![]() But what is more important is the + symbol in front of the name. It’s a good idea to name that big group with your character’s name or description (eg.: boy, child, woman, etc.)I will name it +Vicky, since her name is Vicky. You can see on the image that I’ve put all of this little girl’s layers in one unnamed group. ![]() The parts that need their own layer are: both pupils, both eyeballs, each of the eyelashes, both eyebrows, the mouth, both arms and in this case, both the pigtails. That goes also for the face shape, top hair, the ears, the nose and the freckles which are drawn together too. Let’s take this simple character and explore its layers!Īs you can see here, her torso and legs are drawn in one layer, they will not be assigned any movement or behaviors by the program. You don’t need every single part of your character on a separate layer though, only the ones that will move independently or have behaviors assigned by the program. When working with Adobe Photoshop to create a puppet, it’s very important that you draw your puppet’s body parts in different layers. The way you name your layers and groups is very important because Character Animator uses these names to recognize the puppet’s body parts. We will also use that term to describe a character that is being prepared to be used in CA.ĭo you prefer to prepare your puppet in Adobe Illustrator? Take a look at our tutorial How to Make a Character Animator Puppet in Adobe Illustrator.Ģ. Now we will learn how to create a fully functional character in Adobe Photoshop! One important thing you need to know is that when you upload your character in Character Animator, it is called a puppet. Right click the path and select 'Make Selection'.If you follow our tutorial series you know already what Adobe Character Animator is and how it works. Create a new layer and grab your pen tool and start making your label. The color I'm using is #D6A559 but choose whatever color suits your image To bring up the Layer Styles Dialog box just double click the jar layer. Fill the selection with any color, we will be changing it in the next step.Īpply these layer styles to this layer. Right click the path and select 'Make Selection'. Use your pen tool and create the shape of a jar. Create a new layer and name it jar (place this in a folder). Note: it is always a good idea to place your layers into their own folders. Repeat the last steps to create the other path.Ĭhange the Opacity of this line layer to 13%. Right click the path and select Stroke Path. Make sure your Foreground and Background colors are set to black and white. Before grabbing your pen tool change your paint brush tool to these settings. Create a new layer below your texture layer. Now we will create some background lines to help us with the placement of the peanuts. Then change the layer style to Linear Burn with an Opacity of 47%. Open the texture up in Photoshop and Drag and Drop into your image. Just in case I want to use it later in another project.įill the background (paint bucket tool) with any color you like, for this tutorial I will be using a brownish/red color #9d1313.Īpply the texture from your Resources. ![]() The size of my document is 3900px x 3000px with a resolution of 300. Open up Photoshop and create a new document. Preview of Final Results Download the PSDĬomic Illustration.zip | 15.36 MB Download from Website Comic Illustration Photoshop Tutorialįirst, I started off drawing my illustration on paper and scanned it into my computer. ![]() This tutorial will require extensive use of the pen tool. In this tutorial you will learn how to create comic style characters in Photoshop.
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