Thin Lines Pencil Tool

What NOT to do!

Step 1:

• Pick any image you would like but make sure it is at least 1000 px or larger
• Open your image
• Go to Image- Image size
  • This will give you the size of your image
• Write down the width and height and resolution in INCHES 

Step 2:

• Go to File- New
• Make your width, height and resolution the same as the numbers you wrote down and are in INCHES
• Background color white

Step 3:

• Return to your main photograph
• Using the Quick Selection Tool select around the entire object/person. 
  • It doesn’t have to be perfectly cut out for this project

Step 4:

• Select MOVE tool
  • Move your photo onto the new white canvas

Step 5:

• Add a MASK to the photo layer
• Hold the Control and i keys.
  • This will change your mask from white to black and your photograph will disappear

Step 5:

• Go to the Brush Tool
  • Right click on the Brush Tool to show other tools 
    • Choose the Pencil Tool
      • Pencil size is 3
      • Hardness is at 100%

Step 5:

• Make sure white color of the pencil is selected at the bottom of the tool bar
  • Make sure you are click on the Black square on the Layers Pallet 

• Draw lines so that you will began to bring back in parts of the photos
  • Leave a lot of white spacing except for the eyes
    • Make the eyes more solid.

Step 6:

• If you bring back much of the photo
  • You can remove it and bring back the white
    • Flip pencil color to black
      • Draw back in the white area