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In this tutorial, I will show you how to make some quick and easy fruit using simple Photoshop techniques. Enjoy!

The Fruit

We will be creating an orange, a banana and some grapes:

How to make an Orange

Step 1: Creating a New Document

Create a new Photoshop Document (File>New). For this tutorial, I created one 600px x 400px (72 dpi).

Step 2: Creating the Shape

Create a New Layer.. Use the Elliptical Marquee Tool to make a circle. Fill it with an orange color.

Step 3: Adding Noise

Add some noise to this layer (Filter>Noise>Add Noise). This will add a little texture, necessary for next step to work.

Step 4: Adding Texture

Select Filter>Artistic>Plastic Wrap with the following settings:

Step 5: Adding Effects

Double click on the layer to open the Layer Styles panel and add the following effects:

Your image should look like this:

Step 6: Adding the Navel

Add a New Layer. Select the Paint Brush Tool and choose the ‘star 70 pixels’ brush form your brushes palette. Without moving your mouse click 3-4 times to get a nice, dark star;

Step 7: Finishing the Orange

Transform the star with the Warp Mode (Image>Transform>Warp) until you get a desirable orange navel.

Change this layer’s Belnd Mode to Overlay and our final image should look like this:

For some added detail, use the Dodge and Burn Tools to add some highlights and shadows. Example:

How to make a Banana

Step 1: Creating a New Document

Create a new Photoshop Document (File>New). For the banana, I created one 900px x 600px (72 dpi).

Step 2: Making a Yellow Rectangle

Create a New Layer. Use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to create a rectangle. Fill with yellow.

Step 3: Setting up the Texture

Create a New Layer and make a second rectangle as shown below. Fill this with black.

Step 4: Creating the Texture

Select Filter>Render>Fibers and use the following settings (make sure you have white and black selected as your foreground and background colors):

Your image should now look like this:

Step 5: Adjusting the Texture

Rotate and Transform (Ctrl/Cmd + T) this layer to cover the yellow rectangle and change the Blend Mode to Multiply.

Step 6: Adding the Texture

Use the Alt/Opt Key in the layers panel to make this layer a clipping layer, and adjust the opacity to about 6%.

Step 7: Shaping the Banana

Select the 2 layers and Merge (Ctrl/Cmd + E). Use the Warp Mode (Image>Transform>Warp) to transform the yellow rectangle into a banana shape as shown:

Step 8: Refining the Shape

Continue to use the Warp Mode on the ends as needed. Also, use the Eraser tool to perfect the shape:

Step 9: Detailing the Banana

Use the Dodge and Burn Tools to add highlights and shadows to your banana. Focus on the tips, they are always much darker.

Step 10: Edging the Banana

On a New Layer, use the Elliptical Marquee Tool to create an oval. Fill with White. Make sure to line the oval up to overlap the banana as shown:

Step 11: Edging the Banana (continued)

Make this new layer a clipping layer (use the Alt/Opt key in the Layers Panel). Also, change the Blend Mode to Screen and adjust the layer’s opacity to 25%.

Step 12: Finishing the Banana

If needed, you can blur or smudge your oval’s edge to soften the ‘seem’. Also, for added detail include hints of green on the banana. (On a new layer, use the paint brush to add strokes of a pale green color. Make this layer a clipping layer and change the blend mode to ‘color’. Then use Gaussian Blur to soften the color.

How to make Grapes

Step 1: Creating a New Document

Create a new Photoshop Document (File>New). For the grapes, I created one 600px x 400px (72 dpi).

Step 2: Creating the Shape

Create a New Layer. Use the Elliptical Marquee Tool to create an oval. Fill this with a medium gray color (such as: R=91 G=91 B=91)

Step 3: Creating the Grape

Double Click on this layer to bring up the Layer Styles Panel. Add the following effects:

Your grape should now look like this:

Step 4: Multiplying the Grapes

Duplicate the grape as many times as you wish (Hold down the Alt/Opt key while you select the grape to move a copy). Also, rotate (Ctrl/Cmd + T) your grapes in different directions for variety.

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