style like this image. We name it as ” cover 4″


Step 13

And this is the result


Step 14

Now, we create the fifth rounded rectangle with fixed size 610px x 490px , fill it with color #ffffff .


Step 15

Add Layer style for Drop Shadow


Step 16

Then add layer style for Inner Shadow


Step 17

And add layer style for Gradient


Step 18

Here is the result


Step 19

Create next rounded rectangle with size 610px x 490px,fill color #ffffff and we scale it a little bit smaller like this image . We name this layer as “Paper”


Step 20

Add layer style for Drop Shadow


Step 21

And add layer style for Inner Shadow.


Step 22

We got a result like this


Step 23

Next, we create new layer and name it as “Middle line”, we set up the hard brush(shortcut B) with size 2px and set foreground color #742b00, then pick the Pen tool(shortcut P) and create a vertical line in middle of “Paper” layer. Right click to stroke path and choose tool as brush

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27 responses to “Create a Pixel-Perfect Notebook Icon in Photoshop”

  1. GeorgePhota Avatar
    GeorgePhota

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  2. Davie Avatar
    Davie

    Shouldnt this be done in Illustrator instead??

  3.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    The grammar could be improved but I was able to follow this.

  4. Bestonlinegamesnews Avatar
    Bestonlinegamesnews

    Thanks

  5. Bestonlinegamesnews Avatar
    Bestonlinegamesnews

    I Agree anyone else?

  6. Trevor Garratt Avatar
    Trevor Garratt

    Even though this is a very long tutorial, it is neat and easy to follow. thank you!

  7. Dis Gi Avatar
    Dis Gi

    i did step 23. but when i completed it. i didnt get the result like the picture. what did i do rong?

  8. vAn sAr Avatar
    vAn sAr

    Thanks a lot for your EXERTION !

  9. Maidul Islam Avatar
    Maidul Islam

    Great article. I especially liked.

  10. Maidul Islam Avatar
    Maidul Islam

    A very smart approach to explain the things,like your step by step tutorial.

  11. ToU Avatar
    ToU

    Thanks, friend!

  12. Mithun Kumar Avatar
    Mithun Kumar

    Yes it is a good tutorial. It would be more good if video tutorial is added.

  13. Mnaish Avatar
    Mnaish

    Really great!! Thanks for this tutorial.

  14. ninalen Avatar
    ninalen

    Hello,

    your tutorial is very useful.
    However I couldn’t do as Step 23 T_T
    When I do Stoke Path… and chose Brush, it doesn’t give me as in Step 24. I tried to draw it manually but I couldn’t do it. I’m just a beginner.

    Thank you.

  15. Jose Avatar
    Jose

    If you have problems with step 23 after you pressed P in the upper corner are 3 different icons next to the pen: a square with little squares on every corner a square with the pen in the middle and a plane square.

    It automatically was on the first one, but for this step you need the second, the square with the pen in the middle.

    hope i could help out.

    1. ninalen Avatar
      ninalen

      I have photoshop CS6, I think it’s not the same thing

  16. MeloG Avatar
    MeloG

    I’m all excited to learn!

  17. Biju Subhash Avatar
    Biju Subhash

    nice tuts.
    thanks…

  18. psddots Avatar
    psddots

    great tutorial ….
    thank you for sharing…

  19. Jailene Avatar
    Jailene

    I can’t get past step 23. For some reason, the option of “stroke path” is not available to me (it’s grayed out). Is there something I’m doing wrong?

  20. Madhab Avatar
    Madhab

    very useful tutorial thank u and share continue

  21. Galina Avatar
    Galina

    Thank you. Very simple and clear.

  22. Bonnie Avatar
    Bonnie

    This was an easy tutorial to follow. Thank you so much! I would like permission to share my final graphic inside a bonus package of graphic elements.

    Please get in touch with me so we can discuss… thank you!

  23. yokeidy rodriguez Avatar
    yokeidy rodriguez

    bueno esto es mui util

  24. sameera Avatar
    sameera

    nice

  25. hamid nawaz Avatar
    hamid nawaz

    frnds
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    ch hamid nawaz

  26. Harminder Singh Avatar
    Harminder Singh

    Really very useful tutorial thank to share with us

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