Drawing MP4 Player

[poohitan]

Hi!

I'll try to describe how i draw a MP4-player in Paint.NET. I dont know English very well, so sorry, if I had made some mistakes

Result of the lesson:

1) Open Paint.NET, create a new document with dimensions of 1600x1200 (nearly).

2) Choose the "Rounded Rectangle" tool and draw the outline of future player. Name the layer "player_outline".

3) Choose "Magic Wand" tool, set Tolerance to 67% and select the area within the outline. Create a new layer naming"player", which place under a layer "player_outline". Choose #060606 color. Then fill the selection with Paint Bucket tool.

4) Create a new layer "button_outline", place it higher than layer "player_outline". Choose "Ellipse" tool and draw two circles in the bottom of the player so that one of them was inside the other. It will be player buttons.

5) Create a layer naming "button", below the layer "button_outline". Choose the Magic Wand tool select an area of the internal circle. Return to the layer "button", and select the Gradient tool. Set primary color to #151515 and secondary to #060606, and in options choose radial gradient. Fill the inner circle with radient, as on picture below:

6) Again choose the Gradient tool, then set a primary color to #333333 and secondary to #0B0B0B. Choose layer "button_outline", select area of the external circle, returni to the layer "button" and fill selection with gradient:

7) Create a new layer above the layer "button" and name it 'icons". Choos color #A50000 and with Line tool draw icons. Then choose Text tool and write "MENU" on the top of button:

8) Create a new layer "display" above the layer "icons". Choos color #111111 and, then choose Rounded Rectangle tool wand drow the screen of the player:

9) Create a new layer "display_light" above the layer "display". Choose the layer "display", and select area of the screen with Magic Wand Tool. Return to the layer "display_light", and draw a white curve within the selection:

Next, without removing the selection, choose the Paint Bucket tool, set Tolerance to 67% and fill area above the linewith white colour. Set opacity of "display_light" layer to 15:

10) Create a new layer below the layer "display_light", and name it "display_items". Combining Line tool, Text tool, and Gradient draw images on the screen:

11) If you wish, you can draw a background to the player, reflection and so on.

That's all. Our player is ready

Source .pdn file is here.

Original lesson in Ukrainian languageis here.

Edited June 23, 2010 by poohitan

[chrisco97]

Not bad tutorial, thanks for posting!

[poohitan]

Not bad tutorial, thanks for posting!

Thanks!

[chrisco97]

You can see my result in my gallery, feel free to leave a comment!