8th Grade Digital Arts: Cartoon yourself

We will turn your photo into a cartoon-style illustration in Photoshop.
1. Open your picture in Photoshop
2. Find the crop tool and set the size on the top. Make it 8.5 inches wide and 11 inches tall, 150 pixels per inch. Zoom in on your face.
3. Save your project to YOUR folder titled "YourLastNameCartoon.tif.
4. Go to Image > Mode, and set it to Grayscale.
5. Go to Image > Adjustments > Auto Contrast
6. Go to the Layers palate and create a new layer
7. Go to the Paintbrush tool. Set it to BLACK and make the size about 8 px (pixels). Zoom in to your photo and use the paintbrush to outline all of your features. Be very careful and make sure your lines connect so that you can fill the areas with color later. If you make a mistake go to Edit > Step backward.
8. Once your outlines are done, delete the layer with your photo.
9. Go to Image > Mode > CMYK (to change your picture back to color)
fill with color
10. Save your finish illustration in the HAND IN FINAL WORK HERE folder. Make sure it is named "YourLastNameCartoon.tif"

HAVE FUN!

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