How to Create a Simple Face Text Portrait in Photoshop

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How to Create a Simple Face Text Portrait inPhotoshop

by Ronald Bien

How to Create a Simple Face Text Portrait in Photoshop http://naldzgraphics.net/tutorials/how-to-create-a-simple-face-text-portr...

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As I was thinking of making more advance tutorials, maybe its time to make a quick simple tutorials wherebeginners can easily figure how it was done. Here is a simple tutorial for beginners. In this tutorial you’llgonna learn how to create a Simple Text Portrait in Photoshop. You will learn how to make a text followinto a path with the use of Pen Tool (P) in more artistic way. Here’s a quick look on the final result

First we need to get a Stock photo to start. This girl is good for our tutorial. You can download it HERE.After you download it. Put it in Photoshop and Name it to “GUIDE”


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Once you download, Remove the background using Polygonal Lasso Tool (L).


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Lets adjust the image Brightness and Contrast. Copy the settings below

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Now lets posterize it a bit. Go to Image>Adjustments>Posterize. Then set the Level to 5. One its doneset the image Opacity to 40 so we can easily see the path later on once we use Pen Tool (P).


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Choose Pen Tool (P). Start creating a path from left to right. See image below.


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Now Lets add an anchor point on the center of the path. Right Click on the Pen Tool (P) in the toolbarthen choose Add Anchor Point Tool. Add an anchor point on the center then hold Left Click on yourMouse then drag it Upward.


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This time choose Horizontal Type Tool (T) then click on the left side of the path. Its the first point whenwe start creating our path. After you click the first point of our path It must look like this


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Now Start typing a text. I use naldzgraphics on this sample repeatedly:).


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Lets adjust the size of the fonts so it will occupied the darker part of our image since we are using thedarker part of the image as our guide to create our portrait.


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To work on the eye, Choose Ellipse Tool (U) and start creating a circle inside the eye. Once your doneadjust the circle using Direct Selection Tool (A). Now we have just made a path on the eye.


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Choose Horizontal Type Tool (T) again. Click on the upper right of the path and start typing a text. It willlook like this.


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Now you learn how to create a path using Pen Tool repeat the same process on the nose,mouth and hair.Again make sure to use the darker part on the image as the guide on making the path:) Once your finish,close the “GUIDE” Layer. On the Background layer use #d3cb9f color. Use Paint Bucket Tool (G) toapply the color. And we’re finish:) Again Congrats!!!


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Also Adding color gives better effect.You can play what ever color you want on your portrait. Here I justuse a simple color using only more on red.


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Author: Ronald Bien

A Graphic Designer from Philippines and the founder of Naldz Graphics. He launched Naldz Graphics tohelp the Design Community in providing quality design resources and tutorials.

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1 Gabriel

very good tutorial.thank you for the photoshop tutorial.

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2 Dainis Graveris

Hey, naldz! This one is great – yet simple Thanks for idea, just never thought about using thistool to do something like this! great

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3 Andrew Houle

This came out great, keep up the good work!

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4 John Campbell

Really good job, keep up the great work!

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5 moih60

good job…and good finish ..i have add it to my collection

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6 Katie

This is sweet! Thanks, man.

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7 Timothy

Awesome tutorial. Will come in handy

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8 Advocate


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seems it’s very good prog.. but who can say hoiw i can dowload it ( waiting answer,if yourcangive me link ..

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9 Tony

Cool

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10 noor

Wow

thanks

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11 paslanmaz boru

I want to strip wow

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12 kami

simple and useful, thank you

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13 berlin

Gut!

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14 SandyWatson

This is great sites, full of good info surely bookmak this


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15 Josh

Very helpful post. I was looking for a tutorial for this. It’s so simple, but you can do some amazingthings with it.

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16 Arema Adoh

thank bror

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17 bonnie sio

wow….fantastic.

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18 Matt

Cool text portrait. I’ll have to try this one out.

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19 Me

it’s a damn cool .. let me post your article to my blog.. i like your tuts..

thank’s..

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20 teuingsaha

anjriiiit !!


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hahaha…2 thumbs up for you

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21 sam is #1

wow thts neat i cant wait to try it!!

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22 rurunavira

Cool and simple!

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23 keri

this is fab but how do I make the text go from small to large so smoothly?

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24 PRINCE

cool tutorial man dam goodplz send me more crative photoshop tutorials linksand plz send me the free link of all photoshop brushes.(i will most required destruction brushes)so plz anyone send a link to my emal

“[email protected]”

thanks

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25 Sergio

thanks! a LOT LOT LOT LOTLOT LOT LOT LOT

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26 Rui Barreiros

Thanks for the tutorial!

One question though: shouldn’t this type of work be done in a vectorial program such as CorelDraw?

I wanted to make a poster out of this but i’m afraid that working in photoshop will make my imagepixelized..

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27 Nancy

lovey tut, keep up the good work high

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28 paslanmaz

woah! awesome tutorial

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