Designing the Girl With a Cat in Photoshop

A beautiful and very artistic illustration tutorial.

Create a file with a resolution of 600x800 and 100dpi.

Paint the background using the color code (bdbfb4). 

Choose the instrument and create our girl's silhouette.

The color code is 9a5131.

Make a new copy of the silhouette with 9c9990 color code and insert it under the copied background. Move it a little to the left, like in the picture.

Now make the hair. Draw the way it is indicated in the picture, using the instrument . The background should be under everything. The holding the Alt button, make a mouse click on this background.

As a result the background will become a mask. We'll get the next.

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Take the instrument again and make outlines of the eyebrows, eyes and lips.

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Choose the instrument and draw the eyes on the new background.

To create the shadows choose instrument

After finishing them, click twice on these backgrounds and choose from menu everything like in the picture, except the gradient's direction.

The color code (8f4a2e) is for the lighter color and 743621 is for the dark color.

On a new background, using the instrument , make the fringe.

Under the fringe's background, draw the shadow with dark color. It must have the same shape as in the picture. Using the instrument wipe up the shadow's bottom and set out the background as in the picture. The shadow will be transparent.

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Pass to the cat's tail creation, which is situated on the girl's back. Use the instrument and make a tail like in the picture. Make a mouse click on the background and set out the parameters like it is shown.

Don't forget about the gradient's direction. The gradient must be painted in white and black.

Pass to the cat's drawing on the girl's shoulder.

1. Make the cat's outline and the gradient on ears. Color codes (000000) for the dark one and acada 5.

2. The outline will help us to draw the ears. The color code is acada5.

3. Make also the nose and the mouth using the instrument and make the gradient as I have shown to you it earlier.

4. Draw the eyes using this instrument . First white, then blue. Using the brush paint a little white. Finally draw the pupil of the eye.

1. Now make the pads and put on them gradient as I have explained to you earlier.

2. The same way make the cat's shadow. The color codes are 632e1b for the dark color and 7e4027 for the light color.

3. Using the Line Tool instrument make the claws.

Our picture is almost done. Fix the last feature. Using the instrument , draw the highlight on the lips of white color.

The final result.

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