: Overhead Bend Effect With Design Graphic Artist Gurus Unite! I have experience in Photoshop (CS4) but mostly with simple image editing for website design (cropping, resizing, working with packaged

@Courtney577

I first created the hexagon shape in Illustrator. I then brought the shape to Photoshop.



I then duplicated the layer CTRL/CMD + J.

I am going to have 2 layers. I picked a point about a 1/3 of the way down and used a vector mask to hide the parts. So the top layer had the bottom 1/3rd hidden and the bottom layer had the top 2/3 hidden.



The bottom layer, I will bend slightly inwards at the bottom using the Distort tool (CTRL/CMD + T). I then squish the layer vertically.



The Top layer, I will bend slightly inwards at the top using the distort tool (CTRL/CMD + T). I do not scale the image in any direction.



I did have to use the warp tool on the top layer to match the 2 layers together since the distortion misaligned the points.



I then grouped the images together by rasterizing them. I added a gradient shadow to the bottom part of the object.

Result



Other things that might help with the illusion, I would maybe add a gaussian blur to part of the shadow.

NOTE: It is probably better to just delete the parts instead of using a layer mask (Just remember to make duplicates in case you mess up). It will then be easier to distort the shapes.

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