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Step Three: Use the Rectangular Marquee tool

(M) to create a rectangular selection around the

upraised hand. Keep the selection tight to the

contour of the hand. Press Command-J (PC:

Ctrl-J) to copy the selection to a new layer. Dou-

ble-click the name of the new layer, rename it

“Hand,” and convert it to a smart object with

Layer>Smart Objects>Convert to Smart Object.

Step Four: Illustrated hands are often drawn

proportionately larger than real-life hands. To

mimic this effect, we’ll scale up the model’s

hand. Go to Edit>Transform>Distort to bring

up the transformation handles around the Hand

layer. Grab each top corner and move them

slightly up and out. Be cautious to make sure

that the wrist area still aligns with the rest of the

arm. Press Enter to commit the transformation.

Step Five: Go to Layer>New>Layer and in the

New Layer dialog, name the layer “Dodge/Burn”

and set the Mode to Overlay. Then check the

option for Fill with Overlay-Neutral Color (50%

Gray), and click OK. This will add a new layer that

appears gray in the Layers panel, but you can’t

see it in the image because the Overlay blend

mode renders the gray fill as completely invis-

ible, but there are still pixels there with which

to work.