Photoshop_Creative_-_Issue_154_2017

Tutorial Create block animals with Liquify
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Essentials
Works with
Elements
CS6+
CC
What you’ll learn
How to use the Liquify
filter’s Forward Push Tool
and Freeze Mask Tool
Time taken
1 hour
Expert
Sarah
Cousens
“As an animal lover, I oten
ind that cute furry critters
become the focus of my
designs. Combined with my
interest in the surreal, this
block efect has me hooked.
“I am a designer and
illustrator and have been
using Photoshop ever since
forming my own design and
illustration company, Cool
Surface Ltd, ten years ago.”
Create block
animals with
Liquify
Have
You may think small furry animals are pretty
cute to begin with, but this charming 3D
animal-cube effect gives them a whole new
level of adorable quirkiness. Created almost
exclusively with the Liquify filter, it is a simple
technique that is so satisfying and fun to use, with
amusing results!
One key thing to remember is that you only get
one level of undo within the Liquify filter. Undo
once, and that’s it – no going back any further. This
can be very frustrating when you have been
carefully pushing pixels for several minutes only to
fun pushing pixels around to
make this cute cuboid gerbil
make a couple of dodgy brush strokes and ruin it
all! For this reason, we recommend you periodically
click OK to apply the progress you have made with
the filter so far, for example immediately after you
have edited one small body part, then return to the
Liquify filter again to continue with your artwork.
As you manipulate the image, imagine the
animal’s body as being made up of 3D shapes;
think about their positions, the perspective, and
how the different shapes would connect with each
other. Once you get the hang of it, you can have
fun trying this technique out on other animals, too.
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