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Tutorial goal:
Make a manga painting from a real photo without using any other source photo and the least possible use of paint brush tools or filters.

author:

hilleke

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step 1

This is the result we are aiming for.
The best portrait photo is one with a frontal view, so it won't be too hard to change the features. It's easier if you can do it symmetrical.

step 2

Make a background in soft colors. It can be just one color, but here I used blue and purple with the gradient tool and lightened the middle with a big brush on low opacity.

step 3

Remove the background from the portrait and paste the girl on the new background.

step 4

Desaturate the girl.
layer>new adjustment layer>hue/saturation > -60

step 5

Select an eye, nose or mouth with the rectangular marquee tool. Copy/paste.
Then make the eyes bigger and the nose and mouth smaller
edit>transform>scale

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