Instructions: page 2
The hands of the watch were made by using the Line- and Arrow Tool, 2-D, color white and line width: 2. The hour hand should be a tad shorter than the minutes hand. Rotate them to set your time and put them in place like this: Merge both hands as a Single Object and rename to hands in your Layer Manager. Arrange: Send Backward to put them under the center point and deselect.


The bracelet: Using the Path Drawing Tool, Shape: Rectangle. Mode 3-D Custom. Preset: Silver 2. Draw a shape of about 120 x 140 pixels. Open your Material box and under the Bevel tab, click the 5th bevel thumbnail. Under the Bevel Settings tab change the width to 6. Align: Center Horizontally. Keep selected. Edit: Trace Edges: Selection Marquee, accept the default settings. Change the Mode from Horizontal Deform to Selection. Shrink this selection by 7 pixels. Make sure your first shape is selected and change to the Selection Tool. Click the Select on Object button and Convert to Object. Effect: Fills and Textures - Texture filter with these settings:


Select the 2 parts of the bracelet and Merge as a Single Object. Using the Transform Tool - Perspective make the bottom of the object a tad wider like this:


Arrange: Send to Back. Photo: Focus - Options - Auto-adjust. Using your Object Paint Eraser Tool: Shape: Rectangle. Width: 200 Height 20, Soft Edge: 0, remove the top part of the bracelet to get rid of the bevel.


Duplicate this object and Flip it Horizontally, Arrange: Send to Back and put in place at the bottom of your watch. Select all Objects and Merge as a Single Object and resize to 75%. Photo: Focus - 3rd thumbnail on the top row. If you like you can add a brand name or any other text to your watch. Merge as a Single Object. Add a shadow of your choice and crop, optimize and save your work.

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.

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