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    This document provides instructions for creating a digitally painted collage illustration using layers in Photoshop. The technique involves: 1. Creating multiple layers and painting each with textured brushes in different colors and blending modes to represent pieces of painted paper. 2. Importing illustration paths from Illustrator and using them as layer masks to cut out the painted paper shapes. 3. Repeating for each paint layer and transforming or combining the masks and layers as needed to assemble the collaged illustration.

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    This document provides instructions for creating a digitally painted collage illustration using layers in Photoshop. The technique involves: 1. Creating multiple layers and painting each with textured brushes in different colors and blending modes to represent pieces of painted paper. 2. Importing illustration paths from Illustrator and using them as layer masks to cut out the painted paper shapes. 3. Repeating for each paint layer and transforming or combining the masks and layers as needed to assemble the collaged illustration.

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    This document provides instructions for creating a digitally painted collage illustration using layers in Photoshop. The technique involves: 1. Creating multiple layers and painting each with textured brushes in different colors and blending modes to represent pieces of painted paper. 2. Importing illustration paths from Illustrator and using them as layer masks to cut out the painted paper shapes. 3. Repeating for each paint layer and transforming or combining the masks and layers as needed to assemble the collaged illustration.

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    This document provides instructions for creating a digitally painted collage illustration using layers in Photoshop. The technique involves: 1. Creating multiple layers and painting each with textured brushes in different colors and blending modes to represent pieces of painted paper. 2. Importing illustration paths from Illustrator and using them as layer masks to cut out the painted paper shapes. 3. Repeating for each paint layer and transforming or combining the masks and layers as needed to assemble the collaged illustration.

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    Painted-paper illustrations 5

    ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS CREATIVE STUDIO 43


    Techniques for digital artists
    Painted-paper illustrations 5
    ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS CREATIVE STUDIO 43
    Techniques for digital artists
    Some illustrators use a method of collage that requires making
    many sheets of painted paper. e paper is then cut into shapes
    that are combined to form the illustration. You can create your
    own digitally painted collage with this technique. Create your
    illustration outlines in Illustrator or use Photoshop to create
    the paths. en make several layers of painted paper. For each
    paper layer, youll add a layer mask to mask out the collage
    shapes. If you want a three-dimensional look, try adding a tiny
    drop shadow to the shapes. is technique also works well with
    marbled paper (see Marbled paper on page 34). Just substitute
    the painted layer with a marbled layer.
    1 Open a new RGB le in Photoshop. Create a new layer and
    name it Paint 1.
    2 Select the brush tool in the toolbox. Choose Window >
    Brushes to display the Brushes palette. From the Brushes
    palette menu, choose ick Heavy Brushes. In the warning
    dialog box, click Append to add the brushes to the
    existing list.

    Create the paint layer Click Append to add brushes
    3 Scroll to the bottom of the list in the Brushes palette, and
    select the Flat Bristle brush. Depending on your le size,
    you may want to adjust the size of the brush. If so, increase
    or decrease the Master Diameter of the brush now.
    4 Choose a foreground color, and in the tool options bar, set
    the tool mode to Hard Light.
    Naming layers
    Its a good idea to name your
    layers so that you can keep
    track of them more easily. You
    can name or rename layers
    several ways.
    When creating a new layer,
    Option/Alt-click the New
    Layer button at the bottom
    of the Layers palette to cre-
    ate a new layer and name
    it at the same time.
    Double-click the layer name
    in the Layers palette to
    select the name; then type
    a new name. Press Return/
    Enter to apply the name.
    Option/Altdouble-click the
    layer name in the Layers
    palette to display the Layer
    Properties dialog box. Enter
    a new name and click OK.
    Select a layer in the Layers
    palette and choose Layer
    Properties from the palette
    menu. Enter a new name
    and click OK.
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    Select the Flat Bristle brush Choose Hard Light mode
    5 Begin to paint the entire layer with the textured brush.
    Overlap the brush strokes for additional color and texture
    changes. Use the brush at diferent sizes and modes.
    Set the brush to Multiply, Diference, or Vivid Light for diferent
    efects.
    Paint the rst layer with the textured brush
    6 Create a new layer and name it Paint 2. Hide the Paint
    1 layer.
    Shortcut: Change
    blending modes
    For a quick way to cycle
    through the blending modes
    while you paint, hold down
    the Shift key and press the
    + [plus] or [minus] key.
    44
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    Hide the Paint 1 layer and create the Paint 2 layer
    7 Repeat steps 3 through 6 for as many colors as you need for
    your illustration. Try using some of the other brushes for
    diferent textures. Try painting two or three similiar colors
    on the same layer.
    Paint subsequent layers with textured brushes
    8 If you are not copying the illustration paths from Illustrator,
    make an illustration with paths in Photoshop, and skip
    to step 11. If you are copying paths from Illustrator, open
    the illustration le in Illustrator. Choose Illustrator >
    Preferences > File Handling & Clipboard (Mac OS X)
    or Edit > Preferences > File Handling & Clipboard
    (Windows). Select the AICB option, and choose Preserve
    Paths. Click OK.
    Varying the
    brush size
    To change brush sizes quickly
    as you paint, press the [ and ]
    (left and right bracket) keys.
    Press the [ key to reduce the
    size and the ] key to increase
    the brush size. The incre-
    ment of change depends on
    the brush size. A brush size
    between 0 to 100 pixels will
    change by 10-pixel incre-
    ments. A brush between 100
    to 200 pixels will change by
    25-pixel increments. A brush
    between 200 to 300 will
    change by 50 pixels. A brush
    size between 300 to 2500
    pixels will change by 100
    pixels each time you use
    this shortcut.
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    9 In Illustrator, select the illustration paths, and choose Edit >
    Copy.
    10 Switch back to Photoshop, and choose Edit > Paste. In the
    dialog box that appears, select Path and click OK.

    Copy paths Choose Paste As Path
    11 In the Paths palette, click the Work Path if its not already
    selected. Choose the path selection tool and click one of the
    paths. Click the Load Path as Selection button at the bottom
    of the Paths palette.
    Paint subsequent layers with textured brushes
    12 Click in the blank area of the Paths palette to hide the paths
    from view. In the Layers palette, click the layer that youll ll
    with the selection. Make sure that the layer is not hidden,
    and click the Add Layer Mask button.
    Transforming paths
    If you want to adjust the size
    of paths before you make
    them into masks, select the
    paths with the path selection
    tool. Then choose Edit > Free
    Transform Path to scale the
    path. Press Return/Enter to
    complete the transformation.
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    13 If you want to rotate or scale the texture, unlink the mask
    from its layer. Click the layer thumbnail, and move, scale,
    or rotate the layer image. Using the Edit > Free Transform
    command, make the transformations needed, and press
    Return/Enter.

    Add a layer mask Unlink the mask from the layer
    14 Repeat steps 11 through 13 for each of the paint layers that
    you made. Remember, you can select multiple objects and
    put them on one layer mask. In this example, the faces and
    hands are all on one layer mask.
    Completed illustration

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