Tags:tapiona says:
very nice tut, I hope to see many more like this in the future from you, it helps a lot!
(2 years and 172 days ago)Photoshop Tutorial: How To Create Realistic Cat Fur
In this tutorial I will show you how to create realistic cat fur.
It takes some patience to get to the desired result, but eventually you'll end up with a super cute, furry kitten!
This tutorial is written for beginners.
The following reference is used for this tutorial: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1178601
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It takes some patience to get to the desired result, but eventually you'll end up with a super cute, furry kitten!
This tutorial is written for beginners.
The following reference is used for this tutorial: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1178601
End result:
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Step 1
Create a new document, preferably of size 900x800 (will be easy for beginners).
Draw a rough sketch of any (furry) animal.
Step 2
Create a new group and call it "Base"
Create a new layer and fill it with your desired color: that's the base color.
Step 3
Duplicate this layer and call it "Noise".
Go to filters and add noise.
Amount : 12-14%
Distribution : uniform
And make sure that the monochromatic box is checked.
Step 4
Duplicate the "Noise layer"
I duplicate my layers a lot... So when I mess things up I always have something to fall back on.
Brush type: spatter
Size: 40-60 px(depends on the area you are working)
Mode: Normal
Strength: 70%
and smudge it in the directions of the fur. There's nothing wrong to use some references to know how the
fur flows.
Step 5
Now use burn and dodge tools with the below settings.
Step 6
Create a new group and call it "fur"
I am really bad at naming my groups and layers;-)
Create a new layer and call it " A"
I hid the "Base" group so that you can see what I have been doing.
With a darker shade of the base color make some brush strokes... don't forget the flow of the fur.
Use at least 2-3 dark brown shades.
Step 7
Create a new layer and call it "B"
Similarly with lighter shades(2-3) of the base color make some strokes.
Play around with opacity(30-45) ,flow(40-50) and brush sizes(3-5px).
For really fine fur use a brush of size 1-2px.
Step 8
I revealed the "Base" group, so the image looks some what like this:
Step 9
Create a new group and call it "Nose"
Create a new layer and call it "c"
Set the foreground color to white and paint it.
Use spatter brush to smudge as shown.
Step 10
Create a new layer and call it "D".
Draw basic shape of nose.
Step 11
Create a new group and call it "ears"
Drag this group in between the "Base" group and the "fur" group.
Create a new layer"E"
Used few shades of pink for the ear.
Step 12
Right ear
Step 13
Create a new group and call it "eyes".
Create a new layer and call it "F".
Select the eye and apply gradient.
Step 14
Use dodge tool
Step 15
Draw some fine lines as shown
Step 16
Smudge the lines
Step 17
Create a new group call it "Mouth".
Step 18
Added some shadows and fine fur
Step 19
I am a right handed person. So drawing strokes from left to right comes with a little or no effort. If I need to stroke in any other direction I just rotate the canvas accordingly.
Added whiskers
Step 20
If you have patience you could paint the whole face the same way as we did the fur on the forehead.
But I dint have the patience so I merged Base and fur groups.
Copied ,pasted ,rotated and warped according to the shape.
Step 21
It looks very sloppy but don't worry all we need to do is finish it off.
1) Erase the edges and smudge
2) Ears(played with colors of the right ear to make sure it doesn't look exactly like the other one)
3) Added individual strokes of fur.
Step 22
Final result
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41 Comments:
George55 says:
Hi, this is a nice tutorial. I personally like to use the spatter brushes with the smudge tool. This will help me a lot to do my work better. Thank you!
(2 years and 171 days ago)
Guest says:
Its incredible, good work.
(2 years and 171 days ago)apuri98 says:
wow a great tut and like the spatter tool
(2 years and 170 days ago)Guest says:
wonderful....no words...awesome...
(2 years and 170 days ago)
Clinge says:
Wow, finally a simple and good tutorial for beginners 
and to learn the basics to paint something from nothing. THX very much.
Guest says:
Awsome!! It is exactly the kind of tutorial I was searching for!!
Thank you
Guest says:
thanks for your tutorial cuz I can learn many more from you...
(2 years and 161 days ago)ushurani says:
Thanks a lot guys.Not only with smudge, spatter is great with burn tool also.
(2 years and 161 days ago)Guest says:
VERY NICE TUTORIAL
(2 years and 160 days ago)Guest says:
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(2 years and 159 days ago)Guest says:
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Guest says:
hi this is amateur asha frm india,inspired by ur thought of creating a realistic cat,especially the expressive eyes of the cat are awesome.hope to see more tutorials like this ushakiran.
(2 years and 153 days ago)Guest says:
Intersting and informative. hope to see more work from u. never thought of such a thing. great.
(2 years and 153 days ago)Guest says:
woooooow................super.......
(2 years and 150 days ago)Guest says:
amazing work and a cute cat in deed
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Guest says:
to cute and lovely tutorial,
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Guest says:
wow...great work
(2 years and 141 days ago)Guest says:
peshshshsh
(2 years and 133 days ago)
albevolution says:
amazing , i'll try and it right now
Guest says:
very very good tutorial.
(2 years and 131 days ago)Guest says:
Great usha
(2 years and 128 days ago)Guest says:
thanks i m beginner but i m learn very important tools
(2 years and 89 days ago)Guest says:
amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MD HANZALA
erathion says:
Very nice work.....
(2 years and 72 days ago)
hereisanoop says:
very nice.. when i look at the final result i thought it is real cat... Fantastic work and tutorial.. like it very much.. this will help me very much in the future... Thank You very much for sharing
(2 years and 61 days ago)
erikuri says:
Very good! It's quite difficult to make fur or hair, so, taking this tut as a reference, with some training, everything gets easier! Thank you... 
Guest says:
Wow Very Good tutorial amazing .....!
(2 years and 60 days ago)Guest says:
Wow!
Very impressive!!!!!
Guest says:
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(1 year and 348 days ago)Guest says:
It's a good tutorial, I just can't find the right kind of brush to use to make the fur. My Photoshop is slightly different with the strength and all. But it's a WONDERFUL tutorial.
(1 year and 334 days ago)Guest says:
It's a good tutorial, I just can't find the right kind of brush to use to make the fur. My Photoshop is slightly different with the strength and all. But it's a WONDERFUL tutorial.
(1 year and 334 days ago)Guest says:
Thanks for your effort but I think you are going on a shortcut for certain parts which is not very understandable. But overall great job!
(1 year and 277 days ago)francisbrown16 says:
this tutorial is great
(1 year and 226 days ago)Guest says:
amazingly cute!!!!!! i luv 2 draw cats!!!!!!! : ...( so cute im crying!!!
(1 year and 182 days ago)Guest says:
i agree with the person who commented that there were shortcuts on some of the steps (Example: step 10). It made it difficult to understand what to do. But otherwise, great tutorial!
(1 year and 141 days ago)Guest says:
Thanks so much on your effort to write such a wonderful tutorial for all of us!
It's a great help )
Guest says:
heyy thanxx a lot..its very interesting and esy to understand..great..
(1 year and 104 days ago)nireh.s says:
fantaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaastic drawing..........................KEEP IT UP
(1 year and 26 days ago)Guest says:
Wow, awesome tutorial, This technique is simply brilliant. Mad Props ^______^ THANK YOU
(150 days ago)
very cute result and great tutorial
(2 years and 172 days ago)