Learn how to draw the symbol of warmness, light and prosperity as it’s something lots of people would love to have their web design be associated with.
Create a new file ( File>New ) of 200×200 px and 72 dpi with the white background.
Next create a new layer, choose Ellipse Tool (U) and holding Shift draw a circle.
Apply the following settings:
And this is my result so far:
Create a new layer, again choose Ellipse Tool (U) and draw a small ellipse at the top of our sun.
And apply the following settings:
You will get something like this:
Next create a new layer and move it under “sun” layers. Set foreground color to #FFF088. Choose Brush Tool (B) and with this brush:
make sun rays:
You can download this brush set here .
Repeat this process couple of times to achieve a nice effect. Try to use another brush from this set.
Next we are going to create small sun rays. Again create a new layer. Also place it under our “sun” layer. Chose Custom Shape Tool (U) and create this shape:
Press Ctrl+T and turn this shape:
Next apply the following settings:
And we will get something like this:
Repeat the process until the entire circumference of the sun will not be filled. Change the degree of visibility of the custom shapes to archive more interesting effect.
And we are done. This is my result.




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I also draw a sun on my blog.
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Hi, this is a very helpful page! Unfortunately when I try to add an ellipse to my sun, it only shows up as a white oval on top of the sun as opposed to a shiny effect. Any idea what I’m doing wrong?
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