Idea for a New Tutorial

[Yeldarb]

Can someone write a tutorial on how to make a realistic candycane?

Something maybe that looks like one of these?
http://www.mymerrychristmas.com/traditions/images/candycane.jpg

I know it will probably be a harder tutorial to write, but I think we need some more advanced tutorials on Kirupa, plus I need a candycane :P

[eilsoe]

http://www.designsbymark.com/pstips/index.html


look at the bottom, they're not "realistic", but start there :)

[Yeldarb]

i cant open the pdf :( it's blank

[senocular]

dont worry, its a lame one. its basically:

make diagonal lines
make a cane selection
crop out the lines in the cane slection
add bevel

[Yeldarb]

oh... lol

[Vexir]

ahhh i see how i can do it, but it'll take a while so im not going to try...
tip: use the pen tool to create the initial outline, then make the stripes with the pentool/polygonal lasso (because they arent just straight lines, but polygons, if you look at the pic) then select the thing, contract selection a bit and all untill you get very slim lines, delete the stick portion of the selection and fill with white, reduce opacity, and it should be pretty good.

[Vexir]

oh yeah, and taper the ends... with like eraser or something.

[minimalistik]

eilsoe, you know your signature (the image), what application did you use?

[iLikePie]

I would say eilsoe used PS... </hijack>