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A selection
is made with the lasso tool, and gray shading is applied to a new layer

This is the
gray shading after it has been pasted into a new file.

The gray shading
after it has been converted to Bitmap mode, using a halftone screen.

The halftone
screen placed and positioned back into the original image. |
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Add another new layer to the top of the
Layers Palette. This layer will be used to add shading by first filling
a selection with a flat tone of gray, and then adding further shading
with the Airbrush tool.
After adding the new layer, use the Lasso tool to make a selection of
the face where shading will be added. The selection doesn't have to be
very exact, since the bold line art will be trapping (covering) most of
the edges. After making the selection, feather it (I used 20 pixels) and
fill it with a 35 percent gray. Leave the selection active and use the
Airbrush tool to add more shading.
Copy the shaded layer, make a new file, and paste the shaded layer into
the new file. Choose Image/Mode/Bitmap, to convert the new file from Grayscale
to Bitmap mode. In the dialog box that appears, select halftone Screen
for the method and click OK. Now, a Halftone Screen dialog box appears.
For this illustration I entered 22 for frequency, -25 for angle, and line
for the shape-click OK.
The image is converted to lines, and is in Bitmap mode. Convert the image
back to Grayscale mode, and select the magic eraser tool. Set the magic
eraser's options to, "0" tolerance, uncheck anti-aliased, uncheck
contiguous, and set opacity to 100. Now, click on a white area in the
image with the magic eraser. The white is deleted, leaving black lines
on transparent.
Drag the new line art back into the original image, and position it. The
layer with the gray tones of shading can be removed if you like.
Tip: Add shading with the airbrush tool, using black to feather
from the solid black edges of the line art, to tones of gray.
Tip: Change the transfer mode of the shaded layer to Darken, allowing
you to see the black line art underneath as you paint.
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