© Christina Gibbs - December 11, 2002 - www.tcgibbs.com
This tutorial may not be copied and placed on another site without my 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

You will need to download these selections and save them in a folder of your choice. Included in the zip file is his hair.

Here are the colors we will use for this, save this and open it in psp for reference. I will refer to them by the numbers. To pick the color, open the color pallet and simply click on the suggested color to choose it.

Here are the patterns I used for this, save these and minimize them in PSP.

Open a new image 350 x 600 on a transparent background

Go to selections - load from disk and browse to the folder you saved the selections into and load the 1-neck.sel, fill with the color #1 and deselect. Go to Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout with the settings shown below.

Add a new raster layer and load the 2-leg.sel, fill this with a color of your choice, I used #D1C191 to match the pattern I am using for his shirt. Deselect.

On the same layer, load the 3-leg.sel and go to Colors - Adjust - Brightness/Contrast (Shift-B) and change the brightness to -55 and the contrast to 0. Deselect. You may need to adjust those numbers depending on the color/pattern you are using.

Still on the same layer load the 4-leg.sel and adjust the brightness (Shift-B) using the same settings as before and deselect. You could skip this part if you are using a pattern or do not like the lines....

On the same layer load the 5-leg.sel and fill with the same color/pattern and deselect.

Same layer load the 6-leg.sel and adjust the brightness using the same settings. Deselect.

Same layer load the 7-leg.sel, adjust the brightness, same settings, deselect. Here is mine...

Add a new raster layer and load the 8-boot.sel, fill with color #6 and deselect.

Same layer load the 9-boot.sel and adjust the brightness, same settings, and deselect.

Same layer load the 10-boot.sel and adjust the brightness = 60 and deselect.

Same layer load the 11-boot.sel and adjust the brightness = -55 and deselect.

Same layer load the 12-boot.sel and fill with color #4 and deselect.

Same layer load the 13-boot.sel and fill with color #6 and deselect.

Same layer load the 14-boot.sel and adjust the brightness = -55 and deselect.

Same layer load the 15-boot.sel and adjust the brightness = 60 and deselect.

Same layer load the 16-boot.sel and adjust the brightness = -55 and deselect.

Same layer load the 17-boot.sel and fill with color #4 and deselect. Here are my boots...

Add a new raster layer and load the 18-shirt.sel, fill with your choice, I used the shirt pattern above at 100%, deselect.

On the same layer load the 19-shirt.sel and adjust the brightness = -40 and deselect... Again you may need to change this number depending on the color/pattern you are using.

Same layer load the 20-shirt.sel and adjust the brightness = -55 and deselect.

Same layer load the 21-collar.sel and fill with #D1C191 or a color that matches and deselect. Here's mine so far...

Add a new raster layer and load 22-pants.sel, fill with the jeans-pattern and deselect.

Same layer load the 23-pants.sel and adjust the brightness = -65 and deselect.

Same layer load the 24-pants.sel and adjust the brightness, same settings, deselect.

Change your foreground color to #4 and the background to null. Use the draw tool with the settings shown below to add some stitches on his pants.

Add a new raster layer and load the 25-bear.sel, fill with the brown.jpg pattern and deselect.

Same layer load the 26-bear.sel and adjust the brightness = -65 and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 27-bear.sel, fill with the same pattern and deselect.

On the same layer load the 28-bear.sel and adjust the brightness, same settings, and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 29-bear.sel, fill with the same pattern and deselect.

Same layer load the 30-bear.sel and adjust the brightness, same settings and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 31-hand.sel, fill with color #1 and deselect.

Same layer load the 32-hand.sel and fill with color #2 and deselect.

Same layer load the 33-hand.sel and fill with the same color #2 and deselect.

Same layer load the 34-hand.sel and fill with color #1 and deselect.

Same layer load the 35-hand.sel and fill with color #2 and deselect.

Same layer load the 36-hand.sel and fill with the same color #2 and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 37-sleeve.sel, fill with the same pattern/color you used for his shirt and deselect.

On the same layer load the 38-sleeve.sel and adjust the brightness = -65 and deselect.

On the same layer load the 39-sleeve.sel and fill with #D1C191 or a matching color and deselect.

On the same layer load the 40-sleeve.sel and fill with your shirt pattern/color and deselect.

Same layer load the 41-sleeve.sel and adjust the brightness, same settings, and deselect.

Same layer load the 42-sleeve.sel and fill with #D1C191 or matching color and deselect...

Add a new raster layer and load the 43-bear.sel, fill with the brown.jpg pattern and deselect.

On the same layer load the 44-bear.sel and adjust the brightness = -65 and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 45-bear.sel, fill with the same pattern and deselect.

Same layer load the 46-bear.sel and adjust the brightness, same settings and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 47-bear.sel, fill this with the light-brown.jpg pattern and deselect.

Same layer load the 48-bear.sel and adjust the brightness, same settings and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 49-bear.sel, fill this with the brown.jpg pattern and deselect.

Same layer load the 50-bear.sel and adjust the brightness, same settings and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 51-bear.sel, fill this with black and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 52-bear.sel, fill with the light-brown.jpg pattern and deselect.

Same layer load the 53-bear.sel and adjust the brightness, same settings and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 54-bear.sel, fill this with black and deselect.

On the same layer load the 55-bear.sel and go to Selections - Modify - Feather = 2 and fill with white. Deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 56-bear.sel, fill with the light-brown.jpg pattern and deselect.

Same layer load the 57-bear.sel and adjust the brightness, same settings and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 58-ears.sel and fill with the color #1 and deselect.

On the same layer load the 59-ears.sel and fill with the color #2 and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 60-head.sel, fill with the color #1 and deselect.

On the same layer load the 61-head.sel and fill with the color #2 and deselect.

On the same layer load the 62-head.sel and fill with the color #3 and deselect.

On the same layer load the 63-head.sel and fill with the same color #3 and deselect.

On the same layer load the 64-head.sel and fill with the color #5 and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 65-nose.sel, fill with the color #1 and deselect. Go to Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow with the settings below.

Vertical = -2
Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 12.3
Color = color #3

Add a new raster layer and load the 66-mouth.sel, fill with the color #3 and deselect.

On the same layer load the 67-teeth.sel and fill with the color #4 and deselect.

On the same layer load the 68-mouth.sel and fill with #404040 and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 69-highlight.sel and fill with the color #4 and deselect.

Add a new raster layer and load the 70-eyes.sel, fill with white and deselect. Use a drop shadow with the settings below.

Vertical = -3
Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 8.6
Color = Black

On the same layer load the 71-lashes.sel and fill with black, deselect.

On the same layer load the 72-eyes.sel and fill with black, deselect.

On the same layer load the 73-eyes.sel and fill with #84A3BE and deselect.

On the same layer load the 74-eyes.sel and fill with #404040 and deselect.

On the same layer load the 75-eyes.sel and fill with white, deselect.

Add a new raster layer and open up one of the hair.psp files included in the zip. I am using the hair2.psp and go to Edit - Copy and then Edit - Paste on the boys head and you are done!