Creating Animal Graphics with Photoshop: Step-by-Step Demonstrations

Creating animal graphics with Adobe Photoshop, demonstrations, tutorials, lessons. graphics demonstrations

By far the most common question I'm asked by people who visit this site is: "How do you do that?"

I'm more than happy to try to answer that question, but I've had a lot of trouble coming up with an effective answer using words alone. So I decided that instead of just trying to describe the process to people, I'd try to actually show them how I do what I do.

That's what this section is for. Here you'll find several step-by-step examples showing the image creation process from start to finish.

Please note: Although anyone is welcome to use these "tutorials", they will be of the most benefit to people who 1) are using Adobe Photoshop, 2) already know how to use Photoshop, and 3) have some artistic background and/or understand the basic concepts of shading.

Example One: Using wingding fonts to make sketches

Step 1: Making the sketch Step 2: Cleaning up the sketch Step 3: Adding shadows Step 4: Adding highlights Step 5: Refining the shadows and highlights Step 6: Adding details Step 7: Further refinements Step 8: Adding a background Step 9: Final adjustments

Example Two: Using scanned images as sketches

Step 1: Making the sketch Step 2: Cleaning up the sketch Step 3: Adding shadows Step 4: Adding details Step 5: Further refinements Step 6: Adding a background Step 7: Final adjustments

Example Three: Using Photoshop tools to make sketches

Step 1: Making the sketch Step 2: Adding shadows Step 3: Adding contrast Step 4: Adding details Step 5: Refining the shadows and highlights Step 6: Adding a background Step 7: Final adjustments

Return to the Diagrams Index.

Top of Page