Tutorial Details:

We’ve created another concept for our readers, and this time we’ve created it using something that we’re all familiar with. There’s a reason behind why we got inspired to make this tutorial. One day, I went to a supermarket to buy some vegetables and I noticed some Peas at stall and it suddenly grabbed my attention. On my way back to home, I had some ideas running through my mind to do something creative with the Peas and we’ve tried to do something new and unique with our imagination. We have used some images of Pea along with some relative things like Masking & Gradient Tool and some new Filters that you will come to learn about in this tutorial. So let’s get started with the process

Take a look at the image we'll be creating.

 

Getting Started

Step 1:

To start with tutorials, take a new stage with 1000x1000 px and save this file with name of "Face of Sweet Pea"

Step 2:

Follow the instructions below:
1. First draw a new box with the help of box tool.
2. Then make sure that box layer has been Rasterized as shown below.

Step 3:

Now shift the box towards the top of the stage and then:
1. Make the background and foreground color combination to use with Gradient Tool.
2. Now we have filled the Gradient color in the box as you can see below.

Step 4:

We would like to add some water in the bottom of the stage, so we are going to use a new Filter (Flood). You can get this Filter through download option.

Step 5:

Now you can see the Filter options as we have shown below. We require some good water effects in bottom of the stage so make some adjustments in the options and get the desired water effects.
Note:
1. Make the changes in Filter values as per your requirement.
2. Make sure that the foreground and background color is a combination of blue and green color.

Step 6:

Now you will get the water effect with some green color because our requirement is to make most of the graphics in green color.

Step 7:

Delete the top part of the stage, which is filled by green color.

Step 8:

Go in the >Edit Menu and select the Transform Tool to make some adjustments with water layer and fix it in the bottom.

Step 9:

As you can see, we have fixed the water in the bottom of the stage.

Step 10:

1. Select the box tool from the Tool Pallet.
2. Then take a new box with blue color to fill the background of the stage.

Step 11:

Make sure that the box layer has been Rasterized.

Step 12:

We need to merge the background color with water so as to make it look more beautiful.
1. Select the Gradient Tool with black & white color option.
2. Then Select the blue color layer and mask this layer with layer pallet option as shown below.
3. Apply the Gradient color on the masked layer so it gets merged with the background and the water.
Note: Make sure that you select the black & white color combination in Gradient Tool.

Step 13:

We can see that our colors are merged with each other with the help of Gradient and mask options.

Step 14:

Now we are going to use an image which is the face of a character. We will use this as the face of Pea.

Step 15:

We need to select the face of the character by following the options below:
1. First select the Polygonal Lasso Tool or press (L) to select this Tool.
2. Make a shape around the face so it will get selected as we can see below.

Step 16:

Now we need to copy this image so press (Ctrl+C) or select the >Edit Menu and copy the face of the character.

Step 17:

Now Paste the face on our work stage with help of >Edit Menu

Step 18:

Now open >Edit menu and select Transform Tool to make some adjustments with the character’s face.

Step 19:

Now we are going to use another image of Peas. Select the >File menu and click on Open to get a new image.

Step 20:

We can see that the background of the Pea is white, which we can select with Magic Wand Tool.
1. Select the Magic Wand Tool through Tool Pallet or press (W) to select the Tool.
2. Fix the Tolerance 40 or as per your requirement to select the same color background in any image.

Step 21:

Then make the selection inverse through >Select menu or press (Ctrl+Shift+I) to do the same process.

Step 22:

Copy the selected Pea through >Edit menu and select the copy option or press (Ctrl+C) as we have done before.

Step 23:

Now paste the picture of Peas on the original artwork through >Edit menu and Select Paste option or press (Ctrl+P)

Step 24:

Now, we need to match the color of the face with Peas’ color so we can select the character’s face layer.

Step 25:

Open >Image menu and select Hue/Saturation option to do some color adjustments on the character’s face.

Step 26:

You can see that we have made some color adjustments in Peas’ color and that's the requirement of this artwork.

Step 27:

Now select the Peas layer because we need to have the shadow shown in water. Again we will use Flood Filter to do the process.

Step 28:

Open the >Filter menu and select the Flood Filter to show the shadow in water as you can see below.

Step 29:

As you can see the Peas shadow in the water, this is the look that we require to make it more beautiful.

Step 30:

Now, select a Pea with the help of Polygonal Lasso Tool as we have used before.

Step 31:

Now, copy and paste the Peas to fill blank space around the neck of the character so it will look covered with Peas.

Step 32:

Now, we are using another image of Pea bean for character’s ears, so let's open the new image through >File menu and click on open option.

Step 33:

Again, we will do the same process as we have done before the face of the character to cut from it's background.
1. Select the Polygonal Lasso Tool as you can see in the image below.
2. Make a selection around Pea Bean to cut it from its background.

Step 34:

Now fix this Pea bean on the character’s ear to give the desired look of a Pea Face.

Step 35:

Right now this is not matching with color of the face so we need to make some adjustments with it. Please select the Pea Bean Layer.

Step 36:

So we are going to use a new Filter and I hope you will like it. This Filter will give the right color adjustments to this Peas bean. Open >Filter menu and select the Tachyon and you will get the correct color adjustments.

Step 37:

Now you can see that the Pea bean is looking more natural and having more symmetry with the face.

Step 38:

Again, make a copy of the same layer and fix this one to the left ear of the character.

Step 39:

Make some adjustments with the layer in layer pallet and take it behind the face so it appears to be the left ear of the character’s face.

Step 40:

Now do some decoration on the ear to make it more beautiful.
1. Again select the Polygonal Lasso Tool and make selection on a Pea.

Step 41:

Now we follow the same process, copy and paste the Pea through >Edit menu as you can see below.

Step 42:

And now press (Shift+Alt) from the Keyboard and make copies of the Pea as we have done below:
Note: We are making earrings for character’s face, so make the copies in round shape.

Step 43:

Now you can see that we have created an earring shape from peas. This will give a great look to the face and enhance its features.

Step 44:

Now go to the first layer of the Pea from where we started.

Step 45:

Select all the layers that we have created through (Shift+Alt) option and open >Layer menu to merge all the layers into one layer.

Step 46:

Now fix this layer to the right ear of the face as we have done below and make another copy of the same layer.

Step 47:

Make some adjustments with the second earring through Free Transform Tool as we have used before in this artwork.

Step 48:

Fix the second earring on the left ear as we have done below. Now our face is looking more beautiful as we are trying to do in this artwork.

Step 49:

Let's use some more Pea bean to make it more beautiful. Open a new image of Pea bean.

Step 50:

We need to make some color adjustments with this bean so open >Image menu and select Hue/Saturation option.

Step 51:

Make some color adjustments with Pea bean to match with our artwork.

Step 52:

Make some adjustments through Free Transform Tool for >Edit menu as you can see below.

Step 53:

Fix this behind our character’s face as we have done below.

Step 54:

Now we are going to use another new Filter and you will also like this one. Open >Filter menu then select Flexify Filter to match our Pea bean with artwork background.

Step 55:

Now you can see that we have merged it in our artwork background.

Step 56:

Again we will apply Flood Filter on this as you can see below.

Step 57:

Fix the values in Flood Filter as per our requirement so it will match in our artwork background.

Step 58:

Now you can see that we have made a good combination of Peas and our creativity.

Step 59:

Now we will try to decorate our entire artwork by adding some Pea leaves. So we’re going to use another image of Pea leaves.

Step 60:

Through > File menu open a new image of Pea leaves as you can see below and make a selection around leaves through Polygonal Lasso Tool.

Step 61:

Remove the background and paste it on our original artwork. We need to make some color adjustments on this so we can follow the same process for Hue/Saturation from >Image menu.

Step 62:

Fix this leaf somewhere in the artwork as required and write down "SWEET PEA." This is the title of our artwork.

Step 63:

Again, do the same process to make copies of Pea.
1. Select Polygonal Lasso Tool for Tool Pallet.
2. Make selection on the Pea as we have done below.

Step 64:

Make some adjustments with its size through Free Transform tool.

Step 65:

Again, do the same process as we have done for earrings of the character. Trace the "SWEET PEA" title form Pea copies.
Note: To make copies of Pea press(Shift+Alt) and drag the Pea as required.

Step 66:

For more decoration, we are going to use another image of Pea bean.

Step 67:

Now do the same process with it as we have done before.
1. Select the Magic Wand Tool for Tool Pallet.
2. Select the white background with help of Magic Wand Tool.
3. Now open the >Select menu and click on inverse or press (Ctrl+Shift+I) to make inverse selection on the Pea bean.

Step 68:

Before proceeding to our decoration part, we will add some clouds with the help of filters. First make sure your foreground color is sky blue and background color should be white.
1. Create a new layer to make some clouds as you can see below.
2. Open the Filter menu and select the Render option so your selected layer will get filled with cloudy effects as we have done.

Step 69:

Now we need to merge our clouds with water so please follow the options below:
1. Select the water layer to merge it with our background.
2. Make sure you have applied the Multiply Mode on the water layer so it will get merged in background.

Step 70:

As we have decorated leaves on our artwork, same needs to be done with Pea bean that we did in the previous step.

Step 71:

Now you can see that we have decorated our artwork with leaves and Pea beans that we had done above. Now this is looking more beautiful and eye-catching compared of our initial steps. We can do more things depending on our creativity.

Step 72:

Now we have achieved our desired look that we are trying to create. I hope you will like it because you will learn some new Filters and combination of images.

 

Conclusion:

In this artwork, we have tried to pass on various methods and techniques, which could be used as handy tools such as Filters, Color correction, Combination of images, etc. In this way, we can think of various ideas and use our creativity and imagination to put together implement smartly and optimally to get the desired results. If implemented properly, we can give great shapes and colors to the figures, which are always running through our mind. So in the end, we hope that you liked that tutorial and must have certainly gained a lot from our concept.