For this
tutorial you will need
Paint Shop Pro,
and this zip file
Unzip the selection to your selection folder.
This tutorial
is similar to Miss
Elephant tutorial, the
only things I've change are the selections and a few steps.
1. Open a new image 500x420,
go to Selections>Load from Disk>APmrel1.sel, flood fill with black,
contract selection by 1 and flood fill with #949292, deselect and load the same
selection again, invert selection 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 APmrel3.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 APmrel4.sel click on the Magnifying
Glass
Zoom in and Flood Fill "inside" the selections with
black. Deselect. Name this layer Ear.
3.
Pick the color you want for the hat on your background color, and choose a
lighter tone from the same color for your foreground (#1). Go to Styles
and click the arrow on the Foreground and select Gradient (#2). Click on
the arrow (where the red arrow is) and select #1 Foreground-Background with the
settings on the screenshot (#3).
Add
a new layer and load from disk APmrel2.sel, flood fill with black, contract
selection by 1 and flood fill with your gradient (don't forget to change the
black color to the color you choose for your gradient). Name this layer
hat. Save.
4. Go back to
the body layer and add a new layer, load APmrel5.sel, zoom your
image and flood fill with black "inside the selection",
deselect, now with the Magic Wand
and holding the Shift key click on each of the arcs as shown
on the screenshot.
Expand the selection
by 1, add a new layer and flood fill with one of the colors
of your hat, go to Layers>Arrange>Move Down, deselect,
zoom your image and look if you are missing any spot and paint
it with your Paint Brush ,
go back to the other layer and repeat the same but selecting
the other arcs, change to the other color of your hat, expand
the selection by 1 and flood fill. Turn off visibility
of the body, ear and hat layers and merge visible, name this
layer neck. Save.
5.
Add a new layer and load APmrel6.sel, flood fill with black, contract selections
by 1 and flood fill with gray, deselect and load the selection again, invert
selection and apply the drop shadow, same settings as before just change the
blur to 10. Add the same noise as before. Go to
Layers>Arrange>Send to Bottom. Name this layer tail.
6. Go to the
hat layer and add a new layer, load APmerl7.sel, zoom your image
and flood fill with black "inside" the selection,
deselect and with your Magic Wand
same settings as before click inside the mouth, expand the selection
by 1, add a new layer and flood fill with color #FFC0C0, go
to Layers>Arrange>Move Down. Turn off visibility
of all the layers but this last two and merge visible, name
it mouth. Save.
7. Add a new layer and load APmrel8.sel,
zoom your image and flood fill with black "inside"
the selection, deselect and with 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, Size 13, Hardness 50, Opacity and Density 100 and
Step 25 click once, change color to White and Size to "3"
and click inside. With the Draw Tool ,
Foreground "Black",
Background "Null", Freehand Line, Width 1,
Antialias checked and Create as Vector UNchecked draw
the eyebrow. Turn off visibility of Tail, body, neck,
ear, hat and mouth layers and merge visible, name this layer
eye. Save.
8. Add a
new layer and load APmrel9.sel, zoom the image and flood fill
with black "inside" the selections, deselect, with
your Magic Wand
same settings as before 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.
Add a new layer and load APmrel10.sel, repeat step 8.
10.
Add a new layer, with the Draw Tool
same settings as before draw some lines around her body, see
at the top graphic. Now you can merge your layers visible.
Save.
11. 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 125x125, 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
APmrel11.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 and color
white, draw a small line, see screenshot, and go to Blur>Gaussian
Blur "5.50"
Now
you can add any decoration you want to your elephant.
Merge
all your layers visible and Mr. Elephant is ready. If
you want to do his wife you can go here.
I
hope you enjoyed this tutorial, if you have any questions or
comments please email
me
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.
Zoom in and Flood Fill "inside" the selections with
black. Deselect. Name this layer Ear.
and holding the Shift key click on each of the arcs as shown
on the screenshot.
,
go back to the other layer and repeat the same but selecting
the other arcs, change to the other color of your hat, expand
the selection by 1 and flood fill. Turn off visibility
of the body, ear and hat layers and merge visible, name this
layer neck. Save.
,
Foreground "Black",
Background "Null", Freehand Line, Width 1,
Antialias checked and Create as Vector UNchecked draw
the eyebrow. Turn off visibility of Tail, body, neck,
ear, hat and mouth layers and merge visible, name this layer
eye. Save.
Ellipse, Antialias Checked, Create as Vector UNchecked, holding
the Shift key draw a circle size 125x125, 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
APmrel11.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 
