© Christina Gibbs - August 03, 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.

** German Translation . . . by Monika, and hosted here.  Thank you, Monika. **

You will need to download these selections and save them in a folder of your choice. Her eyes, mouth and hair are included in this zip file.

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

These are the tiles I used for the chair.

Start by opening a new image 600 x 800 on a transparent background.

Go to SELECTIONS - LOAD FROM DISK and browse to the folder you saved these selections into, open the 1-chair.sel and fill with you choice, I used the tile above, while still selected go to EFFECTS - 3D EFFECTS - INNER BEVEL using the settings below and deselect.

On the same layer open the 2-chair.sel and fill with your choice, I used the pattern above, apply the same inner bevel and deselect. This looks wierd but her body covers most of this.

Still on the same layer open the 3-chair.sel and fill with the same tile/color you used for the first chair selection, go to SELECTIONS - INVERT and then EFFECTS - 3D EFFECTS - DROP SHADOW with the settings below and deselect.

Vertical = 0
Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 70
Blur = 4
Color = Black

On the same layer open the 4-chair.sel and fill with the same tile/color, selections invert, and use the same drop shadow, deselect.

Still on the same layer open the 5-chair.sel, fill with the same, selections invert, same drop shadow and deselect.

Then open the 6-chair.sel, fill with the same, selections invert and use the same drop shadow changing the blur to about 7, deselect. This has to be the worst chair I've ever seen LOL.

Add a new raster layer and open the 7-lace.sel, fill with your choice, I used #F8EBE0 and deselect. Use a drop shadow on this with the settings below.

Vertical = 1
Horizontal = -1
Opacity = 30
Blur = 2.4
Color = Black

Add a new raster layer and open the 8-leg.sel, fill with your skin color, I used #FFD8BB and then EFFECTS - 3D EFFECTS - CUTOUT with the settings below and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 9-shoe.sel and fill with your choice for her shoes, I used a sunburst gradient here. See the preview below... Deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 10-leg.sel, fill with the same skin color, apply the same cutout and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 11-shoe.sel, fill with the same as the other shoe and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 12-lace.sel, fill with the same color you used for her lace, I used #F8EBE0, deselect and open the 13-lace.sel, go to COLORS - ADJUST - BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST changing the brightness to -50 and the contrast at 0. Deselect and apply the same drop shadow.

Add a new raster layer and open the 14-dress.sel, fill with your choice, I used #475E44 and deselect. Then open the 15-dress.sel and adjust the brightness (Shift - B) using the same settings Brightness = -50 Contrast = 0 and deselect. Still on the same layer open the 16-dress.sel and adjust the brightness again Brightness = 40 Contrast = 0 and deselect.

On the same layer open the 17-dress.sel and fill with the same color, deselect and open the 18-dress.sel and adjust the brightness = -50 contrast = 0 and deselect. Then open the 19-dress.sel and change the brightness back to 40 and deselect. Here is what I have so far...

Add a new raster layer and open the 20-lace.sel, fill with the same color you used for the lace and deselect. Then open the 21-lace.sel and change the brightness to -50 and deselect. Apply a drop shadow with the same settings.

Add a new raster layer and open the 22-lace.sel, fill with the same color and deselect. On the same layer open the 23-lace.sel and adjust the brightness again with the same setting, deselect and use the same drop shadow.

Add a new raster layer and open the 24-neck.sel, fill with your skin color and use a cutout with the same settings as before, deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 25-lace.sel, fill with your lace color and deselect. On the same layer open the 26-lace.sel and adjust the brightness using the same settings and deselect. Use the same drop shadow here.

Add a new raster layer and open the 27-lace.sel, fill with the lace color, deselect and open the 28-lace.sel, adjust the brightness with the same settings, deselect and use the same drop shadow.

I added a new raster layer above this and used freehand draw and the same gradient I used for the shoes to make a tiny bow, but that is up to you.

Add a new raster layer and open the 30.head.sel, fill with your skin color and deselect. On the same layer open the 31-head.sel and fill with a darker skin color, I used #E8AD8A, deselect. On the same layer open the 32-head.sel and fill with the same darker skin color and deselect. Still on the same layer open the 33-cheeks.sel and fill with your cheek color, I used #E67F52, deselect. Then still on the same layer open the 34-nose.sel and fill with a darker skin color, I used #DA9976 and deselect. Now open the 35-highlights.sel and fill with a lighter skin color, I used #FFDEC5 and deselect.

On a new raster layer open the 36-lashes.sel and fill with black. deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 37-eyebrows.sel and go to SELECTIONS - MODIFY - FEATHER changing the number to 2, then fill this selection for the eyebrows, I used #B27656 and deselect.

Now you can open the face.psp file included in the zip and copy and paste it on a new layer using the mover tool to move it into place.

Ok I made some hair selections but they did not work out very well at all, so I have included the hair I made using the smudge tool. You are free to make your own hair or use mine. Just copy and paste it on her head the same way you did the eyes and mouth. You can play around with my hair selections and maybe use eyecandy 4000 to make your hair but I could not get mine to look right.

Add a new raster layer and open the 43-hairpin.sel, fill with your choice, I used the same gradient as before and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 44-hairpin.sel, fill this with white and go to EFFECTS - TEXTURE - SCULPTURE and use the gold preset or you can use Super Blade Pro here too. Deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 45-picture.sel, paste any picture you want into this selection. My great grandma and grandpa are not included :-) deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 46-picture-frame.sel, fill with white and use the same gold sculpure or Super Blade Pro preset and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 47-hands.sel, fill with your skin color, apply a cutout with the same settings and deselect. On the same layer open the 48-fingers.sel and fill with a darker skin color #D68E68 and deselect. On the same layer open the 49-fingers.sel and fill with a lighter skin color #FFF1E7 and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open the 50-lace.sel, fill with the same color you used on the other lace selections and deselect. On the same layer open the 51-lace.sel and adjust the brightness -50 and deselect. Use the same drop shadow here.

Add a new raster layer and open the 52-trim.sel and fill with the same color, deselect and you are finished! Here is mine