Photoshop Pen Tool Drawing Savvy

by Guest Writer

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Step 5: Face finishing touches

Now we'll draw the eyebrow using a simple wedge.

  1. Draw a rectangular (#869595).
  2. Delete the top right corner (Right click > Delete anchorpoint)
  3. Add 2 new point (See step 3 previously).
  4. Move the points upward and play with the points to achieve the desired shape.

add anchors

here are your finished eyebrows

Duplicate the shape layer(Ctrl+J) and flip one horizontally (Edit > Transform > Flip horizontally ) to create the other eyebrow.

Now we utilize the same shape, but remove anchors to repurpose it into wrinkles for the trunk ...

  1. Duplicate one of the eyebrow layers (ctrl/command+j) and rotate the shape to the left.
  2. Delete the top left corner.
  3. Move the left direction point of the top point to the left.

rotate and adjust curves

step and resize wrinkles down the trunk

Duplicate and re-size to create the trunk “wrinkles” or what ever they are called LOL.

NEXT: complete the ears and body using simple shapes

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