So head on over to the first video and let’s make some lasso tool magic! The skills you acquire in this class can then be applied to other styles and subject matter. I’ll start with a single flower drawing, then work on a small flower cluster and finally demonstrate my technique for illustrating this large bunch of flowers.īy the end of the class you’ll learn how to master the lasso tool in Photoshop and use it to create beautiful textural floral illustrations. I’ve chosen flowers for our subject matter because the shapes are bold and playful which makes them perfect practice for the lasso tool. Then I’ll walk you through three floral demo drawings using the techniques I’ve gone over. In this class I’ll break down the basics of using the lasso tool in Photoshop before we move on to some lasso tool practice sheets. Today I use this technique across all of my work from children’s books to greeting cards. When I started combining the lasso tool with my favorite Photoshop brushes, I discovered the building blocks of a digital style that didn’t look so digital. Not only was the process slow for me, but it wasn’t intuitive or fun and my work had a distinctive digital look that I wasn’t fond of.ĭiscovering and mastering the lasso tool in Photoshop changed everything about the way I work and the way my work looked. Move the cursor onto the polygon that you want to subtract and activate the Magic Wand (press the spacebar).When I began illustrating digitally, I was using a really slow process of building out my flat colors in Illustrator then importing everything to Photoshop where I would add texture and detail. Choose the “Subtract from Polygon” icon in the pet palette.ģ. In this example we want to subtract a polygon from a slab.Ģ. Select the polygon from which you wish to subtract another shape. Use the Magic Wand to add or subtract the shape of an existing polygon (of the same or a different element type).ġ. If you are creating a Fill with a custom origin, you will first generate the polygon with the Magic Wand, then draw the fill orientation vector.If you are creating a single Roof, you must first draw a pivot line and define the pitch before creating the polygon with the Magic Wand.If Offset or Multi-Offset has been activated, you can complete the offset function after the Magic Wand has created the new polygon.The new elements are not linked to the originals and can be manipulated independently.When creating curved Walls and polygon-type elements based on Arcs, Circles and Splines, the approximation is defined in Magic Wand Settings.In this case, the Magic Wand will only take the selected elements into account when searching for chained elements or a bounded area. You can refine the Magic Wand function by selecting one or more elements.You should always check that these are correct either before or after using the Magic Wand, especially if the elements are intended to have a specific relationship to each other, such as a roof resting on a Wall. New elements use the current default settings of the corresponding tool.Activate the Fill tool, then click with the Magic Wand inside the empty area denoted by the curved line, to create a Fill of that shape.Activate the Roof tool (Multi-plane method) and click with the Magic Wand on the edge of the Wall to instantly create a Roof whose pivot line traces the Wall polygon.The Magic Wand has three different shapes for identifying: Note: The Magic Wand preview highlight color can be set in the Work Environment settings. Here, if you are using the Magic Wand to create Walls atop two intersecting slabs, the feedback shows you the possibilities: While the spacebar is pressed, move the cursor around to view feedback on the possible resulting elements. Click to automatically find and trace a polygon shape. View the graphical feedback to see the potential result(s). – Choose Design > Outline Polygon with Magic Wandģ. – Click the Magic Wand icon in the Control Box Activate the Magic Wand by doing one of the following: From the Toolbox, select the type of the new element you want to create.Ģ. Using the Magic Wand to Add/Subtract Polygon Shapesġ. How to Create an Element with the Magic Wand
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