Let's take a look at the effect comparison chart first.
1, the analysis image is analyzed according to the principles of texture and color.
overlapping
The skin is at the bottom, then clothes, facial shadows, hair, beard and so on. Then a layer of hair highlights, white eyes, then a layer of eyes, and finally eyes.
colour
Brown skin, clothes color, shadow gray, black hair, black beard, tall hair, white eyes, eyeballs, light eyes, etc.
2. Create a filled layer PS, open the original image, and create a new solid color filled layer. Choose brown #e4ad7b as the color, and rename it: skin (double-click the layer name to rename it).
3. Modify the layer mask of the solid color layer selected in layer mask and fill it with black (layer mask's principle: black is transparent and white is opaque).
Used in layer mask.
We fill the areas that need to keep white, so we fill them all in black first, and then choose the areas that need to keep white.
Color fill shortcut key
Ctrl+delete (fill background color) and alt+delete (fill foreground color).
4. Sketch the selection and select the pen tool to sketch the skin area.
Usage of Pen Tool: Click the anchor points, and a path (straight line by default) will be automatically generated between each anchor point. Press and hold the second anchor point to control the path to bend freely, delete the anchor point (click the anchor point), add the anchor point (click the path), move the anchor point (ctrl+ click the anchor point), and change the tangent direction of the anchor point (alt+ click the tangent line).
Create a selection for the created path (shortcut key: ctrl+Enter) and fill the selection with white.
5. Repeat the operation, first hide the skin layer (easy to observe), and create a shadow filling layer with the shadow color #757575.
Rename the shadow layer, reduce the transparency of the layer, change the blending mode to positive superposition (this will be closer to the shadow effect), outline the shadow area with the pen tool, create a selection and fill it with white.
Similarly, hide other fill layers and create a black fill layer named hair. Use the pen tool to outline the areas that need to be blackened, such as hair, eyebrows, auricles, eyes, beard, clothes, etc. , and create a selection, filled with white.
Then create a brown filling layer as the highlight of the hair. I choose brown #985a4d as the highlight color here to outline the highlight area of my hair. This part should be more detailed (the effect will be better), and the selection area should be established and filled with white.
Then create a white filling layer, outline the white area, create a selection and fill it with white.
Then create a black filling layer, outline the eyeball area, establish a selection, and fill it with white.
Then create a white filling layer, outline the eye lamp and T-shirt area, establish the selection area, and fill it with white.
Show all layers, and the basic effect will come out. Adjust the details (mainly the connection between swatches).
6. Create a background Select all the fill layers, drag them to the folder at the bottom, and package them into a group (convenient operation).
Select the background layer, and then create a solid color fill layer. As the background color, the background color I choose here is reddish brown #9b5c5c commonly used in Marvel comics.
Finally, right-click the background layer, select the plane layer, save and finish.
Let's take an intuitive look at the contrast effect, is it dazzling!
Ok, that's it for the tutorial. Have you learned?
Stay tuned for more practical ps tutorials.