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Entry guide: step 1 of 19
Created a yellow circle which will become the base layer of the emoticon (ellipse tool)
Entry guide: step 2 of 19
Shaded the yellow circle to make it look like a sphere (brush tool)
Entry guide: step 3 of 19
created the basic shape for the eyes (pen tool)
Entry guide: step 4 of 19
Added the corneas With highlights (ellipse tool)
Entry guide: step 5 of 19
Added the veins (pen tool -> stroke path)
Entry guide: step 6 of 19
Added a reddish shade to the eyes (loaded selection from the eyes shape, transformed selection, removed unwanted part of the selection, applied feather, filled with red, adjusted opacity)
Entry guide: step 7 of 19
Added eyebags (same method as step 6 except no feathering, no transforming, added shading and highlight with brush tool)
Entry guide: step 8 of 19
Added eyelids (same method as step 7)
Entry guide: step 9 of 19
Added eyebrows (pen tool)
Entry guide: step 10 of 19
Added shadow to the inside of eyes (left part) - (pen tool, loaded selction from path, applied feathering, filled with light blue-gray color)
Entry guide: step 11 of 19
Added shadow under the eyelids (pen tool)
Entry guide: step 12 of 19
Added highlight to the right part of the eyes (pen tool, loaded selction from path, applied feathering, filled with white)
Entry guide: step 13 of 19
Added shadow to eyes and brows (loaded selection from eyes and brows, applied feathering, filled with orange color)
Entry guide: step 14 of 19
Added mouth (pen tool)
Entry guide: step 15 of 19
Added teeth (pen tool)
Entry guide: step 16 of 19
Added tongue (pen tool)
Entry guide: step 17 of 19
Added shade below the mouth (pen tool)
Entry guide: step 18 of 19
Added nose (pen tool)
Entry guide: step 19 of 19
Applied orange stroke to the shape of the face/head and eyes (loaded selections of face and eyes and stroked the selection)
final result
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