Filed under Photoshop Tutorials - Head Nerd @ June 22nd, 2006
Drawing a Cartoon Pig |
| Start by creating an ellipse using elliptical shape tool. |
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| Enable add to shape area form the top bar. |
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| Create an ellipse using elliptical shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown. |
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| Create ears using pen tool. |
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| Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown. |
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| Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown. |
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| From layer menu select layer style>>create layers. Select and merge both the resulting layers. Using eraser tool remove the left area as shown. |
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| Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown. |
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| Similarly create hand for the other side. |
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| Create foot of the pig using pen tool. |
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| Create a circle using elliptical shape tool. |
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| Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown. |
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| Duplicate the layer. Scale it up and place it for the other eye. |
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| Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.Move this layer below the big eye layer in layer order in layer palette. |
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| From layer menu select layer style>>create layers. Select and merge both the resulting layers. Using eraser tool remove the right area. |
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| Create an ellipse using elliptical shape tool. |
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| Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown. |
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| Using pen tool create a shape as shown for the mouth of the pig. |
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| Create teeth of the pig using rectangular shape tool. |
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Create some more rectangles to add details to the ear. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.
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| Using brush tool create a belly line and a line dividing both the legs. |
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| Apply a nice gradient in radial mode to the background layer. |
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