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Drawing a Cartoon Geek

Filed under: Drawing — Fiery Darts @ 7:12 pm

Drawing a Cartook Geek
Start by creating a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool.
Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.
Enable add to shape area form the top bar.
Create two ellipses for the lips using elliptical shape tool.
Create an ellipse for the ear using elliptical shape tool. Create a rectangle for the neck using rectangular shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.
Create a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.
From layer menu select layer style>>create layers. Select and merge both the resulting layers. Remove the left area of the nose using eraser tool.
Create hair of the geek using pen tool.
Create another hair layer to create hair on forehead. Move this layer above all the layers in layer order in layer palette.
From layer menu select layer style>>create layers. Select and merge both the resulting layers. Remove the left and top area of the hair using eraser tool.
Create glasses of the man using basic shape tool.
Create two rectangles for shirt and collars using rectangular shape tool. Warp to get a shape as shown.
Create a rectangle for the jacket using rectangular shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.
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.
Similarly create arm of the geek.
Create other side of the jacket by drawing basic shapes and then applying warp on them.
Create front collars using pen tool. Apply stroke. From layer menu select layer style>>create layers. Select and merge both the resulting layers. Remove the bottom area using eraser tool.
Again for creating legs create a few rectangular shapes using add to shape area from the top bar. Warp each rectangle using techniques mentioned above.
Duplicate and place for the other leg.
From layer menu select layer style>>create layers. Select and merge both the resulting layers. Remove the top right portion using eraser tool.
Create boots of the geek using pen tool.
Fill background with black color. Create an ellipse using elliptical shape tool. Move this layer below all the layers in layer order in layer palette.
Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select perspective. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.

Drawing a Cute Lion

Filed under: Drawing — Fiery Darts @ 7:57 pm

Drawing a Cute Lion
Create a circle using elliptical shape tool.
Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Select shell lower from the preset warp shapes at the top bar.
Create a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool.
Duplicate, rotate and place for the both ears.
Using pen tool draw lion’s hair in random zig zag manner. Move this layer below the face layer in layer order in layer palette.
Press Ctrl+T and squeeze down the shape vertically.
Create a rectangle for lion’s body using rectangular shape tool.
Create two ellipses using elliptical shape tool. Rotate and place for the legs on each side of the lion.
Select face and ear layers and merge together. Select body and legs layer and merge together. apply a two pixel stroke to the resulting layers. Apply stroke on hair layer too.
Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool.
From custom shape tool create a talk 3 shape.
Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select rotate 180 degrees. Overlap this shape with rectangle. select and merge both shapes. apply stroke.
Duplicate the layer. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select select flip horizontal. Place both legs as shown in the image below.
select both leg layers and merge together. select eraser tool and remove the upper lines of the legs.
Using brush tool with a 2 pixel width create a shape that connects legs with lions body in a new layer.
Create eyes and nose using elliptical shape tool.
select the nose layer. Enable subtract form shape area form the top bar. Draw a rectangle in upper half of the nose ellipse.
Using brush tool create lips and ear details.
Using pen tool in path mode create an arc shape.
Create a new layer. select brush tool with 2 pixel setting. In path window click on stroke path with brush. Duplicate and rotate to complete lion’s whiskers.
Using pen tool create lion’s tail. Move this layer below all the layers in layer order in layer palette.
Duplicate hair layer. scale it down and place at the end of the tail.

Drawing a Cartoon Magician

Filed under: Drawing — Fiery Darts @ 9:11 pm

Drawing a Cartoon Magician
Start by creating a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool.
Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Select squeeze form the custom warp preset on the top bar. Apply settings as shown.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.
Create an ellipse over the hat shape. Press Ctrl+Alt+G to create clipping mask. Apply a gradient overlay style.
Create a horizontal rounded rectangle for the flap of the hat. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Select arc from the custom shape presets. Apply settings as shown.
Apply stoke layer style.
Create an ellipse for the face of the magician using elliptical shape tool.
Enable add to shape area from the top bar.
Create a couple of circles for the ear using elliptical shape tool.
Apply stroke layer style.
Create two concentric circles for the eye. Duplicate the eye and place it on the other side.
Create a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool. Place it for the moustache.
Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.
Create two ellipse for the mouth using elliptical shape tool.
Create nose and ear using brush tool.
Create one half of the magician’s coat using pen tool.
Duplicate the layer. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select flip horizontal.
Create long collar using pen tool. Fill with a different color.
Create rounded rectangle for his shirt and use pen tool to create his legs. Move the layer below all layers in layer order in layer palette.
Create neck bow and a thin belt and place appropriately.
Use pen tool to create boots.
Create an ellipse for the hand using elliptical shape tool.
Create a rounded rectangle for the finger using rounded rectangle shape tool.
Duplicate the finger 4 times and place as shown.
Similarly create hand on the other side.
Create a rectangle for the magician’s stick using rectangular shape tool.
Create a circle using elliptical shape tool. Place the circle on the top of the magician’s stick.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.
Select and merge all the layers. Duplicate the layer. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select distort. Adjust nodes to create perspective shadow.
Fill the background with a gradient.
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