Photoshop creates a cute avatar

Although the following avatar is not very funny but cool gas full. It is also relatively simple to make.

The face of the portrait has been the pursuit of exaggeration and comedy. Sometimes you have to add a little "cool". Although the following avatar is not very funny but cool gas full. It is also relatively simple to make. Are some simple graphics plus gradients and high light, and then combined.

Final effect

1. Create a new 450 * 450 pixel file, background fill white, create a new layer, select the elliptical Marquee tool, and hold down the SHIFT key to pull out the round selection as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1

2, select the Gradient tool, color settings, such as Figure 2, pull out the radial gradient shown in Figure 3, pull the gradient and keep the selection do not cancel.

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Figure 3

3, create a new layer, fill color: #FFA600, press CTRL + D to cancel the selection as shown in Figure 4, plus the layer mask, with a black and white linear gradient pull out the transparency effect, as shown in Figure 5.

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Figure 5

4, press CTRL + R to pull out the logo, and then pull two intersecting reference lines, with the intersection as the center pull out of the positive round selection shown in Figure 6, create a new layer fill black, and then pull a smaller positive circle as shown in Figure 7, press DELETE Delete.

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Figure 7

5, remove the selection after the lock layer, select the gradient tool, color settings such as Figure 8, pull out the linear gradient shown in Figure 9.

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Figure 9

6. Create a new layer above the background layer and use the pen to check out the selections shown in Figure 10 and fill the black.

Figure 10

7. Copy the current layer, press CTRL + SHIFT +] top, use the pen to check out the selection as shown in Figure 11, press CTRL + SHIFT + I to select and press DELETE to delete.

Figure 11

8, the current layer to copy a layer, and then move down a layer, and then appropriate to move a little, the layer of opacity to: 20% or so, make the shadow part of the hair, the effect of the following figure.

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9. Create a new layer on top of the layer and use pen to check out the selections shown in Figure 13, fill the white, and reduce the opacity of the layer, as shown in Figure 14.

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Figure 14

10, create a new layer, with a pen to check out sunglasses part of the selection, fill black, the effect of the following figure.

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11. Create a new layer, use the pen to check out the selection as shown in Figure 16, then set the foreground color to white, and use black to paint the high light part, the effect is as Figure 17.

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12, the same way to make another glasses of the high light, and then add a projection, the effect of the following figure.

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13, create a new layer, with the pen tick the selection, such as Figure 19, fill color: #D56303, and then the interface painted with the face close to the color, the effect is shown in Figure 20.

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Figure 20

14, create a new layer, with a pen to check out the selection shown in Figure 21, with a white brush painted high light, the effect of the following figure.

Figure 21

15, back to the hands of the layer, lock layer, the foreground color set to: #F9D447, the center of the hand coated high light, the effect of the following figure.

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16, the same method of painting the high light of the finger.

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17, a new layer, with a pen to tick the middle finger of the selection, fill color after the high light, the effect of the following figure.

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18, the background layer above a new layer, appropriate to the avatar dot projection, the effect of the following figure.

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19, finally adjust the details to complete the final effect.

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