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Turn Your Pet into A Painting in Photoshop!

There’s no friendship like the one you can have with your pet. So celebrate your love for your dog or cat by turning them into art! In this tutorial, we’ll use Adobe Photoshop and pen tablet to paint a charming portrait of a cat. You’ll learn how to utilize Photoshop’s layer blend mode’s and preset brushes to make the process much easier.

Software: Adobe Photoshop CC and Wacom Intuos Draw Tablet Difficulty: Advanced Completion Time: 5 hours

Images Used For This Tutorial


Stock Photo - Nine cat heads looking at the camera

27016006 © Eric Isselee

Step 1 Let’s get started! Open your cat reference in Photoshop. Since there are several cats here, let’s crop the photo for the cat we would like to use using the Crop Tool (C).


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