How to create a Low Poly Portrait in Photoshop (Original Tutorial)

[@TheRealBeatMaster]

This is pretty much one of the best Photoshop tutorials ever

[@zelenytypek]

I use PS for a while and, yes, I agree

[@jamieblyth324]

I never comment on tutorials, but this was exceptionally well made. It was clear, precise, and straight to the point, and I didn't scim through as per usual, faffing around to get the parts I want. Thanks!

[@sOleBookwood]

hands down: the best photoshop tutorial I have ever seen! Most tutorials for low poly editing suggest methods which take up to 4 hrs for one photo. This method here cuts this down at least in half Thank you for sharpening my skills!

[@i40-u7t]

Throughout the years of watching tutorials, this one is by far the best one out there. Very clear, simple, to the point and great examples. Thanks!

[@sublow2104]

If you're still having issues with cmd-J, this is how I fixed it. 1) Right click the thumbnail (little picture) on the background layer and click "Clip Thumbnails to Layer Bounds" (you might have to create another layer, and then click on the background layer thumbnail, for this option to show up). This will make the polygon layer thumbnail show up like in the video. 2) Make a polygon with the lasso tool and hit "cmd-j". 3) With the new layer selected, hold "cmd" and click on the thumbnail of the new layer. This should select the polygon. 4) Now click Filter > Average.

[@amazingmaaatie]

Thanks m8!

[@TheLewdude123]

this is the best photoshop tutorial ever

[@RyanLevander]

I've seen quite a few tutorials on these low poly vectors before; this one is by far the best! I also love how you can do everything in Photoshop with it! I prefer Photoshop to Illustrator. Thanks so much for the tutorial!

[@DavidHowellMedia]

Holy crap. This is an extremely good tutorial.

[@ahmedmohamed1901]

ikr!!!!!!!

[@vincenlac]

Probably the most clear Low Poly Photoshop tutorial, thank you.

[@BarrytheCuda]

This is the best... The very best tutorial i ever watched on youtube.

[@newyorkdiscoveries7003]

This is one of the best tutorials I have ever seen. To the point, no mistakes, very thorough. Thank you! I will try this today! :D

[@newyorkdiscoveries7003]

I'm giving this 10 thumbs up!!

[@LeninGlass]

This is the best tutorial in ALL the KZbin videos. THANK YOU -- I am so very happy I watched yours first BEFORE anyone else. You earned a SUB from me!

[@blackult1]

PROBLEMS WITH CTRL+J ? [I fixed it by right clicking on the background layer thumbnail first, then select the option called "click thumbnails to layer bounds".] - Hugo Violet THIS WORKED FOR ME. i started out with my face and it worked fine. took about 2 hours but mine was a little more detailed. great tut. thanks!

[@allthingsben]

cor Thankyou so much! This comment needs to go to the top, good job! :)

[@23kofi]

+cor Thank you very much my friend! You, sir, deserve a cookie!

[@fereshtehazadi2627]

+cor OMG I had been struggling with this for hours and hours! Thank you so much for this comment.

[@jjalada]

Thank you so much..^^

[@printhub9325]

thankss

[@tylersullivan1274]

This was a fantastic tutorial. Very helpful and filmed intuitively for the viewer's benefit. I'll be utilizing more of your tutorials. Thank you.

[@DamN05GooD]

i know its in fact pretty simple way to do this, but the tutorial just blew me away... good job thank you!

[@alexandermedvedev417]

the best low poly tutorial, really

[@badftj]

to be honest, you are one of the best at explaining and teaching. Awesome job, i'll try it now but still searching for a good pic. Thanks btw

[@narakirai8033]

this is the best low poly tutorial, and so easy to follow

[@adrenalinmotion]

For me the best tutorial i have watched in a long time. Thanks a lot.

[@ShafeekZakko]

wow!! probably the best tutorial on earth you are a real master

[@ianrutter4208]

That was bloody amazing. Easy to follow and visually brilliant. Has given me some ideas. Thanks for making this.

[@zebcode]

Wow.... that was a fantastic tutorial... Well presented, easy to follow great use of music. Very nice.

[@TheMdtariq]

you are the best at explaining like a teacher uses to clear a very big concept !!!! liked this and subscribed :) :) cheers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@drhymaun]

This is the best tutorial of anything I've ever seen

[@McFlurpiesTV]

As another comment below said, I rarely comment on tutorials, but this one was so well made and i think it'll help me a lot.. Thank you!

[@marcelino-dev]

Always wanted to learn how to do this effect. Can't wait to try it out. Thank you for this.

[@maggiestg]

nice tut. I spent the weekend working on it (I'm kinda OCD so it took time to make it "perfect"!) Shared the tut with my students who are now working away on it too.

[@HesterMgmtGroup]

6:45 Is when he discusses Actions. This is really good stuff!

[@virgil6892]

You're awesome dude , I searched this effect for 6 months.

[@Texxus100]

The BEST Tutorial for trying lowpoly! :)

[@tacticalyeet5435]

thank you so much man, i was freaking out about a low poly art project using photopea (bootleg free online photoshop). i forgot how to fill correctly. had to look up like 6 videos before finding this.

[@lettucepicker]

prob the best low poly tute out there, thx mate!

[@alfian_ridwan]

This is beyond amazing. Thank you for this excellent tutorial. Liked and subscribed.

[@ivaskuu]

Congratulations, best tutorial on KZbin !

[@maurhysjaeger3151]

Are you the best at photoshop tutorials or what? lol. So much wow man! Kudos! :)

[@mohamedhabibbejaoui1697]

thanks man, i'm addicted to your videos !

[@oscarlangley7887]

Best low-poly tutorial i've come across. thanks!

[@yemenohman]

Great tut. How do you spell your name? I'm hearing "DonkeyShot"

[@FXRays]

:D It's DomQuichotte. Just google it ;) Cheers!

[@translatorykaangielska3895]

FX - Ray Please, help. When I press the comand j button it duplicates the selections but deselect it after there's a new layer. then because i guess its not selected the average turns it the whiteish color. Please get back to me on this. Thanks

[@geckobrother3233]

Translatoryka Angielska FX - Ray same Problem here

[@djmorgontzofficial_lol]

Translatoryka Angielska i spent hours with trying to figure this out .. i ended up -while recording the action- manually copying and pasting the selection !!on the same (background copy) layer!! (this automatically pastes the selection onto a new layer) and also manually reselect the previous selection (the one that disappeared) with cmd/ctrl+shift+d !!on the newly created layer .. then comes the 'blur - avarage' hope this helped

[@PreppyYankee]

This comment gave me life.

[@GabrielAguiarProd]

I understood the technique thanks to you great tut, easy to follow! ;)

[@asifzzaman1632]

this is how every tutorial should be!!! thank you!

[@ESCARDU]

This is de best tutorial in the world!! Contratulations and thankyou so much

[@inggridstefany9261]

Thank you for this tutorial ! Its so detailed ..and easy to learn .

[@MRpacman781]

Nailed it great !! why cant all tutorials be like this :(

[@nimroz09]

sangat teliti dan begitu mencerahkan... it helps me out when I am having an issue of editting photo in photoshop with polygonal tools instead using corel draw for similar result

[@CatwomanGr]

hello! Nice tutorial! Do you find it easier doing in Photoshop rather than Illustrator?

[@modernnoir1975]

Excellent tutorial, thank for taking the time to teach!

[@cjchico]

Excellent tutorial. The best one I've seen. Thanks so much!

[@ram0wwe]

thank you man you just made my life easier, i love how you explain why you do this and that and this... .

[@marcuscave9918]

Great tutorial, Just a tip it helps at the end of the action to select the background this means you wont have to select it for each polygon.

[@rocaeternavisuales3643]

Excellent video. It's a great explanation.. Thanks!

[@mattuccino9731]

Finally a new thing to try. This video was helpful all the way through! Cheers for making this :D

[@pauliuslizdenis5936]

that was actually useful! have seen enough PS tutorials, but this was like a 99% perfect, really enjoyed watching and learned as well, Thank you!

[@VinayMallik]

This is the best tutorial on low poly. Change the thumbnail to low poly

[@phoheisel]

thanks for this great tutorial i used it years ago and now i did some poly again and still great video!!

[@BlackmanTheJock]

I'm enjoying this tutorial so much!

[@PabloDeMode]

Excellent tutorial! Thank you for posting it, it's pretty simple and complex at the same time, but nothing's impossible. :)

[@Colourpattern]

Great method, there are some really complex ones out there.

[@aaBoy11]

great tutorial well explained and very helpfull

[@EllaNsr29]

Thank you! this has been very helpful and very clear/easy to understand. 👍😃

[@keithrock6480]

Thank you for the lesson very interesting and useful. Have a nice day

[@amutey]

this is the best Photoshop video ever!!

[@Pallander]

Amazing tutorial. Its so clear and super helpfull!

[@kangibrian]

Way cool,seems a lot easier to make in Photoshop than Illustrator

[@streeture]

this is a helpful and cool tutorial. I'm almost done with my image but now it's 3 GB (DIN A 3, 300 dpi) and I haven't got any background or mirrored the polygons yet... are your files as large as mine or are you all working 72dpi for displays? I wanna print it once it's done that's why I'm using 300dpi.

[@palomaaguirrepratt4980]

Great video!! Your Explanations are clear :D I don't speak english and I understand everything perfecly

[@RAWVENTURES42]

You sir did a great job with this tutorial, i salute you!

[@bradprestipino4295]

This is a fantastic tutorial, not least because you sound a lot like Werner Herzog the filmmaker! Can you tell me what the music is you are playing in the sped-up parts? Thanks again

[@trinityscholl6917]

That was pretty awesome. Thanks for sharing!

[@wallaceduarte9996]

Holy moly. Fantastic tutorial!

[@leorodriguez8155]

thanks, you are the best! greetings from Argentina

[@LaBeadWorks]

Wow! Thank you very much. Great Tutorial!

[@fclyvensify]

this tut is really good, may God bless u to give us more tut, thanks a lot.

[@NatalleeK]

Amazing tutorial! Thank you so much!

[@rbaezd]

Thank you for this wonderful technique. I think one could try bulding a mesh with Pupetwarp over a white canvas , take screen shot, open it apart and contrast it with Levels so that there are only two colors, B&W. Then put it as other layer over your portrait and enlarge as needed. By the way could you give me the name of the wonderful song you used here? Who is the player? Thanksagain

[@Aquamarin36]

Great Tutorial! THX! One question - how can i make a "only stroke"-picture? ( like that in the endpicture of the tutorial / left )

[@YKLUO]

O.M.G, learn much from your videos, thanks

[@UnikxDesigns]

Great Tutorial, I have been wanting to do this for a while especially in Photoshop. To start off with I had the problem with the polygon turning white, but I had to hold CMD (Ctrl if windows) on the layer of the duplicated poly, which then gave me the poly but selected as well, then it worked completely fine! Once again amazing tutorial keep it up :D -Unikx

[@NewYorkCityFiles]

Great tutorial, very informative!

[@tiedie]

been searching for this for a long time, thank you!

[@Appoxo]

now thats a funny surprise ^^

[@Joni-gl2qr]

Thanks Bro!

[@ugotraidedbro]

shindy? :D:D:D:D:

[@Frankel-Grafix]

This is a lot faster than the other methods I've seen!

[@InfiniteFormations]

That was an Awesome tutorial! Simply Perfect! Thank You :)

[@nidellofficial]

For me the triangle is always white. I have no idea how, but after chosing the filter-blur-average option it's totally white... tryed 3 different images, but always the same...

[@FXRays]

Please read the other comments. We've already discussed this issue a couple times! Just follow the instructions in the tutorial, and don't miss any steps. Then it'll work.

[@arsalanmalek9165]

After making a new layer hold ctrl and click on the layer thumbnail, then aplly filter!

[@SleekSHock]

Arsalan Malik that didnt work for me. this is frustrating me haha

[@DAnicaMracevicJurisic]

same here

[@23kofi]

+Arsalan Malik Thanks it worked for me!

[@BPFDesigns]

Excellent tutorial! Not only did I learn how to turn a face into a multifaceted portrait, but I learned quite a few excellent shortcuts and procedures. Thanks very much! Sub'd

[@Mbeluba]

try-angles heh but thanks. I have learned a lot about photoshop functions. Truth be said, this would be easier and faster with illustrator, but thanks to your method you have explored possiblities I have not seen in PS

[@MatteoPezzoni]

Hey!! Great video! But i have a problem.. when i duplicate the layer via copy and try to make it blur average it became white!! Any idea what the problem is??

[@estode1]

same here. u solved it??

[@MatteoPezzoni]

I solved by appling the process directly to t.he bacground without creating a new layer.

[@estode1]

And then, how do you duplicate to the other half??

[@MatteoPezzoni]

I do not apply the process to the other half. I do the process to all the figure. But you can also do half of the figure and than select all the area done and than layer via copy and flip the figure.

[@cclbiah]

same..cant figure out how to fix it

[@MarshmallowsMolly]

Thank you so so so much! I can't wait to try this! Yay! It seems so simple!

[@DAnicaMracevicJurisic]

Thank you, this work, I feel silly for not getting it the first time!! Frustrating thing was, that commands that usually work in normal usage of Ps, are not really applicable in Actions. Have to remember to think like a programmer.

[@MultiApoi]

i got the same problem with the commands buttons! how did you fix it?

[@pnaobv]

Great tutorial, thanks.

[@linh370]

This video is awesome . Thank you!

[@muhammedisman2132]

the best tutorial ever

[@MultiLock13]

You sir are awesome and thanks for those little tricks and tips!! :D

[@Muntadher_Hamid]

oooh its great tutorial.please show us more.

[@LeSnowManMC]

Awesome tutorial, thank you!

[@reginaisabellamatus1022]

great tutorial, very helpful !!!

[@elfulano9110]

Really good tutorial!

[@zionsemaan3127]

Hey great tutorial so far... however I'm having trouble snapping the triangle corners to the grid. I did exactly what you displayed in the tutorial but they aren't snapping to the points???

[@OliviaRubin9]

I'm on a PC, and whenever I try to do the command-j to make the new layer, it's just blank. I tried a few different things, but they aren't working.

[@FXRays]

Please read the replies to the comment of ‘cntmne‘.

[@OliviaRubin9]

I tried those suggestions, they weren't working

[@FXRays]

Olivia Rubin Then you are not exactly following the ways that's in the tutorial. Please send a screenshot to [e-mail]

[@ivane.garcia7292]

Olivia Rubin Select the layer, then drag the layer to the "new layer" icon (the tiny page with the folded corner on the right side of the bottom inside the layer window). or go to LAYER>DUPLICATE

[@darkmaggot]

Great tutorial.

[@AgentAndroid]

This tutorial was amazing! Great job :D