Smilies

Photoshop Image Tutorials | Submited Feb 24, 2008

Written by: Zac92Him

Make A Smilie In Photoshop!

Preview

Here is what we will be making, A nice little smilie.

Tutorial

#1) First we have to set up our Photoshop Preferences, This will make the tutorial a whole lot easier to follow.

Go to Edit>Preferences>Guides, Grid, Slices & Count,
In the grid section set...

~Color: Black
~Style: Lines
~Gridline Everywhere: 1 Points
~Subdivisons: 1

#2) Now make a new document. 30px by 30px with a DPI/Resolution of 72 on a transparent background.
Press Ctrl and to zoom in on the image. We want it to be zoomed in to about 1600%
Then press Ctrl and ' to bring up the grid lines.

#3) Now we need to make the "skeleton" on the smilie. Follow this image with any color you want. I used #0057C6

Draw 5 pixels at the bottom.
Add 2 pixels to the sides(advancing 1 pixel up)
Add 1 pixel to the sides again(advancing 1 pixel up)
Repeat until you have the above image.
~I used the Rectuangler Marquee Tool to make the selections and I just filled the selections with my color.

#4) Continue to build the body of the smilie using a lighter shade of blue. I used #4397FF


#5) Were still filling the body...again make sure to use a lighter shade of blue. I used #82B9FF


#6) Now again change the color to a lighter shade of blue and fill up the rest of the body. I used the color #B0D3FF


#7) Now we are going to make the hands, mouth, and eyes!
For the color use the same color that you used for your skelton. My color is #0057C6

For the Eyes: Make two, 4 pixel vertical lines. These are normal eyes you see in smilies.


For the mouth: We are going to make it happy =] Follow the image.


Now the hands: Follow the image. Make sure to fill the image with you last shade of color you used, For me it is #B0D3FF

You can add the hands anywhere on your smilies body, I added mine as shown below.

Notes

Hope you enjoy making your smilies, If you have any questions leave a comment or message me.