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How To Create A Cartoon Character With Photo manipulation  & Retouching.

           

TRANSFORMING PHOTOS OF REAL PEOPLE INTO CARICATURES

  Photo manipulation+ Retouching + Color Grading Tutorial

We will be covering a lot of things in this massive tutorial. You will learn step by step how you can create any cartoon character you imagine using photo-manipulation, retouching and color grading techniques. With only Photoshop and stock photos (or your own) you can create a unique caricature that can be a logo, a mascot for a product, a character in an ad, etc.. You can of course use the same techniques explained in this tutorial, in a more subtle way, to spice up your portraits or images.

This tutorial has a massive 89 steps detailing the entire process to achieve the image above and don't worry, all my tutorials can be done by anyone who has basic knowledge of Photoshop. Unlike other tutorials you'll sometimes see out there, you don't need to be a skilled digital painter to achieve the same results I get here - as I'm not a good digital painter myself ;)

As you can see below, I started out with a sketch of what I wanted to recreate in Photoshop. When doing a project like this, it is not a bad idea to do a sketch on a piece of paper, even if you are not that good at drawing, just so you have a clear idea of what you want to achieve. Another reason why drawing a rough a sketch is important is that a cartoon character has very different proportions than a real person and since we are using stock photos of real people to achieve our character, it's useful to have the scanned sketch of a cartoon in the background of your canvas in Photoshop to really help guide you in your creation. If you really cannot draw to save your life, you can use any cartoon image you find online and use it as a guide for proportions.

This Photoshop tutorial has 89 steps explained with text instructions + images and there are 2 steps a little more complicated that are explained with videos.

Initial Sketch Above

Tutorial Format: Text & Images + 2 Videos | Steps: 89 | Images Included

How To Make Facial Features Pop Out With Retouching

USING PHOTOSHOP TOOLS TO ADD DEPTH & CHARACTER TO A FACE

Advanced Retouching Tutorial

In this 130-minute video tutorial I will show you different retouching techniques and tricks that will help you transform regular people into eye-popping characters. In this Photoshop tutorial, we will enhance the facial features of the man and the woman giving them a funny cartoonist look perfect for our artwork. We will then work on colors and add a background that will mesh well with our characters. In this case, I choose a background that would give the impression that those two were in an insane asylum!

Original Untouched Photo Above

Tutorial Format: Video | Time: 130 Minutes | Images Included 

How To Make Your Portraits Look Out Of This World

USING RETOUCHING TECHNIQUES TO CREATE FANTASY PORTRAIT

Retouching + Color Grading

In this 50 minute VIDEO tutorial, we will start with an untouched portrait of a girl, a photo anyone can take at home with their camera and transform it into some sort of fantasy character. We will go through every step I took to get the final result, from working on the skin, color grading, lighting and finishing with the background.

With the techniques you'll master after completing this Photoshop tutorial, you will be able to create many different looks for your portraits, whether you just want a subtle enhancement or you really want to push it and transform your portrait into something that is out of this world!

Original Untouched Photo Above

Tutorial Format: Video | Time: 52 Minutes | Images Included 

HOW TO TURN A GIRL INTO A SURREAL CHARACTER 

USING RETOUCHING & PHOTO-MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES TO CREATE A DISNEY-LOOKING CHARACTER

Retouching + Photo manipulation Tutorial

In this 87-minute video tutorial I will show you how to use the photo of a person and transform him or her into an eye-popping Disney-looking(?) character! We will first use a pretty neat technique to retouch the model, the skin and then we will use photo manipulation methods to transform the girl into someone with pretty wacky proportions which will give us a very cool and surreal result!

In this Photoshop tutorial, we will cover many aspects of photo editing which will surely help you make your photos ''pop'' and attract attention!

Original Photo Above

Tutorial Format: Video | Time: 87 minutes | Images Included 

HOW TO GIVE YOUR PORTRAITS A SURREAL LOOK 

 

TRANSFORMING AN AVERAGE JOE INTO AN EYE POPPING CHARACTER

Retouching + Photo manipulation + Color Grading Tutorial

In this detailed 3-hour Video Tutorial, I will show you step by step how you can turn an average Joe into a surreal eye-popping character using advanced retouching techniques. We will also be working on adding light effects to the image, adding a rim light around our character and then color grading our scene to make it look rather creepy.

This Photoshop tutorial will benefit anyone who wants to take their game to the next level when it comes to creative portrait retouching!

As you can see below, we will be starting out with a regular photo of a guy screaming on the phone, we will then add an extra dimension to his facial features, we will make the skin look as smooth as can be before inserting our new character into a new environment that will become a creepy haunted house.

Initial Photo (Left) - After Retouching (Right) Above

Tutorial Format: Video | Time: 3 Hours | Images Included 

HOW TO GIVE YOUR PORTRAITS THE "VIDEO GAME LOOK" 

TRANSFORMING A PORTRAIT INTO SOMETHING SLEEK AND ARTISTIC

Retouching Tutorial

Video games these days are more and more realistic and a lot of attention is put on the aesthetics of their 3D characters. In this 2 hour+ Video Tutorial, we will transform a portrait of a regular guy into something that look straight out of the latest video game. And of course, if you want something that looks a little more realistic, we can easily tone down the effects while keeping a very original look!

In this Photoshop tutorial we will use advanced retouching techniques that you can use to create that same sleek/artistic look for any portraits.

Initial Photo Above

Tutorial Format: Video | Time: 2.5 Hours | Images Included 

HOW TO TURN YOUR PHOTO INTO A FLASHY POSTER AD 

GIVING YOUR PHOTOS A SLICKER, EYE CATCHING & MORE COLORFUL LOOK

Retouching + Color Grading Tutorial

In this 110-minute Video Tutorial, we will be transforming an unretouched photo of two models into a slicker and flashier image that will look like some poster ad used to promote products such as soft drinks or candies! Menthos anyone?!

While we are doing this Photoshop tutorial, we will mostly concentrate on changing the look of the skin, add colored lights from both sides reflecting on the models' skin, add a much more interesting background and of course, we will spend some time color correcting/grading our image.


If you want to add some 'flash' to your photos, then this tutorial is for you!

Tutorial Format: Video | Time: 110 minutes | Images Included

HOW TO CREATE MORE IMPACTFUL PORTRAITS 

IMPROVING THE LOOK OF THE SKIN WITH STYLE

Retouching + Color Grading Tutorial

In this 105-minute video tutorial, I show you how you can improve the look and details of someone face/skin and really give your photos or the people in your photomanipulatons a very cool and impactful look! Starting with a generic picture of a business man, we will layer by layer improve the details, contrasts and colors until we get something that will really get people's attention!

Tutorial Format: Video | Time: 105 minutes | Images Included 

HOW TO ADD AN ENCHANTED ATMOSPHERE TO YOUR PHOTOS

IMPROVING THE BACKGROUND AND MAKING YOUR SUBJECT POP OUT

Advanced Color Correcting Tutorial

In this 2 hour video tutorial we will take this photo of a little girl standing in the woods and transform it into a fairytale-like scene and make her pop out of the photo! Most of this tutorial will focus on color correction/color grading techniques that will allow us to drastically change the look of a photo!

If you are looking to make your photos 'pop' more by improving the look of the background and foreground, this tutorial is for you!

Original Untouched Photo Above

Tutorial Format: Video | Time: 2+ Hours | Images Included

HOW TO TURN YOUR PHOTOS INTO HIGH IMPACT MAGAZINE ADS 

GIVE YOUR PHOTO A "PAINTED LOOK" WITH SURREAL CONTRASTS & COLORS

Advanced Color Grading Tutorial

In this Photoshop tutorial we will use advanced color grading techniques to transform a photo that desperately needs more punch into an high impact image that could be used in a magazine ad for example. By using different techniques to exaggerate to contrasts and accentuate the colors, we can give our photo a sort of "painted" look that is very popular right now with commercial photographers. If you want to take your photography to another level, this tutorial will show show step by step how to edit your photos like the pros. And if you are a graphic designer, the knowledge you will learn in this tutorial will further help you to create eye-popping art!

Starting Image Above

Tutorial Format: Video | Time: 55 minutes | Images Included 

HOW TO TURN A DAYTIME SCENE INTO A NIGHT SCENE 

 

ADDING DETAILS, COLORS, SHADOWS & HIGHLIGHTS TO A CITY SCENE

Photo Editing Tutorial

In this 115-minute Video Tutorial, we will transform this photo taken in Old Montreal and turn it into a night scene where we will focus on accentuating the details, add elements to spice up the image and work on the highlights and shadows to make everything pop more!

The photo editing techniques learned in this tutorial can serve to improve any photos that especially include buildings, streets, bridges, etc...

Original Unretouched Photo Above

Tutorial Format: Video | Time: 115 minutes | Images Included 

HOW TO GIVE A PHOTO A COOL GRUNGY DE SATURATED LOOK 

TURNING A PHOTO INTO AN EDGY COVER ART

Photo Editing Tutorial

In this 85-minute Video Tutorial, we will transform this photo of "rebellious" teenagers into something much edgier and grungier, something that could certainly be used as a poster or album cover for a music band. This look/effect could also be used for photos of extreme sports or even portraits!

In this tutorial, we will explore different editing techniques that will allow us to bring out the details in our image, improve contrast and adjust the colors to give us the look you see above.

Click the link below or the image for more info on this tutorial!

Initial Photo Above

Tutorial Format: Video | Time: 2.5 Hours | Images Included 

HOW TO CREATE BREATHTAKING IMAGES 

USING ADVANCED COLOR GRADING AND SOME PHOTO-MANIPULATION TO MAKE YOUR PHOTOS LOOK SPECTACULAR

Color Grading + Photo-manipulation Tutorial

Getting guest teachers to create premium Photoshop tutorials for this site is something you will see more and more and for this one, it's an exceptional artist and photographer named Ipoenk Graphic who wrote this exclusive tutorial for the members of Learn Photo Editing.net!

Ipoenk starts off with a photo he took himself and by using advanced color grading techniques and a bit of photo manipulation, he turns a snapshot of rural life into a breathtaking award-winning image. In this tutorial, he will show you step by step how he was able to achieve such a transformation. The knowledge you'll gain after completing this tutorial will allow you to transform your own photos into magical works of art!

Original Photos Used Above

Tutorial Format: Text & Images | Steps: 52 | Images Included 

HOW TO CREATE A FANTASY ENVIRONMENT WITH PHOTO-MANIPULATION

USING PHOTO-MANIPULATION AND COLOR GRADING TO ADD CREATIVITY TO YOUR PHOTOS

Color Grading + Photo-manipulation Tutorial

If you are a professional photographer, you absolutely need to learn the art of photo-manipulation as this simple skill will allow you to offer much more than simple photos to your clients, you could offer them, for example, a trip back in time! Way back!

My friend Rivo  Rareano created this tutorial exclusively for the members of Learn Photo Editing.net using a photo he took of his son to create this beautiful "Lost World" art. In a Video Tutorial that last just about 2 hours, I will recreate his fantastic image and will explain to you step by step how Riva created it. The end result is what you see above! In this Photoshop tutorial, you will not only learn about photo-manipulation but also different color grading techniques.

Original Photos Used Above

Tutorial Format: Video | Time: 2 Hours | Images Included 

HOW TO CHANGE THE LOOK OF A DULL PHOTO WITH COLOR GRADING 

PUSHING A RAW PHOTO TO THE MAX IN PHOTOSHOP

Retouching + Color Grading

In this 57-Minute Video Tutorial I take a RAW photo and transform it into something much more interesting by pushing the color grading to the max. I start off in the Photoshop RAW photo editor (Camera Raw) and go through my usual workflow to prepare the photo for an extreme transformation in Photoshop. Then I show you all the steps I took and techniques I used to achieve the image you see right above!

Shooting RAW is so essential in my opinion to really get the most out of your photos, to be able to bring back the details in the shadows and highlights but also to be able to bring back colors that could have been lost if you shot JPEGs.

I took the photo above at Le Domain de Maizerets in Quebec City, it was a beautiful scene but the photo came out looking pretty dull as you can see below. With the photo editing techniques I'll show you in this Photoshop tutorial, you too will be able to turn dull photos into awesome photos!

Original Unretouched Photo Above

Tutorial Format: Video | Time: 57 Minutes | Images Included 

HOW TO DO AN EXTREME MAKEOVER DIGITALLY IN PHOTOSHOP

TRANSFORMING A MODEL INTO A SUPERMODEL

Advanced Retouching + Color Grading Tutorial

In this MASSIVE 2 hour VIDEO tutorial, we will digitally transform a model into a Supermodel using advanced retouching techniques. This is a tutorial I'm doing in collaboration with popular professional photographer Bishop Bautista ( www.bishopbautista.com ) who took the original photo. This tutorial was actually inspired by the way he edited and transformed that same exact photo. I tried to somewhat recreate what he did and this is my version and I'll show you exactly, step by step, how I did it!

I believe that anyone with basic skills in Photoshop can do this tutorial and once you'll master this extreme transformation technique, you'll be able to not only do wild transformations like this one but also more subtle ones that your subject will certainly appreciate and be amazed by!

Edited Photo Above

Tutorial Format: Video | Time: 120 Minutes | Images Included

HOW TO BRING OUT COLORS & DETAILS IN YOUR PHOTOS 

TURN A PHOTO INTO A "REALITY SHOW" POSTER AD

Advanced Color Grading Tutorial

In this video tutorial we will use advanced color grading techniques to create a tone mapping effect without the use of any plugins or 3rd party software, we'll only be using Photoshop and what comes with it. We will start out with a photo taken with the aid of an off-the-camera flash and turn it into some sort of "reality show" poster ad. Taking a photo while using an additional fill-light or reflectors helpl us retain a lot of details in the shadows and highlights which make it easier in post-production to really push the color grading.

This tutorial will be really helpful to anyone who wants to give their photos a professional look with richer colors and higher contrasts.

Original Unretouched Photo Above

Tutorial Format: Video | Time: 50 Minutes | Images Included 

HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OUT OF YOUR RAW PHOTOS

TURN A PHOTO WITH STRONG SHADOWS & HIGHLIGHTS INTO SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A HDR PHOTO

Advanced Color Grading Tutorial

In this 45-minute video tutorial I will show you how you can get the most out of a RAW photo especially when your subject or the sky couldn't be properly exposed. When you take photos in nature and you don't have with you a reflector, especially when the sun is going down and you want to capture it along with your subject, you'll run into some problems. Either the sky will be blown out or your subject will be too dark. You can however with Photoshop correct that problem, bring out hidden details in the shadows and highlights as well as colors you didn't think were there. If you want to make your photos "pop" more, this is the tutorial for you!

Original Image Above

Tutorial Format: Video | Time: 45 minutes | Images Included