Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. I'm going to show you how to create recognizable
silhouette drawings that are made from 1 or 2 continuous chalk lines.
Open a profile of your subject. I downloaded this one from Shutterstock.
Open your Crop Tool.
Make your document's Width: 1550 pixels, its Height: 870 pixels and its Resolution: 150 pixels per inch.
Go to a corner and drag it in or out to size your image. Drag inside your image
to reposition it within the cropped boundaries. Continue until you're happy with its size
and position. Then, click the checkmark at the top. To fit your document back onto your
canvas, press Ctrl or Cmd + 0. Click the New Layer icon to make a new layer. We'll fill
it with black. To do this, press Shift + the F5 key at the top of your keyboard to open
the "Fill" window. Open the Contents list and click "Black". Then, click OK.
Decrease its opacity to 50%, so we can see your subject through it.
Open your Pen Tool. Choose "Path".
If you're using version CS5 or earlier, the Path icon is here.
Go to an outside edge of your subject where you'd like to begin.
Click your mouse or pen and release. Go to the nearest
point on your subject and click to make a straight path from your first point. Release
and click next to your first point. Release and click next to your second point. Continue
these steps to make connecting paths over your subject. Don't be concerned about areas
of your subject that are outside the direction of your paths. We'll take that of them in a minute.
Make the points closer together where your subject's shape turns on the inside
and make the distance of the points wider where your subject's shape turns on the outside.
End with paths with shorter lengths. Open the Paths panel. Click the icon at the upper,
right corner and click "Save Path". When you see this window, click OK. If you have an
area of your subject that needs paths, repeat the same steps to make them. Then, open the
fly-out list, click "Duplicate Path" and click OK.
If you have another area of your subject that needs paths, just repeat the steps.
Open back the Layers panel and make the Black layer's opacity 100%.
If you have a path that you'd like to connect to another path, go to the
point of the path you want to extend and click on it. Press and hold Ctrl or Cmd as you drag
the path to the top of the other path and release. Open the Paths panel and, as before,
click "Duplicate Path" and click OK.
Open the Layers panel. Open your Pencil Tool and Pencil Picker.
Click the gear icon and click "Dry Media Brushes". Click OK to replace your
current brushes with the Dry Media brushes. Click the gear icon again and click "Small List".
Scroll down and click "Hard Charcoal Edge". Make the Size 2 pixels and press Enter
or Return. Press the F5 key at the top of your keyboard to open your Brush panel. Click
"Brush Tip Shape". The Spacing is 5%. Check "Space Dynamics" and open it. Make the Size
Jitter: 100% Check and click "Scattering". Make the Scatter amount: 300, the Count: 5
and the Count Jitter: 100%. Check and open "Texture". The Scale and Depth are 100%. Check
and open "Dual Brush". The Size is 12 pixels, the Spacing is 25%, the Scatter is 0% and
the Count is 1. We want white to be your foreground color. If it isn't, press "D" on your keyboard
to make your colors black and white, respectively and then, either press "x" or click this icon
to invert them. We can close the Brush panel now. Open the Paths panel and click "Stroke
Path". Choose "Pencil" and check "Simulate Pressure". Then, click OK.
To hide the paths, click anywhere on an empty area of the Path's panel.
Open the Layers panel and Ctrl-click
or Cmd-click on the New Layer icon to make a new layer below the active layer.
We'll fill the empty layer with black and since black is the background color, press Ctrl
or Cmd + Delete. Make the top layer active and open your Lasso Tool. Draw a selection
around your chalk drawing. Press Ctrl or Cmd + J to cut and copy the drawing to its own
layer. Click the eyeball icon next to the original drawing to hide the layer. Open your
Transform Tool by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + T. Click the Warp icon.
Click the Custom tab and click, "Arch".
By dragging your cursor on the word "Bend" to the left or right, you
can adjust how much bend your drawing will have. By clicking the Warp Orientation icon,
it will instantly change its horizontal or vertical orientation. For this image, I prefer
the horizontal orientation, however, feel free to experiment with your image to see
which orientation works best for your drawing. When you're happy with your image, press Enter
or Return or click the checkmark at the top. If you have a group of lines that you'd like
to manipulate, carefully make a selection around the group and press Ctrl or Cmd + J
to cut and copy them to its own layer. Open your Transform Tool and click the Warp icon.
To manipulate the shape, drag the control points or a segment of the bounding box. When
adjusting a curve, use the control point handles. Then, press Enter or Return.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!