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REFINE AND COLOR A PORTRAIT Creating a Perfect Image Using Wacom Stylus and Photoshop - Part 2 of 2 by Miss Led
REFINE AND COLOR A PORTRAIT
“Drawing is my way of connecting with beauty, observing the complete picture to then select the more significant elements - elevate through simplicity.” - Miss Led
© 2015 Wacom
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Miss Led’s artwork
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Table of Contents
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How to colorize EYES & LIPS
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Creating watercolor BRUSHES
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Tutorial INTRODUCTION
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Using watercolor TEXTURES
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About the ARTIST
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CREATE MORE PROFESSIONALLY In this in-depth step-by-step tutorial you will learn how to - Refine a portrait with the help of Wacom Stylus and Photoshop - Effectively color the eyes and lips in a portrait - Create and use your own custom-made watercolor brush - Add texture, color and depth to your image - Keep a vintage and organic look using digital tools The London-based illustrator and live artist Miss Led shows you how she goes about when digitally refining portraiture. Use this
© 2015 Wacom
eBook as a guide to bring color and life to your art, to optimize your workflow and to gain new insights about how digital tools complement your personal style. But most of all, use this guide to be inspired and create more. All digital work shown in this eBook was carried out with the Wacom pen tablet Intuos Pro, using Adobe© Photoshop. Visit the Wacom website to find out how to enhance your workflow and efficiency as an artist using modern digital technology: Our pens and tablets open up new possibilities for speed and precision and give you more freedom to experiment.
Miss Led Illustrator missled.co.uk
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REFINE AND COLOR A PORTRAIT Colorize a Portrait Photo Contents
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Working with Stylus and Photoshop 1. Chose the Right Stylus Nib: Ever since I discovered the grey felt nib, I haven’t looked back. I use it exclusively. Try swapping your black regular nip in your Stylus for the felt and see if it makes a difference to you.
2. Use Shape Dynamics for Line Pressure and Weight: Go into your brush settings by clicking your Paint pot Icon on the top right of your work window. Underneath the Brush Tip Shape, click on Shape Dynamics. I tend to keep the Hardness setting under 20 so that the line fades out similar to a pencil.
3. Get a Feel for the Sensitivity: Create a new layer where you can experiment with your new pressure sensitivity. See how slight pressure and speed now affects your line. Try using slow long lines, then short light lines.
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Coloring the Eyes 1. Use Mid Tones: Draw a thin line in your chosen color to create a flower-like pattern around the pupil. Once that is complete, go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Move the setting in the pop-up guide to suit the right level of blur here.
2. Choose a New Layer: Select Multiply as this will enable you to use the same color, but with a darker response. Here you want to create the shadows that the eyelashes are producing and also the lower eyelids. Work as you did on the layer before.
3. Add Lighter Marks: As I’m using mid and dark greens, I want to use a lime-bright green to add shots of color around the pupil. Make a star formation with a thin brush line, complete with blurring like you did in step 1.
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When coloring the eyes, you will create more depth by using four different layers.
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Watch how to colorize eyes
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4. Finish with White Highlights: The light reflection in the eye, always white, creates the finishing touch. Use a thicker brush line to make a small white circle.
What keeps Miss Led motivated?
© 2015 Wacom
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Coloring the Lips 1. Create Mid Tones: Again start with your mid tones, e.g. a deep red for the lipstick color. Apply with a thicker brush for good coverage and then select Gaussian Blur in your Filter settings.
2. Experiment with Layers: Multiply the first color for the second layer as before. Check out where the darker tones and lines are on the reference image to recreate them with a slightly smaller brush. Play around with the different variants of blur here. You can even repeat this with finer lines again within another layer.
The lips are colored very similarly to the eyes. You want to create a series of layers to create depth and sheen.
3. Add White: To achieve a reflective gloss and to complete the lip coloring, add white. Use a small brush and set it to white color. Use your blur again for smoothing it out a little.
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Creating Your Own Watercolor Brush 1. Digitalize Watercolor Marks: Watercolor textures should be created in a studio on good quality watercolor paper. Once dry, they should be scanned at 300dpi and saved as a jpg to then be opened in Photoshop. Double-click on your layer window so that it’s not locked.
2. Remove Paper: You need to remove all the white paper that is shown on the scan, again as before, using the Magic Wand at a low Tolerance, perhaps 2 or 3, then start selecting and deleting all the watercolor paper until you have only your paint marks left.
To help the visibility of the white paper, you can add a layer underneath near the end and fill with a bright color. You will be able to see the last accents of white now.
3. Save Brush: When you are happy with the watercolor shape, use the Marquee tool around it, choose Edit, and in the drop-down menu select Define Brush Preset. Name your custom brush, then press Ok.
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4. Apply Brush: 1st Step: Create a crude outline which will act as a template for a textural shape with a medium size drawing brush. 2nd Step: Access your selfmade watercolor custom brush in the drop-down menu and place it over the template. Here you can play around with scale and shape. 3rd Step: Use the Marquee tool to select, then Cmd + T/Ctrl + T to transform your selection. Rotate and rescale to see how it fits best in the template. Try and make it look like the texture is flowing into the composition. This will help create a sharp profile outline. 4th Step: Change opacity of the layer so that the template is clearer. Then use the Eraser tool to smooth away the brush in line with the face.
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Adding Texture and Color to Your Image 1. Pick Multi-Colored Texture: To work on your portrait now, use a multi-colored watercolor texture, which you can either create or find online. Open in Photoshop. Clean it, using the same process as before: Marquee to select and Magic Wand to take away all the white. Use another colored layer underneath for precision.
2. Transform Composition: When clean, add the color to your portrait document. This layer will sit at the bottom. Use Transform to rotate and scale the selection to suit your composition so far.
3. Change Color: You can easily change the colors of your texture by selecting Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation. Make sure you’re in Custom Preset > Master. Scroll across and back for difference variants of color.
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4. Add Depth: As I use this option mostly as an accent and texture, I utilize the Opacity option within the Layer setting. You want to add depth and content here, not challenge the composition.
How does Miss Led overcome creative block?
© 2015 Wacom
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REFINE AND COLOR A PORTRAIT CREATING A PERFECT IMAGE USING WACOM STYLUS AND PHOTOSHOP Contents
Watch how to use watercolor brushes and textures
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REFINE AND COLOR A PORTRAIT CREATING A PERFECT IMAGE USING WACOM STYLUS AND PHOTOSHOP Contents
The Final Composition Remember at all times that the final image is supposed to have a vintage textured and organic feel. So make sure that your lines aren’t too “digital”. You can use dry speckled brushes with an eraser to give digital marks a more textural finish. Also play with the opacity. You also want to create a depth of field – including a background, followed by the subject, then foreground, followed by different additional elements.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST Artist and illustrator Joanna Henly, aka Miss Led, lives and works in East London, United Kingdom. Obsessed with clean lines, curvature and arresting portraiture, she is perpetually exploring the scope of drawn and painted imagery. Her inspirations scale the Pre Raphaelites, Jamie Hewlett, Beardsley, fashion photography, Alexander McQueen and 90’s street art. With international clients in publishing, design, advertising and new media, Miss Led has illustrated anything from book covers to advertising campaigns, covered walls in highend boutiques and luxury properties, and live-painted during several events all over Europe in front of thousands of people. Her canvases
© 2015 Wacom
include cars, barges and even department store windows. Clients range from Lufthansa Airlines and The National Trust to Ted Baker, Nike, Reebok, Diesel and Selfridges London.
To find out more about her work vist: www.missled.co.uk facebook.com/missledstudio @missledster
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Please be aware that we have put a lot of work and effort into designing and developing this e-Book. Please note that Wacom retains all copyrights relating to this e-book and its content. While you are free to use all that you have learnt from this e-book, you are prohibited from redistributing or selling the e-book or its content, posting it on a website for download or sharing it on social networks. © Adobe, the Adobe logo, Creative Cloud and the Creative Cloud logo are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.
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REFINE AND COLOR A PORTRAIT Creating a Perfect Image Using Wacom Stylus and Photoshop - Part 2 of 2 by Miss Led
REFINE AND COLOR A PORTRAIT
“Drawing is my way of connecting with beauty, observing the complete picture to then select the more significant elements - elevate through simplicity.” - Miss Led
© 2015 Wacom
02
REFINE AND COLOR A PORTRAIT
Miss Led’s artwork
© 2015 Wacom
03
REFINE AND COLOR A PORTRAIT
Table of Contents
01
© 2015 Wacom
How to colorize EYES & LIPS
02
Creating watercolor BRUSHES
00
Tutorial INTRODUCTION
03
Using watercolor TEXTURES
04
About the ARTIST
04
REFINE AND COLOR A PORTRAIT Contents
CREATE MORE PROFESSIONALLY In this in-depth step-by-step tutorial you will learn how to - Refine a portrait with the help of Wacom Stylus and Photoshop - Effectively color the eyes and lips in a portrait - Create and use your own custom-made watercolor brush - Add texture, color and depth to your image - Keep a vintage and organic look using digital tools The London-based illustrator and live artist Miss Led shows you how she goes about when digitally refining portraiture. Use this
© 2015 Wacom
eBook as a guide to bring color and life to your art, to optimize your workflow and to gain new insights about how digital tools complement your personal style. But most of all, use this guide to be inspired and create more. All digital work shown in this eBook was carried out with the Wacom pen tablet Intuos Pro, using Adobe© Photoshop. Visit the Wacom website to find out how to enhance your workflow and efficiency as an artist using modern digital technology: Our pens and tablets open up new possibilities for speed and precision and give you more freedom to experiment.
Miss Led Illustrator missled.co.uk
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REFINE AND COLOR A PORTRAIT Colorize a Portrait Photo Contents
© 2015 Wacom
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REFINE AND COLOR A PORTRAIT CREATING A PERFECT IMAGE USING WACOM STYLUS AND PHOTOSHOP Contents
Working with Stylus and Photoshop 1. Chose the Right Stylus Nib: Ever since I discovered the grey felt nib, I haven’t looked back. I use it exclusively. Try swapping your black regular nip in your Stylus for the felt and see if it makes a difference to you.
2. Use Shape Dynamics for Line Pressure and Weight: Go into your brush settings by clicking your Paint pot Icon on the top right of your work window. Underneath the Brush Tip Shape, click on Shape Dynamics. I tend to keep the Hardness setting under 20 so that the line fades out similar to a pencil.
3. Get a Feel for the Sensitivity: Create a new layer where you can experiment with your new pressure sensitivity. See how slight pressure and speed now affects your line. Try using slow long lines, then short light lines.
© 2015 Wacom
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REFINE AND COLOR A PORTRAIT CREATING A PERFECT IMAGE USING WACOM STYLUS AND PHOTOSHOP Contents
Coloring the Eyes 1. Use Mid Tones: Draw a thin line in your chosen color to create a flower-like pattern around the pupil. Once that is complete, go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Move the setting in the pop-up guide to suit the right level of blur here.
2. Choose a New Layer: Select Multiply as this will enable you to use the same color, but with a darker response. Here you want to create the shadows that the eyelashes are producing and also the lower eyelids. Work as you did on the layer before.
3. Add Lighter Marks: As I’m using mid and dark greens, I want to use a lime-bright green to add shots of color around the pupil. Make a star formation with a thin brush line, complete with blurring like you did in step 1.
© 2015 Wacom
When coloring the eyes, you will create more depth by using four different layers.
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REFINE AND COLOR A PORTRAIT CREATING A PERFECT IMAGE USING WACOM STYLUS AND PHOTOSHOP Contents
Watch how to colorize eyes
© 2015 Wacom
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REFINE AND COLOR A PORTRAIT CREATING A PERFECT IMAGE USING WACOM STYLUS AND PHOTOSHOP Contents
4. Finish with White Highlights: The light reflection in the eye, always white, creates the finishing touch. Use a thicker brush line to make a small white circle.
What keeps Miss Led motivated?
© 2015 Wacom
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REFINE AND COLOR A PORTRAIT CREATING A PERFECT IMAGE USING WACOM STYLUS AND PHOTOSHOP Contents
Coloring the Lips 1. Create Mid Tones: Again start with your mid tones, e.g. a deep red for the lipstick color. Apply with a thicker brush for good coverage and then select Gaussian Blur in your Filter settings.
2. Experiment with Layers: Multiply the first color for the second layer as before. Check out where the darker tones and lines are on the reference image to recreate them with a slightly smaller brush. Play around with the different variants of blur here. You can even repeat this with finer lines again within another layer.
The lips are colored very similarly to the eyes. You want to create a series of layers to create depth and sheen.
3. Add White: To achieve a reflective gloss and to complete the lip coloring, add white. Use a small brush and set it to white color. Use your blur again for smoothing it out a little.
© 2015 Wacom
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REFINE AND COLOR A PORTRAIT CREATING A PERFECT IMAGE USING WACOM STYLUS AND PHOTOSHOP Contents
Creating Your Own Watercolor Brush 1. Digitalize Watercolor Marks: Watercolor textures should be created in a studio on good quality watercolor paper. Once dry, they should be scanned at 300dpi and saved as a jpg to then be opened in Photoshop. Double-click on your layer window so that it’s not locked.
2. Remove Paper: You need to remove all the white paper that is shown on the scan, again as before, using the Magic Wand at a low Tolerance, perhaps 2 or 3, then start selecting and deleting all the watercolor paper until you have only your paint marks left.
To help the visibility of the white paper, you can add a layer underneath near the end and fill with a bright color. You will be able to see the last accents of white now.
3. Save Brush: When you are happy with the watercolor shape, use the Marquee tool around it, choose Edit, and in the drop-down menu select Define Brush Preset. Name your custom brush, then press Ok.
© 2015 Wacom
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REFINE AND COLOR A PORTRAIT CREATING A PERFECT IMAGE USING WACOM STYLUS AND PHOTOSHOP Contents
4. Apply Brush: 1st Step: Create a crude outline which will act as a template for a textural shape with a medium size drawing brush. 2nd Step: Access your selfmade watercolor custom brush in the drop-down menu and place it over the template. Here you can play around with scale and shape. 3rd Step: Use the Marquee tool to select, then Cmd + T/Ctrl + T to transform your selection. Rotate and rescale to see how it fits best in the template. Try and make it look like the texture is flowing into the composition. This will help create a sharp profile outline. 4th Step: Change opacity of the layer so that the template is clearer. Then use the Eraser tool to smooth away the brush in line with the face.
© 2015 Wacom
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REFINE AND COLOR A PORTRAIT CREATING A PERFECT IMAGE USING WACOM STYLUS AND PHOTOSHOP Contents
Adding Texture and Color to Your Image 1. Pick Multi-Colored Texture: To work on your portrait now, use a multi-colored watercolor texture, which you can either create or find online. Open in Photoshop. Clean it, using the same process as before: Marquee to select and Magic Wand to take away all the white. Use another colored layer underneath for precision.
2. Transform Composition: When clean, add the color to your portrait document. This layer will sit at the bottom. Use Transform to rotate and scale the selection to suit your composition so far.
3. Change Color: You can easily change the colors of your texture by selecting Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation. Make sure you’re in Custom Preset > Master. Scroll across and back for difference variants of color.
© 2015 Wacom
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4. Add Depth: As I use this option mostly as an accent and texture, I utilize the Opacity option within the Layer setting. You want to add depth and content here, not challenge the composition.
How does Miss Led overcome creative block?
© 2015 Wacom
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REFINE AND COLOR A PORTRAIT CREATING A PERFECT IMAGE USING WACOM STYLUS AND PHOTOSHOP Contents
Watch how to use watercolor brushes and textures
© 2015 Wacom
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The Final Composition Remember at all times that the final image is supposed to have a vintage textured and organic feel. So make sure that your lines aren’t too “digital”. You can use dry speckled brushes with an eraser to give digital marks a more textural finish. Also play with the opacity. You also want to create a depth of field – including a background, followed by the subject, then foreground, followed by different additional elements.
© 2015 Wacom
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© 2015 Wacom
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ABOUT THE ARTIST Artist and illustrator Joanna Henly, aka Miss Led, lives and works in East London, United Kingdom. Obsessed with clean lines, curvature and arresting portraiture, she is perpetually exploring the scope of drawn and painted imagery. Her inspirations scale the Pre Raphaelites, Jamie Hewlett, Beardsley, fashion photography, Alexander McQueen and 90’s street art. With international clients in publishing, design, advertising and new media, Miss Led has illustrated anything from book covers to advertising campaigns, covered walls in highend boutiques and luxury properties, and live-painted during several events all over Europe in front of thousands of people. Her canvases
© 2015 Wacom
include cars, barges and even department store windows. Clients range from Lufthansa Airlines and The National Trust to Ted Baker, Nike, Reebok, Diesel and Selfridges London.
To find out more about her work vist: www.missled.co.uk facebook.com/missledstudio @missledster
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LEARN MORE ©2015 Wacom Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Wacom and the respective logo are registered trademarks of Wacom Co., Ltd. All other company names and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Please be aware that we have put a lot of work and effort into designing and developing this e-Book. Please note that Wacom retains all copyrights relating to this e-book and its content. While you are free to use all that you have learnt from this e-book, you are prohibited from redistributing or selling the e-book or its content, posting it on a website for download or sharing it on social networks. © Adobe, the Adobe logo, Creative Cloud and the Creative Cloud logo are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.
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