Preview:
Design a Dark Website Header.
Step one:
Start with a large black canvas, on your layers window make a new layer set. Name it Dark Header.
Create a new layer then draw a 663 x 6 pixels, white rectangle.
Add the following layer styles:
Step two:
In a new layer draw a 5 x 24 pixels, white rectangle.
Set your layers blending mode to Darken and add a gradient overlay layer style:
Step three:
Duplicate your white rectangle layer from step two and make a pattern as shown on the picture below. To start out, copy your white rectangle 5 times.
Step four:
Now add more rectangle layer structures all over your current designs.
Step five:
In a new layer draw a 659 x 9 pixels, white rectangle on top of your current designs.
Set your layers blending mode to Darken and add a gradient overlay layer style:.
Step six:
Now in a new layer make a 666 x 5 pixels, #520000 rectangle above your current designs.
Add the following layer styles:
Step seven:
Again in a new layer make a 66 x 29 pixels, #520000 rectangle right above your last rectangle design.
Add the following layer styles:
Step eight:
Choose your text tool and set the font family to Arial, bold, 14 pt, strong and black for color. In a new text layer type in your name on your 66 x 29 pixels rectangle design.
Add the following layer styles:
Step nine:
Now set your font family to Franklin Gothic Demi, 11 pt, crisp and white for color. In a new text layer type in your navigation links with spaces between each link.
Add the following layer styles:
Final Image:
Design a Dark Website Header.