© Christina Gibbs - March 03, 2002 - www.tcgibbs.com
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The image you create by following this tutorial belongs to you and you may do whatever you want with that.

Let's  make an Easter Bunny! :-)

You will need Paint Shop Pro
this was done using  version 7.

You will need Eyecandy Jiggle for this.

My Bunny  Selections save these in a folder of your choice.



Open  a new image 300 x 550

Name your first layer body
go to  "selections" "load from disk" and open the body.sel
Fill with the color  you want your bunny, I used #DFC193
go to "selections" "float" and then  "effects" "3d effects"
"cutout" and apply these settings...



deselect and go to "effects" "noise" add 3% uniform  noise
then "effects" "plugins" "Eyecandy" and apply this  Jiggle



Add a new layer and call it foot1, load the  foot1.sel
fill with the same color, "selections" "float" and
apply  the same cutout, but change the blur to 15.5
deselect and add 3%  uniform noise, then apply the same jiggle

Add a new layer, name it  foot2, load the foot2.sel
fill with same color, "selections" "float"  and apply
the same cutout. Deselect and add 3% uniform noise
and  apply the same eyecandy jiggle

We will be repeating these steps for  the whole bunny



Add  a new layer, name it foot3, open the foot3.sel
fill with the same  color, "selections" "float"
apply the same cutout, deselect and add 3%  uniform noise
and the same eyecandy jiggle

Just a note... When  you are finished with all the steps
for each layer, you can merge your  visible layers if you want

Add a new layer, name it hand1, load the  hand1.sel
fill with the same color, "selections" "float"
apply the  same cutout, deselect and add 3% uniform noise
apply the same eyecandy  jiggle

Add a new layer, name it hand2, load the hand2.sel
fill  with the same color, "selections" "float"
apply the same cutout,  deselect and add 3% uniform noise
apply the same eyecandy  jiggle

Add a new layer, name it hand3, load the hand3.sel
fill  with the same color, "selections" "float"
apply the same cutout,  deselect and add 3% uniform noise
apply the same eyecandy  jiggle

Add a new layer, name it hand4, load the hand4.sel
fill  with the same color, "selections" "float"
apply the same cutout,  deselect and add 3% uniform noise
apply the same eyecandy  jiggle

Add a new layer, name it handpad, load the  handpad.sel
fill with a pink color, I used #FFCBCB, deselect and
go  to "effects" "blur" "Gaussian Blur", change the blur=2



Add a new layer, name it ears, open the ears.sel
fill  with your same bunny color, I used #DFC193
"selections" "float" and  apply the same cutout, but
change the blur to 25, deselect and add 3%  uniform noise
apply the same eyecandy jiggle

Add a new layer and  name it innerears, load the innerears.sel
and fill with the same pink  color, I used #FFCBCB
deselect and apply the same Gaussian Blur of  2
then apply the same eyecandy jiggle



Add  a new layer, name it headtop, load the headtop.sel
fill with your same  bunny color, I used #DFC193
"selections" "float" and apply the same  cutout, but
change the blur to 35, deselect and apply 3% noise
and  the same eyecandy jiggle

Add a new layer, name it eyes1, load the  eyes1.sel
fill with white, deselect and go to "effects"  "blur"
"soften" and then "effects" "3d effects" "drop shadow"
with  these settings



Add  a new layer, name it eyes2, load the eyes2.sel
fill this with black,  deselect, and go to "effects"
"blur" "soften more"

Add a new  layer, name it eyes3, load the eyes3.sel
fill this with white,  deselect, and go to "effects"
"blur" "soften more"

Add a new layer, name it headbottom, open the  headbottom.sel
fill with your bunny color, "selections" "float" and  apply
the same cutout, deselect and add 3% uniform noise
apply the  same eyecandy jiggle

Add a new layer, name it nose1, load the  nose1.sel
fill this with black, deselect and "effects" "blur" "soften  more"

Add a new layer, name it nose2, load the nose2.sel
fill  this with white, deselect and "effects" "blur" "soften more"



Add a new layer, name it cheeks, load the  cheeks.sel
fill this with your same pink color and  deselect
"effects" "blur" and apply a gaussian blur of 4

Add a  new layer, name it mouth1, load the mouth1.sel
fill this with black,  deselect and "effects" "blur" "soften"



Add  a new layer, name it tooth, load the tooth.sel
fill this with white,  deselect and "effects" "blur" "soften"

Add a new layer, name it  mouth2, load the mouth2.sel
fill this with your same bunny color and go  to "effects"
"3d effects" "inner bevel" with these settings



deselect and "effects" "blur" apply a gaussian blur of  1



Now you can merge all your layers if you  want,
I used the draw tool at
freehand  line, width of 1, antialias checked
a stroke color of #6A5330 and the  fill at null
and drew some eyebrows and dots on his nose



Add a new layer and name it egg, load the egg.sel
You  can decorate your egg any way you want
I used the paintbrush with these  settings

Shape = round
Size = 45
Hardness = 0
Opacity =  100
Step = 1
Density = 100

And used different colors to paint  some wiggly lines



then with the egg still selected I added a new  layer
and applied a cutout with these settings



Then you can deselect and add another layer,
load the  egghighlight.sel and fill with white
deselect and apply a Gaussian Blur  of 10



Of course you can do the egg any way you want  :-)
I also added some words and used the preset shapes
to add some  flowers too.... And you are done!



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