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Learn how to create this leatherback book design in Photoshop. This tutorial will show you how to draw a book and apply textures and layer styles.
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Create a Leatherback Book Icon in Photoshop
Resources
- Leather Pattern - Flickr
- Stripes Patterns - Brusheezy
- Striped Pattern - Deviant Art
- Champagne and Limousines - DaFont
Step 1 New Document
Open up Photoshop and create a new document

Step 2
On the background layer fill it in with #412405 using the paint brush tool.

Step 3
Create a new layer then Edit>Fill and select your pattern

Step 4
Change this layer to Pin Light with an Opacity of 24%

Step 5
Create a new layer and name it 'book' then grab your pen tool and make the shape of a book

Step 6
Add these layer styles


Step 7
Now we add a highlight to this book, create a new layer and name it 'shine'. Grab your 172 px soft round brush paint brush tool #b74322 and place it on the corner of your book

Step 8
Now we will add some shine to the spine of the book. Create a new layer and grab a 51 px soft round brush (#FFFFFF). Now while holding down the shift key, make a line across your image. Holding the shift key keeps the brush in a straight line.

Step 9
Now Edit>Free Transform and turn it so that it lines up with the angle of the book, erase away any parts that go beyond the book.

Step 10
Change this layer to Soft Light with an Opacity of 85%

Step 11 Shadow
Create a new layer and name it 'shadow' and with a 95px soft round brush #3b0d06 paint along the edges of the edges. I like to create a selection around the book so that I don't have to worry about erasing, to do this hold down the 'shift' key and click the image box on the 'book' layer

Step 12
Now add some more shadow but use a darker color #310c05

Step 13 Pages
Create a new layer and name it 'pages' and grab your pen tool and make this shape and fill it with #ffffff

Step 14
Add Inner Shadow

Step 15
Create a New layer and grab your rectangular marquee tool and make a box on your canvas and fill it with the stripe pattern. Edit>Fill>Pattern

Step 16
Edit>Free Transform and line it up so that it is at the same angle of your 'page' layer.

Step 17
Delete the unnecessary areas

Step 18
Add a Gradient Overlay

Step 19
Duplicate this layer but change the settings. First change the layer's Opacity to 38% and then change the Gradient Overlay.

Step 20 Ribbon
Create a new layer and name it 'ribbon' and with your pen tool create the shape of a ribbon. Duplicate this layer

Step 21
Add these layer styles to the first layer


Step 22
On the second Ribbon layer beneath the first layer change the Opacity to 49% and change the Color Overlay

Step 23
Apply a Gaussian Blur

Step 24
Create a new layer and make a selection of your 'page' layer and apply a stroke

Step 25
Erase some parts of the line and apply a Gaussian Blur

Step 26
Create another layer and apply another stroke. Make a selection from the 'book' layer

Step 27
Grab your pen tool and make sure that your paint brush tool is set to #ffffff 7px soft round brush and make markings on the spine of the book

Step 28
Change the Opacity of this layer to 9%

Step 29
Create a new layer and make some more markings but this time make sure your paint brush tool is set to 7px #421209

Step 30
Change this layer to Multiply with an Opacity of 76%

Step 31
Open up your texture and line up your texture, erase the outer parts

Step 32
Change this layer to Multiply

Step 33
Grab your Custom shape tool and make this shape

Step 34
Rotate it so that it lines up with the book. Change this layer to Soft Light with an Opacity of 64%

Step 35
Add these layer styles


Step 36
Grab your pen tool and make the strap, the color I used to fill it is #732811

Step 37
Create a new layer and apply the leather texture again to this strap. Change the layer to Multiply

Step 38
Apply a Drop Shadow

Step 39
Duplicate this layer but make the Drop shadow invisible by clicking the 'eye' on the duplicated layer

Step 40
Grab a soft round brush #240603 and paint along the edges of the strap on a new layer

Step 41
Change this layer to Soft Light with an Opacity of 48%

Step 42
Create a new layer and grab your pen tool and make a smaller strap

Step 43
Add these layer styles



Step 44
Create a new layer and add the leather texture and change it to Linear Burn

Step 45
Grab your paint brush tool and add some shadow around the smaller strap #a16a49. Change this layer to Multiply

Step 46
Create a new layer and with a 23 px soft round brush make another line. I'm using the color #2c0d05

Step 47
Edit>Free Transform and align it along the spine of the book and change this layer to Soft Light. Erase any parts that are not needed.

Step 48
Create a new layer and name it 'lock' and grab your pen tool and make this shape.

Step 49
Add these layer styles





Step 50
Make a selection of the lock and contract it 5px. Select>Modify>Contract

Step 51
Add a stroke. Edit>Stroke

Step 52
Add these layer styles



Step 53
Create a New layer and with your pen tool make the key hole

Step 54
Add these layer styles





Step 55
Grab a 9px hard round brush #000000 and place it beneath the key hole

Step 56
Add these layer styles





Step 57
Duplicate this notche layer and place it above the key hole.

Step 58
Select all the layers that pertain to your Leatherback book and place it in a group by dragging all the selected layers to the folder icon. Duplicate this layer and place it beneath your original book. Apply a layer mask and erase the bottom. On the duplicated book group find your ribbon and ribbon shadow layer and turn them vertical. Edit>Free Transform> Flip Vertical

Step 59
Create a new layer and grab the Rectangular Marquee Tool and make a rectangle on the left side of the canvas, fill it with #000000

Step 60
Change this layer to Soft Light

Step 61
Create a new layer and with a soft round paint brush place it at the top of your canvas #ffffff

Step 62
Change this layer to soft light

Step 63
Grab your type tool and type out whatever you want it to say. I'm using the word "Book Fair", the font I'm using 'Champagne & Limousines'

Step 64
Add these layer styles






Final Results
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4 comments on “Create a Leatherback Book Icon in Photoshop”
After I complete a step 16 I can't delete unescesary areas, they just fade out, but don't delete, HELP!
Not a fan of the final results but learned a lot thanks
Step 5 How to make it stand up vertically instead at angle.
So detailed. Like it very much! Thanks!