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		Here's how I made the mouse in the Nocturnal Creations logo. Thank you Scott for letting me put this tutorial online :) First I created a new document, 230 x 300 pixels, white background. Then I selected the Rounded Rectangle tool to draw the shape of the mouse. Call this layer MOUSE. Set #595959 as your foreground color and drag out the selection with these settings. I named this layer MOUSE. Your image should now look like the image shown in step 1.
		Then activate the Direct Selection tool . Click the center of your shape to highlight the path, and then click along the path so that you can see the anchor points.
		Then activate the Add Anchor Point tool found by right clicking on the pen tool in the toolbar . Then add a new anchor point like shown in step 3.
		Now move the cursor slightly to the right of the new anchor point. That will make it turn into the Direct Selection tool () and drag the anchor point to the right like shown in step 4.
		Then do the same to the anhor point just above and below the new anchor point so that your image look like the image shown in step 5.
		Now select the Convert Point tool . We have to adjust the anchor points above and below the new anchor point a little bit to make the curve nice and smooth. Experiment a bit by draging the handles until you think the curves look the way you want them.
		Your mouse shape should now look something like the image shown in step 7 :)
		Ok - time to add some basic layer styles to the mouse. I added some drop shadow with these settings. Some inner glow with these settings. Anf some bevel and emboss with these settings.
		Ok - time to make some highlight on the mouse. Create a new layer above the MOUSE layer and call it HIGHLIGHT. I painted the highlight using the Paint Brush tool . I used a soft 65 pixel brush having white as the foreground color. Just click and drag the brush until your image look similar to mine.
		Still at the HIGHLIGHT layer Ctrl + click the MOUSE layer to load its transparency.
		Now go to Filter - Blur - Gaussian blur - 15 pixels. Deselect (Ctrl + D).
		Then drag the opacity down to about 54 %. Your image should now look like the fig. in step 12. Ok - now it's time to add some details to the mouse. Read on...

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		Ok - time to add the wheel/scroller. Create a new layer above the HIGHLIGHT layer and call it WHEEL. Select the Rounded Rectangle tool , radius 5 pixels, and create a shape similir to mine in step 13.
		Then we'll have to add some layer styles to the wheel... Add a drop shadow (#231F20) with these settings. Outer Glow with these setings. Inner Glow with these settings, and Gradient Overlay with these settings. (The two colors used in the gradient overlay are #4B4B4B as the darkest color, and #CDCBCB as the highlight color).
		Then I added a highlight to the wheel. Create a new layer above the WHEEL layer and call it HIGHLIGHT WHEEL. Select the Pencil tool , 3 pixels. Hold down the Shift key and drag a line similar to mine in step 15. Then go to Filter - Blur - Gaussian Blur - 3 pixels. Point your mouse over the image to the left to see how the highlight will look like after the blur...
		Hehe - ok, I found the mouse to be a bit out of proportions so I did a Edit - Free Transform to the MOUSE layer - and dragged the lower edge a bit up until my image looked like the image in step 16. Ok - let's move on...
		It's time to make the dent below the wheel. Create a new layer below the wheel layer and call it DENT. Select the Elliptical Marquee tool and drag out a selection similar to mine. Then select the Gradient tool , make black your foreground color, and set the gradient to Foreground to Transparent. While holding down the Shift key click and drag the gradient like shown in step 17. Before you deselect be sure you save your selection! (Select - Save selection - call it Dent)
		Create a new layer above the dent layer and call it INSET LINE. Activate the Single Column Marquee tool , be sure black is your foreground color, and use the Paintbucket tool to fill the selection. Deselect. Now Duplicate the Inset line layer by dragging it down to the Create new layer tab. Then you go to Image - Adjustments - Invert. Then activate the Move tool and then nudge the Inset line copy layer 1 pixel to the right using the right arrow key.
		Then do the same using the Single Row Marquee tool for the horisontal inset lines like shown in step 19 (separate layers).
		Remember I told you to save the "Dent selection" Well - create a new layer and load the selection (Select - Load Selection). Have black as the foreground color and do an Edit - Stroke - 1 pixels - Outside. Still at the same layer make a selection similar to mine by using the Rectangular Marquee tool.Make sure it's right above the black horisontal inset line. Hit the delete key to get rid of the selected area. Deselect.
		Then duplicate the layer, Image - Adjustments - Invert - and nudge the layer one pixel down using the arrow keys.
		Ok - now it's time to get rid off the inset lines outside the mouse... Ctrl + click the MOUSE layer to load it's transparensy. Then hit Ctrl + Shift + I to invert the selection. Now select the different inset line layers one by one and hit the Delete key to get rid off the inset lines outside the mouse... When you're done your image should look like mine in step 22. Deselect.
		Ok - activate the INSET LINE layer we created in step 18. Then load the Dent selection. Select the Rectangular Marquee tool and set the Add to Selection option. Then drag a selection similar to mine in step 23 so that the inset lines above the dent and wheel are selected too. Then hit Ctrl + Shift + I to inverse the selection. Hit the delete key to get rid of the inset line below the dent. Then select the INSET LINE copy layer and do the same thing. Deselect.
		Now select the Eraser tool . I used a soft brush - 21 pixels. Now carefully get rid of the inset lines just inside the edge of the mouse. That will make the inset lines look a bit more realistic. Ok - the mouse is finished - but it still looks a bit flat and boring. It's time to add the final details...
		The first thing I did was to add a Color Overlay on the Mouse layer with these settings (black color). Then I created a new layer above the HIGHLIGHT layer. Then I used a soft brush (white color) and added some more highlight to the mouse. Click here to see what it looked like. Then I dropped the opacity from 100% to 34% - which made the mouse look like this. Then I added the wire and the "rubber knob" that connects the wire. The knob is actually a sphere. Click here to see what it looked like before I slided it beneath the mouse. Then I added a new layer on top of all the other layers. Filled it with a brown color (#A67C52) and changed the layer mode from Normal to Hue. And there we go! If you have any questions about this tutorial please post them in the forum.