Ok.........this isn't going to be pretty.  When I made the first bed, it took me a week of fiddling to get things to fit together, line up, look right, etc.  This one was made quickly this morning to show the process I go through.  I'm not an artist that can sit down and just draw something.  I do a lot of erasing when I use paper, and then it ends up looking terrible because of all that erasing.  At least on the computer I don't have to see the erase lines faintly.  I'm not sure how people approach designing something on the computer for a graphic, I can only show what process I go through.

So I have this idea in my head.  I open a new transparent image, 400x500.  I have to make the first mark on the blank slate.  I see a couple of things more clearly, so I start with them.  Headboard first.  I know I wanted it rounded and with some style.  So I start with the rounded rectangle shape.  Then I place a second one on for the top section of the headboard.  Gee it looks really off!  But I get out the paintbrush and paint in a carved outward piece.  I now see the bottom is too high, so I trim some off.  And I really need more top room, so I use the rectangle shape again to make the top higher.  Then I use the eraser to try and get a flowing curve from the bottom, up to the extended piece, then in again and rounding off to the top.  When I get the left side finally looking like I think I want it, I don't try to fix the right side, I cut it off.  Then I copy the left side and paste it as a new selection on the headboard and mirror it.

Ok.......since I have no clue yet what the angle of the sheet will end up being, I go to the bottom and on a new layer draw the section for the baseboard.  And remember how long it took me to be happy with the angle of the baseboard?  Anyway.........for now I deform it a little bit while holding down the Shift key to just change the angle of the board.  Then I got brave and added a new layer for the sheet.  I deformed that holding down the Shift key also.  You see.......I know I want a good view of the front of the bed, but.........I also want a good view of the side of the bed so I can see the sheets, pillows, etc.  But I'm going to really have to play to get this perspective to ever look right.  So I fiddle, deform, trim, etc., until I feel like I need to put the sideboard on to get that added perspective.

I just estimate how long this piece is going to need to be.  So then I use the Deform to rotate and squeeze it until it sort of looks right.  By now I'm thinking the sheets are way too long!  And the angle seems off.  So I deform the sheets again, squeezing them up and then shifting the angle.

Ok........my sideboard isn't right now.  And I know that the sideboard has to meet up with the baseboard, on the same miter angle.  Fixing the sideboard then throws the sheets way off.  I figure I need to put in a temp bedpost or two in order to see this better.

This at least helps me trim up the sideboard.

So back to deform the sheets.  And trimming afterward.
I think it's finally starting to have the right look.

So turning off the bedpost layers, I'm going to try and get the front and side of the sheet right.

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