Create a Leatherback Book Icon in Photoshop

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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Preview of Final Results

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Create a Leatherback Book Icon in Photoshop

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Resources

• Leather Pattern – Flickr
• Stripes Patterns – Brusheezy
• Striped Pattern – Deviant Art
• Champagne and Limousines – DaFont

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Step 1 New Document

Open up Photoshop and create a new document

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Step 2

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

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Step 3

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

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Step 4

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

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Step 5

Create a new layer and name it ‘book’ then grab your pen tool and make the shape of a book

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Step 6

Add these layer styles

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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

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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.

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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.

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Step 10

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

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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

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Step 12

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

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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

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Step 14

Add Inner Shadow

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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

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Step 16

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

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Step 17

Delete the unnecessary areas

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Step 18

Add a Gradient Overlay

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Step 19

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

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