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Creating a cartoon alien |
| Start by drawing an ellipse using elliptical shape tool. |
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| Double click the layer to open layer style window and enable stroke. Apply settings as shown. |
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| Create an ellipse inside the first ellipse using elliptical shape tool. Use a lighter shade. |
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| Create another small ellipse to create eyes. |
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| From edit menu select transform path>>distort. |
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| Adjust the nodes of the path. |
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| Select the eye layer and press Ctrl+T to transform. Rotate it. |
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| Duplicate the eye layer and press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select flip horizontal. |
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| Draw two small ellipse with white color to create eye lids of the alien inside the eye area. |
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| Create another big ellipse. Move the layer below the alien face layer. We'll create body shape much smaller the head itself. |
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| Press Ctrl+T to transform. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust the nodes as shown. |
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| Apply stroke to the layer with previous settings. |
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| Select pen tool and draw leg and foot of the alien. |
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| Duplicate the leg layer and flip it horizontally. |
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| Using pen tool draw hand and antinna of the alien. |
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| Double click the eye lids layer to open layer style window and enable outer glow and gradient overlay. Apply settings as shown. |
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| Change the background color to blue. |
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| Create a noise gradient. |
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| Create a new layer and apply the gradient in radial mode. |
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| Change the color mode of gradient layer to overlay. |
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