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Creating any object start out as a flat one colored shape, but by adding a great amount of detail and a good eye for perspective, your final image will almost look like the real thing. In this tutorial, I will show you how to make a shotgun shell.

Step 1 First were going to make the case of the shell. Start out with a 200 x 160 black background. Make a new layer then use the Rounded Rectangle Tool with Fill pixel selected and radius of 2 px to draw the shape you see below. It doesn't matter what color you use since it will be covered by the gradient overlay colors.



Step 2 Adding texture to the case can be achieve by editing Bevel and Emboss, Satin and Gradient Overlay layer style.

Bevel and Emboss: - Style: Inner Bevel - Technique: Chisel Hard - Dept 1000 - Direction: Down - Size: 1 - Soften: 0 - Angle: 90 - Use Global Light: Uncheck - Altitude: 60 - Gloss Contour: Default - Anti-aliased: Uncheck - Highlight Mode: Normal - color: #000000 - Opacity: 100 - Shadow Mode: Normal - color: #000000 - Opacity: 0

Satin: - Blend Mode: Color Dodge - color: #FFFFFF - Opacity: 34 - Angle: 90 - Distance: 15 - Size: 32 - Contour: Default - Anti-alised: Check - Invert: Check

Gradient Overlay: - Blend Mode: Normal - Opacity: 100 - Gradient: Picture below - Reverse: Check - Style: Reflected - Align with Layer: Check - Angle: 0 - Scale: 117

Gradient colors: #000000 ' #EF5B5B



Step 3 To make the primer which holds the case, start out with a new layer then use the same method to draw the same shape but smaller and a little wider.



Step 4 Add textures by editing the layer style:

Bevel and Emboss: - Style: Inner Bevel - Technique: Chisel Hard - Dept 1000 - Direction: Down - Size: 1 - Soften: 0 - Angle: 90 - Use Global Light: Uncheck - Altitude: 60 - Gloss Contour: Default - Anti-aliased: Uncheck - Highlight Mode: Normal - color: #000000 - Opacity: 100 - Shadow Mode: Normal - color: #FFFFFF - Opacity: 10

Gradient Overlay: - Blend Mode: Normal - Opacity: 100 - Gradient: Picture below - Reverse: Check - Style: Reflected - Align with Layer: Check - Angle: 0 - Scale: 102

Gradient colors: #000000 ' #D4C084



Step 4 Make a new layer, draw the same shape but even smaller and a little wider. Apply the same settings for layer style.



Step 5 Zoom into the top of the case and draw a flat circle using the Elipse Tool. Apply the same layer style settings as the case.



Your done!

A nice tutorial for beginners