Colorize Image Using Shapes

This tutorial will guide you colourize an image, it can be even brush. Shading in it is done with the help of shapes and different size of brushes. The light version of the base colour has been used for the lines and shine.

Preview :

Lets get started.

Step 1:

1. Import an image in Adobe Photoshop.

Image:

Step 2 :

1. Select a colour for the skin, it depends upon your choice but here I have used a colour close to human skin.

2. Select Pen Tool and start drawing over the lines of the skin in the image.

See the following image :

Step 3:

1. Following the above method, draw all the shapes of the design including hair, face, eyes, lips, hands, legs and dress.

2. To give it more clear look, select any simply brush having no blur effect. Its size should be 2 or 3. Select only lines for the pen tool as shown in the image below. Start drawing where you want the lines to be located and at the end, right click the point and select "stroke path". Select Brush. The line will the displayed.

See the following image :

Step 4:

1. As we have made a base shape for the hair, we only need to use different colours to show straw-coloured hair.

2. Select the skin colour and choose its light version. Use brush to apply it on different parts of body for example forehead, cheeks and lips. Select the cherry red colour for the cheeks.

3. Select the light version of the colour for the shirt, remember, its colour should be the LIGHT version of the SAME colour you have used for the shirt. Apply it using brush on different parts.

4. If you have any brush of flowers/shapes/grunge, apply it according to your idea on the shirt in order for a printed look. See the following image :

Step 5:

1. Draw an ellipse. Select red colour for the cherries. If you wish to give it more realistic look, you may open the layer properties and select inner glow and emboss.

2. For the stick, use green colour not so dark not so light. Open its layer properties and choose inner glow in parrot green colour and emboss with dark one.

See the following image :

Result :

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I hope it helps a bit.