Comic Style - The Photoshop Cartoon Effect: Vol. 2

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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