Hi All,

Even though I feel I know PS fairly well, doing the eyelashes is killing me, and taking me way too long. Pageant eyelashes are supposed to be almost too perfect, and yes...they are often on young chidren! Anyway, I have been trying to find a way to easily do them, but this is really stumping me. I do a great job outside of the lashes, and being a single mom, I really need this gig! Can anyone help? I attached a proof.

The way I was told to do it is to make a large oval over the eye using the Elliptical Marquee Tool. The oval shoud be just larger than the eye. Then, using the eraser, erase all, but the lashes.

See, this is difficult, and puts me in the same position as before, when I was trying to draw them using my tablet.

Thanks...any help woud be greatly appreciated!

Terry

Hi Terry,

Welcome to RP! :pleased:

The only links I found about drawing eyelashes are here (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7216) and here (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5388) at RP .... otherwise I found a tutorial about drawing eyes which also briefly explains how to draw eyelashes here (http://www.airwalking.com/tutorial/eyes/eyes%20tutorial.htm) ..

Hope this can help...

:wavey:

Maybe make a brush shaped like a lash and use it as a stamp??
Attached are 2 samples of my brushes. They are actually blades of grass.
kiska

Since I am a bit of a newbie, can you explain how I use the grass brush stamp? How do I make it curve?

The blade of grass is brilliant, but curved the wrong way...how do I flip it?

Hi again,

you can flip the direction of your brushes from your Brushes Palette dialog box (see attachment)

:wavey:

Flora, thanks for finishing up for me. I know how you have such fun posting attachments.
Tayconkel, If you just need a slight angle adjustment, not a flip, you can use the circle next to the 'x' and 'y'. Add lashes on new layer above image so you can erase what's not needed.
kiska

...me again... :wink:

Hi Kiska!

thank you!

Terry,

I've never done this before ... (I actually disagree with the 'Pageant stuff', but I understand having to do a job....) soooo, it's far from good, but here is what I did:


Created a new empty Layer on top of the background.
Tweaked the brushes settings (in the Brushes Palette...You can actually change anything you want from there!) until I got a brush I could use.
Drew the eyelashes.
Duplicated the eyelashes Layer, selected it, flipped it horizontally, moved it on the other eye and adjusted it to it.


Hope this helps...

:wavey:

Hi again,

you can flip the direction of your brushes from your Brushes Palette dialog box (see attachment)

:wavey:

In PS7, it appears that the Flip X and Flip Y check boxes no longer exist. Is it still possible to flip the direction of the brushes?

I have CS, where I can flip. The only thing i can think of is to stamp one blade of grass on a white background. Go to> Edit>Transform>Flip horizontal. Then> Edit>Define brush preset. You will then have 2 blades of grass facing in opposite direction. You can then use the circle with the arrow to change the angle as needed.

I experimented with the blade of grass theory and found a nice setting that works well for me with just a bit of minor tweaking once in a while.

One blade of grass brush. Settings: Shape dynamics: Angle jitter 0; 19% roundness; diameter max; size jitter 100. Scatter: Jitter 100%. Brush tip shape: Flip the X axis; angle at -80 to -85 degrees; spacing 25%.

This lets you draw individual lashes if needed. You can add as many or as few as you want for a thick, painted look or one that is more natural. The size of the brush can be changed to accomodate the shorter looking lashes as well as those in between.

I should mention this is for the left eye and has to be flipped for the right eye. No problem.

Enjoy,
Janet

I'm not sure how " alive " this thread is but one thing I noticed was her left nostril. Just didn't look quite right to me.

Cheers
Dave

Thanks for the tips, Kiska and Janet. Here's what I came up with:


Create a new image at 200 x 200
• select the Dune Grass brush
• in the brush property deselect all the check boxes
• keep the Diameter at 112
• paint one stroke, you'll see one lash on the image
• go to Image> Rotate Canvas> Flip Canvas Horizontal
• go to Edit> Define Brush then give your new brush the name Lash 2
• Close the new image without saving it

Load a portrait in need of eyelashes
Create a new empty layer and name it Lash Brushes
Zoom to the the eyes (200 to 400%)

General Settings
• Select the appropriate brush below
• highlight Brush Tip Shape
o set the Diameter to 30 px (vary)
o set the Spacing to 20%
o set the Angle appropriate to the eye
• highlight Shape Dynamics
o set Size Jitter to 3%
o set Minimun Diameter to 1%
o set Angle Jitter to 2%
o set Roundness Jitter to 5 %
o set Minimum Roundness to 5%

Upper Left Eye (the subject’s right eye)
• Dune Grass
• Angle set to 90 degrees

Lower Left Eye
• Lash 2
• Angle set to 90 degrees

Lower Right Eye
• Dune Grass
• Angle set to -80 degrees

Upper Right Eye
• Lash 2
• Angle set to -80 degrees

To paint strand by strand, adjust the Angle of the brush as follows:
• Upper Left Eye: Dune Grass Angle +10 / +99
• Lower Left Eye: Lash 2 Angle +117 / +160
• Upper Right Eye: Lash 2 Angle -10 / -99
• Lower Right Eye: Dune Grass Angle -117 / -160

Tips:
• Eyelashes curve outwards and up
• Towards the center of the eye they curl in the opposite direction
• Draw a few long ones and several shorter ones
• Make it appear as if several lashes are clumped together
• Don't make the bottom lashes as dramatic as the top ones
• Try bluring or smudging the base of the lashes
• Try varying the opacity of the lash layer
• Shade at the top under the lash line
• Rim the outer edge of the iris
• Make a gradient effect from dark to light towards the center