Objective
- Cartoon a section of your photograph in Photoshop.
- Do NOT cartoon any part of skin.
- Only clothes and other objects a person is holding should be changed
Step 1:
- Click on the + sign at the bottom on the layers pallet
- This will creat a new layer.
- Name the layer Lines
Step 2:
- Pick the brush tool
- Make sure the paint color is black
- Click on the Brush Size
- Make the size of your brush between 4-6
- Click General Brushes
- Pick the Hard Round Brush
Step 3:
- Make sure you are on the second layer that you named Lines
- Decide what part of your photo you want to cartoon. Do NOT do the skin!!!!!
- I suggest starting with a section of clothing
- Zoom in close
- Begin to draw lines around the clothing
- Do NOT draw in the folds of the clothes. This will come later.
Step 4
- When you are done outlining, you will be checking you did not miss any areas
- Click off the eye on your background layer.
- You will now just see the outlined areas
Step 5:
- Find the areas you missed outlining
- Every section must be connected
Step 6:
- Click the eye on the background layer so you see the photo again
- Click on the Lines Layer
- Finish drawing the areas you missed
Step 7:
- Click off the eye on your background layer again to check that all of your areas are drawn in and connect
- Turn the eye back on when you are done checking
Step 8:
- Click on the + sign at the bottom on the layers pallet
- This will create another new layer.
- Name the layer Details
Step 9:
- Make sure you are on the Details layer
- Change your brush size between 1-3. The lines will be much thiner than your main outline
- Zoom in close
- Draw in the folds of the clothing/item
- Make sure you get the little details
Step 10:
- When you have finished drawing in all the details
- Click onto the Lines Layer
Step 11:
- Select the Magic Wand Tool
- If you can not find it, right click on the Quick Selection Tool
- Make sure Anti-Alias & Contiguous is checked
- Tolerance is at 15
Step 12:
- With the Magic Wand Tool, Click in area of color (clothing or object)
- This will select just that area
Step 13:
- On the Layers Pallet, click the black/white circle
- Pick Solid Color
Step 14:
- The Color Picker will show up
- You will be picking the color you want
- This color does NOT have to be the same color that it is in the photo
- See example below
Example:
- The shorts are Blue in the photo but I want them to be a different color. I picked Red.
- You can pick any color you want for any section of your photo
Step 15:
- You should have 4 layers now
- Return to the Lines Layer
- Using the Magic Wand Tool and select another area of your photo to color in
Step 16:
- On the Layers Pallet, click the black/white circle
- Pick Solid Color
- Choose the color you would like for this new section
Step 17:
- Continue Steps 10-14 for the different clothing and object areas of your photo
- When you are finished coloring all sections you should have 3 or more colored layers, depending on your photo
- Highlight all the Layers that are the Color Filled layers
- To highlight all of them click on layer Color Fill 1
- Hold the Shift Key and click on the last Color Fill layer
- This will lighlight all the layers
Step 18:
- When they are highlighted
- Right Click
- Group from Layers
- All the colors will now be in one folder called Group 1
Step 19:
- Drag the Group 1 Layer below the Lines Layer
- Your layers should now be in the following order
- Background, Group 1, Lines, Details
Step 19:
- Click on the Group 1 Layer
- Click on the + at the bottom of the Layers Pallet
- This will create a new layer.
- Name it Shadows
- The Shadows Layer should be
- below Lines Layer and above the Group 1 Layer
Step 20:
- Right Click on the Shadows Layer
- Create Clipping Mask
Step 21:
- Stay on Shadows Layer
- Change the opacity to 23-33%
- Choose a black paint brush
Step 22:
- Turn the Eye off on Group 1 Layer
- Notice where the Shadows fall on the object and clothing
- This is going to be were we paint on the shadows
- If you forget where to put the shadows you can turn the eye off and on again to see the original photo
Step 23:
- Turn back on the Eye on Group 1 Layer,
- Stay on the Shadows Layer
- Carefully paint in the shadow areas.
- You want this to look natural
- If the shadows are to dark pull down the opacity.
- If the shadows are to light pull up the opacity
Step 24: This step is Optional on how much you do or don’t do for the extra drawings
- Create a new layer and name it Extra
Step 25:
- Select the paint brush tool
- Pick the color you would like.
- I suggest starting with white
- Change the color as you go or keep it all the same
- Have fun drawing on the image. Again, this step is Optional
