© Christina Gibbs - June 24, 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

This tutorial assumes you have a good working knowledge of PSP and the tools needed.

Remember to save your image often.

Start by opening a new image 250 x 400 on a transparent background.

Go to SELECTIONS - LOAD FROM DISK and browse to the folder you saved the selections into. Open the 1-ears.sel and fill with #EFEAE6 and deselect.

Go to EFFECTS - 3D EFFECTS - CUTOUT using the settings below.

Vertical=0 Horizontal=0 Opacity=100 Blur=19 Shadow Color=#AC967E Fill Color=#EFEAE6

Go to EFFECTS - NOISE and add 6% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer by going to LAYERS - NEW RASTER LAYER and open the 2-innerears.sel and fill with #E48AB0, deselect. Then go to EFFECTS - BLUR - GAUSSIAN BLUR and apply a blur of 6. Open the 1-ears.sel again and go SELECTIONS - INVERT and then EDIT - CLEAR. Deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 3-head.sel and fill with the same #EFEAE6 and deselect. Apply a cutout, changing the blur to 25 and leaving the rest the same. Apply 6% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer and open the 4-cheeks.sel, fill with #E48AB0 and deselect. Apply a Gaussian Blur of 6 to this. To clean up anything going outside the head, open the 3-head.sel again and go to SELECTIONS - INVERT and then EDIT - CLEAR. Deselect

Add a new raster layer and open the 5-nose.sel and fill with #E48AB0 and deselect. Go to EFFECTS - 3D EFFECTS - INNER BEVEL using the settings below.

Width=1 Smoothness=50 Depth=3 Ambience=0 Shininess=0 Color=White Angle=335 Intensity=50 Elevation=30

Add a new raster layer and open the 6-highlights.sel and fill with white. Deselect and apply a Gaussian Blur of 2 to this.

Add a new raster layer and open the 7-eyes.sel and fill with black. Deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 8-heart.sel and fill with #E3A15B. Deselect. Apply an Inner Bevel, changing the width to 20 and leaving the other settings the same. Then go to EFFECTS - TEXTURE EFFECTS - TEXTURE with the settings below.

Preset=Wood Grain Size=100 Smoothness=0 Depth=1 Ambience=0 Shininess=0 Color=White Angle=243 Intensity=50 Elevation=31

On the same layer, open the 9-stitches.sel and fill with #5D3B2F and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 10-hands.sel and fill with #EFEAE6 and deselect. Apply another cutout, changing the blur back to 19 and leaving the rest the same. Add 6% uniform noise.

Add a new raster layer and open the 11-stitches.sel and fill with #483C30 and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 12-bow.sel and fill with #809E5C and deselect. Go to EFFECTS - TEXTURE EFFECTS - WEAVE with the settings below.

Gap Size=1 Width=1 Opacity=40 Weave Color=White Fill Gaps=Unchecked

And then EFFECTS - 3D EFFECTS - DROP SHADOW with these settings.

Vertical = 1
Horizontal = 1
Opacity = 65
Blur = 8
Color = Black

Add a new raster layer and open the 13-bow.sel, fill with the same color, apply a weave with the same settings and apply the same drop shadow. Deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 14-bow.sel, fill with the same color, apply a weave with the same settings and apply the same drop shadow. Deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 15-bow.sel, fill with the same color, apply a weave with the same settings and apply the same drop shadow. Deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 16-bow.sel, fill with the same color, apply a weave with the same settings and apply the same drop shadow. Deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 17-hanger.sel, fill with black and apply an inner bevel using the default Metallic preset. Deselect.

And you are finished!