how to draw 3d cartoon characters in photoshop

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In this tutorial, we will explicate how to draw a cartoon monster character in Photoshop. Permit's get started! This tutorial is a collaboration with a talented designer, Bei Hasan.

Before We Start: Research

In this design, the client request the graphic symbol be a funny monster who has a typical Sundanese culture. Offset, we need to do a research on the typical style of a Sundanese Grapheme. One of the most notable Sundanese artform tin be found in Wayang Golek. In Wayang Golek, there is a funny and lovable grapheme named Si Cepot. You can hands establish many references on Si Cepot by googling information technology.

Our monster character volition be similar to Cepot, with sarung worn on his breast. Sundanese sarung normally has box patterns as in photo beneath.

Step 1: Sketching and Tracing

Our next footstep is cartoon the sketch. Gear up pencils and paper. Traditional is e'er faster. Even though Wacom is a bully product, it will never beat simple pencils and newspaper, in my stance. Offset by drawing the character'south chief body. Use HB pencil for thinner line.

Stride 2

Add more than definition onto the character using 2B pencil.

Footstep 3

Browse the sketch at very loftier resolution then open information technology in Photoshop. Hit Command/Ctrl + 50 to open Levels dialog and then move the slider until all the edges are very dark.

Step 4

Activate Brush tool and open Brush panel. Reduce spacing and actuate Shape Dynamic. Set it to Pen Pressure so the brush will go taper upshot based on how much pressure we use while drawing.

Step 5

Make new layer. Trace and clean up the sketch we have made earlier.

Below you lot can come across the taper effect made past Dynamic Shape setting on the Brush panel.

Step vi: Sarung

At this point we will work on its sarung. To keep the layers organized, information technology is ever a practiced idea to utilise group layer. In Layers console, brand new group layer and named it sarung. From this pace onward, put all your painting in new layer within this group layer.

Select sarung on his chest by clicking using Magic Wand tool. If your selection is leaking exterior the sarung, it means that there is unconnected line on the sarung and you need to fix it first. If you cannot select the whole sarung at one time, you volition need to add together more choice by Shift-click the area.

Pace 7

We want to make sure that the pick is a bit bigger and so in that location is no gap between the pick and its line. Click Select > Modify > Expand. Expand selection past 1 px. Set foreground color to #daccba.

Brand new layer and identify it under the sketch line. Actuate Paint Bucket tool and then click within the selection to make full it.

Step eight

Actuate Brush tool. In Brush panel, reduce its Hardness and Size Jitter setting to 0%.

Footstep 9

Paint dark shadow on its sarung. No need to worry if the result if still very harsh.

Footstep 10

Click Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur to soften the shadow.

Stride 11

Erase unneeded shadow outside its sarung.

Step 12

Echo this step once again to add more shadow.

Step 13

Depict stripes inside its sarung to add pattern.

Step 14

Erase unneeded stripes outside its sarung.

Step 15

Next to its shadow, pigment subtle highlight.

Step sixteen

Paint black on sarung as its shadow using Castor tool with 100% hardness. Reduce its Opacity to x%.

Step 17

Pigment neck or head shadow.

Step eighteen

Keep painting more details, especially highlight and shadow. The all-time tools to use in this process is dodge to lighten highlight and burn to darken shadow.

Stride 19

In one case you are satisfied with the outcome, we can merge all those layers by but right clicking on the grouping layer and click Merge Group. With less layers, Photoshop use less memory and works faster.

Step 20: Bandana

Make new layer nether the head bandana and color it with #885f37. You want to use Castor tool with 100% hardness to get a well-baked edges.

Step 21

Draw patterns on the bandana using lighter colour.

Step 22

Paint shadow and so reduce its Opacity.

Footstep 23

Add softer shadow using Castor with 0% Hardness.

Step 24: Sarung

Brand new layer nether his pants. His pants is actually a sarung as well. And then, we will apply same techniques. Select its pants and fill information technology with base of operations colour.

Footstep 25

Add stripe patterns.

Footstep 26

Select it using Magic Wand tool. Invert pick (Command/Ctrl + Shift + I) then delete pattern outside its sarung.

Stride 27

Paint highlight and shadow to add together more details.

And then far, here's our result.

Stride 28: Skin

Utilise Magic Wand tool to select its peel. Make full it with skin base of operations color.

Step 29

Paint shadows using darker color. To make information technology appears natural, nosotros want to add together more than color.

Below you lot can see shadow details on its forearm.

Step 30

Go on adding more than shadow on other part of its trunk.

Footstep 31

When there's shadow, at that place'southward always highlight. In this scene, calorie-free source is located on upper right of the character. Pigment soft highlights on its skin using very soft Brush tool, 0% Hardness.

Pace 31

Let's add stronger highlight to get a realistic advent. Draw round selection and paint highlight using soft Castor tool. Reduce Opacity and erase highlight outside the torso.

Footstep 32

Keep calculation more highlights using same technique.

Below you tin can see more highlights.

Step 33: Add together Skin Texture

We want to add together textures onto its pare. Actuate Castor tool ad open Brush panel. Increase its Spacing and make sure Shape Dynamics is selected.

Pace 34

Paint some random dots on the skin. Reduce Castor Opacity to get transparent pixels.

Step 35

Add together more dots on other parts of its skin.

This is our current result.

Pace 36: Face

Select its face using Magic Wand tool. Hit Command/Ctrl + H to hide selection edges. The pick is still there, it'southward but subconscious then we can pigment easier.

Step 37

Paint highlight on inner side of its edge and shadow on its center.

Stride 37

Select its rob and paths. Fill it with brown.

Step 38

In divide layers, paint highlight and shadow. Make sure to reduce shadow layer Opacity.

Step 39

Colorize its ring, sandal, and ornament on its rob and pants. Add new layer and then paint highlight and shadow. Also, use soft brush to draw subtle white glow on its rings.

Step 40: Teeth

Brand new layer so colorize its teeth. Paint some shadows on its lower left.

Pace 41: Eyes

Colorize its eyes and then add together shadow and highlight.

Step 42

Add subtle flare on corner of its eye using small soft Brush tool.

We have finished the drawing.

Step 43

Hide background by clicking on eye icon in front of it. Make new layer and place it on top all other layers.

Pace 44

Hitting Control/Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E to merge all visible pixels and place it inside the new layer. You can reveal the background.

Step 45

Double click the new layer and add together Stroke.

Step 46

Now, we have thicker line outside the character.

Conclusion

For the background, nosotros but added a light blue box. I hope yous enjoyed this tutorial and learned one or two new techniques from it. Thanks for reading.

Mohammad Jeprie is a blogger, writer, and graphic designer from Republic of indonesia. He's not an creative person, but he knows a few Photoshop techniques and loves to share it with anybody. He runs his own design blog, DesainDigital where he shares tutorials and inspirations for other designers.

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