Cartoon Character Logo

This is the 2nd page to the cartoon character logo!

13. So far, we have done the shape of the face and added some eyes.You could maybe add something like.. eye lashes like i did by using the circular marquee tool.

14. Make a new layer and name it "Beak base" Make a more flattened oval this time and fill it a bright yellow.

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15. hold CTRL and click the thumbnail of this layer. Now, grab the paintbrush tool again and just paint a line across (only a fraction darker than your previous yellow colour) This will give it the 3D look later. (you could add a little curve underneath to give it a smile)

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16. Make a new layer, named "Beak highlight" If you CTRL + click the thumbnail of the layer "beak" you will once again have marching ants. Click Selection > Modify > Contact - 7px and fill it white.

17. With your circular marquee tool, erase a big circle at the bottom

18. Hold CTRL and click back on the thumbnail (on the layers palate) named "beak base". Now, click Filter > Blur > Guassian blur - and give a setting of 2.0

19. Now repeat this process 2 times more

20. Duplicate this layer, and set the blending options to overlay. (On the layer 'beak highlight', you might want to make it a fraction smaller for the layer above to show through.)

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21. You can create a body basically using the same technique as you did for the head.

 

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22. If you merge the 2 beak layers, you can duplicate the layer and scale it down to make a foot.

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23. Basically that's all there is to it! i added wings, the same way as i did the head.. the base layer, then the highlight, blur it and duplicate it before finally setting it to overlay. Then, you can merge these and make them into ears.

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24. And basically that is all! Obviously i added my photoshop skills and turned it into a wallpaper adding clouds and a background.

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I Realize this is a HARD TUTORIAL! If you have any questions of comments, feel free to email me where i can give you my AIM, YIM or MSN address!