Witch House

 

(50% of original)

 

 

This tutorial was written  in PSP 7. It assumes you have working knowledge of selections and layers.  Please do not link to or remove images and or tutorial in any way and claim it as your own. 

Feel free to use a text link to this tutorial for learning purposes only!

 

This tutorial is © Country City 2002.

October 09, 2002 

 

 

You will need:

 

 

ZIP file with selections and patterns.

 

 

 

House

 

Create new image 470 x 640, Transparent.

Add new layer.  Selections - Load from Disk and open light.sel

Flood fill with gradient fill, angle = 62 ("Red-Yellow-Red" gradient in PSP7/Gradient folder) 

 

Add new layer. Load trees.sel. Flood fill with bark pattern.

Effects - Texture - Straw-wall:

 

 

Add new layer. Load owl.sel. Flood fill with black.

 

Add new layer. Load house1.sel. Flood fill with house pattern.

Selection - Invert.

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:

 

 

Add new layer. Load house2.sel. Flood fill with house pattern.

Selection -Invert and apply same shadow.

 

Add new layer. Load roof.sel. Flood fill with roof pattern.

Merge Visible layers, name the layer as "house". SAVE.

 

Bat

 

Add new layer. Load ears.sel. Flood fill with #F5E5AF. 

Selection - Modify - Contract by 3. Flood fill with #F5C931.

 

Add new layer. Load wings.sel. Flood fill with #F5C931.

Selection - Invert.

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:

Offsets = 0, Opacity = 80, Blur = 12, black.

 

Add new layer. Load muzzle.sel. Flood fill with #F5C931.

Selection - Invert.

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow (change Blur for 7).

 

Add new layer. Load nose.sel. Flood fill with #BD6B4B.

Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel:

 

 

Choose Paint Brush (round, size=3, color #BD6B4B, rest options = 100) and draw two eyes. 

Change size for 1 and draw mouse like this:

 

 

Change color for #624F34 and draw some lines on the wings. 

Blur - Gaussian Blur = 1

Turn off HOUSE layer and Merge visible layers.

Ghost

 

Add new layer. Load ghost1.sel. Flood fill with white.

Selection - Invert.

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:

Offsets = 0, Opacity = 80, Blur = 7, black.

 

Add new layer. Load ghost2.sel. Flood fill with black.

Add new layer. Load ghost3.sel. Flood fill with white.

Selection - Invert.

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow:

Offsets = 0, Opacity = 80, Blur = 7, black.

 

Merge visible layers and decorate you house. 

Happy Halloween!

 

 

 

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