Friends, here the tutorial is of...
FOTOCARICATURA

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We begin selecting a good picture, as for size and clarity. We select Penélope Cruz for the International Competition of Cartoon of karikamanía of Nelson Santos in Portugal.

1. - We open the picture in the desk. We duplicate the layer.

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2. - To the second layer we apply the filter Noise (noise) in Drust&Scratches with radius (I radiate): 5 pix. and thresholdt (threshold): 4 levels. (you even)
We will have an image as if it was colored, disappearing the real of the picture.

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3. - We apply the filter Liquify(licuar) with:
Brush size (size paintbrush): 10 at 49
Brush density density paintbrush): 18
Brush presure pressure paintbrush): 26

Here we have to remember our drawing knowledge and technical with the paintbrush, because we will play as if we were drawing or painting in the parts of the face that we want to characterize, to not deform neither to ridicule. To stand out the character so that it doesn't lose the main thing: their resemblance and their personality.

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4. -They do the difference with the picture model and as the resemblance she/he stays.

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5. - We continue working in the chin, jaw, cheekbones, accentuating and defining certain parts, detailing the minimum thing.
In a feminine cartoon importance should be given to the eyes and the lips, mainly. You can change the established values according to their comfort.

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6. - We continue working in the size of the lips, since it is one of the characteristics that defines the model.

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7. - I use the tool finger to soften the colors of the face in a percentage from a 15 to 20% of opacity.

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8. - In this phase we use the tool Burn tool (subexponer) and we enter to draw with a very small paintbrush to stand out the details of eyes, brows and corner of the model's lips.

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9. - We continue detailing the eyes and the lips with the tools dodge tool and burn tool.
We also use the tool blur tool (drop) to soften the mixtures and to fuse them.

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10. - In this phase their cartoon should be this way or something similar.

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11. - We compare with our model and we see that there is an enormous difference. It is no longer a picture, it seems an illustration and the resemblance stays. I believe that it is a well carried out work.

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12. - We couple the image and we duplicate it again.

In this second layer we apply the filter gausian blur (desenfoque gausiano) with value of 50% and with opacity of the 20 to 25% and we put the layer in way multiply.
We couple the layers again. We have finished our cartoon and it is clever to send it to the competition.

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I hope this tutorial serves so that they continue carrying out cartoons of who pleases them.
And remember...

...Si I can make it, you also.

A hug,

Vidal

So this is how they make it.
So much thanks vidaldesign.

Wow! That is quite a interesting transformation!
Thanks for this impressive tut, vidal! Will give it a try!

Amazing end result!

Great job Vidal, and thanks for adding!

Great tutorial and great outcome.
Thanks for adding this

Awesome tutorial, thanks for adding!

Hello Vidal, very nice end result. I remember seeing this when you posted at creativebits.

Going to have a play.

I have attached your images as some were very large for the forum tables.

Dear friend, thank you for your words.
I clarify something. It is not as well as they make the caricatures. I make this way it.

It is a style very particular and personal dem agreement to the technology that we live. I use the tools and filters of Photoshop to give a realler finish to the caricatures, manipulating and altering the pictures, previous a sketch carried out in pencil, feather or marker, previous to the character's investigation to stand out their main characteristic, filling or " angel ". The characterization should not make to be reviled neither offended to the character, it deserves respect. The characterization is a graphic language to which we put him some humor.

I am working in rehearsals on the simplification or synthesis of the caricature, replacing their forms by means of other elements like typography. I will already make them know...



Thank you colleague for your words and for the indication. I will reduce the size of the images, the flag is the correct one.

A hug,
Vidal


Thank you friend, I am happy that you liked. It is the beginning of a tutoriales series.

A hug,
Vidal


Thanks, RedDragon for your words.
A hug,
Vidal


Thank you for this hot welcome and to allow me to be part of you.

A hug,
Vidal


Thanks, Adrian.
I will follow it making.

A hug,
Vidal

mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn,,, i registered to add a reply to u, u are amazing, ull make it big trust me, be of my help pleaze if u can, catch me at email removed this is a forum not msn well i wont say anything here, but maybe i wyd be of some help too.
anyways, nice work, keep it up

very interesting solution.. many thanks for this great tut
Very nice result (maybe Penelope doesn't agree )

Thank you Paola for your words. I am happy that you liked.

A hug and until soon,
Vidal

Excellent tutorial ~ It was just what I was looking for. Thanks lots!