Ever wanted to learn how to make your own smilies? This tutorial will show the basic techniques used to make the smilies shown below.
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This is the tool palette. I've highlighted the tools that you will be using for this tutorial. I've provided this as a reference to guide you as you progress through the tutorial.
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1) Create a new document with the dimensions 15x15 and a transparent background.
2) Press the D key. This will reset your background and foreground colors to black and white.
3) Zoom in by either pressing CTRL + + or: Edit >> Zoom In, until you're at 1600%.
4) Use your pencil tool to draw the following:
5) Use your Polygonal Lasso Tool to make the following selection inside of your circle.
6) Pick a background color. I used yellow (#FFFF00). Set the foreground color to white.
7) Go to the gradient tool. Set the option to radial gradient as shown below:
8) With your gradient tool, drag inside of the selection from the center to the edge. Press CTRL + D to deselect.
9) Press the D key to set the background and foreground colors back to black and white.
10) Create a new layer: Layer >> New >> Layer. Hit OK. Use your pencil tool to draw the following:
11) See if you can draw the faces for the following smilies:
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