Airbrushing with the Mouse

This tutorial will teach you how to create a nice airbrush-effect without the help of a drawing-tablet!

• Step 1 For this tutorial you can use a picture of a random person;
  I've chosen the cute Lacey Chabert!

  

• Step 2 First, create a white new layer ABOVE the picture and lower the opacity a little bit. This helps working with different colors!

  

• Step 3 Select the 1px standard brush and set the color to BLACK;
  Then select the Pen-Tool and draw around the hair and the face.
  When you made a line, press ESC to start with new anchorpoints. Press ESC to delete your entire line-creation.
  Make sure you draw nicely since these are gonna be the lines!
  Make sure you make every step ON A NEW LAYER!

  

• Step 4 Do the same with the possible clothing, this time on A NEW LAYER AGAIN!!!;

  

• Step 5 BE VERY CAREFULL with the lips, because these need to be soft and not HARD and ROUGH... so SOFT.. think soft ;)

  

• Step 6 Eyelines and the eyebrows come next;

  

• Step 7 Then do the nose, but lower the opacity to 50%

  

• Step 8 Create an eyeball and just duplicate it and cut off the pieces that reach the border!
  The eyeball should look like this below:
  A color with a black circle in the middle and three or two white shine-circles.

  

• Step 9 Color some WHITE behind the eyeballs;

  

• Step 10 Then, create a new layer BELOW all the lines and choose a standard color for the skin;

  

• Step 11 Choose a bit darker color for the shadow;
  Also, don't mind your drawing. Just make sure where you drew is the place you need shadow!

  

• Step 12 Then go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and select a nice setting, depending on the image

  

• Step 13 Then select a brighter color for the highlights and do the same on a new layer!

  

• Step 14 Give that layer also a Gaussian Blur!

  

• Step 15 Then select a REALLY dark color for the real shadow;

  

• Step 16 Blur that as well;

  

• Step 17 Draw some red/maron blusher IF NEEDED!

  

• Step 18 Gaussian Blur it again!

  

• Step 19 Choose a red color for the base of the lips;

  

• Step 20 Then add a pink color on top of it and give it a Gaussian Blur;
  Then add white lines to show the gloss;

  

• Step 21 Brush some white on the place of the teeth, IF NEEDED!

  

• Step 22 Grab a grey brush and draw teeth, maybe also lower the opacity...

  

• Step 23 Brush the clothes in 1 color again!

  

• Step 24 Draw with a darker color some lines where the pleats are;

  

• Step 25 DUPLICATE that layer and lower the opacity of the original;

  

• Step 26 Give the duplicate a Gaussian Blur;

  

• Step 27 Choose a little bit darker color for more and heavier pleats;

  

• Step 28 Duplicate the layer and give the original a Gaussian Blur;

  

• Step 29 Lower the opacity of the duplicate;

  

• Step 30 Give the hair 1 color also;

  

• Step 31 Select the 1px standard brush again and start drawing some ROUGH lines through the hair with a different color then the standard color;

  

• Step 32 Do the same with a little darker color;

  

• Step 33 Do the same with a very bright color;

  

• Step 34 And just play around untill you got nice hair!

  

• Step 35 And when you're done, you merge all layers and you got your Airbrushed-Human!