Friday, October 29, 2010

How to: Make a Bohemian Animal


   The first step to making your Bohemian Animal is to choose which animal you would like to transform. In this tutorial I chose an owl. Your second step is to make a rough outline of your animal (it's best to use a fine tipped sharpie marker) The outline color can be your choice, in the end the outline is barely seen.



 

Your second step is by simply using the magic wand feature, select certain parts of your animal and color them in. It is important to leave the level of transparency to around 67%. The brush you should use should be soft, simply select colors that you prefer.



The third step is to go to a site such as, Patterns and save patterns in which you like. I prefer swatches which have a good deal of design in them such as these:

Next select pieces of the pattern that you like and apply them to selected areas of your animal such as this.


This is where your creativity comes into play. Keep selecting pieces of the pattern that you like and apply them to your outline. The transparency, size and shape can vary, creating repetition is a good touch as well. 

Once completed you have yourself a Bohemian animal!






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