How To Create a snowman with Photoshop

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How To Create a snowman with Photoshop

I know it’s not the best time of the year for this tutorial, but here it goes You will learn how to create a snowman.

First of all, open a new document – File – New – Width: 600/ Height: 450 – OK.
Select Gradient Tool (or press G) – make a gradient from bright blue to white – and from bottom to top, with holding SHIFT, trace the gradient.
Now we will create the snow on which we’ll put the snowman.
Create a new layer – Layer – New – Layer – OK.
From the upper menu (having the color black selected) : Filter – Render – Clouds.
Press CTRL + T to shrink the image.
Image – Adjustment – Hue/Saturation or press CTRL + U change like this:
Check Colorize from lower right and add the following values:
Because the snow is not uniform, select Erase Tool . Right Click in the scene and add to Master Diameter the value 70 and at Hardness, 75% and we try to erase like this:
Now we will draw the snowman. Create a new layer: Layer – New – Layer – OK.
Select the Elipse Tool, hold SHIFT and add a circle in the scene.
Right click on the layer with the circle – Blending Options – check Gradient Overlay and apply the following settings:
-check Reverse
-Style – Radial
-angle: 45 degrees
-Scale – 150%

Then click on the rectangle after gradient – double click on the black arrow from bottom left and select the color grey (#bababa) – OK.
Before exiting Blending Options, having clicked on Gradient Overlay, we go with the cursor on the circle, in the scene and move the gradient a bit to upper left.
Now we add the head of the snowman. Right click on the layer with the first circle – Duplicate Layer .. – OK.
Press CTRL + T and from top change W: 80%, H:80%.
Select Move Tool (or press V) and with SHIFT pressed, move the circle down.
Now we add a scarf to the snowman.
Create a new layer: Layer – New – Layer
Select Brush Tool (or press B) with the following settings:
Zoom once (CTRL + “+”) and try to draw something similar.
Select the Eliptical Marquee Tool and make a selection until you reach the half of the scarf.
Select Burn Tool (right click in the scene: size 25 px / hardness: 0%) and apply it on the bottom side on the edge of the selection for a shadow effect.
Press CTRL + D to deselect and after this, apply the same effect on the bottom side and on the sides.
Add a new layer – Layer – New – Layer – OK. Select the color black, Brush Tool and draw the eyes and buttons like in the following image.
Right click on the new layer – Blending Options – check Drop Shadow and add the following settings:
Create a new layer, then zoom in twice – CTRL + “+”, select Polygonal Lasso Tool and make a selection with the form of an carrot.
Right click inside the selection – Fill.. – Use – Color – select a shade of orange – OK – OK
Again, Right click in the inside of the nose – Stroke – OK.
CTRL + D to deselect.
Apply a filter: Filter – Distort – Glass – OK.
Select the layer under the one with the nose and create another one above: Layer – New – Layer – OK.
Select Polygonal Lasso Tool- make a similar selection .
Now, just like the previous step, right click inside of the selection – Fill – Use and select Color.. (even though it might be already selected) – for the color use a light grey (#dcdcdc) – OK.
CTRL + D to deselect.
Create a new layer – Layer – New – Layer.
Select Brush Tool with the following settings and draw the mouth of the snowman.
Add a new layer: Layer – New – Layer.
Select Rounded Rectangle Tool – from the top, from Radius, put: 10 px, and draw a hat – 2 rectangles (with space pressed, you can move the rectangle)
Press CTRL + T and from the corners, spin the hat and then move it a bit to fit on the head of the snowman.
Select the layer with the snowball, from bottom, probably called Layer 2, then Erase Tool with the following settings and erase a bit from the bottom to make it look like it’s in the snow.
Here’s the final result. I’ve added a few snowflakes too (I’m going to show you how to make them in another tutorial.)