Smart Photoshop

Drawing a Construction Worker

Filed under: drawing — admin @ 7:22 pm

Drawing a construction worker

Start by creating a circular shape using elliptical shape tool.

Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.

Enable add to shape area form the top bar.

Create a ellipse for the nose and create a circle for the ear using elliptical shape tool.

Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.

Create a circle using elliptical shape tool.

From layer menu select layer style>>create layers. Select and merge both the layers. Remove the upper area using eraser tool.

Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape of the cap as shown.

Create flap of the cap using pen tool.

Create a couple of circles using elliptical shape tool. Apply the stroke layer style as before.

Create lips of the man using pen tool.

Create a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool.

Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.

Enable add to shape area form the top bar. Create two rectangles for the legs using rectangular shape tool.

Apply the stroke layer style as before.

Create rest of the body part using pen tool.

Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select distort. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown. Duplicate the layer and place it for the other side.

Duplicate, scale down and change color to a darker one for both the rectangles.

Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.

Duplicate the layer and place it for the other side.

Create a rectangle for the bottom fold of the trousers using rectangular shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Select arc from the preset warp shapes at the top bar.

Create a rounded rectangle for the arm using rounded rectangle shape tool. Move this layer below all the layer in layer order in layer palette.

Duplicate the layer and place as shown.

Create a shoe for the man using pen tool.

Duplicate the layer. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select flip horizontal.

Create moustache of the man using pen tool and place above the lips.

Create a few hair strands using pen tool. Add a few lines to create details in the uniform using brush tool.

Apply a nice gradient to the background.

Comments (2)

Walk Cycle of a Stick Man

Filed under: drawing — admin @ 7:02 pm

Drawing walk cycle of a stick man

Start by creating a circle using elliptical shape tool.

Using line tool create body of the stick man.

Using line tool create arms & legs of the stick man.

Create the rear arm and legs using a slightly different shade.

Since one pose is completed group the layers. Duplicate this group and hide the original one. In this group adjust the body parts as shown in the image below.

Similarly create more groups for each pose of walk cycle. Each image below belongs to one group of walk cycle pose.

We have created 7 different groups of poses. Good enough to create a nice walk cycle. Using custom shape tool create a tree shape. Place this layer behind the stick man layer groups.

Duplicate and place as shown in the image.

Merge the tree layers. Create 2 duplicates. Place one on each side of the original trees layers. Merge all tree layers.

Open animation window. For the first frame keep the position of tree layer as shown in the image.

Duplicate frame. Move the tree layer and move it towards left. Try to keep the appearance of tree layer as close as possible to the previous frame. This will ensure a smooth loopable animation.

Press the tween button in animation window. Apply settings as shown.

Delete the last frame. Now we have 7 frames and 7 poses groups.

Select each frame and keep hiding /unhiding walk cycle pose groups sequentially.

Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S to save an optimized animated GIF.

Comments (13)

Drawing a Cartoon Dog

Filed under: drawing — admin @ 7:13 pm

Drawing a cartoon dog

Start by creating a circle using elliptical shape tool.

Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.

Create a circle using elliptical shape tool and place it for the eye.

On top of it create two more smaller circles to create the eye ball.

Duplicate the eye and place it on the other side. Scale it down.

Using pen tool create a shape like shown in the image.

Create a circle using elliptical shape tool. Move this layer below the previous layer in the layer palette.

Create another rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool. Fill it with a different color. Place it for the nose.

Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.

Similarly apply stroke on the other parts.

Create a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool.

Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.

Place it for the ear. Apply stroke.

Duplicate, flip horizontal and place it for the other ear.

Create a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown. This will serve as the lower body of the dog.

Enable add to shape area from top bar and using pen tool create leg shape.

Duplicate the leg path. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select flip horizontal.

Using pen tool create a shape to show rear leg.

Apply stroke on all parts.

Create a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool. Place it for the tail.

Apply stroke. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get a tail shape as shown.

Create an ellipse using elliptical shape tool. Place it for the neck band. Move the layer in layer palette so that it’s below the face and above the body in layer order.