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Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree
Published  11/21/2007 | Drawing Techniques
   
Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree - part 8


Create Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree in Photoshop CS3

Represent now the mouth of black color with the Ellipse Tool (U). The layer should be placed lower than the primary layer of the nose (on the layers’ panel).

Create Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree in Photoshop CS3

Give a little volume to Santa’s beard. Represent firstly the shadow with the Ellipse Tool (U), colored with #F2F2F2. Represent for the beginning the element’s basis and then hold on Alt button to remove the unnecessary elements.

Create Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree in Photoshop CS3

Make a copy of the last made layer and choose the Free Transform option to make the copy smaller, placing it the way shown below:

Create Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree in Photoshop CS3

Represent Santa’s hair of white color, applying the earlier described method.

Create Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree in Photoshop CS3

Next draw the fur on Santa’s cap, choosing the Ellipse Tool (U) and white color.

Create Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree in Photoshop CS3

Represent now the Santa’s cap, applying the Pen Tool (P). Place this layer lower than the previous one on the layer’s panel.

Create Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree in Photoshop CS3

The layer’s parameters: Fill 0%
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay


Create Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree in Photoshop CS3

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree in Photoshop CS3 

Create Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree in Photoshop CS3

Apply the Ellipse Tool (U) to represent a small ball on the cap, having white color too. Its layer should be placed lower than the previous one on the layers’ panel.

Create Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree in Photoshop CS3

Use the same method when representing the buckle on the Santa’s belt to draw a buckle on the character’s boot. The color is white and the instrument is the same.

Create Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree in Photoshop CS3

Make a copy of the last made layer and select Free Transform option to turn over the copy and place it the way demonstrated next picture.

Create Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree in Photoshop CS3 

Create Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree in Photoshop CS3

The Christmas postcard is finished!

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Create Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree in Photoshop CS3 Dancing Santa Claus and Christmas Tree
In this tutorial we will create picture with Santa Claus and Christmas Tree.