Create an Artistic Portrait from a Photograph - Photoshop Tutorial


Create an Artistic Portrait from a Photograph

In this tutorial we will turn a photograph into an artistic portrait. We are going to use lots of advanced techniques like Pen tool for selections and masking, Mixer Brush tool for softening skin, and creating two pixel masks for the same layer to make a non-destructive reflection effect.

This tutorial uses some of the amazing new features of Photoshop CS5 and it covers every single step from start to finish. Let’s get started!
( submitted: 5 years and 3084 days ago )


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cmolinar says:

Great tutorial! I definitely learned a lot! Thank you.

(5 years and 3010 days ago)

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