Create a simple 3D snowman with Photoshop

I will show you how to draw a nice and simple snowman, using Adobe Photoshop 3D tools and features.

Create a new document with dimensions 1024 x 768 pixels.

Press D to set a black foreground and white background color.

Press Alt + Delete to fill the document with black color.

Create a new layer.

Press Ctrl + Delete to fill the layer with white color.

Choose the Ellipse Tool.

Choose the Fill pixels option (see picture).

And draw eyes and mouth of a snowman like I did.

Hold Shift key to draw a perfect circle.

In the menu click 3D, New Shape From Layer and choose Sphere.

And here's your head.

Choose the Object Rotate Tool.

And rotate the head so it's facing more in your direction.

Click and hold the button and just drag your mouse in various directions to rotate the head.

Now press Ctrl + T then resize and move the head up a bit.

Click OK if you get a pop up window asking you if you want to transform a 3D layer.

Press Enter.

Let's draw a nose now.

Set an orange foreground color (see picture).

Create a new layer, then press Alt + Delete to fill the layer with orange color.

In the menu click 3D, New Shape From Layer and choose Cone.

And here's your nose, well we need to make a few adjustments first.

Press Ctrl + T then resize, transform and move the nose on to the head.

Press Enter.

Create a new layer.

Press D to set a black foreground and white background color.

Press Ctrl + Delete to fill the layer with white color.

Choose the Ellipse Tool and draw a few circles like I did.

In the menu click 3D, New Shape From Layer and choose Sphere.

Then choose Object Rotate Tool.

And rotate snowman's body like I did.

Press V to select the move tool and move the body so it fits the head better.

Now let's create some arms.

You need to create another sphere exactly like you did for the head and body then press Ctrl + T and resize, move and reshape the sphere so it looks like an arm (see picture).

Press Enter.

Move the arm layer to be under the body layer (see picture).

Press Ctrl + J to duplicate the arm layer and move it to the top of layers.

Press Ctrl + T and again move, resize and rotate the arm so it fits the snowman's body (see picture).

Press Enter.

Create a new layer.

Set a green foreground color.

Press Alt + Delete to fill the layer with green color.

Choose Horizontal Type Tool and choose some cool looking font.

Then write XXX (see picture).

In the menu click Layer, Rasterize and choose Layer.

Now select the text layer and green layer.

Hold Ctrl and click both layers to have them both selected.

Press Ctrl + E to merge the selected layers.

In the menu click 3D, New Shape From Layer and choose Wine Bottle.

Adjust the bottle accordingly and put it into snowman's hand.

You're done!

You can put the snowman into an appropriate surroundings, where he will feel right at home. :)