1/2 Cartoon Digital Portraits
1/2 Cartoon Digital Portraits
Looking to enhance your digital art abilities? Check out this step-by-step tutorial for creating a 1/2 cartoon digital portrait. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, this tutorial is a great way to develop your new skills. Learn how to use layers, opacity, painting techniques, and more!
Not only is this tutorial fairly simple, but it also produces an impressive final result. The post includes a step-by-step guide with photos and instructions, allowing artists to work at their own pace.
Materials we will be using: - Drawing Tablet and Pen, Adobe Photoshop, a digital photograph.
Follow the steps below:
Step 1 - Open Your Photo
First, you must download a photo you wish to use. This can be from the internet or from Google Drive. Once you have opened photoshop, Click: File>Open>Download> then select the image you have downloaded. This will then open ready to use.
Step 2 - Crop Your Image
Once your photo is open, use the CROP tool to remove any excess canvas, if needed.
Step 3 - Change the opacity
To be able to work better on your image you need to turn the opacity down - this will make it slightly see through.
Under the Layers Panel click on the drop down arrow and adjust the slider downwards.
Step 5 - Draw a dividing line
Using the paint brush creatively draw a line that divides your photograph in half. It can be straight, curvy, or maybe you come up with another creative way to divide your space.
Step 6 - Paint in your lines and colours
Create a new Layer Layer>New>Layer. Using the brush tool, outline the contours of your photograph. Focus on getting all the details drawn by zooming in.
Create a new Layer Layer>New>Layer. Using the brush tool, add your colour. Get creative with colours!
Step 7 - Add a Background
Creatively add your color to your background. Explore patterns and value.
When you are finished:
File>Save As>Save On Computer>Cartoon Me - this will save your photoshop file with layers
File>Save A Copy>Save On Computer>Cartoon ME - this will save your work as a JPEG.
Some Inspiration:
