So for this tutorial, you’ll want to be using Photoshop 2022 or later. And once we know how to draw one shape at a time, I’ll show you how to combine and merge two or more shapes together, and how to save the result as a new custom preset.ĭownload this tutorial as a print-ready PDF! Which version of Photoshop do I need?Īdobe has made lots of improvements to shapes in recent Photoshop versions. So along with showing you how to draw shapes, I’ll show you where to find all of the shapes that are missing. Photoshop includes hundreds of custom shapes to choose from, but most of them are hidden by default. One is with the Custom Shape Tool, and the other is with the Shapes panel. And Photoshop gives us two ways to draw them. This time, you’ll learn how to draw more elaborate, pre-made custom shapes.
In a previous tutorial, I showed you how to draw basic shapes in Photoshop, like rectangles, circles, lines and polygons, using the geometric shape tools.
