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1.  Create a new image, 400x400 pixels, with a transparent background. Name the background "Head". Set your foreground colour to black & your background colour to pink - for this tutorial I used #EEC8CC. Choose the Shape tool. Use Shape Type Ellipse, Style Stroked & Filled, Line Width 1, Antialias checked & Create as Vector unchecked. Draw an ellipse on your canvas. |
2. Select the Line Tool. Choose Type Freehand Line, Style Stroked & Filled, Width 1, Antialias Checked, Create as Vector & Close Path unchecked. It may help to zoom in on the image for this bit. Start the line just within the edge of the ellipse & draw an "ear" shape - sort of 2 an "s"'s on their side, as shown adjacent. |
3. Repeat step 2 on the other side. Your image should now look like this. |
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4. Choose the Selection tool. Press CTRL+A to select your whole canvas. Click anywhere within the canvas. Your pigs head will now be selected. Go to Image/Effects/Inner Bevel & apply a bevel as shown below. |
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5. Create a new layer and name it
"Nose". Set your background colour to a darker shade of pink - I used #E49CA4. Select the Shape Tool. Keep the settings the same as before & draw a smaller ellipse towards the bottom of your pigs face. Select the Line Tool. Make Type Single Line, Style Stroked, Width 1, Antialias checked, Create as Vector & Close Path unchecked. Draw two slightly angled lines to form the pig's nostrils. |
6. Choose the Selection Tool. Press CTRL+A to select the whole layer. Click on the darker pink ellipse & it should be selected. Go to Image/Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the same bevel again. Keep the ellipse selected. |
7. Create a new layer beneath the Nose layer. Name it Nose Shadow. Go to Selections/Modify/Contract and contract the selection by 1. Go to Image/Effects/Drop Shadow. Make Color Black, Opacity 80, Blur 10, Vertical 2, Horizontal 0. Apply the shadow. Press CTRL+D to drop the selection. Your image should look something like this so far. |
8. Our little pig needs some eyes! Create a new layer named "Eyes" above the other layers. Click on the Shape Tool. Keep all the sttings the same as before, except change Style to Filled. To keep the eyes identical, we'll draw one eye & copy it. Draw a small ellipse for an eye. Set your foreground colour to white. Select the Airbrush Tool & use the settings shown adjacent. Draw a little spot of highlight on your black ellipse. Press CTRL+C to copy the ellipse. Press CTRL+E to paste the ellipse as a new selection. Position it next to the first. |
9. Click on the Selection Tool. Press CTRL+A to select the whole layer. Click on the eyes to select them. Create a new layer beneath Eyes named "Eye Shadow". Contract the selection by 1 again. Go to Image/Effects/Drop Shadow. Make Color Black, Opacity 100, Blur 10, Vertical 0, Horizontal 0. Apply the shadow. Press CTRL+D to drop the selection. |
10. Merge the layers now by going to Layers/Merge/ Merge Visible. Rename the single layer "Face". Click on the Selection Tool. Press CTRL+A to select the whole layer. Click on the face to select it. Create a new layer beneath Face named "Face Shadow". Contract the selection by 1 again. Go to Image/Effects/Drop Shadow. Make Color Black, Opacity 100, Blur 10, Vertical 0, Horizontal 0. Apply the shadow. Press CTRL+D to drop the selection. |
Your pig's face is now completed. Click on the link below to make the body. |
