The effect is as follows:
1. Use the "Pen Tool" to outline the hair and fill it with the middle color of the hair. This will facilitate the subsequent operations of deepening and lightening colors.
2. Click the "Burn Tool" in the toolbox, select a flexible brush with a brush size of 60 pixels, select "Range" as "Midtone", set the "Exposure" to about 20%, deepen the hair shadow position, and The volume of the hair is revealed.
(Tip) Since the system's default number of undo steps is 20, it is easy to exceed 20 when using tools such as deepening and dodging. Therefore, you can create a snapshot of the history before some operations. When satisfied, you can retreat to the snapshot position for easy operation.
3. Click the "Eraser Tool" in the toolbox, select a flexible brush with a brush size of 80 pixels, select "Mode" as "Brush", set "Opacity" to 60%, and set "Flow" to 60%. Erase some color from the edges of the hair and lower the opacity to make the edges appear softer and more natural.
4. Some specific brushes are needed when drawing hair. Let's make a custom brush. First, create a new file, set the "width" to 50 pixels, set the "height" to 50 pixels, and set the "resolution" to 72 pixels/ inches, the background content is "transparent".
5. Click the "Brush Tool" in the toolbox, set the brush size to 1 pixel, select "Mode" to "Normal", set "Opacity" to 100%, set "Flow" to 100%; zoom in on the canvas, and then Draw some irregular black spots on the canvas.
6. Execute the "EditDefine Brush Preset" menu command.
7. In the pop-up "Brush Name" dialog box, name the brush "Hair" and click the "OK" button to complete the brush definition.
8. Click the "Create New Path" button on the path panel, create a new path and name it "Fa 1", click the "Pen Tool" in the toolbox, and outline the hair path according to the direction of the hair.
9. Click the "Smear Tool" in the toolbox, select the brush you just customized, select "Mode" to "Normal", and set "Strength" to 100%.
10. Open the "Brush" panel, and in the "Brush Presets" dialog box, set the "Spacing" in the brush tip shape to 1%.
11. Make sure that the "Fa 1" path is selected, click the "Pen Tool" in the toolbox, right-click on the canvas, select the "Stroke Path" command in the pop-up menu, and then select the "Stroke Path" command in the pop-up menu ” dialog box, select the “Smear” tool, and finally click the “OK” button to perform the stroke task.
12. Click the "Dodge Tool" in the toolbox, select a flexible brush with a brush size of 150 pixels, select "Range" as "Midtone", set the "Exposure" to about 15%, and lighten the hair. Part color.
13. Click the "Create New Path" button on the path panel, create a new path and name it "Fa 2", click the "Pen Tool" in the toolbox, and outline the shape of the hair, aiming to match the last path There is a difference and a sense of hierarchy is formed.
14. Continue to use the "Smudge" tool and repeat the "Stroke Path" operation.
15. Click the "Dodge Tool" in the toolbox and select the brush you just customized.
16. In the "Brush" panel, set the "Spacing" in the brush tip shape to 1%.
17. Set the "Range" of the "Dodge Tool" to "Midtones" and the "Exposure" to about 70%.
18. Make sure the "Pen Tool" is selected in the toolbox, right-click on the canvas, select the "Stroke Path" command in the pop-up menu, and select the "Dodge" tool in the pop-up "Stroke Path" dialog box. Click the "OK" button to perform the stroke task.
19. If you feel that performing the dodge operation is a bit outdated, you can execute the "EditFade Stroke Path" menu command and lower the "Opacity" setting in the pop-up "Fade" dialog box to reduce the stroke effect.
20. Click the "Pen Tool" in the toolbox and draw the outline shapes of several hairs. The purpose is to be different from the last path and create a sense of hierarchy.
21. Click the "Burn Tool" in the toolbox, select the brush with "9 pixels sharp", select "Midtone" as the "Range", and set the "Exposure" to about 24%.
22. Select the "Pen Tool" in the toolbox, right-click on the canvas, execute the "Stroke Path" command, then select the "Burn" tool in the pop-up "Stroke Path" dialog box, and click the button to perform the stroke task.
23. Execute the "ImageAdjustmentBrightness Contrast" menu command to enhance the contrast of the hair color.
24. Select dark brown as the foreground color, which will serve as the hair shadow color.
25. Create a new "Hair Shadow" layer below the "Hair" layer; then click the "Brush Tool" in the toolbox, set the brush size to 100 pixels, select "Mode" to "Normal", and set "No "Transparency" is 70%, set "Flow" to 40%, and use a brush to draw the shadow of the hair on the left.
26. Return to the "Hair" layer, load the selection of the face, and erase the excess hair.
27. Click the "Pen Tool" in the toolbox and draw the outline shape of the shadow part of the hair on the right.
28. First convert the checked path into a selection, feather it by 5 pixels; fill the selection with the foreground color.
29. Use the "Eraser Tool" in the toolbox, select a flexible brush with a brush size of about 175, set the "Opacity" to 50%, set the "Flow" to 60%, erase some of the color under the shadow, and reduce the Transparency creates a natural transition effect.
30. Create a new layer above the "Hair" layer and name it "Hair", and use the "Pen Tool" to outline the shape of the hair.
(Tip) Here you can use the method of repeatedly copying the path. First mark a path, hold down the ctrl key, and click the mouse in the blank space to end the path operation. If you want to copy this path, you can hold down the ctrl key + alt key. , click and move the mouse on this path to copy the second path.
31. Set the brush to "Pointed 1 pixel brush", "Opacity" and "Flow" to 100%; select the "Brush" tool in the "Stroke Path" dialog box, check the "Simulate Pressure" option, and click Click the "OK" button to execute the stroke task.
(Tip) When Simulate Pressure is checked, the stroked path will have a pointed effect at both ends. When it is not checked, the straight path will be the same size.
32. Use the "Burn Tool" and "Dodge Tool" alternately to draw the light and dark relationship of the hair and complete the operation of the hair. When drawing eyelashes and eyebrows, the method used is the same, but the settings are slightly different. You can do these Try practicing.
