Click Edit > Fill and fill the selection with black. Ctrl – click the dough layer to make new selection based on its shape. With a soft black brush, draw some shadows on the dough surface.

The dough should be a litle bit bigger than its topping.Īdd new layer between the dough and its topping. Draw this shape with color#f2b959 and place it underneath the topping. Apply the Gaussian Blur filter and reduce the layer’s opacity if needed. You just simply paint soft lines with black. Next, we do the opposite, add shadow to the topping. Use a small brush for this.įrom The Layers Panel, reduce the layer opacity.Įarlier, we added lots of highlights. Now, add another layer and then draw short white strokes coming from the center of the donut. We are going to add some stronger highlights onto the topping surface.Īs in the previous step, apply the Gaussian Blur filter to soften the lines. Use the same method, paint with white and then soften it using the Gaussian Blur filter.Īdd a white stroke, this time using a smaller brush. Keep adding highlight onto the topping surface. We want the highlight to be irregular since the topping surface is never perfect. Use the Eraser Tool to erase some of the highlight. Activate the Brush Tool and then paint a white line on the center of the topping.Ĭlick Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur to soften the white line and add some highlight on the center of the topping. Really unattractive, but we’ll fix that in a moment.Ĭreate a new layer. Set its mode to Subtract Front Shape in The Option Bar.ĭouble click the donut topping and then add the following Layer Styles. Make it as unperfect as possible to make it realistic.Īdd another path inside the donut topping shape.

Activate the Pen Tool with Shape mode selected in the Option Bar. This is the basic donut we are going to draw.

Ctrl paint realilistic surfaces