Paint a Sticker-Bombed Boombox in Window Light

1. Create a new document 1600 × 1200 px.
2. Click the Background layer, set the foreground colour to #E2A07D and choose Edit → Fill.
3. Click the top ruler at 280, 800 and 1320 for three vertical guides: the boombox's left end, its centre and its right end.
4. Click the left ruler at 448, 860 and 904 for three horizontal guides: the top of the boombox, the back edge of the table, and the bottom of the boombox.

Rename Layer 1 to Wall Paint. Pick the Brush with Size 420, Opacity 22 and Hardness 0.

1. The window will be at the upper left, so start there. In #F4C29A, paint six long strokes that rise from the left edge towards the top, each a little lower than the last.
2. In #E99070, paint five strokes across the middle of the wall, from the centre out past the right edge.
3. Raise Size to 480 and Opacity to 30. In #C27A62, paint four strokes down the right side, then one long stroke across the wall just above the table line.
4. Drop to Size 360, Opacity 25, and run one stroke of #A3604F down the far right edge.

Choose the Smudge tool with Size 220 and Strength 55. Drag five slightly curving strokes from the top of the wall down to the middle, spaced across the width. The tones melt into each other, but you can still see the direction of the brushwork.

1. Add a layer called Plaster and fill it with #808080.
2. Run Filter → Add Noise… with Amount 22, Mono and Gaussian.
3. Run Filter → Gaussian Blur… with a Radius of 1.
4. Set the layer to Overlay at 45%.

1. Add a layer called Table. With the Rectangular Marquee, drag from the 860 guide at the left edge to the bottom-right corner, and fill it with #7B4B30.
2. Keep the selection. Add a layer called Wood Grain, fill it with #808080, and run Add Noise at Amount 70 with Mono and Uniform.
3. Run Filter → Motion Blur… with Angle 0 and Distance 140. Deselect, then set the layer to Overlay at 70%.
4. Add a layer called Plank Seams. With the Brush at Size 4, Opacity 85 and Hardness 80, use #4A2A1A to draw three straight lines across the table at about y 918, 1004 and 1118. Click at the left edge, then Shift-click at the right edge for each one. The seams get further apart as they come towards you.
5. Switch to #B47A50, set Size to 5, and draw one more line just under the table's back edge for a lip catching the light.

1. Click Plaster and add a layer called Window Light. It lands under the table.
2. With the Lasso, draw the first pane as a tilted four-sided shape. Its top-left corner is near 60, 165, its top edge rises to the right, and its sides slope down to the right.
3. Hold Shift and draw the other three panes the same way, leaving a narrow gap between them like a window's frame. Together the four panes make a skewed window. Its outer corners sit at about 60, 165 (top left), 710, 30 (top right), 980, 715 (bottom right) and 330, 850 (bottom left).

1. Choose Select → Feather… with 6 px and fill with #FFE6B8. Deselect.
2. The light shouldn't land on the table, so marquee the table area from the 860 guide down and press Delete.
3. Set Window Light to Screen at 45%.

1. Click Plank Seams, click New Group and name the group Boombox.
2. Add a layer called Top Face. With the Lasso, draw a shallow strip on top of the box, from 318, 454 and 1282, 454 back to 1250, 412 and 350, 412, and fill it with #5FAEA7.
3. Add a layer called Body. Choose the Shape tool with Shape set to Rectangle, Output Pixels, Corner Radius 40, fill #2F7E7B and no stroke.
4. Shapes grow from the centre, so press at 800, 676 where the guides cross and drag out to the bottom-right guide corner at 1320, 904. The guides snap the box into place.

1. Add a layer called Body Shade and Cmd-click the Body thumbnail.
2. In the Gradient tool's Advanced… editor, set four stops: white at 55% opacity at the start, white at 0% about a third of the way, black at 0% about two thirds of the way, and black at 60% at the end.
3. Drag from just above the box's top centre (640, 440) down to just below its bottom (900, 910). Deselect.
4. Set the layer to Soft Light.
5. Add a layer called Body Edge. With the Brush at Size 4, Opacity 80, Hardness 90, draw a straight #9AD6CE line along the body's top edge (click, then Shift-click).

1. Click Top Face and add a layer called Handle. It sits under the body.
2. Set the foreground to #25292C, choose the Pen tool and set Stroke to 30.
3. Click at 400, 430 and 400, 350 for the left post.
4. Press at 470, 296 and drag right to 520, 296. That pulls out a curve handle and rounds the corner.
5. Press at 1130, 296 and drag right to 1180, 296 for the other corner.
6. Click 1200, 350 and 1200, 430 for the right post, then press Enter. The path is stroked 30 px wide.

1. Add a layer called Handle Shine and Cmd-click the Handle thumbnail. Make a gradient from transparent white, to white at 40% in the middle, to transparent white. Drag it straight down across the top bar, from y 280 to 300. Deselect and set the layer to Screen.
2. Add a layer called Handle Mounts. With the Shape tool (Rectangle, Corner Radius 6, fill #CDD3D6, stroke #7D868B at Width 2), draw a 56 × 44 px block centred on the foot of each post, at 400, 414 and 1200, 414.
3. Click Handle and add a layer called Antenna. With the Pen at Stroke 8 and foreground #D6DBDE, click 1262, 424, then click 1486, 96 and press Enter. Draw a second line 3 px to the right with Stroke 3 in #8B9499 for its shadow side.
4. Add the tip and the swivel with the Shape tool set to Ellipse. Make an 18 px ball (#E3E7E9, stroke #7D868B) at the top of the rod, and a flat 22 × 16 px oval (#C3C9CC, stroke #5D676C) where it meets the box.

1. Click Body Edge and add a layer called Speaker Rims.
2. With the Elliptical Marquee, drag a circle from 342, 544 to 658, 860.
3. Hold Shift and drag a second circle from 942, 544 to 1258, 860. Both are now selected.

1. Fill the selection with #CDD3D6.
2. Choose Select → Shrink… with 18 px.
3. Press Delete to cut out the middles and leave two rings. Deselect.
4. In the effects drawer, add an Inner Glow (Size 6, Opacity 55, colour #4A5357) and a Stroke (Width 2, colour #5C666B).
5. Add a layer called Grilles. With the Elliptical Marquee, select a 280 px circle on each speaker centre (500, 702 and 1100, 702) and fill both with #1C2124.

1. Add a scratch layer called Hole Tile.
2. Choose the Shape tool, set it to Ellipse with fill #56626A, and click (don't drag) anywhere in empty wall space. In the Shape Size dialog enter 7 × 7.
3. Switch to the Rectangular Marquee and click once on the dot without dragging. In the Rectangular Selection dialog, enter a 12 × 12 square centred on the dot. Here that was From 797, 97 and To 809, 109.
4. Choose Edit → Define Pattern, deselect, and delete the Hole Tile layer.

1. Click Grilles, add a layer called Grille Holes, and Cmd-click the Grilles thumbnail.
2. Select → Shrink… by 6, then choose Edit → Fill with Pattern… and click Apply. Deselect.
3. Add a layer called Cone Shade. Set up a Radial gradient from #C8C8C8 through #6A6A6A to #2E2E2E. With the Elliptical Marquee, select the left grille's circle and drag the gradient from a little above-left of its centre out to its lower-right edge. Then select the right grille and do the same. Each drag lands on top of the last, so the first one stays. Set the layer to Overlay.
4. Add a layer called Dust Caps. With the Shape tool (Ellipse, fill #2D3438, stroke #101315 at 3), draw a 72 px cap on each speaker centre.
5. Pick Dodge with Exposure 30 and Size 22, and dab a small highlight on the upper left of each cap. Then click Speaker Rims and, at Exposure 45 and Size 26, run a short arc along the upper-left of each ring.

1. Click Dust Caps and add a layer called Deck. With the Shape tool's Rectangle, draw a 264 × 234 px #1B1F22 panel with Corner Radius 14 between the speakers, centred on 800, 705. Inside it, draw a 220 × 114 px #34474C window with radius 8, centred on 800, 665.
2. Add a layer called Cassette and draw the tape on it:

• a cream #EFE3C6 label with radius 6, just inside the window
• a #E85D3A stripe across its top with radius 0
• a dark #2A2320 tape window with radius 10 in the middle
• two 26 px #F3EDE2 reels with a dark stroke, each with a 10 px dark hub

1. Add a layer called Deck Glass. Lasso two thin slanted strips across the window, fill them with white, and set the layer to Screen at 22%.
2. Add a layer called Deck Keys. Draw five grey #C9CFD2 keys (38 × 52 px, radius 4, stroke #5D676C) in a row under the window.
3. Add a layer called Key Symbols. Lasso small #2B3033 triangles and a square for play, stop, rewind and fast-forward, and finish with a 14 px red #E2343F dot for record.

1. Add a layer called Dial and draw a 320 × 66 px #EDE5CC rectangle with radius 10 and a 3 px #1B1F22 stroke, centred on 480, 501.
2. Add a layer called Dial Ticks. With the Pencil at Size 2 in #3A3A3A, draw 25 short vertical ticks evenly spaced from x 340 to x 618, about 12 px apart (click the top of each, then Shift-click its bottom). Make every fourth tick longer, starting with the first. That gives seven long ticks.
3. Type the numbers 88, 92, 96, 100, 104 and 108 in Silkscreen at Size 15 in #2E2E2E, one text layer each, centred above the first six long ticks. The last long tick stays unlabelled. Work from right to left: clicking on existing text edits it instead of starting a new layer, so keep each new click clear of the label you just made. Rename each layer Dial 88, Dial 92 and so on.
4. Add a layer called Dial Needle and, with the Brush at Size 3, draw a red #E2343F needle across the dial at x 548. Give it an Outer Glow (Size 8, Opacity 60, #FF6A4D).

1. Add a layer called Piano Keys. Draw five #C9CFD2 keys (48 × 52 px, radius 5, stroke #5D676C) at the top right, 6 px apart, then a sixth in red #D9443A with a #7A231D stroke.
2. Add a layer called Key Shade, Cmd-click the Piano Keys thumbnail, and drag a gradient from the top of the keys to the bottom: white at 50%, clear in the middle, black at 45% at the bottom. Set it to Soft Light.

1. Click Key Shade and add a layer called Brand Plate. Draw a 194 × 60 px #163F3D badge with radius 10 and a 2 px #C9D3D4 stroke, centred on 801, 512.
2. Type DB-88 in Monoton at Size 42.5 in white and rename the layer Brand. Centre it on the badge with the Move tool's arrow keys. Give it a small Drop Shadow (Offset X 1, Offset Y 2, Blur 2, Opacity 45, #0E3B39).
3. Click Piano Keys and type STEREO RADIO CASSETTE in Rubik Mono One at Size 11 in #BFE3DE. Rename it Brand Sub and centre it under the badge.

1. Choose Edit → Clear Guides, so the guides don't snap your stickers.
2. Click Brand, click New Group and name it Stickers.
3. Add a layer called Daydream Pill. With the Rectangle shape at Corner Radius 48, draw a 300 × 96 px #F25C8C pill centred on 440, 570.
4. In the effects drawer, turn on Stroke at Width 10 in white and set its position to Outside. That's the die-cut border. Add a Drop Shadow with Offset X 3, Offset Y 5, Blur 6, Opacity 45 in #3A1E14.

You'll give every sticker this same border and shadow.

1. Type Daydream in Shrikhand at Size 42.5 in #FFF4DE, and rename the layer Daydream Text.
2. Centre it on the pill with the arrow keys, then nudge it 3 px lower. The tail of the y hangs below the other letters, so the word looks centred when it sits slightly low.
3. Give the text a hard Drop Shadow in #B8336A: Offset X 3, Offset Y 3, Blur 1, Opacity 100.

1. Click the Daydream Pill row and Shift-click the Daydream Text row.
2. With the Move tool, both layers share one transform box. Drag its top-right rotate handle (just outside the corner) up and to the left until the pill tilts about 8°.
3. Press Cmd+D to finish. The text stays live and is still editable.

1. Click Daydream Pill and add a layer called Heart. Lasso a heart about 75 px wide, tilted 15° to the left, between the pill and the brand, and fill it with #E2343F. Lasso a small oval highlight on its left lobe in #FF8C97. Give it the sticker Stroke (Width 8) and Drop Shadow.
2. Click Daydream Text and add a layer called Cloud. Lasso a puffy cloud about 150 × 90 px with a flat bottom, centred near 1022, 548, and fill it with #9FD3F2. Give it the sticker border and shadow.
3. Add a layer called Cloud Face. Draw two small #161616 ellipses for eyes and two #F48FB1 ovals for cheeks, then add a smile with a few Shift-clicks of a 4 px brush.

1. Click Daydream Pill so the badge sits lowest in the pile. Add a layer called B-Side Badge.
2. Draw a 124 px #161616 circle centred on 360, 828. Then set the Ellipse to no fill and a 3 px #FFD23F stroke, and draw a 104 px ring inside it. Add the sticker border and shadow.
3. Type B-SIDE in Rubik Mono One at Size 16.5 in #FFD23F, rename it B-Side Text and centre it in the badge.
4. Click Heart and add a layer called Cherries. With a 6 px #3E9A47 brush, draw two curved stems that meet at the top, and lasso a leaf beside them. Draw two 50 px #E2343F cherries at the bottoms of the stems, with small #FFB3B8 highlights. Add the sticker border and shadow.

1. Click Cloud Face and add a layer called Star. Lasso a five-pointed star about 92 px across, centred near 1212, 574, and fill it with #FF8A3D. Lasso a smaller star inside it in #FFB27A, then add the sticker border and shadow.
2. Marquee a square around the star and press Cmd+C.
3. Deselect and press Cmd+V. The copy lands in place on a new layer. Rename it Small Star.

1. Cmd-click the Small Star thumbnail to select it.
2. With the Move tool, drag it to the top-left edge of the boombox, above the dial.
3. Hold Cmd, which keeps the proportions, and drag the bottom-right corner handle in until the star is a bit over half its size.

Drag the rotate handle at the top-right corner of the box about 24° clockwise, then press Cmd+D. Pasting copies pixels only, not effects, so add the sticker border (Width 7) and shadow again.

1. Click Star and add a layer called Bolt. Lasso a zig-zag bolt about 100 × 200 px, tilted 12°, and fill it with #161616. Keep it fully on the body, at the right end.
2. Cmd-click the Bolt thumbnail, choose Select → Shrink… by 6, and fill with #FFD23F. A black outline is left around the yellow.
3. Add the sticker border and shadow.

1. Click Bolt and add a layer called Vol Badge. Draw a 92 px #FFD23F circle centred on 960, 840 and give it the sticker border and shadow.
2. Type 11 in Titan One at Size 44 in #161616 and rename it Vol 11. Then type VOL in Rubik Mono One at Size 13 and rename it Vol Label. Centre Vol 11 slightly below the disc's middle and Vol Label above it, leaving about 20 px of yellow above and below.

1. Click Vol 11 and add a layer called Hello Tag. Draw a 168 × 100 px #D6312F rectangle with radius 10, centred on 1175, 836. On the same layer, draw a 152 × 42 px white panel with radius 4, centred on 1175, 857. Add the sticker's Drop Shadow only. The red edge is already a border.
2. Type the bottom line first: june in Permanent Marker at Size 34 in #161616, centred on the white panel. Clicking on existing text edits it, so starting at the bottom keeps the later clicks clear. Rename it Hello Name.
3. Click Hello Tag again and type HELLO in Lilita One at Size 28 in white. Rename it Hello Word and centre it 20 px below the top of the tag.
4. Type my name is in Rubik Mono One at Size 10 in white. Rename it Hello Small and centre it 38 px below the top, which leaves a gap above the white panel.

Click Hello Tag, then Shift-click the three text rows. With the Move tool, drag the rotate handle about 7° clockwise and press Cmd+D.

1. Click Hello Tag and click Rasterize Layer Style in its effects drawer, so the shadow becomes pixels you can cut.
2. With the Lasso, draw a triangle over the top-right corner. It should cross the top edge and the right edge about 30 px from the corner, along the tag's tilted edges. Press Delete.

1. Add a layer called Hello Curl. Lasso the triangle you just cut, flipped over its fold line so the tip points back into the tag, and fill it with #F3EFE6. That's the sticker's paper backing.
2. Cmd-click its thumbnail and drag a gradient from the fold line to the tip, from clear to #B9B2A4 at 90%.
3. Give it a Drop Shadow with Offset X -2, Offset Y 4, Blur 5, Opacity 45.

1. Add a layer called Tape and draw a 200 × 34 px #1A1A1A strip with radius 3, centred on the handle's top bar at 800, 296. It's a little thicker than the tube, so it reads as wrapped round it. Add a small black Drop Shadow with Offset X 1, Offset Y 3, Blur 3 and Opacity 50.
2. Type PLAY LOUD in Rubik Mono One at Size 22.5 in #F4F4F4, rename it Tape Text and centre it on the strip. Add a Drop Shadow of Offset Y -1, Blur 1 for a pressed-in look.
3. Select Tape and its text and rotate them together about 3° anticlockwise.

1. Add a scratch layer called Checker Tile.
2. Click once with the Rectangular Marquee to open its dialog and select 100, 100 to 136, 136. Fill it with white.
3. Select 100, 100 to 118, 118 and fill it with #161616, then 118, 118 to 136, 136 and fill that too.
4. Select the whole 36 px square again, choose Edit → Define Pattern, then delete the scratch layer.

1. Click Small Star and add a layer called Saturn. Lasso a thin yellow #F6C744 ellipse tilted about 18° for the ring, draw a 38 px cobalt #2B4FD8 planet over it, then lasso the lower half of the ring again and fill it with #F6C744 so the ring passes in front of the planet. Add the sticker border (Width 8) and shadow.
2. Add a layer called Checker Strip. Select 720, 828 to 882, 864 with the marquee dialog and choose Edit → Fill with Pattern… → Apply. Because the strip starts on a multiple of the tile size, the checks line up with its edges. Rotate it about 4° with the Move tool's rotate handle and press Cmd+D. Add the border (Width 6) and shadow.
3. Add a layer called Rainbow. With the Lasso, draw five half-rings 7 px thick, each nested inside the last, starting with a 92 px wide outer arc. Fill them, from the outside in, in #E2343F, #FF8A3D, #FFD23F, #3E9A47 and #2B4FD8, beside the B-SIDE badge. Add the border (7) and shadow.

The antenna leans out to the right, so shift the whole boombox a little left to balance it. Click the Boombox group's row and, with the Move tool, drag it 30 px to the left. Every layer inside it moves together, including the stickers in the nested group. If its edges or centre line up with other content on the way, pink alignment lines appear.

1. Click Plank Seams, click New Group and name it Props. Add a layer called Cassette Shell.
2. Draw a 380 × 240 px #25292D shell with radius 14, centred near 1180, 1040. Lasso a #3A4045 trapezoid across its bottom edge, and add small #8E969B screws at the corners and four dark holes along the bottom.
3. Reuse the label from the deck. Click the Cassette layer, Cmd-click its thumbnail, press Cmd+C and deselect. Then click Cassette Shell and press Cmd+V. Rename the new layer Mixtape Label.
4. Cmd-click Mixtape Label, drag it onto the shell's top-left area with the Move tool, and Cmd-drag its bottom-right handle (keeping the proportions) until it's 180% of its size. Press Cmd+D.

1. Type mixtape for june in Permanent Marker at Size 22.5 in #1E2A5A, and rename it Mixtape Text. Centre it in the cream band between the stripe and the window, with a few pixels clear of each.
2. Click Rasterize Layer at the bottom of the Layers panel. The next step uses Perspective, which can't bend live text.

1. Click Cassette Shell and Shift-click Mixtape Label and Mixtape Text.
2. Rotate the three about 16° clockwise and press Cmd+D.
3. Drag the top-middle handle down by nearly half the box's height and press Cmd+D. Turning first and squashing second makes the shape lean like an object on the table, not a card standing up.

1. In the Move tool's options bar, click Perspective.
2. Drag the top-left corner handle about 25 px to the right. The top-right corner mirrors it, so the far edge narrows.
3. Press Cmd+D, click Free, and drag the cassette into the lower right of the table.
4. Give Cassette Shell a tight contact shadow: Drop Shadow with Offset X 2, Offset Y 3, Blur 2, Opacity 85 in #1C0C06.

1. Add a layer called Sticker Sheet and draw a 320 × 210 px #F4F0E7 sheet with radius 6, centred on 400, 1050.
2. In #E2D9C6, draw the ghost shapes of stickers that have been peeled off: a cloud, a star, a heart, a circle and a rounded bar.
3. Copy the Heart layer and paste it as before, and rename the copy Sheet Heart. Drag it onto the sheet's lower-right corner and give it a white Stroke of 6.
4. Select the sheet and its heart, then lay them flat the same way: turn them about 9° anticlockwise, squash the top down by nearly half, pull the far corners in with Perspective, and drag the pair into the lower left.
5. Add the same tight Drop Shadow at Opacity 75.

1. Click Plank Seams and add a layer called Wall Shadow.
2. Set the foreground to #5E2A1E. Cmd-click the thumbnail of Body and fill, then do the same for Top Face, Handle, Handle Mounts and Antenna. Deselect.
3. With the Move tool, nudge the layer 64 px right and 26 px down. Use Shift+arrow keys for 10 px steps.
4. Run Gaussian Blur with a Radius of 14.
5. Marquee the table area and press Delete, so the shadow only falls on the wall.
6. Set the layer to Multiply at 38%.

Add a layer called Contact Shadow. With a soft Brush (Size 46, Opacity 55, Hardness 0) in #2A140C, click under the boombox's bottom-left corner and Shift-click under its bottom-right corner. Then, at Size 90 and Opacity 30, add a short stroke off the right end where the light pushes the shadow. Set the layer to Multiply.

1. Click Plank Seams and add a layer called Table Paint.
2. With the Brush at Size 40, Opacity 22 and Hardness 20, paint long, slightly wavering strokes along the planks. Do four each in #9C623E, #5A3320, #A86C44 and #4E2C1C, starting and stopping at different places.
3. Run Smudge (Size 60, Strength 45) once along each plank.
4. With the Brush at Size 3, Opacity 35, Hardness 60, draw two or three thin #3E2214 grain lines along every plank.

Add a layer called Table Sheen. With a soft Brush (Size 220, Opacity 35) in #FFB070, paint two strokes across the left end of the table, just in front of the wall. Set the layer to Screen at 75%.

1. Click Rainbow (the top of the Stickers group) and add a layer called Sun Patches.
2. Select the same four window panes, about 70 px further left and 60 px higher, because the boombox stands nearer the window than the wall does. The quickest way is to Cmd-click the Window Light thumbnail, switch to the Lasso, and nudge the selection with Shift+Left seven times and Shift+Up six times. You can also lasso the panes again with Shift.
3. Fill with #FFE6B8 and deselect.
4. Cmd-click the Body thumbnail, choose Select → Inverse, click Sun Patches and press Delete. The light now only falls on the front of the boombox.
5. Set the layer to Overlay at 60%.

Click Body Shade and add a layer called Body Burn. Cmd-click the Body thumbnail and drag a gradient from clear #2A0F08 at about x 850 to #2A0F08 at 50% at the right end. Deselect and set the layer to Multiply.

Click Sun Patches and add a layer called Dust. Select the four window panes on the wall again: Cmd-click the Window Light thumbnail, or lasso them with Shift to add.

1. Choose the Spray tool with Size 260, Density 6, Opacity 70 and Softness 60, in #FFF6DE.
2. Drag two slow sweeps through the upper part of the beams, above and left of the boombox. The selection keeps the specks inside the light.
3. Deselect, set the layer to Screen, and add an Outer Glow (Size 6, Opacity 70, #FFE2A6).

1. Add a layer called Light Shaft. Lasso a wide band from the top-left corner down across the boombox's left half, Feather it by 60, fill it with #FFE6B8, and set it to Screen at 16%.
2. Add a layer called Brush Texture, fill it with #808080, and run Add Noise (Amount 45, Mono, Uniform) followed by Motion Blur (Angle 35, Distance 16).
3. Set it to Overlay at 22%. The streaks sit over the flat sticker colours and make them look painted.

1. Click the Project group's row and open its effects drawer.
2. Click Add Adjustment and add a Photo Filter with Density 18, then Saturation & Vibrance with Vibrance 12, then a Vignette of 24. Leave the other adjustments in the list untouched.

Save your work with File → Save Project, and use File → Quick Export PNG to export the finished painting.