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Old Freak Drawing

This task I’ll show you how to represent an old freak (alien).

Open firstly in a new window the scanned contours: File – Open (ctrl+o).

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Just to make the work easier, you’ll have to copy the layer (Layer – Duplicate Layer). The previous layer must be erased with the fast button on the Layers window. Then decolorize the layer with the next selection: Image – Adjustments – Desaturate (shift+ctrl+u) and change its brightness and the contrast, making use of the next options: Image – Adjustments – Curves (ctrl+m).

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Choose after that the Brush Tool of the white color and paint out the dirt and the dust, except the contours.

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Then you should change the color of the contours on brown, applying this command Image – Adjustments – Selective Color.

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Then create a new layer (Layer – New – Layer). Move it lower than the contours’ layer and change the contours’ layer’s type on Multiply. Choose after that the Brush Tool and colorize the skin and the tongue of the character with the basic colors.

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Start introducing the shadows on the skin, using the same instrument Brush Tool.

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Add then the light:

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Next step includes adding the volume to the eyes and the shadow, applying the Brush Tool. Blur it out with the Smudge Tool.

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Take the smallest brush’s size and represent several blood vessels on the eye’s white.

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2 
Select now a different brush’s type (Brush Tool) and changing its color size, just draw the tongue.

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

As you see, the tongue’s color has to be changed. It’s possible to do that with this selection: Image – Adjustments – Curves (ctrl+m).

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Outline the collar now:

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Start outlining the skin. Using the Burn Tool and the Dodge Tool, add more shadows and more light.

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Smooth them out with the Smudge Tool.

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

The tongue must be processed the same way.

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Represent then the deepest shadows on the skin and on the lightest face’s parts.

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Mark out the entire skin with Polygonal Lasso Tool and apply two kinds of filters. First you have to use Filter – Artistic – Plastic Wrap, then: Filter – Artistic – Dry Brush.

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Try to change the skin’s color now, making use of this selection: Image – Adjustments – Hue/Saturation (ctrl+u).

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Move off the markings with Select – Deselect (ctrl+d). Pass to the contours’ layer and change their colors too.

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Accentuate the tongue after that and apply the filter (Filter – Artistic – Plastic Wrap), by changing a little the adjustments of the option.

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Change the tongue’s color too (ctrl+u):

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Increase its brightness and the contrast: Image – Adjustments – Curves (ctrl+m).

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Accentuating the eyes, apply the color filter of the appropriate nuance: Image – Adjustments – Photo Filter.

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Change the collar’s color:

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2

Creating a new layer, lower than the rest, paint it out with the appropriate color by using the Paint Bucket Tool. Apply then the Brush Tool and place our character on the first plan.

drawing old freak in adobe Photoshop cs2 

Finished!

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