How to Draw a Shopping Bag Icon in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to drawn a red shopping bag icon. This tutorial will cover the basic techniques of drawing such as creating the shape, shading, and adding shadows.

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Red Bag Icon

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Step 1

Open new document.

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Step 2

Create new layer, call it “main bag”. Then use Pen tool to draw the shape as show below.

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Step 3

Use Pen tool to make the selection like show in image below and press Ctrl + J to duplicate this selection to new layer. Rename new layer “top bag”.

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Step 4

Back to “main bag” layer. Use Pen tool to make the selection like show in image below and press Ctrl + J to duplicate this selection to new layer. Rename new layer “front bag”.

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Step 5

Select Burn tool (O), then in the option bar set the setting to following.

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Step 6

Use the Burn tool on the areas indicated in the image below.

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Step 7

Use Pen tool to make the selection like show in image below.

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Step 8

Select Burn tool (O), then in the option bar set the setting to following.

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Step 9

Use the Burn tool on the areas indicated in the image below.

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Step 10

Repeat step 7 to step 9 until your image should look like below.

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Step 11

Follow the images as show below.

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Step 12

Use Burn tool with setting Master Diameter from 80px to 120 px to add more details on the areas indicated in the image below.

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Step 13

At the “top bag” layer use Pen tool to make the selection like show in image below. Then press Ctrl + J to duplicate this selection to new layer. Rename new layer “inside bag” and fill it white color.

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Step 14

Back to “top bag”. Use Burn tool with setting Master Diameter about 80px to add more details.

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Step 15

Follow the images below to correcting details for “top bag”.

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Step 16

At the “inside bag” use Burn tool with setting Master Diameter about 50px to add the detail what the image should look like below.

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Step 17

Make the selection as show below and use Burn tool to add more details for “top bag” and “inside bag”.

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Step 18

Create new layer upon “font bag”, call it “front holds” and make 2 holes as show below

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Step 19

Open Blending Options to add the style to this layer.

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Step 20

Create new layer upon “front holes”, call it “front string”. Use Pen tool to draw the path as show below.

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