Photoshop to draw lifelike chameleon icon Tutorial

The original size of the icon is 240*240, in order to see more clearly, I enlarged the icon point, the surface of the skin texture slightly damaged.

1. Draw a draft, follow the draft, use the path to tick a few parts of the chameleon, filled with bright colors. I lost my draft layer, but it doesn't matter.

2. Add the appropriate layer style to the various parts of the chameleon, I believe that a friend who often uses the layer style can see what style is used, it is not OK to see it, the source file has.

This step is to add a general sense of volume to the chameleon's body and a gradual change in color.

3. Chameleon Curly Tail section, I have drawn a spiral vector path, superimposed on the top of a "color" layer, making the feeling of the tail. Chin and Back section, respectively, with the path tool to draw a row of small thorns, add a simple layer style to make it a little bit of volume sense.

4. Create a new layer above the body, draw some light and dark relationships, and add some volume transitions that are difficult to express by the layer style, mainly the projection of the head to the neck, the rounded sense of the back, and the high light of the jaw.

Then use the vector path to draw the Chameleon's eyes--mainly including the eyeball and the two-layer eyelids.

5. Add the appropriate layer style to each vector layer of the chameleon's eyes, creating a shadow between the eyelids and the volume of the eyeball.

6. Two pieces of material from the reptile's epidermis were found on the Internet, superimposed on the Chameleon's body, then use the Mask tool for appropriate smear, so that it looks more natural, weakening the edge of a slightly farther away from the line of sight texture, strengthen the texture closer to the eye, in the Chameleon paw part of the addition of some small highlights, so that this part appears closer to the audience.

7. Use the vector tool to draw a small circle, plus the gradient overlay of the layer style, so that it looks like a small pimple on the surface of the skin, copy a lot of small knots, different sizes, scattered to the chameleon body everywhere, should pay attention to the transparency not too evenly, so it seems more natural. At the same time in this step, I added the shadow of the chameleon tail rolled up part.

8. Drew a branch, the branches of the tree to sharpen the processing, so that the image is stretched out, closer to the audience. A leaf was painted on the branch.

9. Combine the chameleon with the branches, leaving a small projection of the branches on the shoulders of the chameleon.

10. Add an icon to the background, even if done. By the right, this icon is titled "Theme Market".

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