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For this tutorial you will need Paint Shop Pro 7, and this zip file Unzip the selection to your selection folder. You will also need Fantastic Machine Paint Engine which can be found here.

1. Open a new image 365x525, add a new layer and go to Selections>Load from disk>APboots.sel, flood fill with color #816045, add a drop shadow: Color #4C301A, Horizontal and Vertical -4, Opacity 90 and Blur 0, deselect.

2. Add a new layer and load APbody.sel, flood fill with color #FCFAB3, go to Selections>Modify>Contract 2 and flood fill with #F4F1EE, deselect and add a drop shadow, same settings but change the color to #E7E0D9.

3. Add a new layer and load APhands.sel, flood fill with color #FCFAB3, go to Selections>Modify>Contract 2 and flood fill with #F4F1EE, deselect and add a drop shadow, same settings as step 3. Merge layers visible, name it body and save your work.

4. Add a new layer and load APjacket.sel, flood fill with color #911313, duplicate this layer, flood fill with color #F4F1EE and on your Layer Palette change this layer to Dissolve and lower the Opacity to 1, deselect and merge this two layers visible (only the jacket layers, no the body).

Now with your Freehand tool go around the left part of the jacket and click inside to select that part, add a drop shadow, same settings as before but change color to #670D0D, deselect.

5. Add a new layer and load APjacket1.sel, flood fill with color white and go to Effects>Plugins>Fantastic Machines>Paint Engine and apply the following settings:

6. Add a new layer and load APjacket2.sel flood fill with color white and apply Paint Engine same settings. Turn off visibility of body layer and merge visible, name this layer jacket and save.

7. Add a new layer and load APscarf.sel, flood fill with #F4F1EE, change your color to #087A08, and with your Draw tool Single line, Width 5, draw some lines on top of the scarf don't worry if you go out of the scarf, when you have all your lines go to Selections>Invert and hit the Delete key, invert selections again add a new layer and apply the following Cutout:

8. Add a new layer and load APscarf1.sel, repeat step 7.

9. Add a new layer and load APscarf2.sel, repeat step 7. Turn off visibility of body and jacket layers and merge visible, name this layer scarf and save.

10. Add a new layer and name it head, load APhead.sel, flood fill with color #FCFAB3, contract selections by 2 and flood fill with #F4F1EE, now you can draw your own face or if you want to use mine, load APface.sel and flood fill with black. For the nose load APnose.sel, flood fill with #EE7412 and add a drop shadow: Color "Black", Vertical "2", Horizontal "-4", Opacity "50" and Blur "7.1"

11. Add a new layer and load APhat.sel, flood fill with color #1B1E89, with you Paint Brush tool Color #F4F1EE, Shape "Round", Size "5", Step "25" and all the rest "100" paint some dots on the hat. Add a new layer and load APhat1.sel, flood fill with color white and apply Paint Engine same settings as before. Deselect, add a new layer and load APhat2.sel, flood fill with color white and repeat the Paint Engine, deselect, with your Draw Tool color black, freehand line, width 2 and antialias checked draw 2 small curves as shown on the following picture:

Turn off visibility of body, jacket, scarf and head layers and merge visible, name this layer hat and save.

12. Add a new layer and load APstar.sel, flood fill with color #FFFF00, add a drop shadow: color #959711, Vertical "-1", Horizontal "-4", Opacity "90" and Blur "0", load APhands.sel go to Selections>Modify>Expand "1" and hit the Delete key.

13. Go to the body layer and add a new layer, with your draw tool same settings as before draw a rounded line for the belt, open the button supplied on the zip file, resize 50% and copy and paste as a new selection.

14. Add a new layer and draw the shoelaces with the rope tube Scale 30.

15. To add more dimension, go to layers: hat, head, scarf and jacket and add a drop shadow to each one: Color "Black", Vertical "1", Horizontal "-1", Opacity "50" and Blur "2.4".

Merge all your layers visible and export as Picture Tube, now you can add text if you want to.

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

I want to thank Marina for her help testing my tutorial "GRACIAS MARINA!!!" you can see her snowman here

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