Create cartoon character

This character is from Naruto anime, which is famous not only among Japanese crazy fans but also worldwide. This tutorial will use Photoshop to draw and color Rock Lee. Let’s take part in!

Step 1

Create new document, 600 x 600 px set foreground and background to these colors : #ffffff and #2f6156

Then go to Filter >> Render >> Clouds

Create new layer. Hit G button to select Gradient Tool with default foreground and background color, and fill with follow the direction.

Change layer’s blending mode to Multiply

Step 2

Now we have a background. Link the two layers and merge them down.

Use Eliptical Marquee Tool to creat the selection, fill back color ( ON NEW LAYER ), then use Pen draw this path like this ( with 3 anchor point )

Right-click on screen, click Make Selection, choose New Selection on new menu

Fill #fee0c8 color ( on new layer )

More light detail and we finish his head

Use Pen, draw two path like this

Right-click on screen, choose Stroke Path with 45 px brush

Use Elipse Tool to draw this path

Make Selection, fill white color on new layer

Change to Path palette, click on Work Path layer to select the elip path we created, Stroke Path with 8 px brush

Zoom in. Use Eliptical Marquee Tool to creat this selection

Fill black color

Some details

Copy to left eye

Step 3

Nose and Mouth

Draw this path

Make selection and Stroke Path same last step, add some details path, Stroke it. Use Magic Wand Tool to select

Fill with #ffffff color. Continue with #486a3d color

REMEMBER( deselect the selection before you stroke path )

add some Shadow with Burn tool

Shade another item

and color the belt with #584e29.

and

Copy his right hand, transform it to his left hand and … We done ./.

Final Result