Drawing a Cartoon Magician |
| Start by creating a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool. |
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| 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. |
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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 an ellipse over the hat shape. Press Ctrl+Alt+G to create clipping mask. Apply a gradient overlay style. |
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| 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. |
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| Apply stoke layer style. |
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| Create an ellipse for the face of the magician using elliptical shape tool. |
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| Enable add to shape area from the top bar. |
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| Create a couple of circles for the ear using elliptical shape tool. |
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| Apply stroke layer style. |
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| Create two concentric circles for the eye. Duplicate the eye and place it on the other side. |
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| Create a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool. Place it for the moustache. |
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| Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown. |
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| Create two ellipse for the mouth using elliptical shape tool. |
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| Create nose and ear using brush tool. |
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| Create one half of the magician’s coat using pen tool. |
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| Duplicate the layer. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select flip horizontal. |
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| Create long collar using pen tool. Fill with a different color. |
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| 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. |
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| Create neck bow and a thin belt and place appropriately. |
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| Use pen tool to create boots. |
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| Create an ellipse for the hand using elliptical shape tool. |
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| Create a rounded rectangle for the finger using rounded rectangle shape tool. |
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| Duplicate the finger 4 times and place as shown. |
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| Similarly create hand on the other side. |
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| Create a rectangle for the magician’s stick using rectangular shape tool. |
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| Create a circle using elliptical shape tool. Place the circle on the top of the magician’s stick. |
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| Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown. |
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| 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. |
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| Fill the background with a gradient. |
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Drawing a Cartoon Magician
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this is a cool tutorial. thanks for sharing!
Comment by moi — April 25, 2006 @ 11:05 pm
Don’t know if this tutorial will come in handy…
But nice anyway
Comment by Ekke — April 26, 2006 @ 2:39 am
Thanks for sharing this tutorial with us. I feel it was very helpful cause now i m learning to draw cartoon with photoshop…for assignment purpose… Thankz a lot
Comment by phoebee — May 3, 2006 @ 2:34 am
i new in using photoshop.
I can’t get the warp section.
Can i know what photoshop that u used?
and different between photoshop cs2 & photoshop (normal)
Comment by anne — May 21, 2006 @ 10:08 pm
The warp selection is located in version CS2.
Comment by Fiery Darts — May 22, 2006 @ 7:22 am
Does the magic wand glow cast a shadow?, it’s magic!
Comment by Pablo — June 2, 2006 @ 9:42 am
very nice it is, thanks for tips
Comment by sarder bakiruddin — December 6, 2006 @ 6:05 am