Comic-Style Vol. 2 - the complete workflow

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Comic Style - The Photoshop Cartoon Effect: Vol. 2

Now it's getting colorful again! After the fun of the first comic style in Photoshop, now it's time to have fun with the popular cartoon effect on the smallest details! Comic style tried and tested, from the photo shoot to the final pixel finishing touches! Gabor Richter goes one better and describes the complete transformation of a real person into a cartoon character in four hours with 26 lessons - an all-round workflow that combines serious finesse with playful tool application.

26 Photoshop lessons in four hours of video training
Control the raw development, deform the head, eyes and nose with methodology, hand and foot
Make full use of Photoshop's functions - liquefy shoelaces, cut out the finest hairs
Comic style in detail and everything is allowed - deform, liquefy, enlarge as you please!
Incl. working materials to understand the workflow using a practical example
From digital artist Gabor Richter, who will guide you from the photo shoot to the final touches

The world is far from colorful enough - make it cool! Make it funny! And above all, make it perfect with the Photoshop Comic Style!

Details

Usable with:
content: 4 h Video training
Licence: private and commercial Rights of use
Bonus: including working material

Examples of use

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Here you can really play with the Photoshop sliders!

The complete workflow

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Comic-Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 01 Photographing comic style correctly

In this video, Gabor shows and explains what you should pay attention to when photographing a person for a comic style. Posture plays a major and important role.

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Comic-Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 02 Raw development

The first steps of image processing begin in Camera Raw. Gabor explains his workflow in detail and why he moves which sliders.

Comic-Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 03 Enlarge head

In this video, the first steps are taken to turn a model into a comic figure. Gabor shows his method of enlarging the head of a figure to enhance the funny look of the picture.

Comic Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 04 Blow open your eyes

Equally important for the caricature-like appearance of the figures are their enlarged eyes. This video shows various options for this.

Comic-Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 05 Enlarge nose

A large nose is an important feature for this style. In this video, Gabor shows you what to look out for when enlarging a nose.

Comic-Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 06 Reduce ears

Big eyes, big nose and a big head. To add even more extreme humor, the ears are reduced in size so that they no longer resemble those of a human.

Comic-Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 07 Enlarge hands

Enlarging the hands creates a strong cartoon effect, as we know it from cartoons. In this video, you can find out which procedure is important and also decisive for all further steps.

Comic-Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 08 Enlarge feet

Large feet not only give the comic figure a firm grip. They mainly ensure that they look unnatural.

Comic-Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 09 Liquefy pants

Shaping a pair of trousers is one thing. But to make it look clean and more like a cartoon character, there are a few things to consider in detail.

Comic-Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - Liquefy 10 shoes

In this video, Gabor shows what to look out for when liquefying shoes, especially when laces come into play and you don't want them to get an ugly, digital knot.

Comic-Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 11 Liquefy upper body

This step is by far one of the most important parts of transforming a real person into a cartoon character. In this video, you can find out what you should pay attention to and what could be good for a funny character.

Comic-Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 12 eyes liquefy

Human eyes are usually very pointed. To make them look very unnatural, the eyes should be strongly rounded for the comic style.

Comic Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 13 deforming facial details

In this video, many small changes are made to the face to give the whole thing a finishing touch. These small corrections will make a big difference to your overall facial expression.

Comic-Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 14 Deform head

Shaping the head has a major effect on the final appearance. This step is very important and should take some time.

Comic-Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 15 corrections when liquefying

This step should always be taken when the person has been completely shaped. Many small subtleties that are corrected ensure a great effect when finishing the shaping steps.

Comic-Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 16 Frequency separation

In this video, Gabor explains his way of frequency separation. He always uses this technique when he wants to perfect the retouching in the image by removing spots in the skin.

Comic-Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 17 Frequency separation color

As Gabor wants to give his figures a very plastic skin, in this video he shows his most tried and tested method for achieving this. To do this, he matches the color tones of the skin using frequency separation.

Comic-Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 18 Retouching

In this video you will learn the basic tools for a simple skin retouch. Gabor shows you his way of retouching on an empty layer.

Comic-Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 19 Clipping

In this video, Gabor explains how you can create a selection using the pen tool to crop a person. Once you have mastered this technique, you can place your figure in front of any background.

Comic Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 20 Improve mask

This function is particularly useful if a person has a lot of protruding hair, which should also be visible later in the motif.

Comic Style Vol. 2 - The Complete Workflow - 21 Dodge and Burn (Skin)

In this video, Gabor models the skin areas using Dodge & Burn. This technique gives the face more depth and makes it look even more comic-like.

Comic Style Vol. 2 - The Complete Workflow - 22 Dodge and Burn (Clothing)

This video explains how you can use Dodge & Burn to add more shine and reflections to your model's clothing. This step is also very important for the plastic look of a comic figure.

Comic-Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 23 color adjustments

This part explains the fine-tuning of the color adjustments, which are important. These various corrections make the overall motif even more colorful and fresh.

Comic Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 24 Reflection and shadow

In this video, Gabor shows how he adds a non-existent reflection to the image in a few simple steps. To make this effect look even better, a shadow is also drawn in.

Comic-Style Vol. 2 - The complete workflow - 25 over-radiation

To blend the image a little more with the background, Gabor shows you how to add a bit of over-illumination to the image. This process also ensures a clean image look and a strong over-illumination.

Comic Style Vol. 2 - The Complete Workflow - 26 Final

This video contains many small individual steps that ensure the final style. These include final color adjustments, shape corrections and detail extraction.

Details of the content

Color at play and fun at work: Comic style in Photoshop
Photoshop means limitless image editing - but in many processes you have to hold back so as not to alienate the original too much. Not so with Comic Style! Here you can let off steam as much as you like to create lifelike cartoon characters from living people. Comic Style - The Photoshop Cartoon Effect: Vol. 2 is the perfect complement to the first part and will further expand your knowledge.

Learn how to recreate the comic style - including working materials

Just a gimmick? Not at all! The workflow that Gabor Richter teaches you in four hours and 26 lessons has professionalism and tool excellence in it! You will learn procedures that you can try out on the working materials during the course and apply to your own work afterwards. So, despite all the fun, knowledge enrichment doesn't fall by the wayside! And best of all - you can do it here without any ifs or buts - deform bodies, enlarge eyes and apply retouching as you please!

Recreate the Photoshop cartoon effect in 26 steps

The course takes you through 26 steps to a perfectly shaped cartoon character . At the beginning, your trainer will explain to you which points you should pay attention to when shooting a person in order to have a good basis for the subsequent editing.

The raw development of the photo is followed by a comprehensive section in which individual body parts such as the head, nose, hands and feet are enlarged or deformed and other "appendages" such as the ears are miniaturized. Eyes become rounder, pants become more fluid and shoes are deformed to give the caricature stability.

The transformation is followed by fine-tuning: Corrections that emphasize details, frequency-separating retouching that provides more plasticity, and dodge-and-burn measures that give skin and clothing three-dimensional depth! Every detail is professionally edited to ensure the Photoshop comic style is just right.

In order to give your figure the right background, you set it free and make a perfect selection that takes even the finest hairs into account. Finally, adjust the colors and use reflections, shadows and highlights to complete a work that will be a joy to look at!

What will you gain from the training for the perfect Photoshop comic style?

You will deepen your Photoshop knowledge or learn new methods that will be taught to you by a professional in a clear and understandable way. At the same time, you can reproduce the content one-to-one using the working materials provided . Practical learning using concrete examples that is also fun! If you already have the first part of the comic style training, you can refine the methods further with this course. And if you are not yet familiar with Gabor's comic style, you will immediately enter a breathtakingly colorful world that will make you a cartoon specialist. The knowledge you acquire can then be applied to your own work - you can either recreate the entire workflow or use individual techniques from the training. A gain for your image editing!