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1. Open the original photo in Adobe Photoshop. (In this tutorial I use Adobe
Photoshop CS. I havent got other versions of Adobe Photoshop, but I guess the entire steps described in this tutorial can be applied on any version of Photoshop) On choosing the photo to be cartoonized, choose a clear and sharp photo with the face of the person clearly seen. Blur, out of focus, or under-exposed photo is a bad choice. The larger the resolution of the photo is the better
2.
On the 'Layers Palette', drag and drop the 'background' layer to the 'New Layer' button to duplicate it. Rename the new layer to 'original'. (To rename a layer, right-click on the name in the Layers Palette and select Layer Properties). We will keep the original photo (the 'original' layer) intact in case something ''wrong' happened in our cartooning activity and need the original picture.
), and
5. Create a new layer. Rename it into 'background'. We will use it as background layer for our cartoon photo. Fill it
with orange using Paint Bucket tool.
1. Copy the 'Layer 0' layer (drag and drop it to the 'create a new
layer' button). Rename it to 'outline'.
3. Make sure color palette is black for the foreground and white for the background. (Press 'd' if they're not).
That's it. Now we're done with the outline. Here's the result so far..
By the end of part 2 of the tutorial, we will have something like this:
1. Select the 'outline' layer. Press Ctrl-J to duplicate the layer (or drag and drop it
to the 'create a new layer' button). Rename the new layer to 'white'.
at the bottom of Layers Palette. On the popup menu, choose 'Solid Color...'. A 'Color Picker' dialog box will be displayed. On the 'Color Picker', pick a creamy brown color. This color will be used for the skin color. (I picked #FAD594 for the skin. You don't need to be too picky here. We can change the color easily later whenever we need to). Click OK
. Click on the canvas to fill skin's layer mask with black color.
11. Create a clipping mask between 'skin' layer and 'white' layer. Press Ctrl + G while the 'skin' layer is still selected.
12. On the 'Layers Palette', click on the 'outline' layer while holding (pressing) the Ctrl
button. This will tell the ants to march around Rihanna. Oops, I mean, this will put a selection mark around Rihanna.
13. Press 'x' to switch foreground and background color. 14. Choose 'Paint Bucket'
with white. tool, click inside the selection on the canvas to fill it
We already have the skin base color (i.e. the 'skin' layer), so now we need to add the shade and the tint.
Menu: Filter :: Blur :: Gaussian Blur... Set the radius of the blurring to 4 pixels. (Typical values are between 2 and 4. A value of 2 is usually enough). Click OK
Let's choose 8 for 'Number of Levels' for it gives the nicest shading on the face. Click OK on the Cutout dialog box.
4. Using the result of the Cutout filter, we will create a shade and a tint.
5. Rename the
'Layer 0 copy' layer to 'shade'.
7. Now we have two new layers, tint and shade. Let's work
the shade first. Turn visibility of the 'tint' layer off. Select the 'shade' layer.
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12. Press Ctrl + D to deselect the selection. 13. Change the blending mode of 'shade' layer to 'Soft
Light'. Change the opacity to 40% (experiment with this value to get the desired result).
We're done with the shade. Now let's continue with the tint. Basically, the steps are the same as what we've done to create the shade.
14. Select the 'tint' layer. 15. Choose menu: Image :: Adjustments :: Threshold...
Turn the slider right and left, experiment with it while looking at the preview.
16. On the 'Tools Palette', pick 'Magic Wand 17. On the canvas, click on the black area.
Tool'
19. Press Ctrl + D to deselect the selection. 20. Change the blending mode of 'tint' layer to 'Soft Light'. Change the opacity to 60% (experiment with this value
to get the desired result).
Our next step is coloring. For our Rihanna picture, we need to colorize her shirt (tank top?), lips, teeth, eyes, and hair. Let's begin.
2. Press 'd' to set the foreground color to black and background color 3. On the Layers Palette, select the 'skin' layer.
On the popup menu, choose 'Solid Color...'. A 'Color Picker' dialog box will be displayed.
5. On the 'Color Picker' dialog box, pick a dark red color. This color will be
used for the shirt. (I picked #B24747 for the shirt. You don't need to be too picky here. We can change the color easily later whenever we want to). Click OK
7. Click on the canvas to fill our shirt's layer mask with black color. 8. Rename our new layer to 'shirt'.
And now we have something like this.
9. Create a clipping mask between 'shirt' layer and 'skin' layer. Press Ctrl + G while
the 'shirt' layer is still selected.
10. Repeat step 4 through step 9 to make layers for the color of lips, eyes, iris,
and hair. By the end of this step, our layers will be like this:
11. Now that we've done preparing the layer for each color , we can start coloring each part of the picture.
Let's start with the hair. From the 'Tools Palette', pick 'Pencil Tool' (or press 'B').
12. On the 'Layers Palette', select the 'hair' layer. 13. Make sure the foreground color is pure white. (Press 'X' if you have to switch foreground and background
colors).
14. Start painting the hair. Use a hard brush with the opacity set to 100%. Make sure that you zoom in when
coloring, so that it is nice and tidy. (The clipping mask help us a lot here. It won't let the color run out of border)
15. Now let's move on with the next layer, the 'iris'. On the 'Layers Palette', select the 'iris' layer. Repeat steps 13
through 14 to paint the iris. Here's what we got:
16. The eyes (the white part of the eyes) and teeth (for they have the same color, which is white)...
18. shirt...
And anytime you feel the need to change a color of any layer, just double click the layer (not the layer mask!) and choose a new color on the Color Picker. Very easy.