Photoshop Creative Issue

Some shading

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Reduce the brush Opacity to 30% and apply some faint shading underneath parts of

the gerbil that would project and cast a shadow, for example, beneath his arms and

chin. Keep these shadows subtle, and again apply them with straight edges to match the form

of the gerbil.

Finishing touches

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Check your image over and make any

final tweaks or edits with the Liquify

filter. Finally, give your image a boost by

adding a Brightness/Contrast adjustment

layer at the top of the layer stack. Set the

Brightness to +7 and Contrast to +3.

Angular

shadows

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Keep the

shadows

angular with straight

edges to match the

gerbil’s new body

shape. To create a

straight line, hold

down Shift while

left-clicking at the

start and then the end

point of your line.

Feet and tail

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Slightly straighten the edges of the feet and toes, but take care not

to create edges or corners that are too sharp, as this will contrast

unnaturally with their blurriness. Straighten the tail, working your way

along it gradually, and square off the tip.

Add a shadow layer

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Add a new layer at the top of the layer stack, name it

Shadows, set the blending mode to Multiply and layer

Opacity to 30%. Use a Soft Round Brush with R: 80 G: 47 B: 25 to

paint in shadows beneath the gerbil.

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