© Christina Gibbs - August 30, 2002 - www.tcgibbs.com
This tutorial may not be copied and placed on another site without my written permission.
The image you create by following this tutorial belongs to you and you may do whatever you want with that.

This tutorial was written using Paint Shop Pro 7.

You will need to download these selections and save them in a folder of your choice.

Open a new image 550 x 550 on a transparent background.

Go to SELECTIONS - LOAD FROM DISK and browse to the folder you saved these selections into and open the 2-legs.sel, fill with your choice and deselect. I used #A16969.

On the same layer open the 3-legs.sel and go to COLORS - ADJUST - BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST changing the brightness to 25 and the contrast at 0, deselect. You could skip this part if you are using a pattern.

Still on the same layer, open the 4-legs.sel and adjust the brightness again, changing the number to -75, deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 5-shoes.sel, fill with your choice and deselect. I used #875347

On the same layer open the 6-shoes.sel and adjust the brightness again with the same settings and deselect.

On the same layer open the 7-shoes.sel and fill with a lighter color, I used #CCA49C, deselect.

Still on the same layer open the 8-shoes.sel and fill with a lighter color, I used #E0C6C2, deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 9-shirt.sel, fill with your choice, I used the same as the legs. Adjust the brightness on this to -50 and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 10-dress.sel, fill with your choice, I used #48687E and deselect.

On the same layer open the 11-dress.sel and adjust the brightness to 25 and deselect. Again you can skip this one if you are using a pattern, or you can fill the selection with any color you want instead.

Still on the same layer open the 12-dress.sel, fill with white and deselect.

Still on the same layer open the 13-dress.sel and adjust the brightness -65 and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 14-bearleg.sel, fill with #BC7E60 and deselect. Go to EFFECTS - 3D EFFECTS - CUTOUT with the settings below.

Go to EFFECTS - NOISE and add 3% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer and open the 15-bearbody.sel, fill with the same color and deselect. Apply the same cutout changing the blur to 50, add 3% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer, open the 16-beararm.sel, fill with the same color, deselect and apply the same cutout changing the blur to 40, add 3% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer and open the 17-hands.sel, fill with #DFB193 and go to SELECTIONS - INVERT and then EFFECTS - 3D EFFECTS - DROP SHADOW with these settings...

Vertical = -4
Horizontal = 4
Opacity = 85
Blur = 15.3
Color = #B37B55

Deselect and open the 18-hands.sel and adjust the brightness -30. Deselect

Add a new raster layer and open the 19-sleeve.sel, fill with your choice, I used #A16969 and deselect.

On the same layer open the 20-sleeve.sel and adjust the brightness -65 and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 1-hair.sel, fill with #CD915F and deselect. On the same layer open the 21-hair.sel and fill with the same color, deselect.

Use the retouch tool with both LIGHTEN & DARKEN RGB with the settings below.

Use the LIGHTEN RGB to add some highlights by making small strokes on the hair like you are brushing her hair :-)

Then use DARKEN RGB the same way to add a little shading.

Add a new raster layer and open the 22-hairties.sel, fill with your choice, I used a sunburst gradient and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 23-hair.sel, fill with the same color used for the hair, deselect and use lighten and darken rgb to add the same highlights and shading here too.

Add a new raster layer, open the 24-hair.sel and repeat the same steps.

Add a new raster layer, open the 25-hair.sel and repeat the same steps.

Add a new raster layer, open the 26-hair.sel and repeat the same steps. You should have something like this....

Add a new raster layer and open the 27-ties.sel and fill with the same color/gradient you used for the other hair ties and deselect.

On the same layer open the 28-ties.sel, fill with the same and deselect.

Still on the same layer open the 29-ties.sel, fill with the same and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 30-bearhand.sel, fill with the same color you used for the bear and deselect. Apply the same cutout as before changing the blur to 25, add 3% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer and open the 31-bearhead.sel, fill with the same, deselect and apply the same cutout changing the blur to 35 and add 3% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer, open the 32-bearears.sel, fill with the same, deselect and use the same cutout changing the blur to 15, add 3% uniform noise and adjust the brightness of this layer to 25.

Add a new raster layer and open the 33-beareyes.sel, fill with black and deselect. Go to EFFECTS - 3D EFFECTS - INNER BEVEL and choose the "Round" preset from the drop down menu. Then go to EFFECTS - BLUR - GAUSSIAN BLUR of 1.

Add a new raster layer and open the 34-bearmuzzle.sel, fill with the bear color, deselect and use the same cutout changing the blur to 25. Add 3% uniform noise and adjust the brightness of this layer to 25 also.

Add a new raster layer and open the 34-bearnose.sel, fill with black and deselect, use the same inner bevel and the same blur as the eyes.

Add a new raster layer, open the 35-bearleg.sel, fill with the bear color, deselect and use the same cutout changing the blur to 40, add 3% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer and open the 36-bear.sel and fill with #4D3427, deselect and apply a gaussian blur of 1 and you are finished.