Step One: Making A Sketch

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There are several ways to make the initial sketch for your graphic: 1) you can draw the sketch right there in Photoshop, 2) you can draw a sketch on paper and scan it in, or 3) you can start with a pre-drawn image. One of the best sources for simple, pre-drawn images is wingding fonts-- fonts that consist of small pictures instead of letters. There are hundreds of these fonts available for free on the web. (In this case, I used the "9" character from the Barnyard font, available for download at http://www.astigmatic.com.) I use the Type tool (set at about 200 pixels tall) to type the character onto a transparent canvas.

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