Create water droplet using layer style

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1. Download a leaf image from google.

2. Open that leaf image in photoshop.

3. Create a new layer.

4. Select elliptical marquee tool and draw a circle.

5. Select gradient tool and apply default gradient color (black-white).

6. Deselect the circle.

7. Select the overlay option in layer palette.

8. Select the leaf layer and go to blending options.

9. Drop shadow

• Select the drop shadow angle.
• Distance for the drop shadow.

10. Inner shadow

• Select the angle for shadow.
• Distance and size for the shadow.

11. Create a new layer above the leaf layer.

12. Select brush tool and reduce the diameter to 7.

13. Select white as the foreground color and place a dot on the top left corner of the droplet for its realistic look.

14. Duplicate the droplet and the dot layer.

15. Select the leaf layer and go to filter > Liquify.

16. Select the brush tool and deform the circle.

17. It create an another droplet on the leaf.