This tutorial was written by Vicki White on October 11, 2004.
This tutorial is copyrighted to Vicki.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it. It was inspired by the Fall Season,
my imagination and love of bears. If you see any similarity to any other tutorial it is
purely coincidental. I would like to thank all the tutorial writers that I have learned
from and those that have encouraged me to write tutorials.
Whatever you make from this tutorial belongs to you for personal use. However, please DO
NOT copy, reproduce, put on CD, put on any other Web Site, or use to make a
monetary profit.
Please do not take my selections and claim them as your own. Please read my Terms of Use
here.
This tutorial was written in PSP9, but you can use other versions.
(I have included the selections for Version 7).
This tutorial was written for Intermediate to Advanced.
What You Will Need:
Paint Shop Pro. You can download a Trial Version
here.
My Selections and Supplies. You can download the zip file for PSP8 and PSP9 here.
Selections and Supplies for PSP7here.
Eye Candy 3.1 (If you do a Google Search you may be able to find a free download, it's
offered as a download from time to time.) It's used for the
fur so if you don't have it you could use whatever you use to make fur.
Unzip the Selections to your Selections Folder
Minimize the Eyes and Pattern Tiles in PSP for later use.
To load a Selection go to Selections - Load/Save Selections - Load Selections from Disk.
Select the selection for the step you are working on. Click on Load. You will do this for
each selection. If you name each layer it will make it much easier finding them if you
need to go back and change something.
You can use my colors or choose your own. SAVE OFTEN
Open a new Image - 400 x 600 transparent, 16 million colors
I like to fill my background with white or a color so I can see what I'm doing.
- 1 -
Legs:
New Layer. Load vw_01_tggirl_leg1. Flood Fill with #704B26. Selections - Modify - Contract
1. Fill with #D1A479. Keep Selected. New Layer for your shading. Airbrush - Size 25,
Hardness 7, Step 24, Density 50, Opacity 24. Run your brush around the outside of the foot
and where the crease would be with #704B26. Apply a little #ECCAA8 in the center of the
foot. Select None. Hide Raster 1 Layer and Merge Visible your foot and the shading layer.
Effects - Plugins - EC 3 - Weave - Ribbon 1, Gap Width 0, Fill Gaps checked, color Black,
Shadow Depth 0, Thread Detail 18, Thread Length 1. Effects - Plugins - EC3 - Jiggle -
Bubble Size 15, Warp Amount 4, Twirl 90, Brownian Motion.
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New Layer. Load vw_02_tggirl_leg2. Follow the instructions in Step #1 to Fill, Shade,
Hide all layers except the leg 2 and it's shading layer and Merge Visible. Apply EC to the
2nd leg.
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Dress and Apron:
New Layer. Load vw_03_tggirl_sleeve1. Fill with #B64100. Selections - Modify - Contract 1.
Fill with the Orange Flower Tile at 25% or a color of your choice. Leave Selected. New
Layer for your shading. Airbrush same settings - use #B64100 to shade the sleeve. Adjust -
Blur - Gaussian Blur 3. Hide all layers except the sleeve layer and it's shading layer.
Merge Visible the two layers.
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New Layer. Load vw_04_tggirl_sleeve2. Follow the instructions in Step #3 to Fill, Shade
and Merge the 2nd sleeve and it's shading layer.
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New Layer. Load vw_05_tggirl_dress. Follow the instructions in Step #3 to Fill, Shade and
Merge the dress.
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New Layer. Load vw_06_tggirl_apron. Follow the instructions in Step #3 to Fill, Shade and
Merge the apron using #B8BFC4 for your 1st Flood Fill and after you contract 1 Flood Fill
with White. Use #b8BFC4 for shading.
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New Layer. Load vw_07_tggirl_collar1. Same instructions to Fill, Shade and Merge. Same
colors as apron.
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New Layer. Load vw_08_tggirl_collar2. Same instructions to Fill, Shade and Merge. Same
colors as apron.
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Hat and Head
New Layer. Load vw_09_tggirl_hattop. Same instructions to Fill, Shade and Merge. Same
colors as apron.
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New Layer. Load vw_10_tggirl_ear1. Same instructions and colors as in Step #1 to Fill,
Shade, Merge and Apply EC to the ear.
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New Layer. Load vw_11_tggirl_ear2. Same instructions and colors as in Step #1 to Fill,
Shade, Merge and Apply EC to the ear.
- 12 -
New Layer. Load vw_12_tggirl_inner1. Same instructions and colors (except use only #704B26
for shading) as in Step #1 to Fill, Shade, Merge and Apply EC to the inner ear.
- 13 -
New Layer. Load vw_13_tggirl_inner2. Same instructions as in Step #12.
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New Layer. Load vw_14_tggirl_string1. Use #B8BFC4 and White. Fill, Shade and Merge.
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New Layer. Load vw_15-tggirl_string2. Same as Step #14.
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New Layer. Load vw_16-tggirl_knot. Same as Step #14.
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New Layer. Load vw_17_tggirl_hatbrim. Same as Step #14.
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New Layer. Load vw_18_tggirl_head. Same instructions as in Step #1 to Fill, Shade, Merge
and Apply EC to the head.
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New Layer. Load vw_19_tggirl_hand1. Same instructions as in Step #1 to Fill, Shade, Merge
and Apply EC to the hand.
- 20 -
New Layer. Load vw_20_tggirl_hand2. Same instructions as in Step #1 to Fill, Shade, Merge
and Apply EC to the 2nd hand.
- 21 -
New Layer. Load vw_21_tggirl_bsleeve1. Fill and Shade with #B8B4C4 and White. Merge as
before for the white on the sleeve.
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New Layer. Load vw_22_tggirl_bsleeve2. Fill and Shade with #B8B4C4 and White. Merge as
before for the white on the 2nd sleeve.
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New Layer. Load vw_23_tggirl_stitches. Fill with #B8BFC4.
- 24 -
Face:
New Layer. You can use the tube I supplied for the face or make your own.
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Activate the Head Layer. Selections - Select All - Float. New Layer. Airbrush, same settings
with #D96F67 apply some color for the blush on her cheeks. Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur 10.
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Additional Shading:
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Vertical and Horizontal 4, Opacity 25, Blur 8, color
Black. Apply to Apron, Collars, Knot and Hat Strings.
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Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Vertical (minus) -4, Horizontal 4, Opacity 25, Blur 8,
color Black. Apply to white on sleeves.
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Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Vertical (minus) -4, Horizontal 0, Opacity 25, Blur 8,
color Black. Apply to hatbrim.
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Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow - Vertical (minus) -4, Horizontal 0, Opacity 50, Blur 8,
color Black. Apply to Head.
Merge Visible when you are satisfied with your Bear. Resize if you don't want her quite so
big. You can make her into a tube to use later.
You are finished!! I hope you had fun!!!
If you have any problems or questions please email me Email Me!here.
If you would like to send me your results you can do so by emailing me. I would really enjoy
seeing what you have done with the tutorial!
