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For this tutorial we'll be using a photo of Kristen Stewart as a reference. It helps if the photo is quite large as you'll need to be able to see smaller details later on. If you can't find a large image that you like, follow the steps below. If you have one big enough, move straight to step 3. |
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| Can't find a photo you like in a big enough size? There's a method you can use to make it larger without losing too much quality. It's not ideal, but it'll do. First open up a photo. |
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This is Kristens eye zoomed in at 600%. See how pixelated it is? We can fix that. Go to image > image > size. Now select the drop-down box that says 'pixels' and change it to percent. Set it to 200 and hit ok. |
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| Now go to filter > sharpen > sharpen. You might need to do this a couple of times, but not too much as you'll lose an equal amount of quality as you started with. |
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It might not look much of a difference, but every detail helps later on when you come to paint the eyes and mouth etc. |
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| As this is simply a painting tutorial, I'm going to trace the outline directly from the photo to make a workable sketch. Take you photo and lower the opacity of it to around 60% Now make a new layer over it and name it sketch or similar. It really helps to name your layers, as you'll have a lot of them! Now take a bright color (I usually use blue, red or green) |
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| And get tracing! Use a very small brush. It's only basic, but make sure you get as much detail as possible in there. Zoom is your friend. |
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| Finshed Sketch |
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| Don't worry, it almost always looks scary at this stage, particularly if our subject is showing teeth.If you want to, you could always add lines preferably in a different color, outlining where you want your basic shades to go. |
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