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Step
1: First, open up an image
with good color and definition.
Create a new layer over the
background by clicking the
"New Layer" icon, and name
this layer "Pencil Rough." |
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Step
2: Here I quickly sketched
in the outlines of the image
underneath as a guide. I used
the Pencil tool-- I didn't
need to anti-alias for this
part. |
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3: Create a new layer to go
in between the background
and the rough by clicking
the "Add Layer" icon again.
Fill the layer with whatever
color you want the background
of your chalk drawing to be--
I went with a rich black to
show off the bright colors
of the chalk. |
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4: Here's the fun part. Select
the Art History brush-- it's
the one with the curly tail.
Set it for "Tight Short",
have the pressure affect both
size and opacity, and select
a small brush-- a large or
even a medium brush just look
blurry. Start to paint in
lightly in the outlined areas
on the black layer. You can
see why the pencil rough helps--
and how the pressure sensitive
Wacom pen gives you the control
you need. When you're done,
delete every layer but the
one you drew on. |
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5: Here's a cool tip I picked
up from Jack Davis,
of the Photoshop Wow! books.
To create an illusion of 3
dimensional paint, duplicate
your layer by dragging it
onto the "Add Layer" icon.
Desaturate it so that it's
a grayscale layer (Image--
Adjust-- Desaturate). |
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6: Next, use the Emboss filter
on the grayscale layer (Filter--
Stylize-- Emboss). Set the
newly embossed layer to the
"Overlay" mode, and it looks
like the chalk is 3 dimensional. |
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7: Add a light bit of surface
texture with the Texturizer
filter, and you've got a great
looking chalk drawing-- and
you didn't even get any chalk
dust on your hands! |
