Photoshop Tutorials

Drawing a Realistic Metallic Cell Phone

Start by selecting rounded rectangle shape tool (U).

Drag the tool on canvas as shown below.

Create an ellipse using elliptical shape tool.

Make sure you select Add to shape area (+) from the option bar at the top.

Drag so that it's half inside the rounded rectangle and half outside.

Press Ctrl+T and rotate it as shown.

Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.

Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer, remove layer style and press Ctrl+T.
Scale it down as shown below.

Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.

.Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer. Press Ctrl+T and scale it down slightly.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.

Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer. Remove layer style. Fill this object with darker shade of gray.

Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer and select it's top right anchor points by direct selection tool.
Move towards up and left as shown below.

Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer. Remove layer style. Double click the layer to open layer style window.
Apply settings as shown.

Select the rounded rectangle tool and drag it as shown below. This will serve as the display screen of cell phone.

Press Ctrl+T , rotate and place it as shown below.

Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer. Select it's anchor points by the direct selection tool and move it a few pixels left as shown below.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.

Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer. Remove layer style. Fill this object with another shade of blue as shown below.

Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer. Scale it down. Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.

Select ellipse tool. Drag it upward of the cell phone to create speaker of the phone.

Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer three more times and place it as shown below.

Again select the ellipse tool and drag it inside the each speaker and fill it with darker gray shade.

Create a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool. Press Ctrl+T, rotate and place it as shown.

Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer. Press Ctrl+T and scale it down as shown below.

Create a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool.

Enable "subtract from shape area" at the top bar. Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool.

Press Ctrl+T, rotate and place as shown below.

Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.

Create a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool.

Press Ctrl+T, rotate and place as shown below.

Select direct selection tool and the click on the rounded rectangle.

Select add anchor point tool and click in the middle of bottom edge of rounded rectangle.

Using direct selection tool move the anchor point as shown.

Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool. Press Ctrl+T, rotate and place as shown below.

Create a circle using elliptical shape tool. make sure you press shift key while creating this so that it's a circle rather than ellipse.

Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.

Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer. Scale it down.

Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.

Select custom shape tool (U). From the preset menu at the top select a triangle shape.

Drag it to create a triangular button.

Press Ctrl+J thrice to duplicate the layer. Rotate and place as shown below.

Create a circle using elliptical shape tool. Make sure you press shift key while creating this so that it's a circle rather than ellipse.

Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.

Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer. Scale down a bit. Remove layer style. Double click the layer to open layer style window.
Apply settings as shown.