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For this tutorial you will need Paint Shop Pro, and this zip file Unzip the selection to your selection folder and open the plaid in your PSP window.

1. Open a new image 350x640 Go to Selections>Load from disk>APmsel1.sel flood fill with black, go to Selections>Modify>Contract "1" and flood fill with color #949292 (NOTE: This gray color is the same we are going to be using for the rest of the tutorial so I'm just going to say gray) deselect and load the same selection again, go to Selections>Invert and apply a drop shadow: Color "Black", Horizontal & Vertical "4", Opacity "45" and Blur "20", repeat the shadow but this time change Horizontal & Vertical to "-4", deselect. Go to Effects>Noise Add 4% Uniform. Name this layer Body. Save.

2. Add a new layer and load from disk APmsel2.sel flood fill with black, contract selection by 1 and flood fill with the gray color, deselect and load the same selection again, invert selection and repeat the drop shadow from Step 1, deselect. Using your Freehand Tool Point to Point, Antialias checked, Feather "4" draw a rectangle getting part of the top side (see screenshot) and hit the Delete key, deselect. Add the same Noise. Save.

On the same layer load APmsel3.sel click on the Magnifying Glass Zoom in and Flood Fill "inside" the selections with black (see screenshot). Deselect. Name this layer Ear.

3. Add a new layer and load from disk APmsel4.sel, flood fill with black, contract selection by 1 and flood fill with gray, deselect, load the same selection again, invert selection and apply the drop shadow same settings as before, deselect and using the Freehand Tool again, same settings as before draw a rectangle? (sorry but I don't know the name of that, maybe a parallelogram? :o) well, you can see the screenshot) and hit the delete key. Add the same Noise as before. Name this layer Arm. Save.

4. Go back to the Body Layer and add a new layer, load APmsel5.sel flood fill with black, contract selection by 1 and flood fill with the color or pattern of your choice, I'm using the plaid supplied on the zip file, Scale 40%. Name this layer Skirt. Save.

5. Add a new layer and load APmsel6.sel flood fill with black, contract selection by 1 and flood fill with gray, deselect and load the selection again, invert selection and apply the drop shadow as before, but this time change the Blur to "10" and don't apply it twice. Add the same Noise as before, go to Layers>Arrange>Send to Bottom.

6. Go to the arm layer and add a new layer, load APmsel7.sel, flood fill with black, contract selection by 1 and flood fill with #FFC0C0.

7. Add a new layer and load APmsel8.sel, flood fill with black, contract selection by 1 and flood fill with white.

8. Add a new layer and load APmsel9.sel, zoom the image and flood fill with black "inside" the selections, deselect, with your Magic Wand RGB Value, Tolerance and Feather "0" click on the "nails" holding the Shift key to select them all, go to Selections>Modify Expand "1", add a new layer and flood fill with white, go to Layers>Arrange>Move down.

9. Go to the body layer and add a new layer and load APmsel10.sel, flood fill with black, add a new layer and with the Airbrush Color Black draw a line similar to the screenshot, then go to Effects>Blur>Gaussian Blur "5.5" and lower the opacity on this layer to 80.

Now you can merge your layers visible. Save.

10. Add a new layer, with the Draw Tool Foreground "Black", Background "Null", Freehand Line, Width "1", Antialias "Checked", Create as Vector "Unchecked" draw some lines around her body special on knees and trunk, see at the top graphic, merge visible again.

11. Add a new layer, load from disk APmsel11.sel zoom and flood fill with black "inside" the selection, deselect, with your Magic Wand same settings as before, click inside the eye and expand the selection by "1", add a new layer and flood fill with white, deselect and go to Layers>Arrange>Move Down, add a new layer and with the Paint Brush Color Black, click once, change color to White and Size to "3" and click inside, see screenshot.

12. With the Draw Tool, same settings as before draw the eyebrow. You can merge again and don't forget to save.

13. Add a new layer and load from disk APmsel12.sel, zoom and flood fill with black "inside" the selection, deselect, with the Magic Wand same settings as before and holding the Shift key click inside the 3 parts of the bow, expand the selections by 1, add a new layer and flood fill with the color of your choice for the bow, deselect and go to Layers>Arrange> Move down. Again click with the Magic Wand outside the bow and add a drop shadow, the color of the shadow depends on the color of the bow (pick a darker tone) and the settings are the same as before, just change the blur to "12".

14. Add a new layer and load from disk APmsel13.sel, flood fill with black, contract selection by 1 and flood fill with the color of your choice, with the Draw Tool same settings as before, color black draw some outlines on your bow. Merge visible again, save.

15. Add a new layer Foreground "Null" and Background black, and with your Preset Shapes Tool Ellipse, Antialias Checked, Create as Vector UNchecked, holding the Shift key draw a circle size 111x111, doesn't matter if is not on the right place, since you are on a separate layer you can move it and position it, go to Selections>Select All, Selections>Float, Selections Modify>Contract "1" and flood fill with the color of your choice or decorate the ball however you want it, I have provided my selections also APmsel14.sel but you can do it the way you want it, when the ball its ready, add a new layer and with the Draw Tool same settings as before, but change the Width to 14, draw a small arc, see screenshot, and go to Blur>Gaussian Blur "5.50"

Merge all your layers visible and Miss Elephant is ready. If you want to do her husband you can find him here.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, if you have any questions or comments please email me

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