In this tutorial you will learn how to create pseudo-vector wallpapers
for your desktop. This tutorial will be very useful for beginners and
it will be divided in two parts. In this Part 2 (of two) we will create
the kitten and everything else that is still missing.
Final Image Preview
Step 1
Open PSD file that was created on
Part 1
of this tutorial. Now we are going do add grass somewhere on our
meadow. Select the Pen Tool and create shape similar to the picture
which you can see below:
Step 2
Create
selection of this shape (Load Path as a Selection – Ctrl+click on
shape thumbnail on Paths also works). Fill selected area with green
(#89f00b) to transparent linear gradient on the new layer by using
Gradient Tool.
Step 3
Remove
selection with Select > Deselect and duplicate this layer a few
times with Ctrl+J and spread everywhere on the meadow area.
Step 4
And
the kitten is the last thing we need to create. Create new layer,
select the Elliptical Marque Tool to create selection similar to the
selection on my picture below and fill it with color #ffc000 (Orange).
Step 5
Create new layer and again with the Elliptical Marque Tool create kitten eye but now fill it with color #ffffff (White).
Step 6
Apply Stroke layer style to current layer.
Step 7
Create a new one round selection and fill it with black color.
Step 8
Duplicate
this layer with Ctrl+J, then move it a little bit left and turn to
left by going to Edit > Transform > Rotate. We have created the
eyes.
Step 9
Now
we need to add ears. Select the Pen Tool, then go to the layer with
orange ellipse and create shape like on image below. Create selection
of this shape (Load Path as a Selection – Ctrl+click on shape thumbnail
on Paths also works). Create new layer and fill selection with color
#ffc000.
Step 10
Duplicate it with Ctrl+J, then apply Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal to flip copied layer and move it left.
Step 11
Now
let´s focus on creating kitten nose. Create a new layer. On this layer
create ellipse selection by using Elliptical Marquee Tool and fill it
with black color.
Step 12
Create
a new one ellipse selection on the same layer and fill it with white
to transparent gradient. In this way we create small glare on kitten
nose.
Step 13
Remove selection with Ctrl+D. Then correct noise shape by using Pen Tool. Create the same shape you can see below.
Right
click on shape and select Make Selection. After that press Delete to
clear selection. Apply Select > Deselect to remove selection.
Step 14
Use Pen Tool to create kitten mouth. Right click on shape and select Make Selection. Fill selection with color #000000 (black).
Step 15
To finish off with the kitten face apply Brush Tool, hard round brush with small size to add a few dots with black color.
Step 16
We
keep working with the Pen Tool. Create a new layer to create auricle
with black color like my image below. Start by creating shape, convert
to selection by right clicking on shape and selecting Make Seletion.
Finally fill it with black color (#000000).
Step 17
Duplicate
this layer, then flip horizontal (Edit > Transform > Flip
Horizontal) and move a little bit left to create second one auricle.
Step 18
Create
a new layer and use the Brush Tool (hard round brush, 10px) to make
eyebrow holding Shift button make straight line with black color.
Step 19
With eyebrow layer selected apply Edit > Transform > Warp to bend the line like on image below.
Duplicate layer and move new eyebrow above the other eye.
Step 20
Now I would like to create kitten body. Create new
layer. Use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to create rectangular selection
and fill it with color orange (#ffc000).
Step 21
Now go to Edit > Transform > Distort and do like on image below.
Step 22
After that go to Edit > Transform > Warp and transform it again.
Step 23
Create
new layer. To create arms and hands we use again the Rectangular
Marquee Tool. Create rectangular selection to create first arm and fill
it with color orange (#ffc000). After that go to Edit > Transform
> Warp and transform it.
Step 24
Use the Elliptical Marquee Tool to create hand on a new layer. First create one finger only. Fill it with color orange.
Step 25
Then duplicate selection and rotate copies to get additional fingers.
Step 26
Merge
fingers and arm layers. Duplicate layer and go to Edit > Transform
> Flip Horizontal. Move second arm to right position.
Step 27
Use again Elliptical Marquee Tool to create first hind leg on a new layer and fill it with same orange color.
Step 28
Duplicate layer and go to Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal. Move second hind leg to right position.
Step 29
Between hind legs, use Rectangular Marquee Tool and fill selection with black color (#000000).
Step 30
Create
tail on new layer by using Elliptical Marquee Tool and transforming it
with Edit > Transform > Warp. After finishing creating tail,
just merge all the layers with kitten body parts together except kitten
eyes. Finally create new layer and add some black stripes on it again
with Elliptical Marquee Tool.
Step 31
Keep
adding black stripes till you have all of them. When you have created
all stripes, select layer content that has kitten body (Ctrl+click on
the layer thumbnail on layers palette), invert selection with
Shift+Ctrl+I (or go to Select > Inverse) and clear selected area
(Del).
Step 32
Remove
selection with Ctrl+D and merge kitten layer and stripes layer
(remember that you must keep kitten eyes layer separated). Select
content layer again, create new layer and go to Select > Modify >
Expand. We are going to Expand selection by 3 px and finally fill
selection with black color (#000000) on new layer.
Step 33
To
finish off the tutorial, create a new layer under kitten layer for the
shadow and create round selection by using Elliptical Marquee Tool.
Step 34
Fill
selected area with color #33b301. Remove selection with Ctrl+D and
apply Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur with similar settings to
these:
Final Image
That is it! We created pseudo-vector wallpapers for desktop. Hope this tutorial was useful for you.
