© Christina Gibbs - November 20, 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 was made using Paint Shop Pro 7.

Download the selections and unzip them to a folder of your choice.

Open a new image 400 x 400 on a transparent background

Go to Selections - Load from disk - and load the 1-feet.sel fill with #B59370 and deselect. Go to Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout using the settings below.

Still on the same layer, go to Effects - Noise and add 6% uniform noise.

Go to Layers - New Raster Layer and load the 2-feet.sel, fill with the same color and deselect, use a cutout with the same settings and add the same 6% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer and load the 3-hands.sel, fill with the same color and deselect, use a cutout with the same settings and add 6% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer and load the 4-shirt.sel, fill with a color / pattern of your choice and deselect. On the same layer load the 5-shirt.sel and go to Colors - Adjust - Brightness / Contrast changing the brightness to -65 and the contrast to 0 and deselect.

Just a note - You may need to adjust the brightness settings differently depending on the pattern you are using.

Add a new raster layer and load the 6-dress.sel, fill with a color / pattern of your choice and deselect. On the same layer load the 7-dress.sel and fill with white or a color that matches the pattern you are using and deselect. Still on the same layer load the 8-dress.sel and adjust the brightness using the same settings and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 9-pants.sel, fill with your choice and deselect. On the same layer load the 10-pants.sel and adjust the brightness using the same settings and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 11-shirt.sel, fill with your choice and deselect. On the same layer load the 12-shirt.sel and adjust the brightness with the same settings and deselect.

On the same layer load the 13-shirt.sel and fill with white or a color that matches your pattern and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 14-sign.sel and fill with your choice, I used a wood pattern, you can find some on my patterns page, deselect and go to Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel using the settings below....

Now you can add your own words to this or you can load the 15-words.sel and fill with your choice and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 16-arms.sel, fill with the bear color #B59370 and deselect. Use a cutout with the same settings and add 6% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer and load the 17-sleeve.sel and fill with the same pattern / color you used for the boys shirt and deselect. On the same layer load the 18-sleeve.sel and adjust the brightness using the same settings and deselect. Still on the same layer load the 19-sleeve.sel and fill with white or a matching color and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 20-sleeve.sel, fill with the same pattern / color you used for the girls shirt and deselect. On the same layer load the 21-sleeve.sel and adjust the brightness with the same settings and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 22-collar.sel, fill with white or a color of your choice and deselect. On the same layer load the 23-collar.sel and adjust the brightness using the same settings and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 24-ears.sel, fill with the bear color #B59370 and deselect. Use a cutout, changing the blur to 20 and leaving the rest of the settings the same. Add 6% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer and load the 25-heads.sel, fill with the same color, deselect and use another cutout changing the blur back to 35 and leaving the rest the same. Add 6% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer and load the 26-muzzles.sel, fill with the same color and deselect. Use a cutout, changing the blur to 20 and leaving the rest of the settings the same. Add 6% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer and load the 27-faces.sel, fill this with black and deselect. On the same layer load the 28-faces.sel and fill with black, deselect. Use the retouch tool with the settings shown below to add some little highlights to the noses and eyes.

Add a new raster layer and load the 29-hat.sel, fill with your choice, I used #7D7257, deselect and on the same layer load the 30-hat.sel and fill with a darker color for shading, I used #29261F, deselect and on the same layer load the 31-hat.sel and fill with a lighter color for highlights, I used #CFC9BB and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 32-bow.sel, fill with your choice, I used the same as her shirt, deselect and load the 33-bow.sel and adjust the brightness using the same settings and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 34-bow.sel, fill with the same, deselect and load the 35-bow.sel and adjust the brightness using the same settings and deselect.

Here are my finished bears.....