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Have you ever wanted to know what a Giraffe looks like without its spots? If so, this
tutorial is for you, you pervert! Today, we will demonstrate how to undress a giraffe by
removing its spots. We will then show how to turn its spots into an outfit that will be draped
over an ironing board. Pretty cool! Lets get started!
Tutorial Assets
The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial.
Ironing Board
Giraffe
Step 1
Lets start by creating a new document in Adobe Photoshop. The size of document is
22003200 pixels at 72 px/inch of resolution. Start by filling the background with any color
(white for example).
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Step 2
First of all lets create a simple and plain background. You may crate your own more
interesting and multi-layered background - old style wallpapers or may be savanna landscape.
We will use gradients and filters. Unlock the "Background" - right click on background
thumbnail and choose "Layer from background", click "Add a layer style" small iconUndress a
Giraffe in Photoshop in the bottom part of the Layers Palette. Apply "Color Overlay" and
"Gradient Overlay" styles. Use setting and colors just like on the screen shots below.
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Step 3
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Create a new empty layer above background layer - click "Create a new layer" icon
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop. Choose huge soft, light color Brush Tool and draw a spot in
the central part of the document.
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Step 4
Create a new layer above light spot layer. Go to Menu > Filter > Render > Clouds.
Choose Filters menu again and find Blur filter, apply Motion Blur and Gaussian Blur
filters to clouds layer one by one. Add Layer Mask to blurred layer, click "Add Layer Mask"
iconUndress a Giraffe in Photoshop. Make Layer Mask active and fill it with black and white
Reflected Gradient in the bottom part of the document.
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Step 5
In order to create Vignette effect, choose Menu > Filter > Distort > Lens Correction >
play with Vignette Amount & Midpoint settings.
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Step 6
Merge all created layers. Make lighter the right part of our background, the light
source will be directed from right. Make active Quick Mask Mode Undress a Giraffe in
Photoshop, choose Linear "black and white" Gradient Tool. Fill layer with gradient from left
to right edge of the document. The left side should become pink. Make Quick Mask inactive
(clickUndress a Giraffe in Photoshop icon).
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Step 7
You will have selected area like on the screen shot. Play with Levels settings. Menu >
Image > Adjustments Levels, move gray marker left. You can add small noise effect, to the
created background layer. Go to Menu > Filter > Noise > Add Noise > 4; Uniform.
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Step 8
Insert giraffe image. Menu > File > Place - choose giraffe .jpg file. In order to separate
giraffe silhouette from background, choose Polygonal Lasso Tool. You may use other methods,
but this one is pretty easy and convenient. Click in the giraffe silhouette area to set the
starting point. Continue clicking to set endpoints for subsequent segments. To close the
selection border click over the starting point.
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Step 9
Click Refine Edge to improve the quality of a selections edges.
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Step 10
Use following Refine Edge settings. Click "Ok" and inverse selection: Menu > Select >
Inverse. Erase or clear selected background area (Menu > Edit > Clear).
Make active top layer of the jacket layers. Erase iron and area above ironing board. Try
to imitate skin wrinkles shape.
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Step 33
Draw white line with Line Tool in a new layer above giraffe jacket, use weight around 13
px and apply Gaussian Blur Filter (R=10px).
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Step 34
Change Blending Mode for this layer on "Overlay".
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Step 35
Copy neck area from the original retouched Giraffe layer. Paste it into a new layer
below ironing board layer. Apply flip Vertical transformation to this shape and Gradient
Overlay layer style effect with settings like on the screen shot below.
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Step 36
The final part of our work is creating the drop shadow effect for Giraffe and Ironing
board. Load selection for Giraffe shape (Command/Ctrl + click Giraffe layer thumbnail).
Create a new layer below of the all visible giraffe layers. Fill selection with any color.
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Step 37
Apply Distort transformation to created shape. Edit > Transform > Distort. Move top
edge and left bottom corner left and down. Try to combine drop shadow and legs in same
points. Correct central legs shadow with Eraser Tool.
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Step 38
This is result of our transformation.
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Step 39
Set Fill parameter 0% and Opacity around 20% for the shadow layer. Apply Gradient
Overlay layer style effect. Make active Quick mask Mode, fill layer with linear gradient like
on the example below.
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Step 40
Click Quick Mask icon and apply Gaussian Blur to the selected area of the shadow layer.
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Step 41
Duplicate shadow layer and apply Gaussian Blur filter with radius = 50 px and change
Opacity to 70-75%.
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
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Step 42
Create shadow effect for the ironing board using the same method. Load selection for
ironing board and jacket, Apply Fill = 0%, Gradient Overlay effect with the same parameters.
Apply Blurring 10 px and duplicate shadow layer with Opacity 75% and More Blurring.
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop
Final Image
Undress a Giraffe in Photoshop