How to Create Puffy/Wrinkled Pillows or Linen in Photoshop

Steps

☑ 9 Steps, or more depending on how much you experiment.

In this tutorial, you will learn to create wrinkles for pillows and linens, like blankets. It will work mainly like and overlay for a texture or a solid color. Don’t worry about your skills if you are a beginner, we simply use few tools get this pillow effect. So, let’s get started!

Step-1

Open a new file with 1024×640 size, which is not compulsory, you may make any size as per your requirement, in imvu probably 256x256. However you can simply shrink it when done. Now, draw a rectangle with “Selection Tool” in new layer.



Step-2

Fill it with white color.



Step-3

Select “Subtract from selection” and set Feather to 15px.



Step-4

Subtract the area from the selection in the following way.



Step-5

Select “Gradient Tool” and set its parameters in the following way.



Step-6

Draw multiple gradients in the following way



Step-7

Press “Ctrl + D” and go to Filters>>Stylize>>Emboss. You get result something like this.



Step-8

Press “Ctrl + L” to get “Levels” parameters.



Using this, remove gray color as much as possible. I got result something like this.



Step-9

Using “Clone stamp tool” lets remove internal rectangle bump.





Now you have created great overlay for fabrics and colors!

☑ Hint: You can skip Step 9 and your pillows might come out puffy if you lower the opacity in the overlay.

What tool do you use?

lxldenislxl wrote:

What tool do you use?

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Nice quick tutorial. This effect can be useful in many applications. Thanks!