First, make a mask of the girl's photo. Click the button in the circle, and you will get a white square in the photo layer. Then, use the black pen tool or brush tool to erase the background. Please make sure that you are working on the white square, not on the photo itself. )
Second, adjust the hue/saturation of the image, and drag the anchor point in the middle to the gray area to make the model gray. Another simpler method is to hold down CMD+Shift+U (the CTRL key in PC is usually the same as the cmd key in Mac). Create a new blank layer and place it at the bottom. Perform a layer new fill coating solid color on it. Adjust the size of the model photo. Through adjustment, I reduced the photo slightly to make it more suitable for the work. The shortcut key for resizing is cmd+T. (In the state of resizing, you might as well try to hold down shift, ctrl or cmd occasionally, which can get different effects. )
Third, copy the layer. Perform layer copy layer (model layer), or press cmd+J. Then perform layer creation and clipping mask. Now the top layer should have a small arrow pointing to the layer below.
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Fourth, process the top layer. Perform image adjustment shadows/highlights. Click the checkbox "Show more options", then modify the shadow number to 100, and adjust the midtone contrast to-100. Then use the filter to blur Gaussian blur, and the radius value is about 3.0. Then change the blending mode from normal to bright. The opacity check box is next to the blending mode, making sure its value is 70%. In addition, in this clipping mask layer, the face is covered with a mask to make the face less blurred. If all your steps are correct, it will look like the picture below.
5. Copy the model layer at the bottom and put it on the top, then set it as a clipping mask. Then, perform image adjustment shadow/highlight on the top layer. Refer to the parameters in the figure below, and finally perform mixed mode brightening.
Sixth, copy the top layer. This time, only use the model's right hand and cover the rest. Then perform image adjustment curve. If the adjusted appearance is not as white as you want, then change the blending mode to light. Copy this right-hand layer. Select two right-handed layers at the same time and merge them by performing layer merge. Set this layer as a clipping mask.
Seven, set the background to black. Double-click the layer, select Color Overlay, double-click the red square, and select Black. Open your splash picture in another window, and then select the color range. After you get the constituency you want, click OK. In many cases, what you don't want is selected in this constituency, so perform selection reversal to correct it. Now, drag the splash picture into our work window. Convert the picture to grayscale by executing cmd+shift+u. Repeat step 7 to make it whiter.
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Eight, use the mask to correct the splash to make it coordinate with the model's boots. In addition, this layer should be placed at the top, and not in the model's clipping mask. Then, according to your own wishes, use a splash brush to smear around. Use different transparencies in different places in order to achieve good light perception after mixing. In addition, you can also add some other special brushes. It should be noted that these operations are all carried out in the mask. Remember: the two model layers should always be at the top, and so far, the other things we put in should be at the bottom. Now let's add some splash. Insert a new splash picture, or copy the previous one.
Nine, use the splash brush to add different colors on different layers.
10. Create a new layer above the background layer and draw a triangle with the lasso tool. When the triangle selection is activated, use a brush to smear outside the selection to achieve such a cool effect.
Eleven, return to the white background layer again, and add some extra gray in the middle. Double-click the layer and set the parameters below.
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Twelve, add more splash, but this time draw behind the model layer, not in the mask. Make some triangles and circles. I added purple to the triangle, white to the circle and reduced their opacity. You can also find these graphics in the palette of the shape tool. Create a line with the lasso tool, let it exist in the lines made in the background before, and then move it up slightly. In this way, you get an extra effect. In this line, I used purple and reduced the opacity to 5%.
Thirteen, put some balls in the work, or anything else you like. I put some of my little things in Illustrator and added some effects with grid tools. Then, I pasted them into Photoshop and changed its blending mode to color filter. Draw some shadows behind these things with a brush. In addition, you can also tone these shadows with white.
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Fourteen, light effect. I will show you how to make those light effects. However, this is only a cursory pass, and you need a little practice to master it yourself.
Make some twinkling stars and polish their white parts, which will make them really shine. Finally, add something simple.
16. Check your image carefully and look for those unnatural places. At present, the hand is a bit strange. Create a new layer and put it in the model's clipping mask. Use a white brush to draw the edge of the hand to make it look sweet. Next is the final product!
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How to draw characters and how to draw cartoon characters.
If the painting technology is not up to imagining the expressions and movements of characters out of thin air, it is suggested that the best way is to start from copying.
All kinds of paintings can be copied, especially the colors and composition methods used by masters, as well as the description of characters' expressions and body movements. This is a very useful and effective training method.
After all, the so-called "familiar with 300 Tang poems, you can recite them even if you can't write poems", and you can copy more, and some fixed and commonly used expressions and angles will be much more handy. The second is to describe more real photos.
After all, the so-called vividness is to make a fake painting look real. The key is the so-called "true".
What the real action is like, what the real eyes are like, it still depends on how the "real" characters are made. And if you want to draw realistic cartoon characters, such as the works of illustrators such as Ordinary, Chen Shufen, Masago Kimiya and even Zhang Wang, it is very necessary to draw according to photos.
Because it can greatly exercise your level of character proportion, body structure, clothing material and so on. Among them, the proportion of human body is the most important.
If the proportion is wrong, no matter how excellent the details are, it is also a failed work. Of course, if you are talking about anime characters such as Xiaoxin, Maruko and Garfield, please automatically ignore this one.
(but in fact, this kind of cartoon characters also need to use proportion, but it's not that important.) The proportion of human body is really very important (I seem to have emphasized it? )。 If you don't have any confidence in this, I suggest starting with the basics.
Read more regular art textbooks, at least in two parts, first, the perspective principle, and second, the proportion of human body. These two are the foundation of all good works, the foundation, the soil, the bones, the meat in the braised pork and the money in the wallet.
In fact, these two things are not difficult to learn. You can understand them all in an hour or less. However, the key is to use it skillfully and draw it without any mistakes.
There is no other way to think about this, only to see more and practice more. Do you know the story of Da Vinci painting eggs? People have practiced so much, and we are not geniuses. Naturally, we have to work harder.
Of course, if you don't want to be that kind of super master, you don't have to practice drawing eggs every day. -draw more apples and green peppers or something.
The human body is the most complex mechanical structure in nature. Sorry, I forgot who said that.
But it makes sense. The actions that people can make are almost incalculable.
Therefore, after getting familiar with the proportion of human body, we should start to exercise the movements of drawing characters. Generally speaking, there are not many facial movements. Of course, Jim Carrey, who can make more than 100 kinds of expressions, is not in the ordinary category.
So the main thing to exercise is the whole body movements. This also requires more observation and practice.
Observe what it's like to walk, what it's like to talk on the phone while walking, and what it's like to watch the beautiful women around you while talking on the phone and drinking coffee (in fact, if you can draw the above description accurately, it's a very interesting cartoon). Of course, generally speaking, it's not so coincidental to see such a scene, but our brains can imagine it. After mastering some basic movements, you can combine all kinds of complicated movements.
As for facial expressions, you can look in the mirror more often and pose and express yourself more. Sure, please practice alone.
Otherwise, your roommate will panic if you put on a cold and arrogant expression for a while and a flattering expression for a while. Mirrors are not only used for facial expressions. If the mirrors are big enough, you can display many actions you want to draw first, and get to know what angle your arms will be, how to twist your waist naturally, and what the wrinkles on your trouser legs are like.
This is very useful for beginners. After all, the difficulty of following and thinking about painting is completely different by several grades. Another important point to mention is hand drawing.
Hand is a very complicated thing, and it is also a headache for the author. Because there are too many forks.
Moreover, each fork is divided into three small segments, and although the position of the hand on the screen is very small, it is very important. If the hand is drawn rigidly or even unreasonable, the characters will never be vivid. Generally speaking, my experience is that I draw my own hands when practicing.
Just can see, and there are two, is the best model, don't delay the other hand to draw. When I was practicing, I used to draw my hands in various positions.
This exercise is very effective. You can accurately grasp what the hand looks like when making various movements, how the joints change, how the shadows are covered, and so on. And the biggest advantage of this exercise is that it can be done anytime and anywhere.
As long as you have a pen and paper and a desk. When the left hand is practiced, the right hand will actually be self-taught.
If it really doesn't work, you can also borrow the help of the mirror, and the left hand in the mirror becomes the right hand. Then clothes.
Clothes are too much, because there are problems with style and material. It is suggested that novices draw simple clothes first. The advantage of this is that there is no need to consider the style and the material is single.
The function is to practice how to express the body curve of the characters under the cover of clothes and how to draw the basic folds of clothes. With this foundation, when you are proficient, you can advance to two different development directions, one is clothes with different materials, and the other is clothes with different styles.
The first development direction I choose is different materials. So the characters put on leather shirts, linen shirts, silk shirts, pure cotton shirts and patent leather shirts (do you have patent leather shirts? Because the lines and wrinkles produced by various materials are different, the light and shadow effects are also different, so this is very useful for practicing sketching and color techniques.
It's like a leather garment with many folds, but the span is small but long and smooth, and the contrast between highlights and shadows is very heavy. The folds of cotton shirts are large and long, but not smooth and the boundaries are clear.
Silk shirts, on the other hand, are generally light in wrinkles and smooth in undulations. Unless the elbows are bent at a large angle, the wrinkles are small, and they are mostly round, which means looking at many bodies.
How to sketch a character
The first step, conception and composition.
Before painting, we should develop the habit of observing the characteristics of the object and brewing our own emotions. According to the object's occupation, age, temperament, hobbies, etc., consider how to behave and what kind of effect you want to achieve.
If you have a plan in mind, you will be bold and chic when you write. Don't paint in a hurry, pay attention to whether the position of the character is suitable and the space in front of the character is larger when composing.
Although this is a cliche, it is the key to determine whether the whole painting is complete and comfortable. The second step is to pay close attention to the outline.
This is very important. Tall buildings rise from the ground, and it is unimaginable without a solid wall foundation.
The outline is the foundation of the wall. To grasp it accurately, we must grasp the basic shape of the head, the position of the five senses, the position of the boundary between light and shade, and the relationship between the head and the shoulder. To draw an accurate outline, we must observe and compare the whole, and use more auxiliary lines to help determine the position.
When grasping the shape, we should pay close attention to the characteristics and draw it like a picture. The appearance is beginning to take shape, and the image is ready to come out.
Just as the artist at the gate of the park uses scissors to silhouette, it is easy to show the character image, although we can't see the thin internal structure clearly, we can still recognize him. Some people didn't pay attention to this step, and the shape was still very vague, so they hurried to draw the five senses.
How can the painting drawn in this way approach the object! On the basis of drawing the correct shape, the position of the five senses also needs to be worked hard. When drawing facial features, we should pay attention to the use of the central axis. Except for the absolute front, the central axis is an isolated line according to the dynamics of the head. Many students don't understand this. When drawing a slightly sideways angle, the head can't always turn, and of course it feels very bad.
According to the basic law of three stops and five eyes, the position of the five senses can find out the image characteristics of people in the * * * nature, and draw thousands of differences between people. Pay attention to the length, width and thickness of eyebrows, eyes, nose and ears when sketching.
If this step is not accurate, don't go deep, let alone light and shade. When drawing eyebrows, we should pay attention to the bone points in the upper and lower recesses of the eye socket and the deep eyebrows presented by the convex turning point of the temporal bone.
When drawing eyes, the four corners of the eyes should be on a parallel line, otherwise the eyes will be high and low and feel uncomfortable. It is very important to draw eyes. There is a difference between the upper eyelid and the lower eyelid. Generally, the upper eyelid is heavier because of its thickness and deep eyelashes. The shadow is projected on the eyeball, which is often the deepest part of the whole painting, and it is very magical. It is also easy to wrap the eyeball in the eyelid.
The lower eyelid should be bright when exposed to light, otherwise it will be like playing makeup. The description of the mouth is also related to people's expressions.
First of all, we must determine the thickness of the upper and lower lips, but also pay attention to the fact that the lips can not be hooked too hard with lines, and the mouth is drooping and drooping, which is very subtle. Drawing ears should be linked with eyes, nose and mouth. Some candidates are reluctant to draw more ears and even regard them as a burden.
Either you can't get past it and affect the space, or you jump badly and destroy the whole. The boundary line between light and shade is the key to determine the depth and volume of the head. The cheekbones are at the most prominent part of the boundary line, with high and low, prominent and soft, depending on the visual characteristics.
Although the cheekbones in the light area are not so obvious, they must be drawn symmetrically with the dark part. By the way, it is very important to be symmetrical in character sketching, such as eyes, ears and nostrils.
The natural color of hair is black. As long as you analyze it carefully, it is by no means dark, and there is also a contrast between light and shade.
Hair is formed on the skull, and the structure must be considered in hairstyle and light and shade. Try to draw your hair fluffy and rich in texture.
The third step, in-depth characterization. At this time, we should take a good look at it and see which parts are deepest and strongest, so we should start from these places, usually starting from the eyebrows, eyes, nose and temporal bones, and we can grasp the characteristics at once and draw a big relationship, but we must avoid staring at the painting repeatedly, so that the local painting is too much and the relationship is out of balance.
What to draw first and then what to draw can be considered according to the characteristics of the object. For example, the angle is a little biased, the cheekbones are more prominent, some knife-shaped eyebrows are thick and full of personality, and some eyes are intense, so it will start. In-depth, we should always maintain the overall relationship, and understand that the quality of a painting mainly depends on the overall sense and integrity of the whole picture. If we just stay on the five senses and think that it is the finishing touch and ignore other aspects, the whole picture will not be good.
When we watch art exhibitions, we always look at the whole painting from a distance, are interested in some parts, and then look closer. No one goes straight to the painting and stares at some parts when watching art exhibitions. Wouldn't that be ridiculous? In the depth, I first focus on the contrast between light and shade of the whole picture, and I compare it as the main contradiction. Then there is the ratio between dark and dark, and the ratio between bright and bright, which I regard as a secondary contradiction.
The main contradiction determines the secondary contradiction, grasps the big relationship, and pays attention to the subtle relationship, so the whole picture has its own order and can be carried out in an orderly way. Every time you go deeper, you start from the most convex part and drive the second Ming part.
Pay attention to the relationship around the orbicularis oculi muscle in eye painting, consider the block surface of orbicularis oculi muscle in mouth painting, and pay attention to the connection between nasal bone, alar and cheek in nose painting. At the same time, we should also consider the proportion of this part in the whole face.
In a word, in the process of deepening, we should always consider the whole, and the primary and secondary are in their proper places. The fourth step is to adjust.
Generally, candidates always like to draw down until the end, feeling breathless. There is no time to think about it. Leave 15-20 minutes to adjust the big relationship.
In fact, such an idea is very bad. Adjustment is both in-depth and generalization, which makes the overall effect of the picture more complete. Subtraction should be done to integrate trivial details and strengthen the big relationship.
Adjustment is also a comprehensive embodiment of candidates' artistic accomplishment. It is worth pondering what kind of picture effect is presented to the examiner and what kind of picture effect is outstanding among many candidates. Draw a good portrait, especially a portrait.
Avoid formulaic and conceptual mechanical description of characters, as if the characters were carved in a model, always so dull and lifeless. To draw a portrait of a character, first of all, it is necessary to have both form and spirit, and pay attention to the depiction of the character's internal character and emotion.
As long as we pay more attention to the expression of emotional changes in eyebrows, eyes and mouth in our usual practice and draw at the most natural and vivid moment, we can make the picture alive. I think the combination of form and spirit is the highest requirement of portrait painting, and it is never pursued after the skill is improved.
In short, to draw a good portrait sketch, get a solid foundation and accurate modeling ability, you still need to draw more pictures to get it. As the saying goes, "Practice makes perfect", and skills come from hard work.
At the same time, there are more optimistic models.
How to draw cartoon characters
By the way, some suggestions:
1. If you don't have a little foundation, you'd better buy a book on comic skills. The introduction in the book usually has several pages and is more detailed.
2. Pay attention to the well-drawn cartoon characters you come into contact with in your daily life, practice according to them and find out the feeling.
3. Practice more at ordinary times. You can find a place to practice on draft paper, waste paper and sand whenever and wherever you want.
Basic painting method:
1。 Draw the outline and pay attention to the coordination of the proportion of the head and body, otherwise it will be awkward to look at. Draw lightly when sketching.
2。 After the outline is determined, there are lines to draw, and the redundant lines are erased.
3。 When drawing hair, pay attention to drawing the ear, because the hair in the ear flows, and if you want to cover your ear with hair, you can wipe it off again.
4。 The facial features, eyebrows and eyes should be symmetrical as far as possible. If you draw the side, you can rely on the facial reference line (cross) to reflect the three-dimensional sense. The skill book on drawing the side features is very detailed.
5。 Draw the neck, and pay attention to the difference between men and women, for example, boys are thicker and girls are thinner.
6。 Draw a basic figure, and also pay attention to the difference between men and women. Men are thicker and stronger, while women are more flexible.
7。 Finally, clothes. What kind of clothes do you like? Design suitable clothes for your cartoon characters. Wipe off the skin covered by clothes after drawing them.
8。 Just make the final revision.
9。 I wish you success.
How to draw the face of an anime character
Steps of drawing cartoon characters' faces: Material: a pencil, a piece of white paper and a cute eraser 1. First of all, when drawing the faces of male or female characters, in order to make facial organs such as eyes look symmetrical, we'd better draw a draft first, as shown in the figure. First, draw a circle, and draw two horizontal lines and a vertical line in the outline of the circle. The direction in which the lines bend is the direction in which the faces of the characters face.
2. After the draft is finished, the five senses will be drawn on the face of the character. As shown in the figure, be careful not to draw the outline of the horizontal line outside the eyes. The nose and mouth should be as close as possible to the vertical line of the draft, and the outline of the cheeks should be slightly protruding, while the outline lines close to the eyes should be slightly recessed. 3. After drawing the face of the character, we should also draw the hair and ears of the character. Note that the hair can be drawn outside the outline of the draft, and the ears should be drawn on the side of the face slightly below the eyes. Don't forget to erase the lines of the draft after drawing.
4. Let's talk about how to draw the side face of a male figure. As shown in the figure, it is best to draw the lines of the side face with edges and corners, the eyebrows should be obviously protruding, and the chin should be slightly recessed. It is better not to draw the nose too long. 5. Then there is the side face of the female character. First, we have to draw a draft, as shown in the figure. First, draw a circle, and draw a line connecting the nose and chin under the circle. This is the simple outline of the side face of the female character.
6. After drawing the outline of the side face, draw an eye at a certain distance from the outline line, and then draw a mouth under the nose. Pay attention to that the lines of the female side face should be softer than the male side face. 7. Finally, it is the face of the Q version of the character. As shown in the figure, one side of the character's face should protrude to make it look like a baby's fat, and then draw ears on the other side of the face. The simple Q version of the character's face is drawn.
Method 2: 1, first draw a square. 2. Then draw a cute reticle on it.
3. Draw a circle according to the reticle. 4. Draw a face again.
5. Draw simple facial features. 6. Add details.
7. Draw hair. 8, modify it, and it's done.
How to draw cartoon characters
The proportion of human body is really very important. The proportion of anime characters is usually drawn according to nine body, and the lines should be smooth. Before painting, it is usually said that there are three courtyards and five eyes. The faces of anime characters are relatively thin, their chins are relatively sharp, and their eyes are relatively large. Men's faces are very prominent on their brow bones and cheekbones, and their eyes are deep, while women's faces can hardly see their brow bones, cheekbones and eyes. The clothes on their bodies should highlight the sense of wrinkles, bright side and dark side. In terms of hair, there should be a sense of layering, which is manifested in coloring. Highlight the bright side and the dark side, use light color for the bright side and dark color for the dark side. If you draw a picture, first draw a draft on the paper with a pencil. Steps: 1. Determine the background.
The position and size of the scene and characters (near the big and far from the small) 2. Draw the general outline of the scene 3. Use lines to represent the dynamics of the characters. 4. Draw the scenery and human form with a pencil.
(Don't be too careful, you'll have to cross the line later.) 5. Erase the redundant lines and make a slight modification. It is the foundation of art to draw animation from the draft. If you want to draw well, you must first establish the character's character and contrast the bright and dark parts. The lines should be smooth, and don't write too hard when drawing. After painting, start to color, and the color should be light on the bright side and dark on the dark side: if you draw anime characters, if you are a girl over 15 years old, it is nine heads, that is to say, the height is nine times the length of the head 8~ 14 years old, usually 5, 6, 7 and 8 heads.
Lori's words, it's 3-4. Boys often have 0.5~2 more heads than girls at the same age (I study art, if you don't understand anything, you can ask me! )。
How to draw people's skin with colored lead?
1. Draw gently with a pencil. Don't use too much force.
2. Describe the five senses first to see if the big feeling is right, and see if there are any crooked places. 3. Then, from the eyes, the skin color around the eyes is gradually portrayed.
4. Two eyes are drawn, the eyeliner is black and the eyelashes are as long as makeup. 5. The facial skin is painted with a faint flesh color and a little khaki.
6. Describe your mouth carefully and pay attention to the difference between your upper and lower lips. 7. Adjust the whole to see if there are any uncomfortable and unnatural places. When the face is painted, start to draw hair. The hair is lightly shaded with khaki, and then the earrings are portrayed.
8. Then paint the left half. 9. The black clothes are finally painted, and the background is painted with a faint pink color, and the work is completed.
Create a personalized cartoon family portrait with Meitu Xiu Xiu. Let's take a look at how to do it with Xiaobian:
1. Open a family photo under Meitu Xiu Xiu software, enter the beautification menu, click "matting pen-automatic matting", use matting pen to draw a green line on a person's head, and delete the red line when unnecessary. When the portrait path is determined, click "Finish matting".
Tip: If the background of your family photo is complicated, it is recommended to choose manual matting to pick up the avatar.
2. Jump to the new interface, click "Foreground as the material", save the selected head portrait in "Ornaments-User-defined", then cross out this edit box, and follow one or two steps to pick up the heads of other people in the photo and save them as the material.
3. Click "New" to create a transparent canvas after all people's heads are cut, then click "Cartoon Image" under the "Ornaments" menu, select the appropriate cartoon characters according to the characteristics of the people in the photo, and adjust the size and position of each material.
4. Still under the "Accessories" menu, click "User-defined" classification to add the previously selected avatars, and adjust the size, position and angle of each avatar to connect with the cartoon characters. Where it is inappropriate, you can make some corrections, such as clicking "Accessories-Hat" to add a certain high hat to dad to solve the problem that the cartoon hat is covered by the avatar.
5. The color of the mother's hair is different from that of the original cartoon character. Then enter the "Beautify" menu, click the "Graffiti Pen" function, and paint the cartoon character's hair black with a black brush, which can enlarge and handle it more conveniently. Then click "Save and Share" and select. PNG format to save the picture to your computer for later use.
6. Then let's make a background picture. First, Baidu search finds some cartoon illustration materials, open them under the software, enter the "beautification" menu and use "matting pen-manual matting" to dig out the materials.
7. Click "Add Foreground" to dig out other illustration materials, then select a lovely background picture, adjust the size, position and angle of each illustration material, and click "OK" after adding shadows.
8. After the background picture is made, right-click the mouse to select "Insert a picture", import the previously saved picture in the family portrait. PNG format, adjust the size and position to connect with the background, and you're done!
Let's take a look at the final renderings: