Scoring baskets like Michael Jordan might not be easy but creating a great looking basketball player in half tone shading is much easier with the help of amazing Photoshop Tricks. Within a span of time, you will be able to create a top-notch basketball player in just twenty steps with an immensely helpful Photoshop Tutorial.
Let’s start from a regular image and Lichtenstein it up!

Step 1:
Take an image of a person playing basket ball and open it in Photoshop. Please respect copyright laws. Select Pen Tool to make a path around the player’s image. Copy “Ctrl+J” the layer.

Step 2:
Go to Image > Adjustment > Threshold and set the Threshold Level = 97 to make the image black and white as shown in the screenshot.

Step 3:
Make a selection around the image by clicking on the image layer while holding down the “Ctrl” key. Open a new layer and rename it, Skin. Choose Foreground Color as #ffcc99 and fill it in the player’s skin using Brush Tool as shown in the screenshot. more…












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