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Drawing Cartoon Character

Photoshop is not only a tool for retouching photo but can also replace the Illustrator position as a drawing pen. This tutorial shows you how to draw a cartoon character with Photoshop.

1. Creat a new document, size 600 x 400 pt

2. Creat 5 shapes, color it like this

3. Creat a new polygon with Sides: 15, random size

4. Effect >> Distort & Transform >> Pucket & Bloat

5. Copy and arrange this shape to background

6. Make a new rectangular shape fit to page. Then Right-Click, and

select Make Clipping Mask

7. Lock all obj. Creat new Eliptical shape, rotate it 7 > 10 degree,

stroke 3 pt, fill dark blue color.

8. Fill this Gradient for shape

9. Object >> Path >> Outline Stroke, then Ungroup, and you have two obj, one

is stroke only , one is fill only

10. Hide stroke only obj, Use Pen Tool to creat new path cross the

eliptical, open Pathfinder pattlet, select Devide, then Ungroup

and you have two shapes

11. Fill right obj with #273E82 color, unhide stroke only obj

12. Do the same step, you have

13. Make two Circle obj, and make these shadows same the last step

14. Use Pen Tool make the ” cổ sleeve ” ^^! and arm

15. Creat new shape by Pen, draw a path and Devide to creat shadows

16. Do it again.

17. Use Pen draw a shape to make highlight point in head

18. Draw two shape like this and select Include in Pathfinder

Patllet, make stroke with 2 px and copy it to creat two glasses

19. Draw new circle obj, then draw a line cross the center of circle

20. Use Add Anchor Point Tool , Creat new anchor in middle of the

line, same the center f the circle.

21. Use ( Convert

Anchor Point Tool ). Click to new anchor and drag

22. Effect >> Distort & Transforms >> Twist, with angel = 500 degree

23. Stroke this line by 3 pt, Copy and Rotate

24. Creat a Shadows and Highlight in glasses

25. Draw new 3 shapes like this, Hit Add To Shape button in

patllet

26. Fill color, use Pen and Devide to make shadows and highlights. It a face

27. Move it to body, Hit Ctrl + [ or Ctrl + ] to obj positions

28. Creat 2 obj like this, select all and Object >> Blend >> Make

29. Double-Click in Blend Icon in Tool patllet

30. Move to face, it cheek !!!

31. Use Pen to draw a beard, creat shadow, highlight

32. Draw eliptical obj, fill color like this

33. Put it to the background, draw simple shape to creat eyebrows, draw a few

virus here, and you have

34. Draw a rectangular obj fit the page, and select all, then Clipping Mask

them, this is the last Result ..!!! ( exported to JPG )