Teddy Bear

This tutorial is written in and for PSP Version 7 and assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP at a beginners level. I am sure this can easily be done in other versions of PSP but I have never worked with any of them but PSP 7.

This tutorial was written and created by me, Cheri Anderson. It is copyrighted by law and you may LINK to them only. Do not change the words, graphics, or any part of this tutorial around and reproduce it as your own without my written permission. Do not send this tutorial through the email, any type of mailing lists, Yahoo Groups or other sites. You may print and save this tutorial for your personal use only. Creations you make from this tutorial are YOUR creations and you may do what you like with them.

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FOR THIS TUTORIAL YOU WILL NEED:

JASC's PSP (30 day free trial)- Just click the Paint Shop Pro 7 button


My Selections just click here: Selections Make a folder for these selections so you don't get them mixed up with your other selections. *S*

1. Open a 400 x 500 transparent new image. Add a new layer and rename Body. Make your foreground color black.Go up to Selections-Load from Disk and click on bear_body.sel. Click Open. Flood fill with Black. Go up to Selections-Modify-Contract and put in 1 and click "Okay". KEEP SELECTED.

2. Next change your Foreground color to 92462F and flood fill the selection. Then go up to Selections-Select None. Now go up to Effects-Noise-Add and put a 10 and make sure uniform is checked. Click on "Okay".

Go to Effects-Plugins- Eye Candy 3.1 Jiggle and put in Bubble Size: 7 Warp Amount: 10 Twist: 80 Movement Type: Brownian Motion Click on the Check mark to add the effect. SAVE

3. Add a new layer and rename Left Hand. Go up to Selections-Load from Disk and click on left hand.sel. Click Open. Flood Fill with D8B582. Deselect and go up to Effects-Noise-Add and change the number to 8 and keep uniformed checked. Click Okay and add the same Eye Candy jiggle. SAVE

4. Add a new layer and rename Right Hand. Go up to Selections-Load from Disk and click on right hand.sel. Click Open. Flood fill with D8B582. Deselect and follow the same steps you did for the left hand. SAVE

5. Add a new layer and rename Left Foot. Go up to Selections-Load from Disk and click on left foot.sel. Click Open. Flood fill with D8B582 and follow the same steps as you did for the hands. SAVE

6. Add a new layer and rename Right Foot. Go up to Selections-Load from Disk and click on right foot.sel. Click Open. Flood fill with D8B582 and follow the same steps as you did for the hands. SAVE

7. Add a new layer and rename Left Inner Ear. Go up to Selections-Load from Disk and click on left_inner ear.sel. Click Open. **Do not fill with Black on the inner ears** Flood fill with D59E48. Follow the same steps as you did for the feet and hands. SAVE

8. Add a new layer and rename Right Inner Ear. Go up to Selections-Load from Disk and click on right_inner ear.sel. Click Open. Flood fill with D59E48. Follow the same steps as you did for the feet and hands. SAVE

9. Add a new layer and rename Eyes. Go up to Selections-Load from Disk and click on eyes.sel. Click Open. Flood fill with Black (000000) and then Deselect. Go up to Effects-3D Effects-Inner Bevel and apply the Round Preset default settings. SAVE

10. Add a new layer and rename Nose. Go up to Selections-Load from Disk and click on nose.sel. Click Open. Flood fill with Black (000000) and then Deselect. Add the same round inner bevel. SAVE

11. Add a new layer and rename Mouth Line. Go up to Selections-Load from Disk and click on mouth line.sel. Click Open. Flood fill with Black (000000) and deselect. Move this layer below the Nose layer and add the round inner bevel. SAVE

12. Activate the Nose layer and add a new layer and rename Left Cheek. Go up to Selections-Load from Disk and click on left cheek.sel. Click Open. Flood fill with DB6D75 deselect and go up to Effects-Blur-Gaussian Blur-and put in 15 and then click on Okay. Duplicate the Left Cheek layer and go up to Image-Mirror and rename this new layer Right Cheek. Use your Mover tool to move your right cheek over next to the nose. Don't worry about any hanging over we will get rid of that. *S* SAVE

13. While still on the Right Cheek layer go up to Selections-Load from Disk and click on bear_body.sel and click Open. Go up to Selections-Invert and hit your delete key on your keyboard. Go up to Selections-Select None. SAVE

14. Add a new layer and rename Heart. Go up to Selections-Load from Disk and click on heart.sel. Click Open. Flood fill with Black (000000) and go up to Selections-Modify- Contract and put in 1. Click Okay. Flood fill with C00000 and deselect. Go up to Effects-Noise-Add and add the same noise as you did earlier which was 8 uniform. Next go up to Effects-3D Effects-Inner Bevel and apply the pillow preset.

SAVE
15. Add a new layer and rename Lines. Go up to Selections-Load from Disk and click on lines 1.sel. Click Open. Flood fill with Black (000000). Deselect. SAVE

16. Add a new layer and rename Bow 1. Go up to Selections-Load from Disk and click on bow1.sel. Click Open. Flood fill with Black (000000) and go up to Selections-Modify-Contract and put in 1 and click Okay. Now flood fill with FF4040. Deselect and go up to Effects-Noise-Add and put in 10 uniform. Go up to Effects-3D Effects-Inner Bevel and add the Pillow preset default settings. SAVE

16. Add a new layer and rename Bow 2. Go up to Selections-Load from Disk and click on bow2.sel. Click Open. Flood fill with Black (000000) and go up to Selections-Modify- Contract and put in 1 and click Okay. Now flood fill with your choice of color. I used FF4040. Deselect and go up to Effects-Noise-Add and put in 10 uniform. SAVE

17. Add a new layer and rename Bow Lines. Go up to Selections-Load from Disk and click on bow lines.sel. Click Open. Flood Fill with Black (000000). Deselect. SAVE Turn off the visibility of all layers but the Bow 2 & Bow Lines. Go up to Layers-Merge-Merge Visible. Rename the merged layer Bow 2. Make all layers visible and add a drop shadow to Bow 2. I used V&H: 2 Opacity: 30 Blur: 3 Color: Black. Repeat Drop shadow and change the V&H to -2. SAVE

19. Last layer. *S* Add a new layer and rename eyebrows. Go up to Selections-Load from Disk and click on eyebrows.sel. Click Okay. Flood fill with Black (000000) and deselect and save. At this point you can add any drop shadows or do anything else you like with the bear before you merge. When done go up to Layers-Merge-Merge Visible. If you resize don't forget to sharpen your image. Also, don't forget to tube this little guy for future projects. *S*

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