1.Create a new image:
24bit,white background, 500x300pixel,300dpi;
2. Prepare
the cookie batter (paint colour):
double-click the Paint Swatch on the Status bar and change the colour to
R196, G149, B90;
3.Create some thick cookie-coloured
text:
select the text tool and change the Text Property bar settings: choose a
thick, rounded serif font (here Coolsville), point size around 28 and create
the word 'Cookie';
centre the text to the image using Object/Arrange/Align and Distribute,
center;
4. Add a biscuit texture to the text:
with the text object selected, use Effects/Texture/Stone;
choose Cocrete as the Style;
change: roughness = 83, detail = 75;
save these settings as a preset in this dialogue box: click the '+' button
beside the Styles drop down list, type 'Cookie' then press OK;
press OK again to set the texture to the text object. |
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5. Cook the mix and make it rise:
create a mask from the text object (Mask/Create from object, CTRL+M or icon;
invert the mask (Mask/Invert, CTRL+SHIF+I or icon);
apply a Glass effect (Effects/Glass Effect), change the setting to:
Adjust tab: Bevel width = 11; Smoothness = 100; Refraction = 0;
Opacity = 50; Drop off = Gaussian; Lighting tab: Brightness = 82;
Sharpness = 15; Colour = white; Direction = 139; Angle = 48;
save the setting as a 'Cookie' preset in the Glass dialogue by pressing
the '+' button beside the style box as you did above;
press OK to apply the effect. |
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6. Prepare for the icing:
remove the mask (Mask/Remove, CTRL+SHIFT+R or icon);
create a new object (Object/Create/New object or the icon on the Object
Docker, at bottom);
the new object will be placed above the existing text object;
select the Paint colour to White (left click on the white colour swatch
on the palette to change the paint colour).
7. Ice
the cookies:
change the Zoom setting on the Toolbar to 200% (you may need to re-adjust
the image window in the workspace, make sure you can clearly see the first
few letters of the text); select the Paint tool from the Brush tool on the
Toolbox (F5) and choose Quick Doodler from the Brush Type drop down list
on the Paint tool Propertybar, change the nib size to about 9; paint white
strokes on the top surface of the cookie text, leaving some of the cookies
surface visible around the 'icing', don't worry about too careful here,
make it a bit messy, just like icing really is!
paint white over all the characters untill they are all 'iced';
you may have to adjust the nib size for the thinner sections;
tip:
using a pressure sensitive pen in a situation like this can be most helpful;
another way to 'ice the cookie' is to create a mask from the cookie text,
reduce the mask by several pixels and then fill it with white. |
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8. Gloss up the icing:
with the painted icing object still selected, create a mask from the object
(CTRL+M) and then invert the mask (CTRL+SHIFT+I);
reapply the Glass effect using the saved cookie preset, if you like you
can reduce the Opacity to around 30 and increase the Brightness to 90 to
give the icing a brighter look, but the preset cookie values work just fine.
9. Add some 'sprinkles':
the icing object should still be selected;
first, remove the mask (CTRL+SHIFT+R);
add some Noise (Effects/Noise/Add noise) using the settings:
noise type = spike; level = 90; density = 90; color mode = random;
click OK |
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10. Add a drop shadow to the cookie:
select the cookie object (I prefer to do this using the Object Docker
its always better), select the drop shadow tool and drag a nice drop shadow
below the shape. |
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| from a tutorial by David Mutch (http://www.visionary-voyager.com.au/corel/photopaint) |
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