I think that a dark indigo color would be the best. This will boost the saturation of the overall image.įinally let’s add some color to our drawing. We could use Brightness and Contrast Adjustment Layer but I think we should stick with Curves Adjustment Layer for consistency.Ĭreate a new Curves Adjustment Layer ( Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves) and drag the left slider to the right as shown below. Let’s boost the contrast of our photo a little bit. You can sign with your real name or whatever else you like (Picasso, Rembrandt, etc). Since the drawing depicts an Asian girl I thought to sign myself as Hashiro Nakamura (I have no idea if this name exists or not but it sounds appropriate for this drawing). Lower the size of the chalk brush to 1 or 2 pixels and change the opacity to 80%. What would a painting be without the famous painter signature? Probably incomplete! So let’s add a signature.Ĭreate a new layer ( Ctrl + Shift + Alt + N). Feel free to experiment on your own on this step and paint wherever you feel it will improve the final effect. I also painted something resembling a cloth or a medallion below the neck. Create a new layer ( Ctrl + Shift + Alt + N) and paint some loose thick lines over the hair. Increase the size of the chalk brush to 20px and change the opacity to 20%. You can also paint some loose lines in other areas if you think that the existing lines are too subtle. Let’s repeat step 5 – create a new layer and use the same chalk brush but at 10% Opacity and paint some loose lines over the neck and the ear. This will add some realism to the drawing effect and create some random lines and forms. Create a new layer ( Ctrl + Shift + Alt + N) and draw over the existing lines (chin, ears, lips and maybe shoulder). Change the opacity to 30% and choose black as foreground color. Select the chalk brush and lower the size to 2px. This step is easier if you have a drawing tablet (Wacom, Genius, etc) but it’s perfectly doable with a mouse. The results are pretty decent but let’s further improve the drawing effect. Adjustment Layers usually come already equipped with layer masks but if you want to add a layer mask to your layer go to Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All. Black hides and white reveals in a layer mask. Layer masks allow us to partially or totally hide portions of the layer. This will reduce the lighten effect in the face area. Click on the layer mask and use a round soft black brush at 50% opacity to paint over the face in the layer mask. Aside from that you should also convert any layer that you intend to resize frequently into a Smart Object (right click on a layer and from the drop down menu choose “ Convert to a Smart Object”) in order to preserve the pixel information of that layer.Īs you can see the Curves Adjustment Layer has a layer mask attached to it by default. Drag the curve up as shown below in order to lighten our image.Īdjustment Layers are a non-destructive way of performing changes and applying effects to your pictures so you should use them frequently. Create a Curves Adjustment Layer ( Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves ). The hair is a little too black for our purposes so let’s lighten it up a bit. As you can see the filter discarded most of the pixel information and noise and kept the lines – exactly what we need for our drawing effect. Now apply a Find Edges Filter ( Filter > Stylize > Find Edges). Choose Image > Adjustments > Desaturate and you will see that the photo converts into a black and white version.ĭuplicate the background layer by pressing Ctrl + J. The first step in converting a photo into a drawing is to desaturate it.
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