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HELPSTATIONCREATETHREE-COLOURARTWORKNow we can bring in the third and final
colour; the white paint that will fill in the
middle section of the dog. With the addition
of the green background the artwork will be
complete. The final effect would make a great
print, and would also work very well as a
T-shirt design. The final steps will show you
how to edit and save the artwork in order
to create a clever effect when printed
onto products.[ STAGE 3 ]
FINISH THE ART
ADD THE FINAL COLOUR AND PREPARE
FOR PRINTING.
LAYERSELECTIONS
Eachlayerhasa thumbnail
imageintheLayerspalette.
HoldCmd/Ctrlandleft-clickit
toselectthelayer’scontents.STENCILEFFECT
Thestyleofoutlinethat’sbeen
createdplustheaddedpainttexture
givestheeffectofa stencilleddesign.LOWTOLERANCE
WiththeWand’stolerance
setto0 it doesn’tpickup
surroundingpixelsofany
othershade.03
USE A LAYER MASK
Go to the white paint layer and add a layer mask. Hide the Colour
layer and the Background layer so that only the black and white is
visible. Save the file as a .png so that the background remains transparent.
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UPLOAD FOR PRINTING
Now, when you upload the .png file to a printing and selling site such
as RedBubble (redbubble.com) and apply it to a T-shirt, you’ll find
that the colour of the T-shirt becomes the background colour for your artwork.02
BEGIN PRINTING PREP
The artwork is now finished. However, if you want to print it onto a
T-shirt this will require some further prep work. Hold Cmd/Ctrl and
click the Colour layer’s thumbnail in the Layers palette to select its contents.
Press Shift-Cmd/Ctrl-I to invert the selection.01
ADD WHITE PAINT
We copy and paste the scribble image we prepared earlier, below
Colour in the Layers palette. Resize and position it as desired behind
the dog. Add another new layer below the paint layer, name it Background and
fill it with the same colour as you used on the Colour layer.