Photoshop workflow: Portrait in the child scheme

Can a man with a beard be cute? - Definitely with these image editing techniques! Get to know a Photoshop workflow that lets you apply the most adorable childlike scheme to portraits of grown-up people. It's fun for friends, family and maybe even a colleague, right? In any case, Marco Kolditz's training involves raising the forehead, bulging out the eyes, blowing out the head and stepping back the nose and chin! To adjust the proportions of the face to the childlike scheme with the help of Photoshop, pull out tools such as Lasso, Brush, Transformation and the Liquify filter. For a harmonious overall image, you can also use blur, noise, high-pass, a vignette and the depth-effective painting of highlights and shadows. Time for a change - the portraits of your loved ones are waiting for a fun childlike deformation!

Adjust the proportions of portraits of adult people to the child scheme.
Use different Photoshop tools to deform faces.
Learn to pay attention to fine details in your workflow and create a coherent image look.

This training is pure joy - for you as you learn the image editing methods shown, and for the people concerned as they look at their child's portraits.

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content: 1 h Video training
Licence: private and commercial Rights of use

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Portrait of a man alienated with Photoshop into a childlike scheme

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Portrait in child schema

Photoshop workflow: Portrait in the child scheme - 1 Introduction and proportions

In the first video, video trainer Marco Kolditz introduces you to his image idea and makes initial adjustments to the proportions of the male model's face.

Photoshop workflow: portrait in child scheme - 2 eyes and chin

In this video, video trainer Marco Kolditz shows you how he adjusts the areas of the eyes and chin so that they fit the familiar childlike shape.

Photoshop workflow: portrait in child scheme - 3 Face rounder, nose smaller

In keeping with the childlike scheme, the person portrayed should have a smaller nose and the head should appear rounder. In this video, Marco Kolditz shows you his method for achieving these goals.

Photoshop workflow: Portrait in child scheme - 4 Reduce body and background

In addition to the head, the body of the person depicted should of course also be adapted. In this video, the body is scaled down accordingly and merged with the rest of the image.

Photoshop workflow: Portrait in child scheme - 5 Skin softer and oil look

In order to do further justice to the childlike scheme, the model's skin should of course also appear younger and therefore softer. In this video, Marco Kolditz shows you exactly how to do this and also creates a painterly look.