Creating a Worms Worm

Next, using the pen tool again, draw shapes for the eye lids. Once you’ve created one, you can simply duplicate it and move it over (Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Key).

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Create another new layer (”eyelids” and Ctrl+Click the paths in the Paths Palette, load the path and fill the selection with the body color (#a36b52).

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With the selection still active, create another new layer. Fill this selection with black, then hit Ctrl+Alt+D to feather the selection. Enter an amount of 3 and then high delete. Release the selection and hit Ctrl+E to merge it with the “eyelids” layer. This will give your eyelids a nice little shadow and add some depth.

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Next, we need to create the paths for the eyes. Just like the eyebrows, when you’ve created one, you can duplicate it for the second eye.

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Create your “eyes” layer, load a selection from the paths and fill it with white.

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Double click on the layer to bring up the layer styles settings. Give the eyeballs a black inner stroke of 1px.

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Now create two black circles in the middle of the eyeballs for the pupils.

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Added Wednesday, September 20th, 2006 at 7:27 am under Drawing & Painting.