Hi. Today we are going to make an illustration of a weird clock. I will use a lot of layer styling for this. Moreover we will practice some texturing techniques.

So let's begin, shall we?

Create a new doc. Here we have it with 120 dpi pixel resolution.



Immediately create a new layer and overlay it with gradient. I'm often using this technique in my illustration. This is a good way to set basic lighting.

Note that this is done on a separate layer.







Then create a new layer and overlay it with another gradient. This time we will define light color. The layer mode is Liner burn.







And there we go.



When illustrating a complex textured object I'm trying to set as many layer styles as possible, especially when it comes to texture.

So here are some layers styles that I think will be ok here.

I’ve used yellow color overlay.
Half opaque and set to linear burn mode.



And special gradient overlay (radial style).



Result.